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Bunny
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
The Vegetarian meets Heathers in this darkly funny, seductively strange novel about a lonely graduate student drawn into a clique of rich girls who seem to move and speak as one "We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. We very nearly did, didn't we?" Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and are often found entangled in a group hug so tight they become one. But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon," and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, a caustic art school dropout, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the sinister yet saccharine world of the Bunny cult and starts to take part in their ritualistic off-campus "Workshop" where they magically conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur, and her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies are brought into deadly collision. A spellbinding, down-the-rabbit-hole tale of loneliness and belonging, creativity and agency, and friendship and desire, Bunny is the dazzlingly original second book from an author whose work has been described as "honest, searing and necessary" (Elle).
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bekakins
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#roll100 well this book was batshit crazy. And I thoroughly enjoyed it! Loved trying to unpick all the metaphor vs reality, a wild ride.

PuddleJumper Batahit can be good! 🤣 4d
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rachelk
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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Samantha is a lonely scholarship student enrolled in an elite postgraduate writing program with little more than her dark imagination to deal with an obnoxious cohort of twee rich girls. I read this novel in part as a metaphor for the writing process but there are multiple ways to interpret this wild story. It would be fun to discuss with a book club.

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bookishbitch
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I stayed up til midnight to finish this book. That's how deep the hook was set. It is weird. And it will have you questioning reality at the end. It also has some serious wtf moments. It was such a fun, though wild, ride. And I absolutely loved the writing.

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bookishbitch
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Current travel read. Definitely finding it interesting so far. My daughter loved it and wanted to be able to discuss it with someone. She did warn me that it was weird though.

CogsOfEncouragement I read this with my daughter a bit ago because it was on her tbr pile. I had not heard of it. I think I liked it even a little more than she did. Enjoy! 3mo
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Karkar
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Wow that was not at all what I was expecting. I am kinda still at a loss for words. 🐰🦌🦊

Melismatic One of my faves! 6mo
Ruthiella Loved this one! 🐰😱 6mo
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PirateJenny
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Oh Bunny, I loved this book sooo very much. I truly did!
Samantha is a student in a writing program in grad school. The four other girls in her class call one another Bunny and are inseparable. And one day they unexpectedly invite Sam to Smut Salon. Then things get really weird.

CogsOfEncouragement My daughter and I read this. I don‘t think I would have picked it up on my own but glad she knew about it. I really enjoyed it. 6mo
ElizaMarie Ooo I loves this one too!!! (also my nickname is Bunny) so it hit on that level too!!! 🐰🐰🐰 6mo
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Yuki_Onna
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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Thank you for the tag @Eggs😊💖
These questions are not as easy as they seem at first🤔
1. Haruki Murakami, Mona Awad, Peter Swanson, Megan Abbott
2. Tagged. I have many fave genres, but I think 'soft', gothic psychological horror is 'my thing'. And my appreciation for Bunny knows no bounds.😄
3. Don't read series much, I'm afraid.
#WondrousWednesday #favourites #favouriteauthors #readinginspring
Tag @The_Penniless_Author @Enchanted_Bibliophile

Eggs Thx for playing and sharing 👌🏼 8mo
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Yuki_Onna
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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1. Nope. Thank goodness. Though Samantha is my middle name, I go by that.
2. Tagged.😁

#Two4Tuesday #Bunny #names @TheSpineView
Tag my Bunny @BeeMagical @RaeLovesToRead @The_Penniless_Author

TheSpineView Love your middle name. Thanks for playing 8mo
The_Penniless_Author Thanks for the tag, dude! 😍 8mo
RaeLovesToRead Thanks for the tag! 😊😇 8mo
BeeMagical Yess!!❤️❤️ We love it, Bunny!!!❤️ 8mo
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ElizaMarie
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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My February #WrapUp of my “owned” books
#ReadMyShelves

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ElizaMarie
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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My February #WrapUp of my 5🌟reads :)

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ElizaMarie
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ElizaMarie
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Its plot was quite unusual and could divide readers into loving or hating it. However, I found myself completely immersed in the story and unable to put it down as it became more surreal. I stumbled upon a review that used the term 'black licorice' to describe this type of book, which I thought was quite clever.

