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kwmg40
William | Mason Coile
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Pickpick

I was finally able to fill one of the more difficult #52bookclub categories, “Author debut in second half of 2024.“ I've read a number of novels by Andrew Pyper, but this is his debut under the pseudonym Mason Coile.

This short novel is a spooky haunted house story featuring AI “monsters“. I didn't enjoy it as much as the other Pyper works I've read, but as it was set on Hallowe'en day, it was a good one to read this week.

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kwmg40
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A low pick. Inspired by Le Fanu's Carmilla, this graphic novel set in 1990's NYC features mysterious deaths, vampires and Chinese folklore. It was a good quick read for Hallowe'en night.

#HauntedShelf #Flerken @PuddleJumper
#AfterDarkBingo #BodyCountBingo #GottaCatchEmAllSpooky
#GottaCatchEmAll (Morgrem: Character has a fringe)
#Spookoween @TheSpineView

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kwmg40
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TheSpineView Excellent! 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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Catsandbooks
A to Z | Marie Sexton
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So close to a bingo but no success for #halloweenAtoZreadathon

#HauntedShelf #HexesandCrows

Texreader Awww darn it! But still nice job 2mo
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kwmg40
Sundiver | David Brin
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Mehso-so

I had read this many, many years ago and reread it just now. I'm not sure I liked it any better second time around. There were interesting sci-fi ideas but I found the plot dragged with its inconsistent pacing.

#ClassicLSFBC @RamsFan1963 @Ruthiella
#192025 #1980 @Librarybelle
#HauntedShelf #Flerken @PuddleJumper
#AfterDarkBingo #BodyCountBingo #GottaCatchEmAllSpooky
#gottacatchemall (18. Vespiquen: Yellow cover)

Ruthiella Did you read the further books in the series? 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2mo
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kwmg40 @Ruthiella No, I haven‘t yet, but I probably will, at some point. I‘ve heard that the sequels are better than the first book. 2mo
Librarybelle Hooray!! 2mo
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm I‘ve read the second in the series, Startide Rising, and I enjoyed it much more than Sundiver. Although I also enjoyed Sundiver. 😅 Haven‘t read the third yet, but I am eager to get to it. 2mo
kwmg40 @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Glad to hear that you liked the sequel. I'll add it to the TBR stack. 2mo
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OriginalCyn620
The Witch Is Back | Sophie H. Morgan
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Really cute witchy rom-com but probably could‘ve been shorter! Loved all the characters though.

#HauntedShelf #DeadSerious
#witchathon #bookspinbingo #ispybingo #promptmaze #31by31 #spookoween #HalloweenAtoZBingo #HalloweenAtoZReadathon

TheSpineView Fantastic! 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo
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OutsmartYourShelf
Quarantined | Joe Mckinney
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San Antonio, Texas has had an outbreak of a particularly virulent & deadly form of flu & have been cut off from the outside world by a perimeter wall built around the city. Hundreds are dying every day & have to be buried in mass graves. Det Lily Harris works collating burial statistics & notices a body that doesn't seem to have been autopsied & a bullet wound suggests that this is a murder victim hidden amongst the other dead.

OutsmartYourShelf As the police investigation intensifies, they uncover a conspiracy involving those in charge who are intent on hiding the truth from the public.

To say this was originally written over a decade before Covid, it sure got a lot of things right: masks, lockdowns, & staying so many metres apart. It could have been really good except for the fact that the MC, Lily, is a horrible person using fatphobic & homophobic language to describe people.
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OutsmartYourShelf In books like this where the MC is fighting for survival, the reader has to become invested in their story, but I really couldn't care less if Lily survived the pandemic or not. 2⭐

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/862208779
Read 29th Oct 2024

#Flerken #HauntedShelf 326 pts

#AfterDarkBingo #BodyCountBingo @puddlejumper
#31by31 @catsandbooks
#SupernaturalBookBingo (Fake ID)
#HalloweenAtoZReadathon #HalloweenAtoZBingo @texreader
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willaful
Small Spaces | Katherine Arden

Possibly the scariest book I read this month. Definitely the scariest cover!

#HauntedShelf #FrightClub #31By31 Book #33
#Spookoween #HalloweenAtoZReadathon

TheSpineView 👍👏📖🌞 2mo
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willaful
Rules for Ghosting: A Novel | Shelly Jay Shore
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I loved this complicated queer romance about grief, identity, Jewishness, family of all kinds, and showing love even after death. It's not at all spooky or scary, but very warm and tender

#HauntedShelf #FrightClub #31By31 book 33!
#Spookoween #HalloweenAtoZReadathon Letter R

Catsandbooks 👏🏼👻🧡 2mo
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