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Hooked_on_books
December | Phil Rickman
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And down to the wire, I am finally posting my #ReadYourEbooks list for December. I finally read one of the picked books for November. 🥳 I need to read Negroland for a reading challenge this month, so even if it isn‘t picked, I should knock at least one of these off.

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CindyMyLifeIsLit
December | Phil Rickman
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So many things!
1. First and foremost, CHRISTMAS! 🎄🎁🎅
2. Christmas gift shopping—gift-giving is my love language.
3. Christmas movies!
4. Christmas music!
5. Seeing my far-flung children come home!
6. Some cool weather—finally.
7. Reflecting on the past year and setting goals for the next. I know that‘s January, but you have to make the actual decisions in December.
#MajicMonday

Eggs Well described 👏🏻🤗🙌🏻 Thanks for playing 🙏🏻🥳 11h
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Chelsea.Poole
Sour Cherry | Natalia Theodoridou
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This is told as a fairytale, a retelling (apparently) of Bluebeard which I was unfamiliar with prior. I loved the way this played with the fairytale genre and ways we tell stories to circumvent reality, often even to ourselves. But ultimately, the narrator tells us: “The people are us, the time is always.” Side: didn‘t I just read this somewhere on Litsy? Such a perfect line. I‘m not sure I grasped all this was doing but I had fun trying. #ToB26

merelybookish I liked this as well. And I also was never quite sure I got everything that was happening. 😅 14h
ChaoticMissAdventures There are so many on this list I somehow missed this one totally! 14h
sarahbarnes Great review! I just picked this one up from the library today - I‘m looking forward to it! 12h
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BarbaraBB I missed this one too but it sounds good! 11h
Hooked_on_books Interesting! I don‘t usually tend to like fairytale retellings, so I‘m very curious to see where I land on this one. 10h
squirrelbrain Great review! I‘d question-marked this one as it didn‘t sound like my thing -probably one I‘ll only read if it makes the shortlist. 10h
Bookwormjillk I missed this one too! 7h
Chelsea.Poole @merelybookish that makes me feel better! I need to visit the Bluebeard tale. 2h
Chelsea.Poole @ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB @Bookwormjillk so many on the list, it‘s easy to overlook some! 2h
Chelsea.Poole @sarahbarnes @Hooked_on_books I‘ll look for your reviews—I think this is one that would lead to interesting discussions. 2h
Chelsea.Poole @squirrelbrain honestly, this one isn‘t my type either but I was struck by the cover and title (and it‘s easy availability on audio at the library lol). I must say, I was pleasantly surprised! 2h
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AshleyHoss820
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Wowzers. Tomie is an eternally-beautiful young woman who, in every new relationship, is brutally murdered. As she is hacked into pieces, each new piece regenerates, unleashing more Tomies on mankind. But who are we really mad at? Sure, Tomie is mean, often cruel, and manipulative. Does that justify her murders? Why aren‘t we side-eying her murderers too regardless of their motives? Excellent horror manga, as usual, from Junji Ito.

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AshleyHoss820
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Pickpick

Lord. I was trying to find an image to share with this review and there was so much I just couldn‘t share. It‘s disturbing. It‘s upsetting. It‘s amazing. Junji Ito is absolutely worth devouring in one sitting. The fish are walking out of the ocean, but the organisms using the fish need new hosts…

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AshleyHoss820
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“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could they didn‘t stop to think if they should.” - The great philosopher Ian Malcolm. That‘s this story. A scientist is obsessed with the “other side” and unleashes a supernatural entity on the world. Can our scientific curiosity cause more problems than it solves? I think we‘ve seen that the answer is often yes.

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AshleyHoss820
The Complete John Silence Stories | S. T. Joshi, Algernon Blackwood
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Pickpick

You know, these are kinda fun. It was a bit like, “What if Sherlock Holmes were into investigating the Supernatural?” My favorite was the guy who visited his old school which was a monastery, now in ruins. His old teachers are there, and they haven‘t aged. He realizes they‘re demonic monks a little too late because the dark magic ceremony is *happening* but John Silence comes to his rescue.

Clare-Dragonfly Wow, that sounds really cool! 16h
AshleyHoss820 @Clare-Dragonfly They‘re definitely outdated, but I had a good time reading these! I think there‘s an Egyptian one too where I was like, “Yeah, these never end well…” and it didn‘t. 😂😂😂 16h
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mariaku21
Misery | Stephen King
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Mehso-so

I honestly forgot how slow this book is, not to mention a lot of Paul's internal monologue which at times confusing and other times unnecessary but considering he's delirious for at least half of the book creating a back n forth between delusions and reality, I'm like meh.

Annie is an iconic character- sometimes the monster is closer than we think but as iconic as she is, the book just didn't work for me even in the reread.

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Matilda
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I never know the date except when it‘s time for a monthly reading roundup: https://multitudes-contained.beehiiv.com/p/on-reading-in-november-2025

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Bookzombie
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October and November #wrapup

October:
Total read = 6
Audio - 3
Print - 3
1 picture book, 1 graphic novel, 1 novel

My pick for October is tagged.

November:
Total Read: 3
Audio: 3

My pick for November is Stalking Around The Christmas Tree.