#20in4 #FabulousFebruary
@Andrew65

My wonky crochet bunnies 🐰🐰

TheKidUpstairs Black licorice is the perfect way to describe those "you either love or or hate it" books! Totally going to start using it as a hashtag #BlackLicoriceBooks 9mo
TheSpineView ❤️❤️❤️ 9mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 9mo
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ElizaMarie @TheKidUpstairs yes!!! It was the perfect description! 9mo
BookLineNSinker This was not a favorite for me. I also am not a fan of #blacklicorice, so this analogy is perfect! 9mo
Andrew65 Excellent 🎉🎉🎉 9mo
julieclair Those bunnies are adorable! Did you make them? 9mo
ElizaMarie @julieclair yes :) I am new to crochet. So my things are a bit wonky but… I'm loving the process. — thanks 🐰 9mo
julieclair Wow! You‘re doing great! I never would have thought they were made by someone new to crochet. 🧶🐰👍 9mo
ElizaMarie @julieclair awe thanks! You are too kind :) 9mo
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ElizaMarie
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Spent my #HyggeHour reading this one, indulging in a glass of wine and having a nice candle burning. I was a little cold (even with my heated blanket) so I was wearing my hand warmers :)

@AllDebooks
@TheBookHippie
@ChrissyReadIt
@jenniferw88

AllDebooks Awww I love your hand warmers 😍 9mo
ElizaMarie @AllDebooks awe thanks! I'm not sure where I got them. But I do enjoy wearing them :) 9mo
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ElizaMarie
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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My breakfast date this morning.

Leftcoastzen I want that bagel! 9mo
5feet.of.fury Oooooh 9mo
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monalyisha
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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I wrote a book today, nbd.

OK, ok…it‘s a sample craft for the activity that I organized for Take Your Child to the Library day. But still! 😝

Waiting for my husband to get home so I can force him to read it.

Kitta So cute! 10mo
thegreensofa Love it! 10mo
Chrissyreadit 🎉❤️🎉 10mo
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Melismatic
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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Headed to Book Club! We‘ll be discussing Bright Young Women — and we‘re tasked with bringing two other books, one to swap & one as a donation to a local Little Free Library. 📚

Soubhiville I like that task! 10mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m reading this now! 10mo
Melismatic @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Bunny? It‘s one of my ultimate faves! Super weird but in the best way! 10mo
Melismatic @Soubhiville 💖💖 10mo
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Littlewolf1
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4.2⭐️ I got to admit… This book was better than I thought I was going to be. What‘s crazy is I could not figure it out at all, yet I felt like I knew exactly what was going on. However, I‘m still confused on what was real and what wasn‘t. It was good. I liked it. This was book #19 for #Roll100

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 10mo
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Littlewolf1
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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We call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other. Seriously. Bunny. #FirstLineFridays

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AlysonCB
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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Do I know what I just read ? - NO
Did I love it ? - YES

Psychedelic fever dream from start to finish.

Soubhiville I loved this too! Such a strange but engrossing read. I still call people “Bunny” in my head. 😆 10mo
Ruthiella Loved this too! 🐰🍌👖🤯 10mo
AlysonCB @Ruthiella 🪓 🐇 🦌 🧁 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️🦢 ... 🤭 10mo
AlysonCB @Soubhiville Yes! The number of times i've actually called people bunny this week 😂 I need to stop! 10mo
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Melismatic
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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Cashed out my PangoBucks before the holidays. Bottom two are for me, the tagged will be gifted at my in person book club at the end of the month as it‘s one of my absolute faves and I‘m not parting with my hardcover signed copy. 😂🫣😭

DGRachel My philosophy is “no, I will not let you borrow my copy. Here‘s one I bought for you”. It saves lives, or at least friendships. 😂 11mo
Melismatic @DGRachel truth! 😂🤷🏻‍♀️ I‘ve been burned too many times, if it‘s a fave book, I‘m not parting with it! Lol 🫣 10mo
DGRachel It‘s been more than 30 years and I still haven‘t forgiven one of my middle school best friends for the condition of a book she returned to me. 😂 10mo
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bookish6
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Mehso-so

I read this book in one evening, I had to know where it was going.
I ended up Googling what other readers interpreted from the ending as it was a little confusing.
I felt sorry for Samantha for most of the book. She seemed so lonely and lost. The Bunnies were all very intriguing.
This is the type of book you only need to read once, but I would maybe recommend it to someone if they wanted to read an out of the box book.

