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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego

Joined January 2018

Bibliophile 📚 Traveller 🌎 Feminist ♀️✊ Canadian 🇨🇦
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ShelleyBooksie That moth paper is gorgeous!! 6h
wanderinglynn Yay! 🎃👻🧡 awesome wrapping paper! 5h
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This made me lol.

Bookwomble 🤣 9h
Bette 😆🤣 6h
AlaMich I‘m guessing no? 6h
CoverToCoverGirl 👀😆😂 2h
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Pickpick

Well this just grew my TBR exponentially. I liked this because it introduces us to new more modern horror authors, as most of these books are from 2000 and on. There were so many authors I'd never even heard of. Very inclusive and diverse, lots of women, POC, and LGBTQ+ writers on this list. A great pick for horror lovers new and old.

dabbe I love the title! 🤩🤩🤩 2w
jlhammar Same! I added so many books to my to-read list from this one. Great review! 2w
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The Hunger | Alma Katsu
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Pickpick

I really liked this one. A historical fiction horror about the Donner Party.

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🐈‍⬛ Black Cat or Luna Moth
🎃 Anything Horror, but I do re-read Pumpkinheads every year
👻 I like a good punny costume
👣 Love Halloween socks , size 7
💚 Beetlejuice
🍭🍬🍫 Candy & chocolate

#HHS #HauntedHollowSwap #HHS23 @wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn 👻🎃🙌🏻 2w
CuriousG I also like a good penny costume or one representing a concept. One year my husband and I went as money laundering. We both had laundry baskets with a hole in the bottom so we could put them around our waists, and his was filled with clean Monopoly money, and mine was dirty crinkled Monopoly money. I thought it was cute, but most people really struggled with the concept 🤷‍♀️😄 2w
CuriousG *punny* - I love autocorrect 2w
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @CuriousG That's such a clever costume! 2w
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wanderinglynn 🎃👻🙌🏻 2w
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Who am I to say no to another Halloween swap? 2 books and 1 candy treat. #AllHallowsReadSwap See @MaleficentBookDragon for details and sign up link. 🕸️🖤💀

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Midnight Mass | F. Paul Wilson
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Pickpick

A priest, a rabbi, a nun, and an atheist lesbian walk into a.... fantastic book. I thought it was the inspiration for the Netflix series of the same name, but it's not. An excellent old school vampire story. Reminiscent of OG Stephen King. The first half was perfection, the second half was good.

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dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3w
wanderinglynn Definitely more scare than I can do! 👻 3w
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🎃👻🐈‍⬛ It's officially Spooky Season Littens! 🎃👻🐈‍⬛

wanderinglynn Yay! 🎃👻🖤 4w
IndoorDame 🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏 4w
Leftcoastzen Great image! 4w
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Dead Silence | S.A. Barnes
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A space horror/haunting book. I enjoyed this. More psychological than gory or violent. Although there is a bit of both.

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Seed | Ania Ahlborn
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Took me a bit to get into it. It was definitely creepy throughout, the ending was good.

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The Guest List | Lucy Foley
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I thought this was going to be a thriller, turns out it's a murder mystery. That's not really my genre, but I liked it! I will definitely be checking out more from this author. Short POV chapters, made it a quick read. I enjoyed the twist at the end.

5feet.of.fury I liked this one! Hunting Party is the same type of vibe! 1mo
Roary47 Yes, Haunting Party! I did it with a book club and we all loved it. Guest List was pretty good too. The former I just liked more. @5feet.of.fury 1mo
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Manhunt | Gretchen Felker-Martin
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Men have turned into raping, killing zombies. Empowered and enraged TERFs are now on the hunt for transgendered women. Throw in some spoiled bunker brats. This is very much about the trans experience, written from that perspective. The premise is absolutely terrifying to me. I found this book makes you take a hard look at yourself. Violence, gore, sex, rape, transphobia, there's not much that isn't in here.

batsy Nice review! I thought it was really compelling as well. 1mo
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Looking for a Halloween read that isn't scary or gory, here it is. A moving, coming of age, family story. Jake, his misfit friends, and oddball uncle start a ghost club the summer of Jake's 12th Bday. They investigate local ghost stories, myths, and legends, and lose a little innocence along the way.

