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The Initial Insult
The Initial Insult | Mindy McGinnis
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I‘m not sure how I feel about this book. It was super dark. I think I need to read the second one now to really know what to think. The characters are really interesting. Each of them has something different to break your heart and the book itself is just very bleak. I did not expect it to end the way it did which is probably why I am conflicted on how I feel about it as a whole.

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Larkken
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Week 1 #scarathlon2022 points for #teamslaughter = 8885!
I read 4 books and watched 2 movies and 6 spooky episodes and tallied up a bunch of readathon points - no bingos yet! Favorite book so far this month is The Golden Enclaves (but not very spooky season-y!) and the tagged book was the last one I finished, and was a low pick. Should have been higher bc of all the Poe refs, but I just struggle with YA lately. This was my #bookspin this month.

Clwojick Just seeing this now, since I didnt get the tag, but I'll add them to the team total! 2y
Larkken @clwojick - sorry! I thought I had tagged you 😓 guess I can't blame every mistake on Litsy's wonky tags! 2y
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BeeMagical
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Book 152🎧 3.5⭐️

Ooo well that went a lot darker than expected😂

Tris‘s parents vanished 8 years ago and no one is talking. And when no one talks, that means $$$ is involved. But she‘ll make someone talk. She‘ll do whatever she has too…🧱

LibrarianRyan Loved this book. Fav from last year. 2y
BeeMagical @LibrarianRyan I‘m excited for the second book to come out! 2y
LibrarianRyan It‘s out in the us. It‘s good but tamer and more graphic at the same time. 2y
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MrsReads1
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Mehso-so

I picked this up, lured in by the Poe references (and certainly wasn't disappointed there) but this felt too much like a YA written for younger readers for me to love it. I enjoyed theultiple POVs and I'd love to actually know what was going on...just not enough to pick up the second book in this duology.

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BookLineNSinker
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I enjoyed this book very much. Its about Tess, a young woman whose parents passed away and she is left living with her one eyed grandfather at the "White Trash Zoo". Tess is determined to find out what really happened to her parents so she takes her friend, the last person to see her parents alive, and begins her interrogation using some interesting techniques. Loved the nods to Poe. 4 ?

LibrarianRyan Wait til you read the sequel. OMG!!! 3y
BookLineNSinker When is it coming out? What's the title? 😂 How have I not heard about this?! 3y
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BookLineNSinker
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This is my #weekendreads along with, Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney. A restful weekend awaits! Happy Saturday!!

Johanna414 I loved this one!! 3y
BookLineNSinker I really ended up loving it too! 3y
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LibrarianRyan
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5 ⭐
This was a reread for me. But book 2 is coming out soon and i needed a refresher. I loved this book so much. It's a Poe retelling where a girl Tess, shackles her best friend to the call in the party house basement and begins slow torture to get her tell what happened to Tess parents. You all have the White Trash Zoo (think Tiger King), with the panther on the loose, and everything else. This book is just awesome.

Johanna414 I'm so excited for book 2! A rare pre-order for me 3y
LibrarianRyan @Johanna414 I'm writing my review now. It's good. Not as good, but still good. and there are more than a few OH S*&^ moments. 3y
GondorGirl Mindy McGinnis is a very... unique... individual. I have no idea what goes on in her brain, but it's crazy! 🧡😳 3y
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LibrarianRyan @GondorGirl Yeah. I think she would be interesting to sit and talk to. 3y
GondorGirl @LibrarianRyan Oh, she's a riot. She's local to where I live and I've met her 6 or 7 times. She did an event with my local indie where we read one of her books and then met at a bar to have drinks and discuss it. 3y
LibrarianRyan @GondorGirl Okay, that would be so much fun. 3y
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kissmehardy
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Took me a minute to get into this one, but it was ultimately so good! I really liked seeing all of Tress and Felicity's rocky history, and it felt so realistic that even when they hated each other, there was still a genuine bond underneath. Not sure the panther chapters really added anything to the story, though. #yalit #retellings

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BookBosomed1
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Whoa. I devoured it. With many references to Edgar Allen Poe‘s work, this book is intense, dark, and twisty. I ❤️ it so much I was about to go to the bookstore & get the sequel, but it isn‘t being released until March. Bah! 🛑: bullying, torture, (implied) mistreatment of animals, death of dog, implied racism (albeit not a focus of the book but present at times) @LibrarianRyan & @MaleficentBookDragon you both were right! This is a great 📕.