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Littlewolf1
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I have decided to try my hand at the #Roll100 again this year. Since I didn‘t get a lot of my books read last year, I‘m using the same list, just change the ones that I had accomplished.

PuddleJumper Good luck! 11mo
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fandom_hellspawn99
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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@BookwormAHN @wanderinglynn #yuleswap

Oh my God I love it!! Thank you!! And sorry I posted it late

wanderinglynn Fantastic! Happy Yule! ❄️ 11mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 11mo
BookwormAHN Happy Yule 🤍🩵🤍 11mo
TheBookHippie What a lovely package!! 11mo
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KathyWheeler
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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I just started this book, but my recollection of grad school is not cliques like the Bunnies. No one had time for that; we were all too busy with classes, theses, and dissertations. Those of us with grad assistantships especially had no time for that. We‘ll see. So far it seems a weird little book but I‘m not opposed to weird if it‘s a good story.

Billypar My grad school class was very busy, but unfortunately made the time to become pretty clique-y as well 🙄 12mo
KathyWheeler @Billypar That‘s so weird to me because that wasn‘t my experience either time. Also, I could just have not noticed; I‘m famous among friends and family for my obliviousness. 😄 12mo
Billypar Mine wasn't an MFA, but it was a Psychology program so that may have had something to do with it 😆 12mo
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KathyWheeler @Billypar my first one was in English and my second in library and information science. I could definitely see where the English program could‘ve been like that. 12mo
CogsOfEncouragement My daughter had this on her tbr, not sure I would have ever picked it on my own but we did a buddy read. I really enjoyed it. 12mo
CindyMyLifeIsLit My grad school experience was nothing like this either, but I absolutely love the book! It‘s definitely weird, so you have to embrace that! 12mo
KathyWheeler @CogsOfEncouragement Good to hear. So far I like it. 12mo
KathyWheeler @CindyMyLifeIsLit I don‘t mind weird at all. 12mo
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traa
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The.Great.Catsby
Bunny: A Novel | Mona Awad
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I read this because everyone said it was weird and I wanted to know why. And guess what? It was weird.
She's in a cult. But also, in a graduate program. Also, lonely. Also, living in a very scary city. I'm not sure how it ended? But I know it ended.
I mildly hated the writing style.
I almost DNFd this 50% through because I found out why it was weird. But... I... couldn't stop?

Don't read it. But also read it. Idk.

10.15.2023

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I love this review. Now I'm interested, yet not. 13mo
The.Great.Catsby @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego you know what? Same. Hahaha 13mo
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GondorGirl I'm pretty sure this is how all Mona Awad make me feel. But I keep reading more of them... 🤷‍♀️😅 13mo
The.Great.Catsby @GondorGirl omg, really? What kind of chaos is her mind? 13mo
GondorGirl @The.Great.Catsby I have no idea, but I'd really love to meet her! 😅 13mo
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ImperfectCJ
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At first I couldn't figure out what the hell I was reading, but when I figured it out, I realized that I love this novel. It's an interesting look at the reasons people enter into creative pursuits, the way that the need to belong and to be seen can create monsters as well as things of beauty, the lengths people will go to to feel less alone, and how the people with the most recognition aren't always those with the most talent.