Also, who knew Nick Cutter had an alias? Actually I think NC is the alias, and Craig Davidson is his real name. 🤷‍♀️

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Heads up Witches! @BookwormAHN is hosting #ModernWitchSwap #MWS 🌛🌝🌜🕸️🔮

BookwormAHN Thanks for sharing 🐈‍⬛ 1mo
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Spooky Season is here!! 🧡🖤🎃👻 See @wanderinglynn to sign up for #HauntedHollowSwap #HHS #HHS23

wanderinglynn Thanks for sharing! 🎃👻 1mo
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Not in the Litsy database. My first Judith Sonnet. Three church camp buddies go exploring in the woods, only to stumble upon something they shouldn't have. Reminiscent of The Summer I Died, but not quite as good. A quick and satisfying read nevertheless, if you're into extreme horror and graphic violence. This is a "Pick" for me, and I will definitely read more by this author. #SummerHorrorReads

dabbe Yikes! That cover! 😱 2mo
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Goddess of Filth | V. Castro
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This novella was fantastic. I need more feminist horror in my life. Ancient gods, human monsters, possessions, female friendships. A latina Exorcist, but more satisfying in the end. At least for me. I also really love this cover. #SummerHorrorReads

Emilymdxn Im so so sold 2mo
sarahbarnes This sounds very intriguing. 2mo
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Something in the Water: A Novel | Catherine Steadman
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Mehso-so

I wanted to be riveted, but I really wasn't. Barely held my attention.

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The Day of the Locust | Nathanael West
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🎧📖 Spoilers ⬇️

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego 🎧📖 TW. I get that it's commentary about the down side and corruption of Hollywood in the 1930s, but I couldn't stand the flippant acts/thoughts of sexual assault and rape. (There's also fairly graphic animal abuse). I can stomach a lot of effed up stuff, but the tone and casual manner of these acts was off putting to me. Likely the point of it all, but this just didn't work for me. 2mo
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The accuracy.

Jari-chan I just had to share this with a friend of mine🤣 2mo
AmyG Ha! 2mo
Aims42 Accurate 😂🤣 2mo
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Ruthiella 😂😂😂 2mo
Leftcoastzen 👏😂 2mo
dabbe YES! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo
Tove_Reads Totally 2mo
5feet.of.fury Really really 2mo
pr.alm 😂👌🏼 2mo
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🎧📖 When I saw that Scorsese has a movie coming out soon, I just had to read it first. A sad part of history.

ericarobynreads Ooh, I own this. I‘ll have to bump it up on my TBR pile. 3mo
Julsmarshall I loved this so much! Absolutely riveting! 3mo
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Some horror-esque short stories for #pridemonth . A low pick, as I liked some a lot more than others. ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

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The Guncle | Steven Rowley
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🎧📖 I loved this so much. A heartwarming story about family and grief. I found myself laughing out loud quite a bit, a lot of hilarious quips. #pridemonth

steph_phanie I just finished this and LOVED it! One of my favorite books this year. ❤️ 3mo
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The Ruins | Scott Smith
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This was a great read. Super creepy and atmospheric, with a good amount of gore and psychological horror. I didn't know too much going into it, so the villain in the story wasn't what I was expecting. It really worked though. #SummerHorrorReads

