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A week ago I attended a zoom event with various Penguin Randomhouse horror novelists (which was amazing!) and in the comment section they mentioned mystery boxes you could purchase on their site. Well, of course I had to get one! I got all of this stuff for $25! I haven‘t heard of the first 2 books in the pic but they sound interesting. The journal and pin are adorable and the booklet at the bottom is a sample of Devolution! So happy!

Reading at the pool with the kiddos

Library haul

A pretty good read. An end-of-days story, where a pathogen has turned all men into ferocious, animal-like creatures. The women who survived struggle to rebuild and fight off the "ferals".
It's not especially frightening, but it's well-written.

Today I posted my review of Feral. The book was fine, I just think my expectations were too high. Lots of good narrators in this one.

https://theguildedearlobe.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/audiobook-review-feral-by-jam...

About halfway done. Not bad but not something that hasn't been done numerous times before. The narration is excellent though, nice range of female narrators, including a couple personal faves.

Next audiobook!

The main character Allie is well developed and an emotional character. Her mental toughness is balanced by the love for her sister and her loyalty to the community she is protecting. Each of the female characters add to the story that makes the community work in the disaster they are living in. Although this book is marketed as adult horror, I feel this falls into YA and will be very successful with those who like The Hunger Games and Divergent.

I couldn't resist this one on Netgalley! Totally in the mood for something like this. Come on lunch!