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Bury Your Gays | Chuck Tingle
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I loved this book. Chuck Tingle is so good at writing horror that deals with an issue impacting the queer community. And the evils of capitalism. Hollywood out but closeted back home, screenwriter Misha is trying to write a real queer season finale to one of his shows but comes up against the powers that be. Like all his previous monsters from his queer coded movies. This was at times creepy and funny. It talks about the importance of rep. Pick!

Reggie Pictured are indie movies I found as a young queer in the late 90s and early 00s that gave me rep letting me know I wasn‘t alone. 12h
sarahbarnes I love this Reggie. 💕 12h
AnnCrystal 👏🏼☺️📚💫🎬💝. 7h
kspenmoll Wonderfully thoughtful post.💕💕 3h
BarbaraBB Wonderful book indeed! 28m
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The Haunting of Velkwood | Gwendolyn Kiste
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Ughhhh. This had so much potential. Talitha Velkwood still reeling from a tragic event 20 yrs ago gets an offer to go back to her haunted street she left. That piece of haunted street that exists in its own reality separate from our own. One only Talitha and 2 other girls can enter. It could have used more characterization, I‘m not a fan of going back and forth between places where nothing really happens or gets moved forward. I did like her 👇🏼

Reggie writing ability to write about and around something without giving it away but that got old real quick. I would like a lesbian to tell me what they think about this book. Loved the ending but didn‘t enjoy the journey. Mehhh 2d
sarahbarnes This definitely sounds intriguing. Sorry it sounds like it fell short for you. 1d
Reggie @sarahbarnes AND it won the Bram Stoker award for best novel this year!!! thank you, Sarah. 1d
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LeahBergen Oh, too bad! 1d
Suet624 It‘s even more disappointing considering it won the award for this year. 19h
Reggie @LeahBergen it probably didn‘t help that I listened on audio and the girl reading it was fully embodying the character sounding depressed and on Xanax or something. And it was a bright sunshine day and I‘m on vacation. But rainy day Reggie still would have thought meh. lol 13h
Reggie @Suet624 sometimes Denzel wins the Oscar when you want it to go to Russel and sometimes Russell wins the Oscar‘s when you want it to go to Denzel. 🤷🏽‍♂️ 13h
Centique I love your comment about what rainy day Reggie would have thought 😝 10h
LeahBergen 😆 7h
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The Children of Red Peak | Craig DiLouie
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I liked this book very much. We read about 5 survivors of a cult, 120 of whom disappeared almost 15 years ago. DiLouie weaves their present and past together giving them this tortured and tragic, kicked out of Eden vibes mixed with “what did happen to us? Maybe we should go back and find out?” I loved it all and really wished the best for these people. I listened to it on audio while roadtripping and was hooked the whole time. Pick!

BarbaraBB Great review. Sounds very good! 3d
Bookzombie Great review, Reggie! 3d
Reggie @BarbaraBB @Bookzombie I don‘t know what was going on with me but I found myself crying a lot while driving while listening to this so there‘s that. Thanks! And I hope ya‘ll like it. 1d
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I was pretty upset that this was only 160ish pages. It was like reading the 1st issue of a really awesome comic book. It‘s a Black, adolescent coming of age as we follow 12yo Sean in Bostonian the 1970s. Things are changing in his life. He is seeing girls different, he‘s doing things he‘s never done before, and seeing his parents with new eyes. A couple who met after the bombing during a protest where his mom says she came from Saturn. Did 👇🏼

Reggie she?!!! This was great. Nunnally is one to watch. Pick! 6d
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Undead Girl Gang | Lily Anderson
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A rec I got from the Podcast Books in the Freezer. I listened to it on audio and it was cute because the narrator sounded like a young Melissa McCarthy. We meet high school junior, Camilla “Mila” Flores at the funeral of her best friend, Riley. The 3rd alleged suicide in their small town. Mila and Riley were Wiccan besties and Mila knows better about her death which is why she uses a spell to bring her back with unexpected surprises. Mila is 👇🏼

Reggie hilarious. So sarcastic. This is a whodunnit. And it‘s oddly touching because what would you do if you could come back for a week after you died. Pick! 6d
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King of Ashes | S. A. Cosby
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Excuse my language Litsy but holy fcking shit! What a fcking gangster Greek tragedy of a book set on the streets of Jefferson Runs, Virginia. This is why I don‘t lie. One secret can lead to a whole fcking apocalypse of events in one‘s life. This was good, I kept just wanting to get back to this book. A 5 star summer blockbuster of a book. I finished this at the Speedway library in Speedway, Indiana.

AmyG Awesome! This is my vacation book. 6d
Reggie @AmyG yay! It‘s a total vacation book. 6d
Leftcoastzen Wow , great review! Getting to it soon! 6d
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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Cosby never misses, glad to hear this didn't disappoint. 6d
BarbaraBB Can‘t wait to read it! 6d
Ruthiella Awesome. I have this out from the library and I need it to be propulsive because I can‘t renew it. 😂 6d
GatheringBooks Nearly halfway through. Absolutely loving it. Giving me so much ozark vibes - but a shade better, actually. 6d
Suet624 I feel this way every time i read one of his books. Can‘t wait to read it as part of #camplitsy25 6d
Lesliereadsalot So excited to read this one! It‘s on my shelf. 6d
Reggie @Leftcoastzen not soon enough! lol thanks! 6d
Reggie @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego it didn‘t disappoint. I hiked this morning and finished this book and felt adrenaline, like I could have gone for a run or something. 6d
Reggie @BarbaraBB I can‘t wait for you to read it either. 6d
Reggie @Ruthiella you‘ll be great. He puts you right in there right away and you‘re off to the races.its good. 6d
Reggie @GatheringBooks Oh man, it just keeps gaining steam from there. 6d
Reggie @Suet624 I‘m not a beer drinker but I felt like I needed one after. lol. Also this was my last book for camplitsy. I read all 6. Yay. And they were all great. 6d
Reggie @Lesliereadsalot Oh, I hope you like it! 6d
Suet624 You read them all! Fantastic! 6d
squirrelbrain Wow! I was already looking forward to this as I love his books, but this is getting SO many amazing reviews…. 5d
CoverToCoverGirl It‘s in my pile! Can‘t wait! 5d
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Nevada | Imogen Binnie
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Listened to the audiobook narrated by the author. We meet Maria, a 20 something trans woman who is finding out she likes her freedom more than being with her gf. The 2nd part of this book is Maria meeting James in Nevada, a trans person who doesn‘t know theyre trans, yet. This book is quite a peek into the mind of a trans person. I hate the ending but love that the author uses such exact language to express every thought and feeling. A pick!

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I Might Be in Trouble | Daniel Aleman
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Litsy what would you do if you were gay, hooked up with a guy on the apps, had sex with him, and then went out with him drinking and dancing until all hours of the night because you are a failed writer but then, the next morning you wake up and he doesn‘t? That‘s this book. This was gay Weekend at Bernies for a minute and I laughed a little but then we kept taking detours into the “why me?!!!!” And I could barely stand the self victimization. 👇🏼

Reggie Coupled with weak writing it‘s a low, low, pick. 1w
Centique Im taking this off my TBR! Thank you for your service (bows and tips hat) 💕 1w
Reggie @Centique you aren‘t missing out on anything. I promise. 1w
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Bookzombie I agree with @Centique and I‘m taking this off of my TBR too. 1w
Reggie @Bookzombie I wanna try his YA stuff because it was listed on some best YA of the year lists but this, oof. 1w
Bookzombie I didn‘t realize he had YA books too. This one is sounds very timely. 1w
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#5joysfridays
1. Walking along the Arkansas River to breakfast. The cloud cover that kept me cool the whole way.
2.The delicious biscuits and gravy that FED my soul after that walk.
3.The topiary unicorn at the Witchita Botanical gardens.
4. The peach margaritas I drank after a hot day while waiting for some togo bbq.
5. Clarity. I wanna be a witch who lives in a forest. I walked into the children‘s garden portion of the gardens and 👇🏼