BookishTrish This book is my desert island pick. 14mo
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RaeLovesToRead
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@Yuki_Onna @BeeMagical I bet you will both appreciate this... 💕🐇🐇🐇🐇

Yuki_Onna O.M.G. Where.Can.I.Get.This.Rae? 🙌🖤🩷🖤🩷💅👏 14mo
Soubhiville Oh, hi Bunny! 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @Yuki_Onna It's illumicrate, but I got mine on ebay! I think there are still some up for sale! 😁 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @Soubhiville ✌🏻🐰💕 14mo
BeeMagical Ahhh!!😍😍 You KNOW we love it!!! 🩷🩷🩷🐰 14mo
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Nessavamusic
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So I had previously DNF‘d this, but I was in the mood for something strange and decided to give it another chance. This time I listened to the audiobook, and that made this extremely bizarre story unfold for me. I honestly don‘t completely know what was going all the time. However, this is a savage exploration of snobby academia. There is so many little details that could be discovered on reread as well.⬇️

Nessavamusic Horrifying and fascinating and definitely not for everyone. 4.25⭐️ 1y
CogsOfEncouragement This was one I might not have picked up on my own but did a buddy read with my daughter and ended up enjoying it. 1y
RaeLovesToRead I loved how insane this book was 😅🐇🐇 1y
Billypar I'm in the middle of her next one, All's Well, and it's also wonderfully strange, if not quite to the same extent as Bunny. I'm looking forward to trying the new one! 1y
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BeeMagical
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@Yuki_Onna !!!!!! Stop!😭🩷

Thank you so so so much for the very personal birthday gift!!😭🩷

I love it so much and will forever cherish it!!🩷🐰

Thank you, Bunny!🩷🩷

RaeLovesToRead 🐇🐇🐇🐇🤯🐇🐇🐇 1y
Yuki_Onna Aahhh, it arrived! Sooooo happy you cherish it so much, Bunny!!!😍💞
Sending so much love to you over the ocean💖
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BeeMagical @Yuki_Onna I love it oh so much!!!🩷 very special to our friendship🩷 1y
BeeMagical @RaeLovesToRead I KNOW!!😍 1y
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Yuki_Onna
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I am in one of the most beautiful towns of Germany, full of UNESCO World Heritage sites, a place where I've never been before. So what will I do first? 🤔
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#culturalheritage #history #surrealism #Bunny #horror #bookhoarders
@BeeMagical @RaeLovesToRead

Yuki_Onna ...Head for the first book store possible on my way downtown (only a block away from the greatest landmark of the place, an Insta-spot par excellence, and, needless to say, UNESCO site), browse for an hour and leave with ONLY two books... 😅
Aren't I a good girl? 😇

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RaeLovesToRead 🐰🧁🪆📝👸🏼🐇 1y
BeeMagical YES, BUNNY!!🐰🐰🩷🩷 1y
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RaeLovesToRead
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This was bonkers, and I kinda loved it.

Awad is a fantastic writer. You'd have to be to make the events of this book feel in ANY way plausible.

Bunny is bitchy, hallucinogenic, original, creepy, full of 90s cliché and poetic pastiche. Loosely dark academia, but would be better placed in the surreal horror section.

The whole thing reads like a psychedelic dream that could be feminist or misogynistic depending how you read it!

4 bizarre stars

Larkken I loved this. As soon as that boy‘s head exploded I knew I was in for a wild ride! Whew did not see any of that coming. 😆🐰 1y
RaeLovesToRead @Larkken Yes!!!! And they were all chewing on stuff ?? I think my fave bit was when they were like, "his head didn't explode, Bunny"... "it kind of did a bit though, Bunny" ?? 1y
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Soubhiville
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I finished up Bunny before I left home. What a strange creepy story! I liked it!

Did anyone else while reading this want to call everyone around them “Bunny”? I was calling Sietje and the cats that, and saying it while talking to myself. 😆

College cliques can be kind of culty, and I loved the way Awad took it in a somewhat witchy supernatural direction. I‘ll definitely read her next book!

(Pictured is Sietje with her Bunny, and others)

ChaoticMissAdventures I unfortunately already did call people (especially little ones or sad people??) Bunny. This made me feel very weird 😂 1y
dabbe Hello there, Sweet Sietje! Look at all your toys! 🖤🐾🖤 1y
Yuki_Onna Here! 👋 Right, Bunny?💕 @BeeMagical 1y
BeeMagical 😂😂 Right here, Bunny!🩷 @Yuki_Onna 1y
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ShawnYLibros
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What is everyone Reading tonight?!?

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RaeLovesToRead
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Guess what I'm reading on my Kindle today! @Yuki_Onna @BeeMagical 🐰🐇💕

I've had a crazy couple of months, and have only now got a few days to rest and recuperate.

