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#WinterGames24 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks Total Pts: 3280

I had a total blast with this Christmas horror! I can't wait to read the sequel next year (Santa brought it, like he brought this one last year).

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DrasticallyJill

A Mask of Flies | Matthew Lyons

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This book reminded me of No Country for Old Men, The Wild Bunch, and True Grit. With Anne, a bank robber and cult survivor stalked by a horror with a shifting face. There are epic shoot-outs, and general unease. This is a genre game changer. A must read.

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MaleficentBookDragon

Candy Cain Kills | Brian McAuley

Books Three/Four:
This is not a recommendation per se.
These just look like fun and they are on my Xmas wish list.

#threelistthursday

dabbe

dabbe I'll take 'em! 🤎🍁🧡 3mo

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Suet624

New Terrors | Ramsey Campbell

I‘ve been quiet on Litsy since Tuesday. I couldn‘t read for a few days. Life as we know it changed on Tuesday. I wrote the above to my friends the other day and I doubt this feeling will go away anytime soon. I have so many thoughts about our future but will save those for another forum. I will say though that as readers, especially of history, we can feel the danger. I just wanted folks to know that this white senior citizen voted for the future.

quietlycuriouskate I'm on the other side of the Atlantic and that's pretty much how I feel, too. 😰 3mo

Suet624 @quietlycuriouskate 💕 I haven‘t slept in days. 3mo

AllDebooks It's a very scary time, and the damage will be done globally. Take time to address your fears and anger, then ask yourself what you can do. Building supportive communities that protect the vulnerable is one. Love and compassion are always the answer, not hate and division. Unfortunately, the whole world has to deal with a President Elect who has nothing but the latter on his mind. It's up to us as citizens to stand up and say NO!!! 3mo

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AllDebooks Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's post really helped me find hope. It's well worth a watch when you're ready. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCDRaRoxJYW/?igsh=MXNwbDg4MmYxYWFrdg== 3mo

Suet624 @AllDebooks thank you for sharing your thoughts. I live in Vermont and by and large we are focused on community. We take care of each other. That being said, our state had a bit of a red wave here too. So I will work now to ensure that our reps stay true to our desire to be a port in the storm for people of all persuasions. 3mo

AllDebooks @Suet624 I'm in the UK and thinking of you all across the pond. You're not alone. X 3mo

Suet624 @AllDebooks Thank you. 💕 3mo

Anna40 Sending hugs 3mo

Librarybelle Thank you for posting this. On a different platform earlier this week, I shared similar sentiments regarding history and the dark parallels between today and other horrifying events. I‘m still numb. I can only hope. 3mo

Suet624 @Anna40 thank you. 3mo

Suet624 @Librarybelle thanks Jess. I guess hope is all we have. 😩 3mo

TrishB So sorry for you all 💔 3mo

Suet624 @TrishB thank you. Living in a supercharged evil empire was not on my bucket list. 3mo

AmyG We live in frightening times. I may never see our country as a democracy again in my lifetime. I feel like I am in mourning (I am). 3mo

seibelsays ❤️❤️❤️ I feel this too. 3mo

Suet624 @AmyG I think that's what a lot of people don't understand - that midterms and next elections may just go by the wayside or be manipulated by misinformation and Russian interference. So I'm with you on this. 3mo

Suet624 @seibelsays One of these days I might be able to rouse myself and push back against the hate that will surround so many. For now I need to pull back the pieces of my heart that broke on Tuesday. I hope you have folks around you who support you. 3mo

Graywacke @Suet624 I‘m with you. Most Americans that actually voted voted for a time-bomb, in full knowledge of what they were voting for. Meanwhile something like 1/8 of Biden voters didn‘t even vote. I‘m bitter and sad. But, take care of yourself first. Hugs. 3mo

DogMomIrene @Suet624 The oncoming misinformation and manipulation concern me as well. Institutions may not hold, especially if 🍊starts dismantling them per Project 2025 or similar. 3mo

Lindy You aren‘t alone. Grief is what I am feeling. Poetry helps. 3mo

Cuilin The grief and pain is absolutely real. I live in New Hampshire, which you know is also blue yet people who voted for Kamala Harris also elected a pro Trump Governor, it makes no sense. 3mo

Deblovestoread Exactly this. And somehow those of us who care are going to have to find the strength to pick up the pieces and help those who are damaged….which will include those who voted for the destruction 🤬🤯😭. Still vacillating between being furious and puddles of tears. 3mo

squirrelbrain Sending love ❤️ 3mo

sarahbarnes ♥️💔 3mo

kspenmoll Sue sending ❤️💙🩷 3mo

Lcsmcat You expressed exactly what I am feeling. It feels existential tome and yet around me in this swing state are people who are actually rejoicing. 💔 3mo

Suet624 @Graywacke I just had a very long visit with my Tibetan friend who was really really helpful. She understands my pain (for all of those who will be hurt) but is trying to get me to focus on taking care of myself first. I've turned off as many news sources as I can because each article just batters my heart. So, yeah, I'm bitter, but mostly grieving right now. I hope you find your way through this too. 💖 3mo

Suet624 @DogMomIrene Yes, I'm assuming that's going to be the case. 3mo

Suet624 @Lindy Realizing it was despair mixed with grief that I was feeling was helpful. Now I know that I can't move through grief quickly - it takes time. Then I begin the community work again. 3mo

