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At my school, the staff, children, and families read The Water Horse. For the past 20 years, we have also celebrated the arts and spring with Blooming Arts Day, which is always the day before our spring break. We paint, local bands perform. Appalachian storytellers come. It is truly a magical day that I look forward to each year. We also celebrate the children's writing.

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Butterfinger This year, we are combining the Water Horse, set in Scotland, with our last event. We have a wonderful show planned with bagpipes and singing. I have been asked to emcee. Can you help me out by providing me with some phrases that I can use? Or do you think it is mocking the culture if I even try? I love the words bairn, wee, laird, ken. Words I have learned from reading Thoene and the Outlander series. 2w

Susanita I love the word “dreich” for dull, gloomy, dreary weather. 2w

Butterfinger @Susanita thank you. That is a cool word. 2w

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JuliaTheBookNerd

The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove | Christopher Moore

#Reptile 🦎

#CoverStories 📖🦋🍀

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Excellent 💚 🦎 💚 3w

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Shawna

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters | Jane Austen, Ben H. Winters

#monster 🦑
#coverlove

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 📚 8mo

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 8mo

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hes7

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters | Jane Austen, Ben H. Winters

“This masterful portrait of Regency England blends Jane Austen's biting social commentary with ultraviolent depictions of sea monsters biting. It's survival of the fittest - and only the swiftest swimmers will find true love!”

#monster #scarathlon #blackcatcrew

BookwormAHN

BookwormAHN I've been meaning to read this one 🐈‍⬛ 1y

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Robotswithpersonality

Harry by the Sea | Gene Zion

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Oh, Harry. Helping readers to challenge their perceptions while being adorable, and always assured he'll get back to his family post-hijinks. I understand the appeal of multiple books on this theme.

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Littlewolf1

Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove | Christopher Moore

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4.6⭐️ this is book 2 of Christopher Moore‘s pine Cove trilogy. I‘ve got to say this one was funny as in the last, Aunt has provided me with my tagline of the year. However, this one does tend to be a little bit more crude and a touch less scary (if you can really caught any of these books scary) but still definitely worth the read.

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Books.With.Becki

Sacculina | Philip Fracassi

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Killer barnacles. Not a fear I thought I would have.

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sprainedbrain

The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea | Ellen Datlow

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Short story collections are so hard to review, but this anthology of horror stories of the sea was definitely more hits than misses for me. I picked it up mainly for SGJ‘s story, and I did love that trippy deserted island tale, but I also really enjoyed the stories by Alyssa Wong, Seanan McGuire, John Langan, and Michael Marshall Smith… the latter is a funny/weird/gross bananapants sort of zombie (?) story set on the docked Queen Mary.

⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

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Reggie

The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea | Ellen Datlow

A young man survives a plane crash and is washed upon shore. As time goes by and he gets hungry, certain items show up, like chocolate popsicles. Then he remembers a magazine competition he entered as a kid. He had to send a list of 10 items he would want if he ever got stranded on an island. It gets emotional here because he remembers his #9 is his mom who died of cancer when he was young and she shows up. And almost immediately it turns 👇🏼

Reggie frightening because he remembers how dumb he could be as a kid and he remembers he put werewolf as his #10. And guess who shows up. You wonder what is real and if this is hell and what‘s going on. Some short stories you have an entrance, a hallway and an exit. With SGJ, you get an entrance, a hallway that leads to an outdoor amphitheater and you‘re admiring the wondrous sky when someone turns the world on its head and you find yourself falling👇🏼 2y

Reggie into the cosmos. Fin 2y

Bookzombie If I didn‘t have this stacked already, I would stack it! 🙂 2y

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CarolynM Wow! Sounds like a wild ride😮🙂 (edited) 2y

Reggie @Bookzombie 🖤🖤🖤 2y

Reggie @CarolynM Yeah, SGJ is a great short story writer. Every time he is in an anthology I read, he‘s top 3. They‘re always memorable. 2y

sprainedbrain I‘m reading this now (for SGJ mainly). 😃 (edited) 2y

Reggie @sprainedbrain there are some anthologies where I think that‘s too many duds. But I honestly liked all of the stories in here. I hope you like it. 2y

sprainedbrain I‘m just starting the third one. So far, all good! 2y

Megabooks This sounds fantastic! 2y

Reggie @Megabooks SGJ is pretty great at short stories. Every time he pops up in something I read, I smile. 2y

Centique Okay I‘ve read SGJ before and loved him (Mongrels) so maybe I could handle his short horror stories? You reckon? 2y

Centique Also I have spent a big chunk of my life debating what 3 foods I would take to a desert island. And now I have a 12yo who will discuss all the pros and cons of these scenarios for HOURS. This is what having a 12yo is like… “Mum would you rather have the skin peeled off your hands or scizzors stabbed in your eye. You have to pick one.” 😱😱😱 2y

Reggie @Centique I think so. His After the People Lights Have Gone Off is good. But the ones that stick in my mind are the ones from the anthologies. I say give his short story collection a try. I didn‘t think they were gruesome. I mostly thought there was just a sense of not right mixed with people distress. You doing ok, Paula? Has Summer set in, yet? 2y

Reggie Lololol, yay for 12 year olds. Yikes!!! Making you think outside the box. 2y

Centique We‘re good thanks Reggie. Been super busy with work and kid stuff and His Elderliness (who is doing good, on anti depressants and it‘s really helped). Went out on the boat last weekend for the first time but still only about 18 degrees (64 for you). How are you doing? 2y

Centique I‘ll check some anthologies out for his stories as well as ATPLGO. Thanks for the recc. (edited) 2y

Reggie @Centique I‘m so happy to hear His Elderliness is doing good! We‘ve had a wet fall which hasn‘t happened in years and we needed it. We‘ve been so dry so it‘s been nice. I‘m doing good. My parents are good. Earlier this year I started intermittent fasting. I‘m down 30 lbs but it‘s a struggle to stay on it sometimes. Everyone around you is always eating and people are work are bringing bags of candy everyday. And we‘re heading into the holiday 👇🏼 2y

Reggie season. You know how it goes. Lol 2y

Centique @Reggie well done you! You‘re doing amazing! I sort of do a light IF because I don‘t eat in the morning. It‘s not as hard for me because I‘m not in a busy workplace seeing food! My fail point is home baking. 😬 it‘s hard to say no to my friends amazing cakes and scones. Oh well gotta have some fun too xxx 2y

Rissreadswithcats Wow Reggie! Well done you! 👏🏻 2y

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wordslinger42

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters | Jane Austen, Ben H. Winters

#ScarathlonDailyPrompts Day 2: Creature 🐙

I couldn't think of a more appropriate book 🤣

#TeamMonsterMash 🧛‍♀️👻
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@StayCurious

StayCurious great choice! 2y

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