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respekt1111

Joined September 2016

Because Books. www.respekt1111.com
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The Survivor by James Herbert
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The Survivor | James Herbert
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#spooktober starts with this horror trash novel from 1976

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Progress!

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Encyclopedia Brown | Donald J. Sobol
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Are you so extra you keep books in the fridge even?🤣

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Reading work stuff on my lunch break. Second rule: Feelings are facts. Customers make choices based on emotions. All my shoe (and book) purchases are definitely based on emotions.

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This book made me hungry. The best part is the science behind why smell is so integral to enjoying food. I give it 4 out of 5 donuts.

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I stuck with this book almost to the end despite multiple digressions because there are some good ideas hidden in here, even if it's overly obvious. But I'm in the home stretch and he has gone from letting kids skateboard to ranting about gender equality and the "end of men.". Also the patriarchy is pretty much a good thing and centuries of oppression against women is either biologically justified or completely made up. Ok dude, DNF bro.

LauraJ Eek! 6y
Dolly Looks like one I‘ll definitely avoid 😠 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage 🤮🤢🤮🤢 6y
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Black Mad Wheel | Josh Malerman
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Love it when my color schemes match up. I just finished Black Mad Wheel and now onto historical fiction. Donner party + supernatural tinge = sign me up!

BookishTrish ❤️ it too 6y
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Ouch. What metaphorical shark attack led to our current White House catastrophe?

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The perfect beach read...if you want to stay out of the water. Although you're more likely to die of a bee sting or elephant attack than a shark attack.

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The Shining | Stephen King
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This book is so easy to get lost in 👍

Sweettartlaura It‘s been so long since I read this... 7y
respekt1111 @Sweettartlaura It's so good! 7y
Sweettartlaura It really is. Is this your first time reading it? I‘m feeling like maybe we should pick a King classic for our October spooky read this year. 7y
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respekt1111 @Sweettartlaura yep, this is my first. I like the idea! I've really only read a few King novels. I enjoyed Misery quite a bit! 7y
Sweettartlaura Misery is another gem. The only ones I‘d vehemently talk down are The Tommyknockers, Dreamcatcher, & Under the Dome (payoff isn‘t worth it, sadly). There are a lot that are fair to middling, some that aren‘t easily accessible unless you‘re already a fan. But most are pretty good, solid 3⭐️. And a few are just amazing. I have most of them - let me know if you want to borrow any. And enjoy your first time with this one ❤️ 7y
SqueakyChu I had the good fortune to read this book without having seen the movie. Loved it! I thought it was really scary...especially listening to it while driving home at night! Then, when I finally saw the movie, I had to laugh at Jack Nicholson basically playing himself. Do yourselves a favor: book first, movie later! 7y
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The Life of Mammals | David Attenborough
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My favorite mammal💕🐾 #dogsoflitsy

PenguinInFlight So cute!! Love that doggy smile! 😍🐶 7y
britt_brooke What a cute smile! 💚🐾 7y
cathysaid All. The. Precious. 7y
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Hello, It's Me | Wendy Markham
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1. 33
2. So many. 3 brothers and 5 sisters.
3. Furry ones only.
4. A God in the Shed, I, Mammal, This Idea Must Die
5. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
6. 🤮
7. Intransigent. Thanks, Hamilton.
8. I have a degree in creative writing
9. Have you checked out my dogs' Instagram? (@aggie_and_charchar)
10. Coffee is the only good thing about mornings
11. Weird Tales
12. @Sweettartlaura

#hellowhoareyou Thanks @Nazgul93

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Whew, am I learning a thing or two about mammals. I just spent an hour and a half learning about mammary glands. Turns out a lot of what distinguishes us from reptiles and birds are our reproductive systems. Informative or TMI?

Kimzey Informative! Did they mention egg-laying mammals, such as the platypus? 7y
respekt1111 @Kimzey oh yes, the monotremes. I know more than I ever thought I wanted to know about the platypus. It's a cool little creature 😁 7y
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A God in the Shed | J-F Dubeau
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With Charlotte, anything can be a pillow. This book is ok so far, appropriately gory, but the writing is a little freshman writing workshop

#dogsoflitsy

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Reinvigorating my writing with this book. The exercises are fun and useful and Le Guin was one of the greats.

