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The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray
The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray | E. Latimer
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Lemony Snicket meets Oscar Wilde meets Edgar Allan Poe in this exciting and scary middle-grade novel inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray -- a family curse is unleashed! Bryony Gray is becoming famous as a painter in London art circles. But life isn't so grand. Her uncle keeps her locked in the attic, forcing her to paint for his rich clients . . . and now her paintings are taking on a life of their own, and customers are going missing under mysterious circumstances. When her newest painting escapes the canvas and rampages through the streets of London, Bryony digs into her family history, discovering some rather scandalous secrets her uncle has been keeping, including a deadly curse she's inherited from her missing father. Bryony has accidentally unleashed the Gray family curse, and it's spreading fast. With a little help from the strange-but-beautiful girl next door and her paranoid brother, Bryony sets out to break the curse, dodging bloodthirsty paintings, angry mobs and her wicked uncle along the way.
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Nessavamusic
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Today‘s #LittensDressedinBlood prompt:
Unwanted Guest

This creepy middle grade read definitely has unwanted guests.

MidnightBookGirl Ooooh, I love creepy Middle Grade! 3y
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88 #OctoberPutASpellOnYou
Despite their artistic brilliance and unique qualities, Bryony‘s portraits are too dangerous to hang in a #Museum!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👍🏻👍🏻 6y
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the.bookish.valkyrie
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“If there‘s any thing more important than tea, we must put together an expedition and hunt it down posthaste.”

I used an online random name picker, and the winner is @Nessavamusic Congrats! I‘ll get the book in the mail for you ASAP! 📚📦💕 @BookishTrish @Nessavamusic @wanderinglynn @CoffeeNBooks @Kaye @AmyG @Jerdencon Thank you all so much for participating in my giveaway! I loved all of your #StrangeAndDeadly choices, they were truly awesome!

Kaye Congrats to @Nessavamusic ♥️ 7y
wanderinglynn Congrats @Nessavamusic 🎉👏🏻🎆🎇🎉 7y
AmyG Congrats! 🎉🎉🎉 (and thank you for the giveaway) (edited) 7y
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BookishTrish
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My favourite #strangeanddeadly character is the Red Queen from Alice‘s Adventures in Wonderland @ValkyrieAndHerBooks

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Jerdencon
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Congrats on the milestone! 🎉😀 and thanks for the giveaway!
#strangeanddeadly @ValkyrieAndHerBooks

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the.bookish.valkyrie
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Thanks for all the love Littens! This community has become such a big part of my life! Since I have an extra copy of one of my favorite 2018 books and I hit this milestone on Litsy at the same time it seems like Kismet! Clearly I need to do a GIVEAWAY! Here‘s how to enter:

1. Make a post featuring your favorite Strange and Deadly character!
2. Use the tag #StrangeAndDeadly
3. And Tag me!

Open 4/2/18 - 4/15/18 Sorry, open to U.S. and Canada only.

thereadingowlvina Congrats!!! 👍🎉 7y
AmyG Congrats and thank you! 7y
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JoScho Yay you 😊💕🎉 7y
Librarybelle Congratulations! 7y
Redwritinghood Congrats! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 7y
Jas16 🎉📚👏 7y
MinDea This book sounds so interesting! What a great giveaway! Congratulations on your #LitsyMilestone!!! 🎉🎉🎉 7y
LeahBergen 🎉🎉🎉 This book sounds good! 7y
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While I had greatly anticipated this book I was surprised to find that it out shown so many great reads this month. I honestly had expected my favorite read of March to be Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs! It was a near thing, but E. Latimer edged out one of my absolute favorite authors this time by a tiny bit. IDK, maybe it‘s because I had been craving a bit of horror lately. It certainly delivered that! Either way, Latimer FTW!
#GloryToTheGuild

Andrew65 Well done 👏 7y
CharissaWeaksAuthor Awesome!!! 7y
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the.bookish.valkyrie
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Pickpick

This is beautifully written! You can really see the author‘s love of literature throughout the book. Riddled with chilling scenes from the prologue on, this will keep you on the edge of your seat and cheering for our three young protagonists, start to finish. This story has carved out a spot amongst my favorite YA novels.📚💕

#ReadingWomenChallenge #BookByACanadianAuthor @thereadingwomen

#LitsyAtoZ #LetterS @BookishMarginalia

#GloryToTheGuild

LeahBergen Great photo! 7y
the.bookish.valkyrie @LeahBergen Thanks! I had a lot of fun putting it together! 7y
JennyBookworm In love with this pic!! 😍 7y
the.bookish.valkyrie @ForeverNerdy @JennyBookworm Thanks! There was no resisting it with the material the book had to offer! 7y
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While I agree that “one can never have too many breakfasts”, I‘m beginning to think this man is just a very tall hobbit!😂

#GloryToTheGuild

KrystleTheBookSlayer When I read that, I was wondering if this was a book about hobbits! 😂😂😂 7y
the.bookish.valkyrie @KrystleTheBookSlayer 😂No, though I wouldn‘t be shocked if it was a deliberate nod to Tolkien! There are fun little gems like this that reference classics throughout, and this book is definitely inspired by (edited) 7y
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#HalloWhoAreYou @Gyldholm
1. 35
2. 2 little brothers and 2 little sisters
3. Not yet
4.Lots of things, including the tagged book
5. Nope! Can‘t choose!
6. 😂
7. Copacetic
8. How cranky I am IRL
9. All of them! Tea, if I have to choose 🍵
10. The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
12. @Zenvicious pass it on! #GloryToTheGuild!!!

Thanks for the tag @InsomniacGhuleh

InsomniacGhuleh @ValkyrieAndHerBooks Copacetic is one of my many favorite words! Thanks for playing along and filling this out! 😀 7y
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NGL, Mira seems like my kind of girl!

#GloryToTheGuild

Ms.Story This looks so interesting! Looking forward to your review 😀 7y
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Well this started off with a creepy bang!

#GloryToTheGuild

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#BookMailIsBestMail My delivery came! I‘m so excited! I can‘t wait to dig into this creepy story about Bryony Gray, a young artist contending with a wicked uncle. When people start to go missing under mysterious circumstances, Bryony and the siblings next door set out to investigate family secrets, a deadly curse, and living paintings on a rampage.

#GloryToTheGuild

rubyslippersreads That cover! 😍😍😍 7y
the.bookish.valkyrie @rubyslippersreads right?! I‘m in book cover love! 7y
batsy That sounds lovely. And yes, the cover 😍 7y
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the.bookish.valkyrie
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#FebruaryReads #UpNext #TBR #Stacked
Putting together my #FebTBR and trying to keep my reading challenges in mind! Both easier and harder than expected!
#ReadingWomenChallenge #Booked2018 #LitsyAtoZ #PoetryChallenge2018 I‘m trying for a good balance with challenge reads, my must read authors, and catching up with the backlog of romance recommendations from my #VaginalFantasy peeps! #GloryToTheGuild!

Crewgurl Gail Carriger is one of my favs! 7y
mcipher Look at all those fun books! Must. not. add more to overflowing TBR.... 🤯 7y
pygmywarrior More Tessa Dare I see!!! 😀 7y
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Cinfhen I'm gonna try a Gail Carriger too! Which do u recommend @Crewgurl 7y
Crewgurl @Cinfhen I loved the Finishing School series! I actually high recommend the audiobook for that because the narrator is amazing. 7y
Cinfhen Thanks @Crewgurl ❤️ 7y
Nessavamusic So many goodies there! 7y
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