Reggie there were these kids being kids and they were being rambunctious. Just being kids. I left their gardens and found this path that didn‘t have any flowers but these huge trees that shaded over one another. There was a quiet and a stillness and I felt like I could have become one with them. Just melted into them. I wanted to stay there forever. It was a good day. 1w
Reggie What does this have to do with that Seize the Night vampire anthology you ask? One of my favorite stories in there has to do with a contractor bulldozing a forest for a high rise building but the witch who lives there has something to say. It‘s called “The Separator,” by Rio Youers. It‘s a gnarly story. (edited) 1w
lil1inblue Wonderful joys! Sounds absolutely magical! 🤩🤩🤩 1w
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Centique I totally get this! I often imagine being a recluse in a cottage on the edge of the woods somewhere making dandelion tea or something and walking about barefoot wrapped in a patchwork blanket. (In reality id probably freeze to death in winter or get eaten by mosquitos in summer) Still the yearning for more nature immersion is there 💕 I love the sound of your trees and I bet you‘d be a formidable protector of them! 1w
Lesliereadsalot The peach margarita and the botanical garden would be on my to-do list! 1w
AnnCrystal 🤩🪄🌳🌲💝💝💝💝💝. (edited) 1w
Bookwormjillk That sounds like a good story! And I like your pictures. 1w
Mollyanna There‘s nothing like a good plate of biscuits and gravy! 1w
Reggie @Centique awwww your version sounds wonderful. I can actually see your patchwork quilt being longer than you and slightly dragging on the floor as you walk around. 1w
Reggie @Mollyanna I grew up in a small town and the McDonald‘s there is the only one I‘ve ever been to that serves Biscuits and gravy. It‘s so spicy and good and ever since then I‘ve been a big fan. My family never made it. 1w
Reggie @Bookwormjillk it was. That anthology had some really good stories. Thanks! 1w
Reggie @Lesliereadsalot that margarita was soooooo good. And being from a dry part of New Mexico any kind of vegetation and greenery is exciting to me. 1w
Reggie @lil1inblue it really was. There were koi ponds and a butterfly garden. So much for the eyes to take in. 1w
Mollyanna A McDonald‘s that makes biscuits and gravy?!? I feel like that is a bucket list item. I lived in the South for a time when I was young and one of my friend‘s mom taught my mom how to make it. She still makes it every Christmas morning. 1w
BkClubCare Wait - you‘re in ICT? 1w
Reggie @BkClubCare I am. I just got back from WAM and finishing a book at the Advanced Learning Library. Now I‘m gonna go have some bbq. I was lucky because there was cloud cover yesterday. Today, not so much. I feel like I‘ve lost half myself in lost sweat. Tomorrow I‘m headed on to Kansas City and Indianapolis after that. Just road tripping it. (edited) 1w
BkClubCare @Reggie - Go to Station8? Prolly no longer open. B&C is around the corner 😊 Our downtown library is the best! 🌟 Have a safe trip. (edited) 1w
Reggie @BkClubCare Thanks! that‘s where I‘m going. I had Bite Me BBQ last night and I thought it was great. Yeah that library was very nice. They were teaching a computer class you could see them through the glass. All the recs. It was great. I‘ve really enjoyed Witchita. Never been here before. 1w
BkClubCare @Reggie - I am often helping with Tech Trng there!! Yes, great staff. I also volunteer stocking the bookstore. 💪📚 1w
Centique Wow that sounds like an excellent road trip! And it looks LONG now ive looked it up on a map. If you drive more than 12 hours in NZ youre in the sea 😝😝 Or on a car ferry which is a better option! Have fun my friend! 💕 1w
BkClubCare @Reggie (but take that first T out! 😂 Wichita or ICT - tho a friend of mine calls it “Wicked Toe” 🤣 1w
Reggie @BkClubCare that‘s cool! I bought 2 books from the friends of the library store. A Peter Straub and a romance involving pickleball. The lady volunteering made me smile so much cause she was so into reading that I watched her turn like 3 pages before she realized I was there. The book must have been good. lol 1w
Reggie @Centique thanks, Paula. Witchita is 8 hrs from where I live and I‘ve got another 8 to go the farthest I‘m going. 1w
BkClubCare @Reggie - ah, feels like it coulda been a fun meetup, but just savoring that 💡 idea for a possible “nother time”. (Now I wonder who that was… LOVE my library and my lil store.) Have a cool trip - Indiana can be quite literary! 1w
BkClubCare @Reggie - go to Doo Dah Diner for breakfast! It‘s the Wichita PLACE 1w
BkClubCare @Centique - would so love to visit NZ. 💖 1w
Reggie @BkClubCare if I come back we‘ll definitely meet up. And that‘s where I was thinking of going before I leave tomorrow. Thanks! 1w
AmyG I want to live in Muir Woods. (But not be a witch). Something about a forest and trees. I get it. Maybe with a peach margarita. Safe travels. Drive carefully! (edited) 1w
Centique @BkClubCare would so love to see you if you do! We are very small here! Sometimes Americans visit and think “ill just hop on a train and go from point A to point B” and im like “um no, you‘ll need a couple days to drive through the mountains - unless you wanna hire a helicopter” 😝💕 1w
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Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy
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From the getgo you are hurled into this frenzied sea with a shipwrecked woman tangled in kelp. A family of four finds her and cares for her. They are caretakers of an island meant to have a doomsday seed vault. But due to rising sea levels they are just waiting for a ship to come get them and the seeds. The family and the woman all have secrets. I thought this was good. McConaghy can write the hell out of nature but sometimes it was a bit 👇🏼

Reggie much for me. I wanted to say, I get it Charlotte, I‘m freezing, the wind is whipping my face, I can hear the chirps of the birds, the barks of the sea lions, I‘m smelling the salt on the air from those waves constantly crashing against the eroding beach, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE CHARLOTTE!!! and to be honest that was her strength as much as I gripe cause it makes me want to know more and care more about the disappearing nature around us. Pick. 4w
Bklover 😊😂😊 I seem to remember nodding off in the middle of Migrations. 4w
Ruthiella I thought the writing was great, evocative…but I hated everything else. 😂 No one‘s behavior made sense to me. 4w
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Erinreadsthebooks @Reggie I love a review that cracks me up! Thank you 😆🙌🙌 4w
Lesliereadsalot My favorite book of the year so far! I found the story compelling, the characters interesting and I loved where it went. I was immersed!! 4w
sarahbarnes Reading this right now! 😂 4w
Centique WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE CHARLOTTE? 😂😂 No I havent read it yet but I feel ya. Ive read a couple of books like that this year. Really good writing but I almost drowned in them a couple times 🤪 4w
Crazeedi I need to read this one 4w
Reggie @Bklover I‘m gonna read more of her but I need a moment. lol 4w
Reggie @Ruthiella I think her writing style was great. I really thought before the Hank stuff she was gonna kill off Orly and I was gonna be pissed. But then when Rowan died after she was held by the ghost of the mother. It went sideways for me. Was the mother like no one can take my place?!! lol, I thought she was gonna save her. And after all the foreboding “we‘re doomed” talk I wouldn‘t have minded a happy ending. Orly smashing the comms was 👇🏼 4w
Reggie what?! moment. And having one half of a gay couple hang himself was the other What?!! lol I did like it. I swear. 4w
Reggie @Erinreadsthebooks lol, glad I could oblige. 4w
Reggie @Lesliereadsalot as long as she didn‘t kill Orly which I thought what was gonna happen from the start, it turned out being ok for me. I love horror but I really wanted a happy ending here after all the foreboding ‘we‘re doomed as a species‘ talk. Glad you liked it. 4w
Reggie @sarahbarnes @Centique have either of ya‘ll read the Overstory by Richard Powers. I think their writing style is very similar but man I needed her to move the story forward sometimes. 4w
Reggie @Crazeedi I hope you like it! 4w
CoverToCoverGirl Adding! Didn‘t realize she had another book out. (edited) 4w
TNbookworm Great review! 4w
Suet624 Half halfway through and I‘m loving it 4w
Rissreadswithcats You made me laugh out loud again! 🤣 I loved Migrations! I‘ll definitely read this sometime. 3w
kspenmoll Fabulous review! Your language made me laugh! I did live this book… 2w
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This was very cute. Dylan works for his Auntie Jade‘s struggling takeout restaurant. He enters a mooncake competition in hopes of saving the restaurant. Enter Theo, a dashing Ritchie rich character. This was so fun. It‘s about family, has some fun wordplay, has a dash of Pretty in Pink, Crazy Rich Asians, and Dynasty, lol that sounds like a lot right? It was so good and if you can get me to laugh and cry on the same page- you got me. Pick!!! 🥡

Amor4Libros Sounds good, stacked! 1mo
Centique Oh that Pretty in Pink reference got me for sure! 4w
Reggie @Amor4Libros one of the libraries in Santa Fe that I go to has this really nice seating area in front of a huge picture window and I read it all in one sitting there. I hope you like it! 4w
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Reggie @Centique “you said you couldn‘t be with someone who didn‘t believe you. Well I believed in you. I just didn‘t believe in me. I love you.”- Blane from Pretty in Pink. I love that movie. This was fun. I hope you like it if it ever comes your way. 4w
Amor4Libros @Reggie Just got the audiobook from my library. I am going to alternate it with the one I‘m listening to now which I‘m still trying to give a chance, but I‘m not really vibing with it 😅 4w
Rissreadswithcats I think a better title regarding the cover art is Fake dates and beefcakes! 🤣 3w
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Woodworking | Emily St James
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I love this book so much. Erica, a teacher in her 30s has just realized she‘s a trans woman. She befriends Abigail, the only trans girl at her high school in a small South Dakota town. Their friendship will change their lives forever. This was hilarious, Abigail makes this book, touching, messy, so messy. It highlights the importance of community and support from one queer person to another. The importance of living an authentic life. So good!