Currently delaying returning home, because when I get there I'm going to have to find somewhere to put all my recent book & book merch purchases... my parents are NOT impressed by my living room takeover 😬😬

Ah well, I can sip my vanilla matcha iced latte a while longer...

BeeMagical Ahhh!!! We hope you LOVE it!!! Join us, Bunny…🐰💀 1y
Yuki_Onna Oh yay, we do, Bunny!!! And vanilla matcha iced latte to go with it?!? 🐰🧋You've got taste, my favourite food influencer! 👏 1y
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ChaoticMissAdventures
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Mehso-so

3.5 ⭐
Points for imagination and random reference drops. I like books that mention things in a wild range like Citizen Kane and Sid Vicious. It limits the audience that will understand but for those that do it is cool.
I struggled with how wildly fever dream it is and how much animal abuse. I can see why people would hate the book, you have to be prepared for dark and weird.

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ChaoticMissAdventures
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"We call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other."

Seriously. Bunny.

This is a wild fever dream ride. I am not sure I am enjoying.

#FirstLineFriday @ShyBookOwl

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JenDR
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When your buddy read partner at work is a generation younger than you. You get introduced to books you would never try. Sometimes it‘s a win. (My Dark Vanessa) Sometimes you are a good camper and finish the book to be polite. Thank god for the Libby App- you can listen on double speed.

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CogsOfEncouragement
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My daughter gave me a buddy read for Mother‘s Day. We chose this book off of her TBR. It has a Heather‘s vibe and kept me guessing.

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cangel123456789
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I'm now reading Bunny by Mona Awad and am almost done with it!! The story takes place in college where a girl named Samantha becomes sucked into this cultish group of girls called the Bunnies and along the way she slowly disregards her only friend Ava. I havent loved a book this much in a while since I relate to a lot of the feelings the main character feels. If you love weird and disorienting books this is for you.

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c4t
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Bailedbailed

Got to 16%. A bit too trippy and quite pretentious. To me the writing style is like a Picasso, kind of disjointed and surreal but artistic. Hard to follow.

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Moll
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I loooooooooooved Bunny!! It's a truly wild ride - completely and utterly bizarre, and the writing is incredible

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cangel123456789
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Bunny is a book that is horror and at the same time comedy. The author uses satire and sarcastic writing to bring a humorous light into the moments of horror in this book. It's written in the present tense by the main character(first person perspective). The author also uses a lot of repetition to familiarize the reader with jokes they can feel in sighted on too.

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behudd
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Bailedbailed

DNF
I tried. I made it 90 pages. But I‘m quitting it 😬👎🏻
It‘s not bad or even that disturbing - yet - just weird & feels like nothing is happening.
But I‘m still going to go to book club to hear what ppl think!

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Yuki_Onna
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#TemptingTitles #April2023 Day 7: #OneWord

My absolute personal favourite...! 😊🐇💞
And with that title absolutely fitting to wish you all a very Happy Easter!

#rabbits #photochallenges #creepy #creativewriting #DowntheRabbitHole #personalfavourites #weird
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs @BeeMagical

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Happy Easter 🐣🐇🐰 2y
BeeMagical Just the best💕💕 Happy Easter, Bunny!!🐣 2y
Eggs Happy Easter to you and yours 🐣💗🐇 2y
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shanebeth
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a book fairy gifted me this! I hope it‘s good!!

Kappadeemom It‘s freaking coo coo for sure 2y
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RickW
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Mehso-so

Awad is a great writer but Bunny goes to a place where reality & fantasy are so intertwined that it becomes difficult to sort it all out. I thought the big reveal would be that all are in an insane asylum but alas, no. Instead we are expected to drop our concept of reality & just go with it. Specks of Tart‘s A Secret History, Pinborough‘s Behind Her Eyes & Michaelides‘The Maidens are here but just not as rewarding as these classics.

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Moll
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Had such a lovely day with a friend today, and we picked up some books! It was nice to recommend some to her as she wants to get back into reading again, and I picked up Bunny because one of my favourite YouTubers ranked it so highly!😊

AkashaVampie Katie Colson???? 2y
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