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Alexander Hamilton | Ron Chernow
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I need very much to say that I went to see Hamilton last night in Seattle and it was EVERYTHING

Bookzombie Yay! So lucky! 7y
Dragon Sounds fun! 👍 7y
minkyb Excellent! 7y
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This has been my reading material as of late. The PNW sure is a magnet for serial killers. Any other true crime lovers out there? What are your favorites?

vivastory I'm currently reading & enjoying 7y
respekt1111 @vivastory That looks good! I'll check it out 😁👍 7y
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The Store | Bentley Little
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@Marmie7 found me the craziest beer cozy! Thanks Mom!

Marmie7 That's so cool! 7y
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You | Caroline Kepnes
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This audiobook is nuts! You were right @Sweettartlaura Can't wait to discuss it!

Sweettartlaura Whoo hoo!!! I hadn‘t heard anything from you @respekt1111 - I couldn‘t tell if that was a good sign or a bad sign 😜. Glad you‘re enjoying it! 7y
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John Adams | David McCullough
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Gotta love old timey Puritan names. This was a real person!

Betty I know some guys around here (Tenn) named Cotton 7y
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The Fisherman | John Langan
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Fishing is life! Literally! Surprising commonalities between a mythic horror novel and a bleak dystopia. Read on!

https://respekt1111.com/2018/01/13/fish-to-live-the-fisherman-and-the-dog-stars/

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Ten | Gretchen McNeil
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When I wasn't looking, this happened! Thank you to all my Litsy friends and fanatics for this amazing community!

Cinfhen Congrats 🎉🎉🎉 7y
JessClark78 🎊🎉🎊🎉📚 7y
Texreader Way to go!!! 🎉🎉🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
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TrishB 🎉🎉 7y
Smrloomis 🎉🎉🎉👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 7y
Kalalalatja 🎉👏🎉👏 7y
Redwritinghood 🎉🎉 7y
Avanders 🎉🎉😍 7y
rubyslippersreads 🎉📚🎉📚🎉🎉🎉 7y
LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Dragon 👍😀🎉 7y
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The Dog Stars | Peter Heller
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Should have known better than to read a book with the word "dog" in the title. A man and his dog try to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. So many feelings ? #dogsoflitsy

Bloomingjen I loved this book. I totally didn‘t expect to like it but I found I couldn‘t put it down. And yes, lots of feels. (edited) 7y
Texreader I️ ❤️ that face. 7y
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Carmilla | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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Time to talk about 2017! Horror through the eons! Guess what book I read every year? Click to read my blog on it. https://respekt1111.com/2017/12/19/2017-in-review-horror-through-the-eons/

TheWordJar Excellent post! I read The Haunting of Hill House for the first time this year, and I LOVED it. I wanted to reread it right away, but I‘ve decided to wait a bit. I can definitely see it becoming an annual reread. 7y
respekt1111 @TheWordJar Thank you! Yes, it is definitely that ONE novel to me (the one I would take to a desert island😁) 7y
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The Fisherman | John Langan
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How about this? I've been listening to The Fisherman on audiobook and I just started Audrey's Door yesterday for a buddy read only to realize the authors have the same last name. Mind. Blown.

Bookzombie Wow! Also, I really liked Audrey‘s Door when I read it. 7y
respekt1111 @Bookzombie I like it so far. Great writing. 7y
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Hamilton: The Revolution | Lin-Manuel Miranda
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I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant (to clarify: I'm the servant and it's Aggie's dinnertime) #dogsoflitsy

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My audiobooks lately have been heavy on the tentacles 👾

Zelma 😂 that is quite a specific theme! 7y
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The Sundial | Shirley Jackson
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Lunch time reading about the end of the world

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There Is No Lovely End | Patty Templeton
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This book is unexpected and quite entertaining. A world where ghosts haunt more than houses and graveyards, and are often more pleasant than the living, except for their penchant to make you puke every time one passes through you. Hysterical, historical fantasy, set in the second half of the 19th century and featuring Sarah Winchester as a haunted woman with a passion for architecture 😉

Tanzy13 🐶 7y
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Seed | Ania Ahlborn
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A quick, nasty read about demon possession. I have a weakness for demons because it actually scares me. Thanks @Sweettartlaura for the author recommendation! Which of Ahlborn's novels are your favorite?