BarbaraBB Great review. Seems like a perfect CampLitsy read! 1mo
Reggie @BarbaraBB thanks! This was a great unintentional Pride month read. 1mo
squirrelbrain I‘m really looking forward to this! 1mo
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CarolynM Great review. Looking forward to reading it at camp😆 1mo
TrishB Looking forward to it 👍🏻 1mo
Lesliereadsalot Got this one coming up for camp. Thanks for the review! 1mo
Reggie @squirrelbrain @CarolynM @TrishB @Lesliereadsalot when I was a young clueless queer going to a secondhand bookstore, I stumbled onto some queer greats. I can only hope some kid or adult stumbles upon this when they need it. Hope ya‘ll like it. 1mo
Centique This sounds wonderful! Great review Reggie 😍 4w
Rissreadswithcats Sounds fabulous! Stacked! 3w
sarahbarnes Great review! ♥️ I‘m enjoying this one. 3w
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Woodworking | Emily St James
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This book is freaking hilarious. Just for context. Erica is a trans woman not fully realized yet as when we meet her she is still presenting as male. In the book she‘s always called Erica and her deadname is grayed out. It‘s all fascinating.

AmyG It is fascinating. I‘m really enjoying it. 1mo
willaful Looking forward to this one. 1mo
TheBookHippie Waiting on my hold … 1mo
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Amor4Libros I have to get back to this one 😅 1mo
CarolynM Sounds great. Stacked🙂 1mo
Ruthiella I loved this one. It was both moving and very funny. I pictured Abigail as a version of Heather Mooney from Romy and Michelle‘s High School Reunion. She has that kind of energy. 1mo
Reggie @AmyG I‘m loving Abigail so much. 1mo
Reggie @willaful it‘s sooo good. 1mo
Reggie @TheBookHippie hopefully it shows up soon! 🤞🏼 1mo
Reggie @Amor4Libros yes you do. 1mo
Reggie @CarolynM you‘ll love it. 1mo
Reggie @Ruthiella yes!!!! The whole “I could give a shit, I‘d rather put this cigarette out in my eye.” But then she shows up cause underneath it all she really cares. Lolol she‘s sooooo funny. 1mo
sarahbarnes Looking forward to this one! 1mo
Reggie @sarahbarnes it‘s soooooo good. I just finished it. You‘ll like it. 1mo
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Fairy Tale | Stephen King
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I had heard it but never believed it. I mean I‘ve read at least 20 of his books. But when I hear people say he coulda cut 200 pages about one SK‘s books, I thought they were outta their minds. I loved the first 200 pages. Pages 200-450, what a slog. But in the end I cried. That emotion does not erase that snooze fest of a middle. A young man finds a portal to another world and sets out on an adventure with his dog. Hurts my heart to do this-meh.

AmyG Spot on. 1mo
TrishB The middle bit was very obvious. 1mo
Reggie @AmyG thank you. Cause man I was thinking maybe it was me. 1mo
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Reggie @TrishB for the first time ever I just felt he was telling me instead of showing and there was a lot of “he went left, right, over the hill and saw a lot of Monarch butterfly art that was vandalized.” lol I wanted to shout-Stephen!!!!!! Move it along! 1mo
AlaMich I think quite a few of his books in the last decade or so could‘ve benefitted from a page shave. But I guess nobody tells SK what to do. 1mo
KathyWheeler I liked this book, but it did indeed drag in the middle. I almost didn‘t finish. 1mo
Reggie @AlaMich I don‘t want to say maybe as long as the cash is coming in who cares but yeah can‘t we revise and edit a little? 1mo
Reggie @KathyWheeler I wouldn‘t have blamed you if you hadn‘t finished. 1mo
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Fairy Tale | Stephen King
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Today we had training on an update to one of our systems and this guy was one of the trainers. When he got up he asked if we had any questions. I asked if anybody had ever told him he looks like Stephen King. He said all the time. The photo does his likeness no justice. In person for a minute I thought Stephen had Schwarzeneggered Chloe. He looks like Joe. Fairy Tale is my bookclub book for this Friday, so it all felt serendipitous. He was so nice

JamieArc Great story! 1mo
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TheBookHippie Love this!!!!! 1mo
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Ruthiella I see the resemblance! 😀 1mo
AmyG The glasses, the hair. A SIGN! (Of what? 🤷‍♀️) 1mo
kspenmoll Wow! 1mo
IriDas I thought it was an impersonator. Does he have official impersonators? 😂 1mo
tpixie Fun! 1mo
AnnCrystal How epic 👑😎📚💝. 1mo
vivastory Lololol I'm so far behind on the recent King books. Most recent one that I read was the institute. I especially want to read If It Bleeds for the Holly novella and the Life of Chuck novella 1mo
Centique That is so cool. A SK Doppelganger 😍 1mo
Reggie @JamieArc @TheBookHippie @Ruthiella @AmyG @kspenmoll @IriDas @tpixie @AnnCrystal @vivastory @Centique he said he and some friends were eating at a nice restaurant when the staff asked if he was Stephen King. He says no but you should see my dad. He just meant his dad looks way mor like King than him. When they asked for the check they said it was already taken care of, just next time bring your father. He felt bad but they left the waitress a huge 1mo
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Centique OMG that is hilarious! I would have felt so awkward though! 1mo
AnnCrystal @Reggie 😂 that's a grand story. I'm sure they made the waitress happy even if it was a case of mistaken identity 🆒💫. 1mo
AmyG Ha! I just remembered a story my neighbor told me. Her family went to a place in the northeast…Rocking Horse Ranch. She said Stephen King was there. From that moment on I hated her. Still do. 1mo
tpixie @Reggie what a story! 1mo
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I loved this book so much. I started off thinking I wouldn‘t like the book because of the writing but the narrative is so strong simple sentences later in the book emotionally hit deep. We follow 2 timelines. One is the future where there are no humans and it‘s all robots. The other is us following Zelu, a Nigerian American author who is paraplegic. This is a love letter to culture. This is about the frustration of just trying to exist when 👇🏼

Reggie all the world wants to do is crush you. It‘s about how family can love you but not know how to love you. It‘s about the importance of story. It‘s a lovely pick. I must say that is a pretty neat trick she pulled off in the end. 1mo
TrishB I have about 70 pages to go and you‘ve summed it up so well. (Obviously I don‘t know the end yet!) I‘m loving it. (edited) 1mo
Lesliereadsalot Really looking forward to this one. Thanks for the great review! 1mo
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squirrelbrain I‘m looking forward to this one too! 1mo
Reggie @TrishB let me tell you there were times when I wanted to jump in the book and fight people for her. I was soooo angry and frustrated on her behalf. But there are some really lovely moments too. I think she did a good job of peaks and valleying it. 1mo
Reggie @Lesliereadsalot @squirrelbrain I think you ladies will like it a lot. 1mo
sarahbarnes Great review! 1mo
TrishB I agree! I was so annoyed with her family most of the time. 1mo
Lesliereadsalot Loving this one! Really pulls you in. 1mo
Centique Oooh i really enjoyed Binti by this author - this sounds like she‘s even stepped up a level. 1mo
vivastory Does yr edition have the variant hardback cover underneath the dust jacket 1mo
Reggie @sarahbarnes Thanks! It was so good. 1mo
Reggie @Centique I like Binti a lot, also. She has some of that same tension in here. 1mo
Reggie @vivastory idk. I returned it to the library. I‘ve been trying to utilize my libraries more. 1mo
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Audition | Katie Kitamura
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He closes the book. He imagines what he‘ll say in his Litsy review. Smirking, contemplating that maybe what he is actually doing, posting his Litsy review is synonymous with the title of the book. With every review he is auditioning for the role of reader in other people‘s minds-Lololol. I loved this book. The wtf is happeningness of it all. Loved her writing, the language, how it was able to dissect everything. I did think it lost a little 👇🏼

