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I DNF‘d these authors before so I‘m not shocked I‘m doing it again. I‘ve never listened to the podcast so maybe I‘m missing the connection there, but these books are just so instantly and overly weird that the storyline (if there is one) gets lost completely. Your head is left spinning trying to figure things out and the authors are just throwing random, strange comments at you.

A spooky read fail.

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Let‘s start my first spooky read of the season with my remaining Spotify hours this month, with Welcome to Night Vale.

I‘m two chapters and so far… it‘s … f***ing weird. No other words.

Jade and I found an adorable and well-stocked Little Free Library on our walk. It was painted by artist Anne Shylo.

#ScarathlonPhotoChallenge Day 12 🌆 #Night
Such a fun wacky podcast and the book was great as well
#Scarathlon #TeamBOOkLovers @Bookwormjillk

4.7⭐️I only got one book read this month, but you know what, I‘m OK with that. It was a great book that I had so much fun with. Now I‘m a fan for life and even got tickets for the live show. I‘m also listening to the podcast. Definitely recommend.

This has been on my TBR for a minute… The only reason I‘ve heard about it was because I picked up a book called The Faceless Old Women Who Secretly Lives In Your Home. However, that was book three of the trilogy so I had to back track. Anyways, I started this one today as I wait for my patience to show. This little exert in the front of the book though… Why does it sound so familiar to home? Lol.

📚 The Woman in White (Wilkie), Welcome to Night Vale, The Warrior's Apprentice (Bujold)
✍️ Wilkie Collins, Jeanette Winterson, Gene Wolfe
🎥 The Wicker Man (1973), Wild at Heart, Wall-E
🎤 The White Stripes, The Who
🎶 When the Levee Breaks (Led Zeppelin), Wolf Totem (The HU), Wild is the Wind (David Bowie), Walk This Way (Run DMC feat. Aerosmith), Waste My Time (Findlay), Waste of Time (MØ) (also see @JessClark78 😅)
#ManicMonday #LetterW @CBee

This has mixed reviews & I‘m totally going to reinforce that. I started & bailed on this twice over the past few years, convinced the podcast just didn‘t work in novel format, before actually getting into it this time. It did drag a bit for me towards the end, so I still prefer the podcast, but this was funny & overall quirky & entertaining. If you decide to read it I highly recommend audio. It‘s narrated by the same guy as the podcast.

I wasn't feeling this. I enjoy the podcast but it just didn't work as a novel for me

Just found out about the postcast at the beginning of the year and breathed it in right away.
Starting the novel today, I was already laughing at every second paragraph of the first chapter.

Adressing the reader: “You are leaving this story now. You were only an example, and its probably safer for you not to be in this story anyway.”

53/150 Night Vale isn't for everyone, the unrelenting surreal weirdness can get wearing at times. This novel doesn't always make logical sense, but it does follow Night Vale's own brand of internal logic. If you like the podcasts, I recommend the book. 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Finished this book and did my nails to match!

@Blueberry

This seems like a book I would enjoy. But well . . . as my rating suggests, I did not enjoy it at all. Even though I technically finished it, I admit I skimmed 85% of it.

My thoughts are too long for this forum, but, should you care to read, can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2438025497

This is my February #roll100 roll 1 book
#pantone2022

This was fun, but I suspect I would have liked it more if I was a regular listener of the podcast - I have listened to like 15-20 episodes but am not a die-hard. Anyway the tone and jokes are similar, so if you like the podcast you will probably like this.

DNF at page 27 - It‘s a little too weird (and I know that‘s the intention) But I‘m just not in the mood to read this book at the moment, I may try next year to listen to the podcast and then try to book again but who knows

The town of Night Vale is full of abnormalities, especially when Jackie Fierro goes missing and everyone seems to have forgotten about her, except Diana Crayton. This book follows the lives of these two ladies and goes through the journey of how are they going to reunite. For the most part, I enjoyed this book however at times it was very hard to comprehend.

Unfortunately i have bailed on this book. I found myself motivating myself to read it due to the drawn out repetitive start... maybe i'll just stick to the podcast 🤷🏻‍♀️

The strange happenings that loom over #NightVale are distracting me through my cold ?

Located in a nameless desert somewhere in the great American Southwest, Night Vale is a small town where ghosts, angels, aliens, and government conspiracies are all commonplace parts of everyday life. It is here that the lives of two women, with two mysteries, will converge.

Why am i holding a piece of paper with "KING CITY" written on it?

Waiting for a zoom meeting to start, might as well crack open a book that's been on my tbr for a while.

#ispy a purple cover @TheSpineView !

How about pink? @greenreads @BookishMe @hilded

“Coming up after this break, some exclusive clips from my recent three-hour interview with myself, in which I interrogated myself on my #motivations, where I am in life, why I‘m not in a different place in life, whose fault that is, and why I said that one embarrassing thing once.”
#QuotsyJan20 #Motivation

This book is quite fun, even more so if you listen to the Welcome to Night Vale podcast. It‘s a lovely horror comedy with delightful characters.