Sweettartlaura So glad you liked it! Keep going with her. For sheer terror, try The Shuddering. For a little more psychological terror, try Brother. Enjoy! 7y
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Seed | Ania Ahlborn
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Reading company #catsoflitsy

ReadingSusan 😻😻 7y
DebinHawaii Sweet face! 🐱❤️ 7y
Zelma So cute! 😻 7y
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Paperbacks from Hell | Grady Hendrix
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Psyched about this book! Charlotte not so much...#dogsoflitsy

GypsyKat Such cuties! 😍 7y
LeahBergen This book is FUN. 👍🏻 7y
respekt1111 @LeahBergen I can't wait! I've been reading a lot of shlocky old horror lately😁 7y
Tanzy13 🐶 7y
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Deathnote | Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata
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"L Do You Know Gods of Death Love Apples?" My favorite illustration so far

Marmie7 You should watch the anime! It's one of my favorites🌚 7y
respekt1111 @Marmie7 I should probably try... 7y
Marmie7 Do or do not, there is no try! 7y
respekt1111 @Marmie7 ok...Yodamom 7y
Marmie7 I like it! Yodamom👍 7y
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The Amulet | Michael McDowell
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Man, this book was bonkers in all the right ways! If you like inventive, gruesome deaths and small southern towns, this is your jam! Read my review here:

https://respekt1111.com/2017/10/21/tfw-your-jewelry-is-cursed-the-amulet-by-mich...

tpixie Is @Marmie7 your mom?!! 7y
Marmie7 I don't know if she'll admit it, but yes I am😁 @tpixie 7y
tpixie Yikes ! On that review! Ineedmore time! I want to read this book!! 7y
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respekt1111 @tpixie Haha, she beat me to it. Of course I admit to it, @Marmie7 😁 7y
tpixie @Marmie7 I love the #FamilyConnection OnLitsy !!! 7y
tpixie ❤️🎉❤️ 7y
Marmie7 😘 @respekt1111 Btw-I need to borrow this book! 7y
Marmie7 @tpixie also @Nazgul93 and @crazycatlady are my girls. They're everywhere! #Familyconnection 7y
tpixie Awesome!! Glad you have readers!! @Marmie7 I just friended them ( is that a word now?) (edited) 7y
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The Wolf's Hour | Robert R. McCammon
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McCammon's artwork has a thing for creepy eyes! Read my review for The Wolf's Hour here:

https://respekt1111.com/2017/10/19/a-werewolfs-purpose-the-wolfs-hour-by-robert-...

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The Wolf's Hour | Robert R. McCammon
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Werewolf Nazi fighter!

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Dark Tales | Shirley Jackson
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I didn't know this book existed, although I've read almost all of the stories on it. Here's a link to the forward by an author who also writes about characters who have their own perception of reality!
http://lithub.com/how-shirley-jackson-makes-us-lose-our-minds/

Thedrunkstrawberry What a coincidence...just borrowed this from overdrive! Can't wait to start it 7y
Nuwanda Had no idea this existed, but now I'm going to see if it's available at my library! 7y
ohyeahthatgirl It just came out and I can't even stand that I don't own it yet. Shirley Jackson is my jam. 7y
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The Wolf's Hour | Robert R. McCammon
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Already nearly 200 pages into this, which I am told by @Nazgul93 is one of the best in the underwhelming pantheon of werewolf fiction.

athorne Dude. I picked up one of this guy's books too! Stinger. I look forward to reading it! 7y
respekt1111 @TheGhastlyGrimoire I read Swan Song by him last year and really enjoyed it. You'll have to let me know about Stinger! 7y
athorne @respekt1111 Will do! It caught my eye at the Friend's of the Library Fall Book Sale! 7y
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Katie | Michael McDowell
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Finally kicking off scary October reads with this gory gem!