Reggie steam with the addition of a certain character near the end, but I didn‘t care. I still loved it. A pick! 1mo
squirrelbrain Love this review! I hope you‘ll join in with the #camplitsy25 discussions starting next weekend. In fact, I nearly had one of the camp questions as ‘WTF just happened?‘! 🤣 (edited) 1mo
Reggie @squirrelbrain lol, thanks! Yeah, I think people would understand you posting that question. I‘m looking forward to joining ya‘ll at camp this year. I‘m reading all the books. 1mo
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Bookwormjillk @squirrelbrain next weekend 😱Where did the time go? 1mo
Lesliereadsalot It‘s next up for me! Really looking forward to it. 1mo
Jas16 Great review. This is going to be such a fun discussion 1mo
squirrelbrain Yay - that‘s great news Reggie! 1mo
squirrelbrain I know! @Bookwormjillk 🤷‍♀️ 1mo
BarbaraBB That‘s such great news Reggie! 1mo
Ruthiella Great review! 👏👏👏 1mo
Christine Lol, this review was everything and I completely agree! 1mo
Reggie @Lesliereadsalot hope you like it!!! 1mo
Reggie @Jas16 I can‘t wait to see what people think. 1mo
Reggie @Christine @Ruthiella Thank you!! I got a kick out of this one. 1mo
CarolynM Great review! I‘m a bit nervous about starting… 1mo
rockpools OK, NOW I‘m excited for this book. 1mo
Megabooks Love this review!! You always deliver! So happy you‘ll be at camp this summer 💜😁 1mo
BkClubCare “Happeningness” I get that! I stopped at Part 2 - should I wait til after Saturday to continue?! Always the difficult to balance timing when reading library books 📚 1mo
Reggie @CarolynM thanks, you just gotta dive in. 1mo
Reggie @rockpools I love when authors do what she does in here. And even if I didn‘t like it, I still would have loved her writing. 1mo
Reggie @Megabooks lol thanks! I‘m excited and ready to rummmmbbbbllllleeeeee!!!! 1mo
Reggie @BkClubCare I read it all in one night. Plus there are little details that are very faint in the first part that you might not pick up on in the second if you read it separately. 1mo
BkClubCare @Reggie - interesting… I will likely go ahead and finish. I am entranced by the writing style, long sentences, extravagant yet detached somehow; how deftly she changes her focus. 1mo
sarahbarnes Loved this book and love this review! Glad you‘ll be part of the discussion! 1mo
Reggie @sarahbarnes thanks, me too!! I‘m on the Okorafor and loving that one, too. 1mo
AmyG Exactly. Aren‘t we all auditioning…for work, in life? I have much to say about this one. Yes, the Okorafor book is very good. (edited) 1mo
Reggie @AmyG I can‘t wait to hear it! I finished the Okorafor yesterday and loved it. 1mo
Centique Best. Review. 🙌 Now im going to have to read this! 1mo
vivastory Reg, you know you'll always be the greedy book vampire 🦇📚 1mo
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Audition | Katie Kitamura
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Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner. lol, this book. I seriously have had to go watch scenes from that movie, Carol, with Cate Blanchett, because the vibes are similar. All air cracking with energy but not a lot of action.

BarbaraBB Exactly that: cracking with energy! 1mo
Reggie @BarbaraBB ✨✨✨✨✨yes! 1mo
youneverarrived Ohh I love that film. Going to start the book soon! 1mo
Reggie @youneverarrived me too! Where has Rooney Mara gone? I hope you like the book. 1mo
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Victorian Psycho | Virginia Feito
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This. Was . Hilarious!!!!! This was Otessa Moshfegh and all her gruesomeness but with humor. Miss Notty is hired to be the governess at the Pound estate and nothing will ever be same again. She has a darkness inside her that is just itching to get out. One would be afraid for the family of the Pound estate until you meet them. Then, maybe, you‘re rooting for Miss Notty. Litsy this was great but for a lot of you it might not be. Take care. Pick!!!

BarbaraBB Fab review. Really want to read it! 2mo
shortsarahrose Moshfegh with humor sounds right up my alley! 2mo
intothehallofbooks Ohhh I‘ve been wanting to read this one!!! This makes me more eager. 🤩 2mo
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Bookzombie Great review! Too bad we can‘t double stack. lol 2mo
LeahBergen Yay! I‘m glad I bought it now! 1mo
Reggie @BarbaraBB @shortsarahrose @intothehallofbooks @Bookzombie @LeahBergen I‘m gonna give this book to my dad for Father‘s Day and thank him for being a great dad. I hope all of you read it. I now wanna go read her other book. 1mo
Cathythoughts Great review 👏🏻😁 1mo
Reggie @Cathythoughts Thanks! The last 40 pages are just bonkers. 1mo
vivastory I have this one in my bag of library books. Definitely looking forward to it!! 1mo
Rissreadswithcats I would stack it just for the cover! ♥️ 1mo
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There is this gentleman that comes in almost everyday and plays the same machines at my casino. He‘s a Navy veteran who worked on submarines. He lent me 2 books and this is one of them. Was it on my 2025 bingo card to read about life on a 1960s submarine mission? No, but here we are. And as someone who has never read about submarine navy life I found it fascinating. I wouldn‘t say this is narrative but slice of life. Pick!

Ruthiella Neat! I definitely shy away from nonfiction , but am more often than not pleased when I actually read it! 2mo
JanuarieTimewalker13 I worked at a casino in Vegas from 1991-1993….a long, long time ago. It was such a fascinating experience…the people I met came from ALL walks of life! I learned a lot from talking to different folks!! 2mo
Reggie @Ruthiella I think I get trapped into thinking nonfiction is always gonna be some political memoir and that‘s totally false. lol 1mo
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Reggie @JanuarieTimewalker13 this May makes 17 years at my casino and I could write a book. 1mo
JanuarieTimewalker13 Man, I bet!!! That‘s not a bad idea, writing a book! 1mo
JanuarieTimewalker13 I sold change to Jerry Garcia and didn‘t even know who he was. Lol I was a disco chick not a deadhead. I had Andre Agassi at my carousel and I definitely knew who he was and my manager said I had a smile on my face all day. Hahahahahaha. I also met Mike Ditka‘s mom. She was a doll. So many fun happenings and then some very strange ones too. (edited) 1mo
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Eat the Ones You Love | Sarah Maria Griffin
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Shell, fresh out of a breakup in her young 30s and just having moved back home with her parents, takes a job in the mall as an assistant florist where there is a sinister plant. I wanted to like this more than I did but it lacked forward motion. There was a lot of stutter stopping. The story was sprawling in ways where I just ached to get back to any kind of main story. I just wanted the plant to kill people. Is that too much to ask!!! Low pick.

KathyWheeler I don‘t think it‘s too much to ask at all! 😄 2mo
CBee Feed me, Seymour!! 😂😂 2mo
Reggie @KathyWheeler @CBee lol, the plant was too involved in the human drama rather than getting things done. You ever decide to read one book about killer plants, make it the Ruins. Those plants coulda taught this one a thing or 2. 2mo
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KathyWheeler @Reggie I don‘t generally get creeped out or scared by most books, but The Ruins did that to me! Good book. 2mo
JenlovesJT47 Lol I love your complaints 😅😅😅 2mo
vivastory @CBee lolol I just now saw yr comment after I posted mine 2mo
CBee @vivastory great minds 😂😂😂 2mo
Reggie @KathyWheeler I haven‘t read that book in over 10 years but I think about the main characters a lot. How he wanted to be a doctor and even though all he wants is to help and save them all he can‘t. Such a good book. 2mo
Reggie @JenlovesJT47 lol, thanks, there was some good raw material in here. Just lacked some execution. 2mo
Reggie @vivastory you can tell there‘s a lot of inspiration in here taken from LSOH. 2mo
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TheBookHippie Yes!!!! 2mo
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🚋🐝💫. 2mo
dabbe W🤩WZA! 🖤🐝🖤 2mo
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lil1inblue Love it! 💛 🐝 💛 2mo
TheSpineView Love the idea of leaving it behind. 💛🐝💛 2mo
DebinHawaii Beautiful—love the image it conjures in my mind! 🖤🐝💛 2mo
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TheBookHippie Oh I love this!!!! 💙💙💙💙 2mo
kspenmoll Odysseus!!!! 2mo
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👏🏼🐝👍🏼🧜🏼🧜🏼‍♂️🧜‍♀️🐝💫.
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TheSpineView Wow, love! 💛🐝💛 2mo
AmyG Very nice. 2mo
dabbe W😍WZA! 💛🐝🖤 2mo
lil1inblue 👏 👏 👏Most excellent! 2mo
Reggie @kspenmoll one of my favorite classes of all time was 9th grade Greek Mythology with Ms.Gunderson. 2mo
BooksandCoffee4Me @Reggie I love that!!! 💛 2mo
DebinHawaii Such a perfect vibe! 🖤🐝💛 2mo
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Eat the Ones You Love | Sarah Maria Griffin
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This from a plant in the bouquet of flowers the girl is holding.

CoverToCoverGirl Creepy 👀. I might be rethinking my multiple flower beds. 2mo
Reggie @CoverToCoverGirl lol, the pollinators of the world need your flowers! have you ever seen that movie The Happening? If you haven‘t, don‘t, it was horrible but basically the plants of the world have gotten together to release this toxin that causes humans to kill themselves. It was very scary. 2mo
TrishB Wow 😮 2mo
Suet624 Ummmm…this is just mean! 😭 2mo
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Rosemarys baby | Ira Levin
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#haikuaday for yesterday.

TheBookHippie 🎉🎉🎉🎉🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 2mo
dabbe Holy guacamole, Batman! 💛🐝🖤 2mo
DebinHawaii Awesome! One of my favorite scary books & movies & you captured the over-the-top drama so well! 🖤🐝🖤 2mo
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JessClark78 🖤 2mo
Reggie @TheBookHippie lol Thanks! 2mo
Reggie @dabbe mmmmm with some chips! 2mo
Reggie @DebinHawaii thanks! I was watching it last night and it‘s still so good, every time. And Guy was so horrible. 2mo
Reggie @JessClark78 🖤🖤🖤 2mo
TheBookHippie @Reggie It‘s perfection!!! 2mo
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🚼🐝💫. 2mo
lil1inblue I haven't watched this in ages, but this brought me right back! Now I need to see it again. 👍 2mo
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Say You'll Remember Me | Abby Jimenez
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I didn‘t expect to be bawling my eyes out on a Friday night but should have known better with Abby. Hot Veterinarian Xavier meets Mustard PR woman, Samantha. They have an imperfectly perfect 1st date. When he drops her off at her apartment he finds out she‘s moving 2000miles away. They decide to make it work long distance. This is sweet and funny, but man, there is a dementia storyline in here that ripped my heart out. Jimenez is always a pick!