vivastory I love Scott Smith. Really wish he'd publish more. 3mo
CSeydel I remember reading this - so creepy! 3mo
DinoMom I loved this book and it still creeps me out just thinking about it and I read it years ago. 3mo
she.hearts.horror I need to finish this! 3mo
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vivastory 😂 😂 3mo
sarahbarnes 🤣🔥 3mo
Ruthiella 🤣🤣🤣 3mo
Bookwomble Well, that should have invalidated the death warrant! 🧐 3mo
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Paradise Club | Tim Meyer (Fiction writer)
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Well that was fun! When I saw a review that said it was Survivor meets The Purge I was sold. However, I found it to be more like White Lotus meets The Purge, with an (unnecessary) nod to Stranger Things at the end. Nevertheless, I loved it. A fast-paced, gruesome, bloodbath. The perfect summer read! And that cover *chef's kiss*. #SummerHorrorReads

ericarobynreads Oh my gosh, I own this but haven‘t read it. I need to get to it this summer!! 4mo
BiblioLitten The cover is 💙 3mo
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Victim F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors | Nicole Weisensee Egan, Denise Huskins, Aaron Quinn
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🎧📖 #TrueCrime This book is wild. From the incident up to the way they were treated by police. I would definitely recommend this read.

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Toxic female friendship. It was just OK. I didn't care for either of the women, and the ending was a bit ambiguous (or maybe just confusing). Kind of surprised it's a Reese pick.

emmaturi I had to DNF as like you both females weren't very nice and just didn't care. 4mo
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Every time.

julesG Me. Every. Damn. Time. 4mo
TheBookHippie I shall now make special post when I DNF and tag you both @julesG @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego (edited) 4mo
AmyG Hahahaha. Me, too. The more trigger warnings the more I want to read it. (edited) 4mo
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Soubhiville 😆📚 that‘s hilarious. 4mo
CBee @AmyG SAME 👯‍♀️ 😂 4mo
Ruthiella 😂😂😂 4mo
julesG Great! Will tag you, too. 4mo
janeycanuck I keep a “do not ever read” shelf on Goodreads and a friend of mine uses it as her To Read list. 4mo
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Pickpick

A good celeb memoir. 🇨🇦

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The Deep | Nick Cutter
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I enjoyed this read, an underwater, sci-fi, horror. I can't say I was scared, but I definitely felt claustrophobic at times. Had a haunting/ psychological horror element, lots of gore, and situations involving animals...

Reggie Oof…. The bees!!!! 4mo
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More audio puzzling. 🎧📖🧩

AmyG Lovely ❤️ 4mo
paper.reveries Love this one 😍 4mo
janeycanuck So lovely! Who makes it? 4mo
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @janeycanuck It is made by Workman Puzzle. I got it from Book Outlet, it's also on Amazon. 4mo
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An American Tragedy | Theodore Dreiser
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I have never read a book so in dire need of an editor. This was painful. And Clyde is an absolute loser. #100essentialnovels

sarahbarnes I read Sister Carrie in college and will admit I really disliked it. 😬 4mo
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Um, yes! The reality show I didn't know I needed.

TheKidUpstairs 100% would watch. And apply to be on. 4mo
LeahBergen Yes!!! 4mo
OrangeMooseReads I would watch it religiously! 4mo
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rockpools Why is this not a thing?! 4mo
rabbitprincess Now this is a home improvement show I would watch! 4mo
PaperbackPirate #HGTV get on this! 4mo
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The Nanny | Gilly Macmillan
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kspenmoll Your flowers look lovely! 4mo
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @kspenmoll Thanks! 💗🌼🪻🏵️ 4mo
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I am feeling this vibe today. 🩷💚💜

ShananigansReads ♉️♉️♉️ 4mo
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Well that was a read. Extreme horror/ splatterpunk. I enjoyed this. It obviously had over-the-top violence etc, but there was a storyline, it wasn't purely for shock value. It had a coming of age element to it. If you enjoy that genre I'd recommend it. I didn't realise it was a series, so I may look into that. #SummerHorrorReads

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"She released a breath she didn't know she was holding."

