pickThis book “worked” for me on just about every level. There‘s a psychopath kid ghost (who texts!!), spectral children kids giggling and playing patty-cake in alleys. The horror is real and gory. The MC is brittle and dealing with mortality, and there is a development I did not see coming. #childhorror
pickBert and Rick are a couple, spending some time hiking along a wilderness trail. They meet up with a few other travelers, a group of obnoxious boys and two women. This book makes me never want to go camping. Too many bad things happen. This felt like a Laymon book. Most of the men are sex obsessed, and we have to listen to their thoughts. Parts of this book made me pretty uncomfortable. Still, I give it 4 stars, because I like this author.
First read of 2025. I thought it appropriate.
Happy New Year, Littens! 💕
bailedWell, 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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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 🎬🤔. 👇
It was delete day at the library where I work. I ran into a staff member from another department of the college when I was taking the weeded items to the free table, and she was definitely looking forward to taking a look through them! I waited until others had their chance and then grabbed a couple for myself when I was on my way home #BookHaul
https://youtu.be/y02mEcEzavY?si=VZ4XlpHdfCAo14Jh
The Importance of Book-Centered Spaces as Third Places by Susie Dumond; https://bookriot.com/book-centered-spaces-as-third-places/
Sometimes you find a book at the used bookstore and want to start it right away! This book has a copyright of 1990, and I think it‘s Orlean‘s debut. It should be very nostalgic to read about what people were doing on Saturday nights in the late 80s. I‘m sure the book would be really different now. There‘s a polka dance chapter but no TikTok dances! 🙃
“To keep up, it‘s good sometimes to slow down”