AmyG I just finished my second Jimenez audiobook. Thank you. She is so enjoyable. And after 2….who are these men that fall in love with these women??? Ahhhh fiction. 2mo
Reggie @AmyG lol, they all seem so well adjusted. What was the second one you listened to? 2mo
CoverToCoverGirl I so love it when a book has the power to move me in intense ways. Especially when it‘s unexpected. 2mo
Reggie @CoverToCoverGirl I‘m gonna keep it vague but there is a callback near the end to a single paragraph in the first half of the book and it also made me cry out of nowhere. It has nothing to do with dementia. Abby is so good. 2mo
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White Line Fever | KC Jones
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Livia finds out her controlling husband is cheating and realizes when she left her childhood maybe she left one prison for another. Her and 3 girlfriends take a girls trip to recover and along a shortcut called The Devil‘s Driveway they come upon a stretch of this malicious unreality. It reminds them that the past will always haunt you. I loved, loved, loved his first book so I had to read this, his 2nd book. This is a bit wonky and 👇🏼

Reggie I can‘t tell you why. Maybe it‘s some of the tell and not shows. Maybe it‘s the arrangement of events in the different timelines. But I did like Livia and her friends and cared for them. Also, this is very Stephen Kingsy. It‘s a pick. 2mo
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Bookwormjillk CC: laundry 2mo
Reggie @Bookwormjillk lol, yes! 2mo
TheBookHippie SERIOUSLY!!!! It‘s so rude!! 2mo
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TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2mo
lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 2mo
lil1inblue Such a sisyphean task! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2mo
kspenmoll Haha🎉🎉 good one!! 2mo
Ruthiella 👏👏👏 So true! 2mo
vivastory 🤣😅😅 2mo
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🍽️😂🐝💫. 2mo
BooksandCoffee4Me Absolutely — and laundry, as others have said! 😂😂😂 2mo
CarolynM I feel this😆 Sweeping the floor too🤬 2mo
Reggie @lil1inblue indeed! lol, thanks! 2mo
Reggie @willaful lol thanks for this! I love the song. 2mo
Reggie @kspenmoll thanks. I‘m still thinking about part of the letter you posted about the other day. “My daughter can‘t write a poem, she is the poem.” 2mo
Reggie @CarolynM OMG this! I used to live in a house with carpet and now my duplex has no carpet. I sweep like every other day. 2mo
DebinHawaii Love this! 🖤🐝💛 Housework in general, totally puts a damper on my reading time! 😂 2mo
Suet624 Since I stopped working, I‘m realizing that dust is a problem. Apparently I‘ve had layers of dust all over my place for years. Never had time to notice it before. 2mo
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#haikuaday Sometimes while I‘m walking the floor at my casino, no one is waiting for the elevators, I don‘t push the button, and as I‘m walking by it will open by itself and no one is inside and I like to freak myself out. lol And now that I‘m thinking about it, maybe it‘s not about someone getting off the elevator, it‘s about someone calling me to get in. Ooooeeeeoooo 🥶5 months until Halloween, kids.

TheSpineView 😍😍😍 2mo
lil1inblue So eerie! I've gotten that feeling. Love this. 2mo
BooksandCoffee4Me Eerie and love the “tiiinng” sound 👏 2mo
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AmyG Stephen King story? Does this involve twins and blood? I can hear “redrum”. (edited) 2mo
BarbaraBB Very good 👍🏽 2mo
tpixie Wow!!! Very eerie!!! great haiku, and graphic and sentiment 2mo
tpixie @AmyG yes!!!!! # 2mo
tpixie Do you work at a casino or do you play at one? And which casino? 2mo
DebinHawaii Perfectly eerie! Love it! 🖤🐝🖤 2mo
dabbe Yay to the eerie Halloween vibes! 👻👻👻 2mo
LeahBergen Eek! 2mo
AnnCrystal Exceptionally Eerie! Fantastic 👏🏼🐝👍🏼⬆️⬇️🐝💫. (edited) 2mo
Reggie @TheSpineView 😁😁😁 2mo
Reggie @lil1inblue Thanks! 2mo
Reggie @BooksandCoffee4Me my coworker was wondering why I was asking him if Tiing or Ping was better for an elevator sound. lol 2mo
Reggie @AmyG you genius!!!! You should‘ve posted that with the blood coming out of the elevator picture. That‘s sooo good! 2mo
Reggie @BarbaraBB thanks! 😊 2mo
Reggie @tpixie thank you. I work at Buffalo Thunder casino. It‘s 15 minutes North of Santa Fe. Some of the guys in surveillance have seen shadows on cameras going down the halls but nobody in the hallways. Creepy right? 2mo
Reggie @DebinHawaii @dabbe @AnnCrystal Thank you! 🖤🖤🖤 2mo
Reggie @LeahBergen Aak!!!! 2mo
TheBookHippie Elevators terrify me. 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ 2mo
tpixie @Reggie lol 😝 Tiing was perfect 🤩 2mo
tpixie @Reggie Creepy Shadows!Casinos have their own life/universe.My son plays poker- mostly outside of San Diego, but also at tournaments in Austin & Vegas, & a couple of World Series in Vegas. I‘ve always wanted to go to Santa Fe. My husband has been there at least 3 times driving back-&-forth from Kansas to California with the kids. Hopefully in the next couple of years I‘ll get to go! if I do, I‘ll let you know. We might be at the craps table! 2mo
kspenmoll Creepy! 2mo
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White Line Fever | KC Jones
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#haikuaday inspired by the book.

julieclair Oh my… this tears my heart out. 😢 2mo
Reggie @julieclair it‘s inspired by the book. That chapter is rough. 2mo
TheBookHippie Whew. 2mo
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DebinHawaii Oh man, that‘s a rough but powerful one! 🖤🐝🖤 2mo
Centique Ohhhhhh. Theres a novel full of meaning in just a few words! 2mo
AnnCrystal 🤔🐝📚🐝💫. 2mo
BooksandCoffee4Me Reminds me of Hemingway‘s “baby shoes for sale, never used” story. 😢 2mo
lil1inblue Oh, wow. Heartbreaking! Well done. 2mo
dabbe A whoah one. 💛🐝💛 2mo
Reggie @BooksandCoffee4Me That has to win an award for saddest title ever. 2mo
Reggie @Centique I forget how evocative any kind of poetry can be. Also, the poor wife in here, after finding what she finds, takes off in her vehicle has a panic attack and gets into a wreck. Don‘t worry-she‘s alive…….for now. 2mo
Centique @Reggie oh god! The poor thing 😬 2mo
Centique @Reggie Hemingway was asked to write a 6 word story and that was it. Powerful! @BooksandCoffee4Me 2mo
Reggie @Centique I had no idea, that‘s amazing. Thanks for telling me. 2mo
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TheSpineView 🤩🤩🤩 @dabbe 2mo
TheBookHippie 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2mo
dabbe I can so relate! 💛🐝🖤 If you can, would you mind tagging us all so that we can all be sure to enjoy your haikus? 🤩
Here's a list to copy and paste: @TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @Kristy_K @JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue @DebinHawaii @bellabella @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @AnnCrystal @Reggie @Eggs @vivastory @jdiehr @CBee
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JenlovesJT47 💛🐝💛 2mo
BooksandCoffee4Me Guilt twists and sugar delights = perfect 👌 (edited) 2mo
bellabella 👍 😍 2mo
BarbaraBB 👌🏽 2mo
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼☺️🐝💫. 2mo
Eggs Exquisite 👏🏻🥩👏🏻 2mo
lil1inblue 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 2mo
DebinHawaii Love this! “Sugar delights tongue” is perfection! 💛🐝🖤 2mo
Centique You‘re so good at this! 2mo
Reggie @BooksandCoffee4Me @DebinHawaii I was doing soo good. I was ignoring all the candy some coworkers had brought in every day it feels@like. But this customer came in and brought me these mini banana bread muffins. Ughhh I couldn‘t resist. And once I cheat I throw the rest of the day away and just keep cheating. 2mo
Reggie @Centique 🖤🖤🖤thank you! 2mo
Centique @Reggie on the subject of food. We made good friends with our local cafe owner and he keeps gifting me baked goods when he thinks they have too many. Banana bread, cakes, this sweet potato bread, danishes…. It‘s so nice but Its Not Helping! 🤪🤪 2mo
kspenmoll Just adore this & you! 2mo
Reggie @Centique you‘re so lucky. And after reading your comment I gained 5 lbs. lol 2mo
Reggie @kspenmoll 🖤🖤🖤 2mo
Suet624 Your haikus are terrific. 2mo
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vivastory 😂 😂 2mo
vivastory Also, I recall once a few years ago I was staying in a hotel for a relative's wedding & I was down in the lobby (hotel lobbies=top tier reading spaces) & I overheard someone call the front desk & ask to speak to someone in room 1408 lol 2mo
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Reggie @vivastory Wow!!‘ Did a shiver go down your back? I think the hairs on my arms would have stood up. lol I love the movie and the short story. AND Fairy Tale by King is my bookclubs next book. I‘m excited. 2mo
Reggie @Ruthiella 🖤🖤🖤Thanks! 2mo
vivastory It did! That is one of my favorite King adaptations, but I actually think that the volume (Everything's Eventual) is one of his most underrated. Also, have you seen the trailer for The Long Walk? Two KING dystopian adaptations in the next yr=very appropriate IMHO 2mo
Reggie @vivastory I just saw the trailer. It looks awesome. Very real. What‘s the other adaptation this year? The Life of Chuck? Gonna be honest. Everything‘s Eventual, the only story I remember from there is 1408. Unless there‘s that story where the exes are having dinner and a killer comes out from the kitchen and she pushes her ex hubby in his way. Unless that story is in there. 2mo
vivastory @Reggie I love that story! The version of the book I have has a wraparound cover that is an illustration of that story. No, the other adaptation is The Running Man 2mo
Bookwormjillk I read somewhere that if you‘re traveling and don‘t have a bonus card at the grocery store try 867-5309. 2mo
Reggie @Bookwormjillk lol, I might try that some time. 2mo
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📞🐝💫. 2mo
TheSpineView This one made me chuckle 💛🐝💛😆 2mo
DebinHawaii This is so fun! 🎶 💛🐝🖤 2mo
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Centique Im so glad that this bookclub is fun 🙌 2mo
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#haikuaday years ago a Litten named Tobey called out for haikus for Halloween/autumn. It was so fun. I‘m in for the rest of this month. It‘s been so much fun reading the ones written this month so far.