#SundayFunday #PetPeeve @ozma.of.oz

Librariana 😄😆🤣 4mo
wordslinger42 Yes!! How do you not know that you aren't breathing?! 🤣 4mo
CBee Omg 😂😂😂😂 4mo
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ChaoticMissAdventures There is no other line in literature used as often and that sticks out so much. Every time I read it my brain goes "Ah, there it is" ? 4mo
Susanita That bugs me too! Also: Someone was screaming. She realized it was her. 4mo
Ruthiella Totally. Drives me nuts! 🛑🙈 4mo
BookmarkTavern Oh yes! Thanks for answering! 4mo
BiblioLitten 😂 it‘s used so often! 4mo
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Those Girls: A Novel | Chevy Stevens
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Three sisters escape their abusive home only to find themselves in an even worse situation. 😬 Lots of CWs.

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Dark Places: A Novel | Gillian Flynn
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This one took me about halfway to get into it. I want to say the ending left me satisfied, but really it just left me sad. Still a worthwhile read, but I definitely preferred Sharp Objects.

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📚📚📖📚📔

BookishMadHatter No thank you 5mo
5feet.of.fury Minimalism is for rich people. I need stuff. 5mo
Karkar I agree hell no. My books make me happy 5mo
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @5feet.of.fury haha, yes! 5mo
Bookwomble I only keep a book if, when I pick it up, it "sparks joy". Lucky me: I have nearly 3,000 sparks of joy! ??? 4mo
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The Patient | Jasper DeWitt
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A psychiatrist takes a job at a run down mental hospital. He decides to take on the most challenging patient there, who has driven most staff insane or suicidal.

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The Thorn Birds | Colleen McCullough
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I have a love hate relationship with this one. This sweeping family saga was fantastic. Set over three generations, mainly in the Australian outback. All the joys and heartbreak expected over decades. Also I love all the different settings, not just the Outback. The part I didn't enjoy was the main "romance". It was a bit of a chunkster, but you just wanted to keep reading.

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Venting time.. Meggie and Ralph's relationship was awful. He (a priest) basically groomed her as a child, then left her to advance his own career, she chooses her shitty husband because he kind of looks like Ralph, Ralph continues to pop into her life so she has no way of moving on, he breaks his vows and knocks her up, while she is married, but she doesn't tell him that it's his son, eventually sending Dane to Ralph... 5mo
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Just hoping he'll just figure it out on his own, then Dane dies tragically, so she throws it in Ralph's face that Dane was his son all along so he'll do what she wants him to, then he basically dies of heartbreak. What the actual f@$k!?!? I hate these kinds of "romances". So toxic and unhealthy. 5mo
GinaKButler I just picked this up at a used book sale…looking forward to reading it! 5mo
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ChaoticMissAdventures @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I honestly despised Ralph. This is what a groomer is. Totally gross, and for her to frame it as a romance? All of the parts they were together made me just angry. I remember my mom watching the miniseries and everyone swooning over the priest, and now all I can see is him as a predator. 5mo
Clare-Dragonfly I have the impression the “romance” is supposed to be okay because they don‘t have sex until she‘s a fully grown adult, but… 🤮 You described my feelings well! 5mo
CarolynM I read this as a 15 year old and even then I thought Ralph was thoroughly repulsive. I didn‘t see the grooming at the time, obviously, I just couldn‘t work out why Meggie was so keen on him. I‘m often bemused by what passes for romance with a lot of people. 5mo
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Saw this on Instagram and it made me chuckle.

IuliaC 😂 5mo
charl08 I'd read that version! 5mo
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This was enjoyable. I'm not a huge fan of the genre, but this was alright. If dated. 🎧📖 #whodunit #100essentialnovels

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🤔

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 5mo
LeahBergen So true! 5mo
TheBookgeekFrau 😂😂 5mo
Chrys I could not possibly answer such a vague question 😂 5mo
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🎧📖 An excellent coming of age memoir. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys the genre.

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Litsy, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram

#SundayFunday @ozma.of.oz

BookmarkTavern Oh I bet Pinterest is fun! Thanks for sharing! 6mo
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