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I enjoyed this- it was more creepy than scary in some parts. I wanted to shake Jessica- has she never watched a horror movie 🤷‍♀️
Author is not well known here so the rest of the series is quite expensive- may need to shop around.
#serieslove2023 1/4
#booked2023 #afrofuturism

I like how Due takes what's essentially a variation on a vampire story and imbues it with emotional depth and meaning, and gives me chills along the way. At its base is the question, what is the purpose of the gift of life, mortal or otherwise? The immortals in this novel have rules and a culture and a code that feel--- much like human culture in general---arbitrary and made up. I think I'd like to read the sequel now, too.

A character just filled up the tank of a minivan for $10. This is what happens when you read a book published in 1997.

Such a good book! I read the second half in one afternoon. Jessica has a perfect life, exciting job, loving husband David, and precious daughter Kira. Then her friend is murdered, her sister attacked, and she discovers her husband is immortal?! A secret that cannot be known, but now she does. Life goes out of control as the consequences of all her knowledge come to bear. Second book of Ferbuary #bookspin done!

@Jadams1776 @allureofbeauty @phantomx Some ideas for #lmpbc #GroupH for round 14. These are what I already own, and if none of these work, I can totally buy one (I'm eyeing one by Tananarive Due: My Soul To Keep, tagged). The Quiet Boy is more of a thriller and the Moshfegh is, based on what I know about her writing, probably more weird than horror, but I thought they were close enough to include as options. Any of these look interesting?

A thrilling original take on vampires. Both a love story and a horror novel. Not knowing much going in is best. 4⭐️ +15 #teamhendrix theme read.
My week 2 read for #Screamathon - horror novel by female POC. 3 hours reading for #Scarathlon #bookspinbingo read, #halloweenreadathon +120 points

This was a really interesting story about immortality. I did struggle with Dawit/David‘s character and believing a 500 year old person would behave the way he did though. I‘d tried reading this before and had a hard time getting into it, but second time was the charm. Will probably check out the sequel at some point.

I tried listening to this audiobook last year and just wasn‘t in the mood I guess, because today I am fully involved in the story.

Lots of posts coming so that I can get things totalled for #Scarathlon2020.

I loved this book. It felt like a mixture of Stephen King's writing and Octavia Butler's. It was quite a journey through the lives of immortals, full of rich African culture and folklore, a wonderfully created magical world, and vibrant well-developed characters. 💚

#TeamHarkness @StayCurious #Screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

It‘s four hours away until midnight, but I‘m calling time at 7:22:11. Working double shifts Saturday and Thursday took their toll on me, and a good majority of my reading was spent sleeping instead. I made it to chapter 8 of Dune. My Soul to Keep and Grimly Jane I managed to get one chapter each read. Hope to see you all next month without a chaotic work schedule interfering.
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Sunday night #readtobreathe marathon. I‘m a little behind on what I wanted to accomplish and today I‘m aiming for Deep Breaths (read 100 pages) with tagged book. I slept my day off away recovering from working double shifts yesterday so I‘m going to read throughout the night until I get tired enough to fall asleep.

@ashesofabookdragon

This story about immortal beings from Africa is compelling and the characters are very convincing in their fallibility. I could feel the music in this book. It was a supernatural suspense thriller with a human heartbeat and mystical rhythm.
4 1/2 🌟s

This was supposed to be a #screamathon book, but despite being shelved as horror on GR, it‘s definitely not a scary book. It is, however, really well-written urban fantasy/paranormal that I enjoyed a lot. Very original and thought-provoking. I loved Jessica, but the other main character was hard to like most of the time. I will continue the series.

This was also my #PersonOfColorMCParanormal for #Booked2019. 🙌🏻

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I have mixed feelings about this book. The story was interesting but I really didn‘t care for the characters. Most of the time immortals come off a little more enlightened but this guy couldn‘t even respect his wife career and goals. I think there is potential based on the ending that the next book will better. So I will continue the story. #blitsyhistorymonth

I‘m 35 pages in and I‘m already a little in love with this book❤️ David and Jessica marriage and courtship flashbacks 😍

I really liked the premise of this book (a non-vampire concept of immortal people of color) but, unfortunately, I didn‘t particularly care about any of the characters. Could be that it was a tough book to listen to on audio and maybe would‘ve been better read.

Ohmygaawwwwwddd this was so good!! I can't believe I've never read Tananarive Due before. It has a slow burn to start, but the stress and nail-biting increased all through to the end and it did NOT end like I was expecting it to. I simultaneously am dying to read the next book but also afraid that it won't hold up to how great this was. 😍😱🤯

#RIPXIII #horrorthrillerkindof #iwannaliveforever #magic

Have you ever been meandering through a decent-but-unremarkable novel, only to realize that, holy hell, you haven't torn your eyes away from the pages in three hours and have no desire to start now. This book does that. It begins as an unassuming and almost deceptively bland story of domestic bliss: a successful young journalist, her perfect husband, their beautiful daughter. As Due lulls you, she's also sinking her hooks in so slowly that you 👇

Just starting this amazingly creepy book... Jessica is a journalist happily married to David. She believes David merely an academic, stay-at-home husband, but he is, in fact, an emotionally unstable, immortal killer. 😱

I realize for oh so many people this would be an unremarkable month of reading, but 18 books in January is somewhat a minor miracle for me. And while they weren‘t all great, quite a few of them were. Here‘s hoping February is just as wonderful!

Told myself I was going to get better about posting my reads this year, and already I almost forgot. First in her African Immortals series, this book made sure I would read the rest. Not because of any cliffhanger ending, but simply because it was a unique, suspenseful, compelling read. Supernatural tales aren‘t really my most-loved genre, but so far I am two for two when it comes to Due‘s books. #diversebooks

I picked this up looking for a horror novel by a woman - not sure this exactly counts as horror, but it was a great novel. Can't wait to read the sequel.

This book was so intriguing. An immortal trying to hide his identity from his wife; suprises throughout. #speculativefiction

#PublishedInThe1990s #PhotoADayNov16 Intense and unpredictable horror novel. I read it as part of the Book Riot Read Harder challenge and I'm so glad I did! Due writes such rich characters and plot.