TheBookHippie Yay!!!!!!!! 2mo
CarolynM No, but they tell me he needs to go to the dermatologist 😆 That‘s skin like mine, potential melanoma everywhere😬 2mo
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dabbe I can relate to the mole-y situation! 🤣 Welcome to the #haikuhive! 🖤🐝💛 2mo
vivastory loved Tobey's Halloween haikus! 2mo
DebinHawaii I love this one! 💛🐝🖤Glad you are in the #HaikuHive 2mo
Reggie @CarolynM Lol. I‘ve been doing this carnivore diet for 2 months and yesterday I walked in the sun for an hour. No sunburn. I had heard it was a thing but it‘s for real. 2mo
Reggie @sarahbarnes 🖤🖤🖤 2mo
Reggie @dabbe thanks! 2mo
Reggie @vivastory yes they were great. I haven‘t seen her in a long time but Sara, the redhead with the red headed girls. She also had great haikus. 2mo
vivastory @Reggie I miss @saresmoore 💙 She was so much fun 2mo
Suet624 I miss @saresmoore too and think of her often @vivastory 2mo
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A book about a man who is struggling with the guilt that 30 years ago he was camping with his best friend in his backyard, he wakes up and finds the best friend is gone. What a snooze fest. So repetitive. If I took a shot for every time I read I woke up and there was a slash on the tent and Billy was gone in the first 100 pages I‘d be dead from alcohol poisoning. Also, in horror movies there‘s that scary sound at the window during the storm 👇🏼

Reggie and when the lightning flashes you see the boogeyman with a bloody knife standing there. In here, every time the lightning flashed, it really was just the tree branch knocking at the window. Booo. I was never gonna read another Sager after Final Girls but bookclub tomorrow said otherwise. 2mo
vivastory Hard agree. After the last two Sager books I won't be reading him anymore 2mo
Reggie @vivastory after reading some of ya‘lls reviews on past Sager books I was hard hoping this was one of the good ones. But no. lol 2mo
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Reggie @vivastory also I feel like this is the mediocre writer‘s version of Disappearance at Devil‘s Rock by Tremblay which I loved. And actually went there. 2mo
TheBookHippie @vivastory @Reggie it‘s in the NO list for me. 🤣😵‍💫 2mo
Prairiegirl_reading I haven‘t really been into this kind of thing for a while but last year I thought it might be fun summer reading but I dnf‘d this one. What a snooze!! 2mo
vivastory @Reggie I actively loathed The Only One Left 2mo
LeahBergen 😆😆 Well, looks like I‘ll pass on this one. 😆 2mo
sarahbarnes Great review in the sense that I will never read this! 😆😆😆 2mo
Reggie @Prairiegirl_reading there were actually 2 chapters I liked but 2 out of 360 pages!!!!!!! You did the right thing dnf‘ing. 2mo
Reggie @TheBookHippie @LeahBergen @sarahbarnes years ago I went to go see Joe Hill where he sad he got good at editing his book but still wrote 3-500 pages over what his book turned out to be because he needed those pages for himself. To fully understand his characters. It was very sexy the way he said it. This book, the author just thought-missing child, let me throw a bunch of gotcha moments and not a lot of character development at it. (edited) 2mo
TheBookHippie @Reggie 🎯🎯🎯 2mo
Lesliereadsalot Crossing this one off my list. Thanks for the review! 2mo
Bookzombie I also read Final Girls and said never again. Sometimes reviews make me want to reconsider, so thank you for confirming my original instincts. 😂 2mo
Reggie @Lesliereadsalot I will be honest. A lot of the people at bookclub said it was easy breezy and they didn‘t mind it. And one said she didn‘t mind it until she looked at her bookcase and thought-I could be reading better books. Then it was not ok. 2mo
Reggie @Bookzombie I was so mad that there were times in the book when sentences started with a word that began with a Q and that capital Q had a long tail that went under the whole word it began and it just pissed me off. lol I flipped to the back to see the note about the type, to know the name of the thing I hated, and there was none because it figures, of course he doesn‘t include a note about the type. Lolol you‘re ok not reading him again. 2mo
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This takes place 7 years after The Announcement. Human beings were told that we are living in a simulation. A group of people board a bus for a tour of The Impossible Wonders from the Canterbury Trails company. The Impossible Wonders are testaments to the fact that the simulation is not a lie. They are contrary to the laws of physics. Gregory is such a skilled writer. His characters really shine. There was a moment when it felt like there👇🏼

Reggie were too many characters but by the end of the book I couldn‘t have kicked anyone off the bus. So good. Pick! (edited) 2mo
Lesliereadsalot Sounds like my type! Thanks for the recommendation. 2mo
Centique Oh wow! This sounds amazing and Ive loved two other books by him so I‘m thrilled to hear this is good! 2mo
Reggie @Lesliereadsalot @Centique as you can imagine, there is a lot of what does it mean if we‘re not real, existential angst. The bus turns out to be a microcosm of our society right now and I just took that we all get through it if we stick together. And there was a lot of humor. 2mo
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Litsy, I went to the library today because I don‘t have enough neglected books I own staring me down at my place. Excited to see a new Gregory I went to self checkout where it says the book is on hold please see front desk. I took it there where the lady says yes it is on hold, where I let out a playful,”booo.” But then she says we have this finders keepers rule here, I‘ll check it out to you. The Good Samaritan in me was about to say no, no, 👇🏼

Reggie no. I mean we all know what it‘s like to wait on a hold. The new Abby Jimenez, I‘m like #104 in line. But out of nowhere this greedy book vampire hidden in my heart took over and jumped out and made me say Thanks so much. AND I TOOK IT! I felt like the guy in the upper right, the blood being from the person who was on hold. Am I inviting bad book karma????!!!! 3mo
DGRachel Unless you took it from the holds shelf, then no. No guilt. The book gods were smiling on you. 😘 3mo
Reggie @DGRachel It was not, it was on the new book shelf. Lol, thanks! 3mo
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Lesliereadsalot I would definitely have grabbed it, no guilt! 3mo
TheBookgeekFrau Take your blessings when they appear. You lucked out, plain and simple 😊 3mo
Ruthiella Sometimes libraries do a skip the line thing with some copies. So no guilt-score! 3mo
vivastory Omg, Reggie I will never see that scene from scream the same way again lolol. You're awesome, my friend 📚📚💙...also if I could include a phrase on my obituary it'd be “Greedy book vampire“ (edited) 3mo
Reggie @Lesliereadsalot @TheBookgeekFrau @Ruthiella 🙌🏽 I told this story to everybody at work and everybody was like-of course you take the book! Lol 3mo
Reggie @Vivastory I tried so hard to find a pic of a vampire eating a heart and couldn‘t fine one. They‘re all about necks. Google/Safari really let me down. Lolol 3mo
Suet624 Congrats! 2mo
Rissreadswithcats It was meant to be! 👏🏻 2mo
Bookzombie I love this story! 1mo
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Rest Stop | Nat Cassidy
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Driving to see his sick Bubbe, Abe stops at this middle of nowhere Rest Stop in the middle of the night where nothing is right. Cassidy writes one of my favorite things. When a character is in a high pressure situation, those closest to them start talking to them subconsciously. In this case, it‘s his horrible Bubbe and his golden retriever bandmate Ty. There‘s creepy crawlies, a killer, some Yiddish, and a surprisingly poignant moment. Pick!