MaleficentBookDragon The arc for the sequel is on #netgalley if you use that. 3y
BookBosomed1 @MaleficentBookDragon I don‘t use it, but I was looking into it yesterday just for the sequel. 🤣 3y
LibrarianRyan I have the sequel on audiobook, but I want to relished to book 1 first. Glad you liked it. 3y
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BookBosomed1
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@LibrarianRyan Thank you for this #AllHallowsReadSwap package. I immediately started reading the tagged book and I anticipate I‘ll devour it. I absolutely love the book cozy with snaps! Thank you @MaleficentBookDragon for a wonderful swap.

LeslieO Love those spatulas! 3y
BethM Cool spatulas! 3y
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BookBosomed1
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@LibrarianRyan Thank you for this #AllHallowsRead package. I immediately started reading the tagged book and I anticipate I‘ll devour it. I absolutely love the book cozy with snaps! Thank you @MaleficentBookDragon for a wonderful swap.

LibrarianRyan Yeahhh. I hope you enjoy and get use for it all. 3y
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Clwojick
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Dark, weird, but good. Not sure if I‘d recommend it for everyone, but I rounded it up to a 4/5 ⭐️

#TeamSlaughter #Scarathlon2021

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Johanna414
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Mindy McGinnis' books are so dark and so twisty - I loved every minute of this one! I stayed up way too late reading it, tweeted on my work account about how good it was, and now I have a 4 person wait list of students and teachers wanting to read it. Apparently I need to up my Twitter game if I want this to keep happening!

LibrarianRyan This book is some awesome! I can not stop talking about it. I have the sequel I just haven't started it yet because i want to reread this first. 3y
Johanna414 @LibrarianRyan I spent the whole day gushing about it at work! 3y
LibrarianRyan @Johanna414 I have gushed about this since it came out and most of my swaps are getting a copy😜 3y
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Slajaunie
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Great book! Definitely not what I expected. The ending 😲

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Slajaunie
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#WonderousWednesday

1. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas USA
2. South Louisiana
3. 2 sisters and 1 brother
4. Probably a book of nursery rhymes

@Eggs

Eggs Nice 👍🏼!! Thanks for playing 💕📚👏🏻 4y
marleed I worked in Bldg 136 at Fort Leavenworth, KS for 32 years - directly across the street from Munson Army Hospital where you were likely born. I moved to San Antonio and worked/retired from Fort Sam Houston so that my entire working life would not have been spent in one building! 4y
Slajaunie @marleed I was indeed born at that hospital. I only lived there six months after I was born. Dad was stationed in Okinawa after that. I spent the next 6 months there and then three years in Hawaii. I have never had a chance to go back although I did live in Missouri as well. 4y
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Slajaunie
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#TwoforTuesdays
1. I listened to the HP books on CD when my son was young. He was too young to read them but wanted to hear them.
2. I don‘t usually listen to music. I prefer complete silence.
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 💙📖💙📚 4y
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BookishTrish
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This was bonkers: a YA cross between Poe and The Tiger King. I‘d have liked more resolution at the end, but this one gets bonus points for Panther Vision! #audiostitching

dragondrool Cool kit!
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Trashcanman Seeing stars 4y
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That-Bookish-Hiker
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It‘s been 7 years since Tress Montors parents disappeared without a trace and she knows only one person with them that night that knows what happened, her ex best friend- Felicity Turnado. She‘ll get her truth even if she has to trap Felicity one brick at a time.