Velvetsun How is it? Reading The Elementals now, and really enjoying it. Considering another Mcdowell book and this one sounds interesting. 7y
respekt1111 @Velvetsun Katie is pretty good. I also just read The Amulet by McDowell and that was great! Both books are gruesome and compulsive readable! 7y
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The Boy on the Bridge | M. R. Carey
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I mostly just wanted to post this picture to show off my new book light. It has DOGS on it!

Bookzombie Cute! 7y
minkyb Very cute! But I also want to know what you think of the book when you finish. 7y
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A memory palace is a place you build in your mind to help you remember lists, numbers, the US presidents or, in my case, all the books I read this year! It works!

AWahle Whenever I hear the phrase "memory palace" I think about Sherlock Holmes. 7y
respekt1111 @AWahle haha, yeah I've been hearing that a lot. It's a fascinating exercise to try! 7y
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Reading some creepy local history #pnw

CouronneDhiver Local? Yikes! 7y
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Never get lost again! Haha, yeah right. This book has some fascinating tips for observing nature to help orient yourself in the world. I can't wait for my next hike!

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Macbeth | William Shakespeare
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Sometimes I use a paw as a bookmark #dogsoflitsy

Bambolina_81 Cutest. Bookmark. Ever! 😍 7y
Megabooks Awww!! 7y
Lindy Ha ha ha. (What a good dog.) 7y
minkyb ❣️❣️❣️ 7y
LeahBergen 💕💕💕 7y
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1984 | George Orwell
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Will I finish in time for book club tomorrow night?😱 Also sunglasses for no reason at all

Bostonmomx2 Cuz it's summa summa summa time!!! 7y
maich How fancy dog😂👍 7y
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1940s Omnibus | Agatha Christie
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My awesome present from @Marmie7 Love Agatha Christie! (Both author and canine...it's the highest honor when someone names their dog after you, right?)

rubyslippersreads Gorgeous copies! 😍 7y
Marmie7 💖 Happy you like them! It was very hard not to keep them myself😉 7y
Tanzy13 🐶 7y
erzascarletbookgasm I'm jealous! 😆Lovely editions! Love AC! 7y
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After reading Lab Girl I wanted to know more about the world around me. Living and hiking in the PNW I have an opportunity to immerse myself in an amazing ecosystem and I want to be more mindful of the life around me.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I read this one after Lab Girl too! Love it also!👍 7y
Dogearedcopy I live in the PNW too! So, I have to ask, where did you get Aggie? We got Junior the First from the original litter; but I know some of his brothers and sisters went to shelters... (edited) 7y
respekt1111 @Dogearedcopy You'll have to post a pic! I adopted Aggie in Iowa almost 4 years ago. She's a lab/rotweiler mix, though she looks mostly lab 7y
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Woman No. 17 | Edan Lepucki
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Help wanted, hehe

BookNAround I cackled like a hyena when I got to this. 7y
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Woman No. 17 | Edan Lepucki
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Hanging out at the tire shop thanks to forest road driving and maybe backing into my retaining wall😕 Thanks @AWahle for the entertainment!

AWahle Ouch! I hope the bill isn't too horrible and the book keeps you entertained. 7y
respekt1111 @AWahle Just finished! It was an engaging read...I'm still processing...hmm 7y
AWahle @respekt1111 It stuck with me a little while and I honestly still can't say what I thought about it. A train wreck. I was interested until the end, but somehow it's hard to say I "liked" it. 7y
Marmie7 Those forest roads are quite challenging, esp when snow pops up out of nowhere😵 7y
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Alexander Hamilton | Ron Chernow
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Finally finished this book, and my sister got me this awesome shirt. I mean, the greatest shirt ever!

CallMeIshmael I feel like I have been reading this book FOREVER 7y
lamaman2boys I LOVE that shirt!! I started the book, but had to return it before I finished. It's on my summer list now. 7y
Chrissyreadit I LOVE the shirt! 7y
TheWordJar Work! ✌️ 7y
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