AmyG A horrible Bubbe? What? 🤣 3mo
Reggie @AmyG she‘s the mean grandma. lol 3mo
vivastory I've heard great things about this one. Really enjoyed Nestling. Looking forward to the latest werewolf story 3mo
Reggie @vivastory This has been the only book by him I‘ve read. But my hold for his Wolves book on Libby came in. He was on the most recent episode of Books in the Freezer and seemed pretty cool. 3mo
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Reservoir Bitches: Stories | Dahlia de la Cerda
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Reading these stories made me think of something someone like Quentin Tarantino sprinkled with Rob Zombie would have written. But that would be unfair to this female author. Most violence that happens in the world happens to women so why wouldn‘t she be able to write this? It is raw, gritty. She doesn‘t flinch when telling these stories. It was me who flinched. 13 loosely related short stories, told by different women from Mexico discussing 👇🏼

Reggie abortion, femicide, violence against transwomen, cartels, brujeria, toxic relationships, and if I kept track of all the songs mentioned a pretty badass soundtrack. The last story, La Huesera, destroyed me. Pick! 3mo
kspenmoll Thorough review! 3mo
TheBookHippie It‘s on my list!!! I cannot wait. 3mo
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sarahbarnes Great review. I agree wholeheartedly. 3mo
BarbaraBB Great review. And exactly how it is 3mo
Centique And now i want to read it AND hear the songs! Great review my friend 😘 3mo
Centique I already had it stacked though! 3mo
Reggie @kspenmoll Thanks, Katherine! 3mo
Reggie @TheBookHippie I think you‘ll like it. 3mo
Reggie @sarahbarnes @BarbaraBB Thanks, ladies. When I lived in Las Cruces, my friend took me to a Women‘s Week panel that was about the violence against women in Juarez. There were 2 families whose only way of identifying the remains of their daughters was that the bag containing their bones also had clothes and the clothes matched what the girls were wearing the last time the family saw them. That the police were no help. This book reminded me of that. 3mo
Reggie @Centique I used to date this guy back in 2007 and he talked about the 3 predictions this El Brujo Mayor made. One was that the Banda killings would continue. Bandas are bands that play for parties and different arenas. Sometimes they are killed by cartels for looking at a gf the wrong way or seen as having the wrong connection. That year they shot a singer during a concert and they went to the hospital and shot her again when they heard she 👇🏼 3mo
Reggie @Centique had survived. I only thought of that because in this book they‘re always talking about some corrido/certains style of song played by some banda. In some cases they‘re paying them to write corridos about friends. I hope you like this book if you get to it. 3mo
BarbaraBB That‘s horrible. I read this one about the subject, also very cruel and sad 3mo
sarahbarnes Wow, thank you for sharing the experiences you‘ve had about this topic. I also read 2666 @BarbaraBB and it seems like this just keeps happening. (edited) 3mo
vivastory This review really sold me but like my friends @barbarabb & @sarahbarnes chimed in about 2066, while being one of the more memorable books I've read; definitely one of those I'd never want to reread (edited) 3mo
Reggie @vivastory I‘ve never read a Bolano but I think I‘ve been intimidated by their size, they‘re all chunksters right? 3mo
charl08 Just finished this one. Such a hard-hitting book (especially given the short length). The stats at the end are just brutal. 2mo
Reggie @charl08 Yes! I keep thinking about that girl who is pregnant and her boyfriend just keeps cheating on her and posting about it on Facebook AND then she mentions she‘s only 13yo!!! 2mo
charl08 @Reggie yes that was jaw dropping. 2mo
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Tilt | Emma Pattee
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I loved this book. Annie is in an IKEA when an earthquake in the Pacific Northwest strikes. She‘s 37 weeks pregnant, miserably pregnant, and we follow her on her journey to find a loved one and home. This is broken up by chapters depicting her life leading up to this day. The whole time, she‘s talking to Bean, her unborn baby. This book was a rollercoaster of emotion for me. I was horrified, I laughed, cause Annie is funny, and I cried. Pick!👇🏼

Reggie Anybody still in the mood for a pregnant protagonist against the backdrop of disaster, in this case a pandemic, I would suggest this book. It‘s also great. 3mo
BarbaraBB I can‘t wait to read this one! Great review 3mo
CarolynM Sounds good 🙂 3mo
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Cathythoughts Great review, I have it stacked already 👍🏻 3mo
Suet624 Can‘t wait to read this!! 3mo
Reggie @BarbaraBB @CarolynM @Cathythoughts @Suet624 @Rissreadswithcats Annie‘s husband is an aspiring actor and her flashbacks with him can be sooo funny and infuriating. There‘s a certain scene where he monologues at a parenting class. Pure gold. lol hope ya‘ll like it. 3mo
CarolynM I‘ve just voted for it for #CampLitsy2025 😊 Fingers crossed. 3mo
Megabooks I looked, and I had stacked Sealed from your review! I loved Tilt, too. The tension was just so fantastic. 2mo
Megabooks I‘m still thinking of the mom crawling into that school. God. That scene really got to me. 2mo
Reggie @Megabooks omg yes. I liked that even though the mom was rude to Annie at the IKEA, despite all that, they looked out for each other at the end of their worlds. It almost made me cry. 2mo
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My Dark Vanessa | Kate Elizabeth Russell
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What a book of horror. I‘m not a parent but sometimes I wonder how ya‘ll let your children out into the world. We follow Vanessa in alternating timelines. In 2017 set against the #MeToo movement where she‘s following all the allegations against a former high school English teacher. In 2000 where she‘s 15 and enters a sexual relationship with that teacher. In 2017 she‘s barely coming to realize that she herself was a victim. This was sad and 👇🏼

Reggie enraging. The amount of gaslighting that the teacher used against her. Omg. There‘s a lot to be said about intuition in here. How we should listen to that internal voice especially when it‘s trying to tell you something is wrong. This was tough to read but it was so well written. Pick! 3mo
Ruthiella I also thought this book was horrifying but entirely plausible. 3mo
AmyG I bailed. I just couldn‘t. 3mo
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Jas16 Horrifying subject matter but I thought the book did a great job telling the story. 3mo
5feet.of.fury It was so well done. 3mo
quietlycuriouskate The way she persisted in romanticising what happened to her was so chilling! 😦 3mo
CoverToCoverGirl Disturbing story but well written. It was a pick for me too! 3mo
Reggie @Ruthiella totally, the last few years I lived in Las Cruces there was like 4 cases of this in 2 years. In one case, a coach blackmailed a gay student into sex saying he would out him to his family if he didn‘t comply. 3mo
Reggie @AmyG I totally understand. I think this would be uncomfortable for alot of people. 3mo
Reggie @Jas16 @5feet.of.fury @CoverToCoverGirl Yeah, this author is one to watch. She had such balance here, and she doesn‘t baby the reader. I thought she was great. 3mo
Reggie @quietlycuriouskate yes! I think she says to people a couple of times-but he loves me. Even when she‘s talking to the therapist saying that if she is a victim then what does she have from all those years. Ughhh so sad. 3mo
Rissreadswithcats I have this on my shelf but it‘s never been the right time to start it. I‘ll get to it someday. 3mo
Amor4Libros I‘ve read this twice because I like to torture myself 😅 But really the reason was that I read it by myself first and had no one to discuss it with and then about a year later buddy read with friends 2mo
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So my normal bookclub which took place yesterday had to read a Kate Atkinson. I just feel she‘s way above me. We read another book by her and I didn‘t know how to feel. A guy next to me might as well have given his doctoral thesis on it and I just sat there thinking-am I stupid? So instead of reading another Atkinson I went with this book for a mashed up horror scifi group. I didn‘t care for it or the bookclub. The grass isn‘t always greener 👇🏼

Reggie on the other side, Litsy. The book was meh. 3mo
Ruthiella What Atkinson? 3mo
Reggie @Ruthiella the one I read was Transcription. The one they discussed yesterday was A God in Ruins. 3mo
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AmyG Ah, maybe you are the smart one. 3mo
MommyWantsToReadHerBook "his doctoral thesis" ???? A God in Ruins has quite a lot going on, if I remember. But talking a lot doesn't equal intelligence or understanding ? 3mo
Reggie @AmyG @MommyWantsToReadHerBook @julesG There‘s this woman in the group. She‘s a 70 something brassy broad in a wheelchair and I love her. Her name‘s Dolores. When that guy was done she tells him, that‘s all and well honey but the author still has to tell a story. She hadn‘t liked it either. She made me feel better. 3mo
MommyWantsToReadHerBook @Reggie that's awesome 😂😂😂😂😂 3mo
Centique Theres no way Atkinson is above you Reggie! I find her hit and miss for my tastes. I loved Life After Life but bailed on A God in Ruins. And other people hated Life After Life 😜 I think people have very different reactions to her books 👍 3mo
Centique Dolores sounds awesome! 3mo
vivastory The only Atkinson that I have read is the first in her Brodie series: Case Histories. I liked it, wouldn't say I LOVED it. Have you read other Fracassi because I'd be shocked if you disliked Boys In the Valley 3mo
Reggie @Centique Dolores is awesome. She tells it like it is. Her and I don‘t always agree but I like her so much. 3mo
Reggie @vivastory I liked Boys in the Valley. I liked Gothic. I loved A Child Alone with Strangers. And I liked 2 books of his short stories I have read. This book, not good. But the girl leading the book group- her favorite author of all time. (Insert my eyeroll here.) 3mo
Suet624 I know the feeling of thinking others understand something that I just didn‘t get. It happens a bit less now because of the age I am, but I can assure you that you are one smart cookie. And I‘ve never found an Atkinson that I enjoyed. (edited) 2mo
Reggie @Suet624 lol, thank you, Sue. I stared at him, my eyes glazing over. I felt nuts, thinking, did I even think about this book?!!! 2mo
Suet624 @Reggie 😂😂😂 2mo
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Loca | Alejandro Heredia
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If this book was a color it would be a periwinkle or cornflower. The blue that hasn‘t seen the sun yet but has just risen from complete darkness. Sal and Charo are living in NYC, the year, 1999. They‘re friends from the Dominican Republic. And they are lost in life. Sal lives in fear given to him from a tragedy on the island. Charo is in a relationship that‘s starting to feel like a prison. The writing was good. I just wanted more in the end. Pick