Suet624 @Cuilin Hi! I forgot to see who won the Governor's race in NH. This is all just mindblowing. Vermont had more Republicans elected than expected. We still have a Democratic majority so I think we're good for a while but we reelected a republican governor for the 5th time in a row. Ugh. 3mo

Suet624 @Lcsmcat Oh gosh . I'm so sorry. So far I haven't seen anyone around me that is rejoicing but I know there are a few. I feel so badly for those folks in red states that have gloating neighbors and guys driving around in trucks with flags flying. That would be so hard to deal with. 3mo

Suet624 @kspenmoll Thank you so much for the phone call. It felt really good to talk and to sit in the moments of silence when we just had no words. 3mo

Suet624 @Deblovestoread Ugh. Yes. Grief is where I'm stuck right now. And you're right - it's people like us who end up trying to help people, even those who have voted for their own demise. 3mo

Lcsmcat @Suet624 I‘ve got like-minded people around me, but you‘re right, the big pick-ups with the monster flags are not a calming site. At least we didn‘t elect Mark Robinson governor. 🙄 3mo

Suet624 @Lcsmcat At least there's that. :) 3mo

Lindy 🌻 3mo

CarolynM Hugs (edited) 3mo

Suet624 @CarolynM 💕💕💕 3mo

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BookwormAHN

Horrorween: Book I of the Orangefield Series | Al Sarrantonio

October movies: Christine, Hellraiser, Hellraiser 2, Hellraiser Revalations, Carrie, Frightfest, Trick R Treat, Hocus Pocus, Babadook, When Evil Lurks, Pet Sematary, Late Night With The Devil, In A Violent Nature, House On Haunted Hill, Ghost Ship, Chucky, Hocus Pocus 2, Sinister, Hellraiser Judgement, Scream, Occulus, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Cabin In The Woods, Tucker & Dale vs Evil, Hellraiser Hellseeker, Love Witch, Sleepy Hollow, & Halloween

BookwormAHN #HauntedShelf #BlackCatCrew #FrightFestBingo @Catsandbooks #HorrorMovieBingo 3mo

AnnCrystal 🎬🥳👍💝. 3mo

Catsandbooks Fantastic! 👏🏼 3mo

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IMASLOWREADER

Horrorween: Book I of the Orangefield Series | Al Sarrantonio

i really hate it when this happen…anyone else relate lol #readinglife #spookyreads

Dilara 😂 😱 😂 3mo

IMASLOWREADER @Dilara lol 3mo

dabbe 🎯!!! 3mo

IMASLOWREADER @dabbe 😂 3mo

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Kshakal

Fear of the Unknown | Poppy Brite

#theunknown #wickedwhispers @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 4mo

Eggs Very nice 👌🏼👍🏼👏🏻 4mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💫💛 4mo

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AnnCrystal

The Doorkeepers | Graham Masterton

bailed

Well, this was the shortest read of the year 😂.

This had such promise! Alternative Realities, a strange mystery, a strange young woman with interesting abilities...

The book even begins with a sneak peek scene of a seance!

Then the first two chapters begin with the “details“ of how the main character's sister is tricked into being kidnapped and gruesomely tortured to death.

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AnnCrystal I often skip over scenes, yet I'm usually invested with a story and characters before I have to...

I just can't!

This one will be promptly donated.

The good thing, there's now a space for a new book 😉.

#Doorkeepersreviewedbyanncrystal 5mo

BookmarkTavern Silver lining! Also, I would have bailed on that too. 5mo

AnnCrystal 💕📚☺️💝 @BookmarkTavern .

Right! It seemed too good a story...the disappointment when a book isn't what it seems 😳🥺😒... 5mo

dabbe #allhailthebail! #betterbooksahead 🙌🏻 5mo

AnnCrystal 📚💝 Absolutely true @dabbe 😉👍💝. (edited) 5mo

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AnnCrystal

The Doorkeepers | Graham Masterton

Thank you @debinhawaii for creating this fun play-card and for tagging me 😎👍💝.

1- Aside from a few exceptions, the last few times out and about were nice. I mean the people were nice again. Like my neighborhood's mood has been uplifted...like people are less stressed and more hopeful 💫.

2- It's Friday the Thirteenth! Always a fun day 👻🥳!

3- Scary movie night, it's a tradition for Friday the 13th. Not sure what we're watching yet 🎬🤔. 👇

AnnCrystal 4- Yesterday, ran across the tagged book (one of many that has been waiting for me on my bookshelf). Wasn't planning on beginning a new read just yet...then again, this creepy, scary book caught my interest the day before Friday the 13th 📚😳!

5- Made pretzels 🥨, and more blueberry cookies 🫐🍪😋.

#5JoysFriday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
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dabbe 🩶🧡🩶 5mo

TheBookHippie Yum 🥨 5mo

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AnnCrystal @dabbe 💕😉👍💝. (edited) 5mo

AnnCrystal 💕 Truly ☺️ @TheBookHippie 🥨😋👍💝. 5mo

AnnCrystal P.S. @dabbe Stumbled across the doorkeepers thanks to your #TLT #ThreeListThursday questions 👏😉👍💝.
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AnnCrystal #Doorkeepersreviewedbyanncrystal 5mo

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AnnRaz

At Dark, I Become Loathsome | Eric LaRocca

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Wow. At times disgusting, brutal, and ridiculously difficult to read. At times absolutely heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, and hopeful. Everything I‘ve come to expect from Eric LaRocca and more. Far exceeded my expectations. 10 out of 5 stars.

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