Wow! This book! It‘s was freaking nutso but in such a good way. After that cliffhanger I need book 2 now! This author is always an auto buy for me. Really enjoy her writing.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Smangela I completely agree, this book ate me up!! 4y
Hooked_on_books I‘ve read a couple of hers and they were really good. She really grabs you by the throat and makes you pay attention! I strongly suspect I‘ll end up reading all her books eventually. 4y
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Skyrimir
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The used copy I ordered ending up being a special edition for the Bookish Box, and it‘s signed! Love when that happens.

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BookDragonNotWorm
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This book is a modern day, YA retelling of some of Edgar Allan Poe's works, and OMG does the author throw references to enough of them in here - I lost count. I am a HUGE McGinnis fan, and a Poe fan, so my expectations were really high for this book. But whereas McGinnis's characters usually feel deep and developed, in this book they felt kind of shallow and flat. ⬇️

BookDragonNotWorm We get slices of the story from both MC's perspectives, but even though all the reasons are there to feel for the girls, I didn't. And there's motivation, sure, but not enough to explain why things would be taken so far. It ends on a cliffhanger that feels more like the book just stopped in the middle. ⬇️ 4y
BookDragonNotWorm There is a sequel in the works that will hopefully wrap up the loose ends and answer all the questions, but the way it ended with really nothing to satisfy the reader who just spent 370 pages with the book was frustrating. Good, but not as great as I was expecting. 4y
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Skygoddess1
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I really enjoyed this YA Thriller with all of its references to Edgar Allan Poe stories. Will definitely be picking up the next book when it comes out next year. #BookSpinBingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
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AudiobookingWithLeah
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Overall Rating 4⭐| Narration😁 = Very Good
I should‘ve waited until book #2 was closer to coming out...because this literally feels like it ends right in the middle of the story. We learned almost nothing about why Tress was building a brick wall around her once best friend other than that she did some terrible things to her, that was not necessarily her doing but we never find out what happened to Tress‘s parents on the night they disappeared. ⬇

AudiobookingWithLeah Plus...

...there‘s a Halloween party going on while she is building the wall above them and there is a shitload of teens behaving badly up there...

...oh yeah, there is a black panther on the loose and he even has his own POV, which probably sounds really weird and it totally is...

...it‘s exactly what you might find when reading/listening to a Mindy McGinnis story...pure f-ing madness. ⬇
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AudiobookingWithLeah And...I‘m still here for it. But still, I‘m kinda pissed that I have to wait till next year for the second half of this madness. 4y
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WanderingBookaneer
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Warning: It‘s the first title in a duology so you‘ll have to wait a while for the second installment!

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MaleficentBookDragon
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This is a bat shit crazy book, in ALL the right ways. What the hell just happened?
This book has left me with a huge book hangover and I don't know how I'm going to make I until 2022 for the sequel. It's too much. I have so man questions. You should read this one. I need to talk abut it.

Thank you to #Netgalley for an advance copy in exchange for a fair review.

LibrarianRyan I told you!!!!. I loved it but it was WTF!!. I cant wait for the hardcover. I got nothing done as I was listening to it because I was glued. 4y
MaleficentBookDragon @LibrarianRyan I know. I had to wait a few days before attempting to write a review. It was just nuts. I need the next one NOW. 4y
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FantasyChick
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Had some time left today so I went back and finished this weird little read. God, I love Mindy McGinnis! Any time I pick something up from her I never know what I'm going to get. YA Poe retelling of The Cask of Amontillado with 3 narrators.. .one being a big cat from a back yard "Hillbilly Zoo".

How can you NOT want to read this?