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The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief & Sinister | Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Emma Trevayne, Claire Legrand
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I loved this so much,Litsy! 36 six tales of terror written by the same 4 authors pertaining to certain subjects like Cake, Love, Luck, Flowers, Song. Sounds like a charm bracelet right? But no, these are scary, disturbing, well written. I was surprised by how many of them had strong voice, or to encounter a paragraph describing the nature of something and nodding along to it. There was the one about the whalers finding the live boy in the 👇🏼

Reggie the belly of a whale. The one told from the pov of a dog named Rabbit who is worried about the child eating garden of flowers next door. The one that terrified me the most was the one about the girl with her evil, bff ventriloquist doll. All were great. 3mo
TrishB Great review Reggie 👍🏻 3mo
Lesliereadsalot Wow! Sounds really good! 3mo
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sarahbarnes Great review! Sounds very creepy and intriguing. 3mo
Rissreadswithcats Interesting concept and this cover is gorgeous! 3mo
Reggie @Rissreadswithcats You would love this book. 3mo
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The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief & Sinister | Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Emma Trevayne, Claire Legrand
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On my way to Albuquerque, I was listening to Books in the Freezer podcast where one of the guests was saying that her cozy horror pick for her chilling obsession was reading this book. That the first story was about a village who on the 2nd Tuesday of every February spends its day baking cakes for this swarm of fairies that come and eat them. Well this year the supply truck doesn‘t come and the fairy swarm comes and kills, KILLS, all the 👇🏼

Reggie parents. The children are left alone because fairies don‘t kill children,uh duh. Chilling. Found it at the library in the children‘s section. I‘m about 5 stories in and they‘re all wonderfully creepy. (edited) 4mo
TheBookHippie Oooooo 4mo
AmyG Cozy horror? Oddly sounds wonderful. 4mo
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ImperfectCJ I just added this one to my e-reader for my upcoming trip based on this post! 4mo
CoverToCoverGirl Cozy horror?? Terrifying.. 🤓 4mo
vivastory Haven't read this one, but the title reminds me how happy I am that we are getting a second season of the del toro show this year!....

I went to go post the above, but I double checked it first for a release date & apparently I must have dreamt this 😭
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Reggie @TheBookHippie @AmyG @CoverToCoverGirl it was kinda funny because after this guest told the podcast about it the other guest said, all I got from that was that I need to eat cake. And funny enough the first section of the book is called Cake. The second story was pretty good, also. It‘s called The Cake Made of Teeth. 4mo
Reggie @ImperfectCJ I hope you like it! It also goes well with a margarita. lol 4mo
Reggie @vivastory it‘s definitely middle school but I‘m really liking it. The Mandela effect has struck again!!!!! I remember liking the alien episode of that. 4mo
vivastory That was one of my favorites, too. The director of that episode made an excellent movie a few yrs ago: The Empty Man. Have you seen it? 3mo
Centique OMG the murderous fairies! Sometimes kids books can be pretty freakin chilling 😱😱 3mo
Centique That looks like a great meal by the way! And you are on your way to Alberqueque? To me (from the upside down side of the world) that sounds like a song and might require you to be with a bunch of found friends on horseback and on the way to rescuing someone. 3mo
Reggie @Centique There was a story that I read at lunch. And I was so disturbed I just stopped eating and went back to work. There‘s been some doozies in here. Also, the salsa with those chips, it had me full body sweating before I even started eating the enchiladas. lol it was freakin‘ hot! 🥵 3mo
Reggie @vivastory I haven‘t but I‘m about to tonight. Also, that cocktail bar on your post looks so cozy. Cheers from past Reggie with his margarita on Friday night to past you. 3mo
Centique @Reggie that must have been so disturbing! I can just picture you doing that 😬 3mo
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Woodworm | Layla Martinez
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This is a haunted house novella translated from Spanish. This house has been inhabited by 4 generations of women some of who are witches. A granddaughter returns home after spending time in jail after being accused of kidnapping the boy she nannies. This is intergenerational trauma, domestic violence, class warfare. I kept thinking of that Mean Girl‘s quote-I don‘t hate you cause you‘re fat, you‘re fat because I hate you. But instead it‘s- 👇🏼

Reggie I don‘t hate you because you‘re poor. You‘re poor because I hate you. This was just really good. Nothing is over the top, it‘s just on a low simmer all the way through. Pick! 4mo
sarahbarnes Wow, great review. 4mo
Reggie @sarahbarnes Thanks! 🖤 4mo
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Woodworm | Layla Martinez
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Um, okay, awesome, haunted house book, first paragraph, come through!!!!!

Bookzombie Wow! 3mo
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This was so much fun. Jane and Dan won a raffle to eat at an ultra posh restaurant to celebrate their 19th-maybe 20th wedding anniversary. Jane is a failed novelist who finds herself dissatisfied with life and a soon as she mentions she wants a divorce to Dan, that‘s when the ecoterrorists (eco activists depending on who you ask) show up shoving a gun in Dan‘s face. Can they survive the night? So funny and oddly touching. Oakley does this neat👇🏼

Reggie trick where she mentions something and does these callbacks to that something. It was like eating that candy with the surprise gooey center. And she does it over and over in this book. A sweet pick! 4mo
CarolynM I love the sound of this. Stacked😀 4mo
Reggie @CarolynM I think you‘ll like it a lot. 4mo
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BooksandCoffee4Me You‘ve enticed me to read this! 😃 4mo
Hooked_on_books I had fun with this one, too! 4mo
Reggie @BooksandCoffee4Me Yay! I hope you like it! 4mo
Reggie @Hooked_on_books I‘m not gonna lie, there were times where I just thought, just shoot Jane. lol I know that‘s horrible. But when Dan describes the history of their van. I got teary eyed. And every time Jane looked at her children and thought you are my lung that walks outside my body. That kind squeezed my heart. 4mo
Hooked_on_books For sure! Jane‘s someone who‘s great on the page but I‘m pretty sure I wouldn‘t want to spend a lot of time with someone like her! 4mo
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Had the laundromat all to myself. It was nice. Almost done with the book. It‘s been a lot of fun. Happy reading Littens.

TheBookHippie Oh that‘s lovely! 4mo
TheBookHippie Cart reminds me of pushing my daughter around when she was small. So long ago! 4mo
AmyG I loved laundry reading. Books and my favorite chore….laundry. 4mo
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Liars: A Novel | Sarah Manguso
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This was a well written but hard to read book. I love that the author has her nameless MC say she always wanted to write a book length poem and the book is written in these stanzas that effectively reflect a moment, an idea, but also move the book forward. The MC recounts her 14yr plus relationship with John. And you are right there, living the abuse, almost none of it physical, with the wife. I felt awful. It made me think of friends I‘ve 👇🏼

Reggie lost (not dead) to people like John. A hard pick. (edited) 4mo
Jas16 Yes. This book was hard to read but hard to look away from. and as frustrating as it all was so much of it was easy to relate to in relationships you have witnessed if not also in relationships you have had. 4mo
Reggie @Jas16 yeah, I had a friend who was pregnant and she got cheated on by her chef baby daddy, waitress texting at 3-4 in the morning while he was asleep. I had another friend who got choked while he was drunk and she stayed until he left her for a lookalike. And then he OD‘d. They were both smart and brilliant I just never knew why they would stay. Anyways, thanks to you and 2 others for making me wanna read this book. 4mo
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Centique Im (hopefully) bringing up both my kids to know that you dont accept disrespect/cheating/abuse/controlling behavior. You dont forgive it. You get out. They can learn how to be a better person by themselves. I also make them read articles about how to spot a narcissist! They are all over it thank goodness. 4mo
thecheckoutstack I agree, the relatableness of the relationship dynamic was the hardest part for me too. We all have either been in or know someone who has stuck in this cycle. 4mo
kspenmoll Kudos to you- not sure I could read this although it sounds good. 4mo
nikamavrody An audiobook version of this would be like candy to me. 3mo
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