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2.8⭐️WTF did I just read??? I don‘t even know how to describe this one, but seriously 🤮. I wasn‘t really a fan, and I will be unhauling this one from my shelves for sure. But it made me uncomfortable, which is what I think the author had in mind, so it did what it was supposed to do.

#BookSpinBingo hello February… I can‘t believe January is already over. By midnight tonight I will have 13 books read this month. Still didn‘t get a Bingo but I‘m pretty happy overall. Looking forward to another great month of reading.

Thank you so much, @CSeydel for the books and the delicious goodies! I have read The Ruins and loved it and have been wanting to do a reread but didn‘t own it, so this is perfect! Happy Halloween and happy #AllHallowsReadSwap! Thank you at well @MaleficentBookDragon for hosting this spooktacular swap!

Ummm. Okay. I never read horror, but I thought I‘d give this a try because I saw it recommended and it‘s very short (I read it in an hour). But, this was just so bad to me. First of all, it was so gross. But the characters were just so flat and unbelievable sounding, it just all felt very contrived. This was not worth it to me! I did have to skip a few pages because I just couldn‘t.

What have I just read?!?!?!? This book is fucking nuts! The first story is gross and engrossing and so bloody bizarre but I loved it! What does that say about me? 🤣

I'm reading the book Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. It is a true crime novel following two characters, Zoe Cross and Agnes Petrella. The story is written through email and text interactions. I do not like either character. as the author is a man and he is writing them to be unrealistic and unlikable. They are not relatable to most people. If the story was less rushed, I think they could be potentially likeable characters.

“I once read somewhere that if your mind continuously returns to the same person over and over again, it means that they‘re thinking of you as well.”

This book was lowkey wild. I expected more trauma and sadomasochism but maybe I‘m just desensitised. It was a good read though!

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I gave myself some time to process this book before I wrote a review in hopes that I could come to some sort of conclusion. It reminded me a lot of abstract modern art. There must be depth and complexity I am just not understanding? I was a little disgusted, a little confused, and a little horrified. It was difficult to look away and I consumed this entire book in less than an hour and a half.

I just sat down and read this straight through. It was…a ride. TW for…everything, I guess. What have you done to deserve your eyes today?

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🎧 I was so sad to hear about Sharon. I‘ve read over a third of her TBR! 😁

Sadly I have multiple expiring library loans so I can only squeeze the above book from her TBR into my reading schedule. All of the books I read this week will be in her memory.

Great genre! Really messed up book. Thank you Sharon. 🙌 I enjoyed it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#sharreadathon
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Sometimes people just gotta ruin their own lives in 3 months

fucking ew

Two girls? women? lesbians? connect online that starts off seemingly innocent having to do with the sale of an apple peeler but then devolves sometimes slowly and sometimes quickly into this dark relationship. I laughed at some parts and there was a part so disgusting I thought I was gonna throw up my coke I had just drank. I look forward to more LaRocca. Thanks to Charles from Barnes and Nobles for letting me read his copy.

An innocent online chat between two women turns macabre and deadly in this indie horror novella. Did this incident really happen? Is it an urban legend? You decide.

Short creepy little read. Landing kind of in the middle on this one. I think my expectations were a little too high. It didn‘t really have the impact I was expecting. Perhaps because the kindle version I bought missed the final police report, I read about that on Reddit. Which is a shame, I probably would have rated it higher otherwise.

5 pts for the book + 10 pts for 1 hr read = 15 pts for #TeamSlaughter

#BookSpinBingo

It finally happened! I had the opportunity to meet the amazing Eric LaRocca virtually thanks to the gents at Dead Headspace as we recorded episode 116!

I had an absolute blast and I‘m so grateful that I could take part.

https://www.ericarobynreads.com/feature-dead-headspace-guest-hosting-ft-eric-lar...

I've been hearing a lot about this book on horror booktok. It's a quick read at less than 200 pages. I went into it not knowing anything about it. The story is told through a series of emails and instant messages. Honestly, I didn't love it. I think it's an alright short story but I wouldn't put it on my recommendation list.
#horror #summerreading

potential to be good but is too short and character development is rushed

Liked this one more than I was expecting to. Trigger warnings all around.

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca is a novella about obsession and how far someone will go to get what they want.

Set up as a case file that tracks the communication between two people, we see the initial innocent correspondence that quickly devolves into madness and obsession.

I highly recommend checking this novella out!

https://www.ericarobynreads.com/novella-review-things-have-gotten-worse/

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It‘s the year 2000 and Agnes is selling an antique apple peeler on QueerList.org. She can‘t make rent, her missive around the history of the peeler catches the attention of Zoe.

A fervent IM communication starts, a relationship forms. What starts as a flirtatious game turns into a perverse Master/Slave scenario, with Zoe pushing Agnes beyond her limits

What have you done today to deserve your eyes?