#jumpstart2021 #bookspinbingo #seriesread2021 #netgalley #arc
@Clwojick @Lizpixie @TheAromaofBooks @TheSpineView

Hooked_on_books I‘ve read a couple of her books and really liked them. I‘m a believer! 4y
TheSpineView 🤩📖📚 4y
FantasyChick @Hooked_on_books She's really become an autobuy for me. Just so delightfully weird. I love it! 4y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 4y
Clwojick I have this through NetGalley! I have to get to it soon! 4y
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Emmybird01
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This retelling of Edgar Allen Poe‘s The Cask of Amontillado pulled me in immediately. I loved this book. Tress and Felicity are such real, gritty characters. You are rooting for them both to succeed and fail. Seeing things in each of their points of view was so interesting. I am ready for book two now. I highly recommend this book. Thank you to Netgalley and Harper Children‘s/Katherine Tegen Books for the audio arc in exchange for an honest review

LibrarianRyan I did not realize this was a Poe retelling and I am saying that as someone who read it . I LOVED it and not just have to wait for book 2. 4y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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Here are my picks for the first #bookspin of the new year.
@thearomaofbooks

Tattooedteacher I love how you set this up! Looks great. 4y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 4y
marleed I just read The Flight Attendant and loved it - super fun! 4y
MaleficentBookDragon @marleed I just gotaccess to HBO Max so I want to read it first. I'm excited for it. 4y
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LibrarianRyan
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4.5 🌟
See full review on GR, LT or SG.

This story is super unique. There are so many things going on. The story is told in multiple points of view including the view of the animals at the zoo. I was privileged to listen to this as an audiobook. I was hooked. I binged it and could not stop. I had to know what happened next!!! I still need to know what happens next. This book is one of the best horror/thriller books for YA I have read

FantasyChick Listening to this now. I always find her books so weirdly interesting! 4y
Johanna414 How have I not heard of this one?! I love Mindy McGinnis!! 4y
LibrarianRyan @Johanna414 it‘s not out til Feb 2021 4y
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Johanna414 @LibrarianRyan Ok that makes sense - I'm super behind on upcoming books 4y
LibrarianRyan @Johanna414 they keep moving dates and it‘s hard to keep up. 4y
Johanna414 @LibrarianRyan since the library is closed to students and I'm mostly working with the special ed dept this year, I only have one day a week to do all my ordering, cataloging, etc. I just haven't been reading reviews and such like I normally do 4y
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saheffernan
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I was provided a free copy of the audiobook from NetGalley for an honest review*

A retelling of Poe with Mindy McGinnis raw, dark and gritty writing is the story I didn't know I needed. I loved the play on names and how she twisted the story to make it fit her style just perfectly. Exceptional story that kept me drawn in. Betrayal of friendship, big cats, seeking revenge, and a long waited answer to the question of what happened to her parents.

LibrarianRyan Loved this book. Getting ready to post my review in a few minutes. 4y
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SassenachTheBookWizard
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In traditional Mindy McGinnis style...this book was fucking weird and I loved it

BookDragonNotWorm Her books are the best! Twisted and brutal in the best way! 4y
claudiuo Love your review. Never read anything by Mindy McGinnis but I gotta check this one out now. 4y
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LibrarianRyan
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I knew nothing about this book when I requested it on audiobook I just knew it was by an author I liked. Damn this book is good. And by chance it takes place on Halloween. So double good for me. I‘m addicted. I‘m board and started this at work but I‘m pretty sure I‘m going to listen to it strait through the evening until it‘s over.

It‘s out in February 2021

#teamharkness #scarathlon2020 +1

IhoardBOOKS I just got this from netgalley, might have to bump it up on my list of what needs to be read sooner rather than later with this review 😊 (edited) 4y
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The_Heeler_Booklife
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Mehso-so

Rating: 2.5/5 Stars
This is marketed as a thriller, but it really isn‘t. It is more contemporary and character driven. I thought it was just okay.
#bookstagram #bibliophile #netgalley #litsy #littens

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abookishbutterfly
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The Initial Insult is a story of friendship, misunderstanding, prejudice, and loss. There is a mystery at its center but there is also a cleverly crafted horror underneath all of the other layers. So far, this is the best Poe inspired tale that I‘ve read and while I can‘t even imagine what new terror awaits me in part two, I‘m looking forward to finding out!

Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3535476433

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