The crowd waiting to get into the theatre for the Nightvale live show is... colourful. I think I am looking at a glow cloud?

Another library loan I‘m going to definitely have to buy my own copy of! Well worth fighting off the digital librarians for.

Creepy and silly and just wonderfully weird. It's a perfect read for any fan of the podcast. Great atmosphere and strange characters. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #spooktober #spookyreads #horrorbooks #halloweenreads

True words.

3 ⭐
I picked this for #relatedtoapodcast despite having never listened to the podcast. It's not terrible, but I thought it was kind of boring. It's like sci-fi for people who have never read or heard of sci-fi. Too much focus on 'this is funny because it's weird' when they could have just set up a weird world and told a great story. Here, the weirdness gets boring and the story is lackluster and goes nowhere. Guess it's just not for me! 🤷‍♀️

1. Reading this as the last prompt for a challenge. I'm more than half way through and still not too sure...
2. No long weekend here, but it is Father's Day so catching up with family tomorrow will be nice
3. I go for the sweet stuff - butterscotch, toffee, cookies and cream, etc
4. Not well, but I did learn to play the flute

Thanks @howjessreads
#friyayintro

This book was weird is the best way. I recommend listening to the podcast before starting the book ( even if it‘s just 1 ep) so you can get a feel of what it‘s going to be like. The way I word it is nightvale is a town where every conspiracy theory exists and the citizens don‘t really think anything of it. I recommend using the audiobook as the authors originally wrote podcasts and I found i enjoyed it more when I listened to it. Highly recommend!

Purchased this today and looking forward to starting it

1. 🤷‍♀️
2. 17 (over & above the original number on phone); mostly book-related
3. Drop 7 (too addictive: I don‘t have any games on my phone now)
4. The actual phone app: switched from iPod to phone 2 years ago, no longer have landline

Thanks @tournevis for tag.

I love this podcast and I really enjoyed the book. I was super excited to find the audiobook on Libby. I really wanted to listen to the audiobook because it's read by who else, but the Voice of Night Vale. Libby also has the second book, but not as an audiobook.
The good news is I've recently moved to a new location, so maybe the new library will have it. If not I will settle for reading it, but probably still in Cecil's voice.

Hi #lmpbc #GroupW reading buds! Here‘s a stack of choices I was considering. Let me know what you think!!

Started this audiobook a while back for #booked2019 prompt-night-oriented title. Love the podcast, and while the audiobook is seriously similar! I just didn‘t think it worked in novel format and it didn‘t hold my interest... do people have other titles you enjoyed for this prompt?

Diane flipped through the day‘s mail as Cecil continued on. It didn‘t matter what he said. The world is terrifying. It always is. But Cecil reminded her that it was okay to relax in a terrifying world.

Book 40 of the year, finished May 21, audio.

Im rounding up, but this was somewhere between a pick and a so-so. I really enjoy the podcast and it was fun to get more detail about individual characters than you get with the show, but I didn't like it quite as much as I thought I would.

Plot wise, it solves the mystery of The Man in the Tan Jacket with the Deer Skin Breifcase.

Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void
#TomorrowNeverKnows #MayMovieMagic @rohit-sawant @Cinfhen

I'm (sadly) not very good with audiobooks/ podcasts, because I tend to zone out completely after some time, but I manage to listen to an episode of Welcome to Night Vale every once in a while. Still lagging behind by about five years, but I'm slowly making process. All hail the Glow Cloud!

Spending the weekend with the lovely folks at Harper Collins Canada at Calgary Expo! 30% off everything in the booth. Would love any #yyc Littens to stop by and say hello. We‘re booth #737 in Hall ABC.

If you lived here you'd be right to be #Paranoid #AnglophileApril @Mdargusch @emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola @Cinfhen

Enjoying a quiet evening and checking out a podcast...

WTF am I listening to?! I just can‘t do it anymore. I know this is an #unpopularopinion but 🤷🏻‍♀️. I will just have to choose another book for the #relatedtoapodcast prompt for #booked2019.

My morning view of sky colors...

So this had me belly laughing while driving the kids to school.

Welcome to Night Vale was so much fun! My poor hubby had no clue what was going on. He just laughed & said it was “interesting” 😂 Bless him for going along with me, since I wanted to go so badly! Now we‘re headed home and back to reality!

Any other Night Vale fans??!! I‘m so excited for this weekend!!!

Finished all the winter prompts for #booked2019 !

Female Detective - A Dangerous Place
Fairytale Retelling - The Sleeper and the Spindle
Happy Place - Murder in the Champs de Mars
Podcast - Welcome to Nightvale
Irish Author - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas/John Boyle
New to Me Author - Anger is a Gift/Mark Osijek

@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage