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Ushers | Joe Hill

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book updates!
Top left/audio: wonderful ya horror to get lost in. I preferred the horror of What the Woods Took, but the story here. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ushers: fantastic short story ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Locklands: I mean, excellent end to the trilogy. I wish I‘d had the time to eye-read this though; I think it would have been better bc you can‘t capture some of those voices well 🤷‍♀️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Have you seen this King-Sendak collab?😍

The other 3 I‘m still reading…

LoverOfLearning I so badly want to read the Starless Sea! It's on my list of 40 to read this year! 2w

sarahbarnes Excited for the King-Sendak! 2w

BethM Eye read 😂❤️ 6d

Avanders @LoverOfLearning it was so lovely! ☺️ 1d

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Balibee146

Wildlife (Trespass collection) | Jeff VanderMeer

Trying this short story today.

🤞 because I wasn't especially fond of Annihilation. I'm just finishing up various reads I have via Amazon before I get rid of my Kindle.... Plus my Prime subscription has all year to run so I will access the occasional amazon read until it expires.

Cathythoughts I did like Annihilation. Stacking this short story 👍🏻❤️ 3w

Balibee146 @Cathythoughts I think you might enjoy this then and it is beautifully written. 3w

AnnCrystal Never had Prime or Kindle, yet we were once upon a time addicted to ordering from Amazon. It felt like the, The Jetsons...magically order and it arrives at your door 😂. We gave up all mail ordering back in 2019/20. Became more committed to buying only in person and locally. 2w

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all_4_kb

Natural Selection: A Short Story | Elin Hilderbrand

Cozy reading when sick 🤧

AnnCrystal May you feel better soon 🙏📚💝. 1mo

all_4_kb @AnnCrystal thank you so much 🙏🏽 1mo

Read4life Hope you feel better soon! 1mo

all_4_kb @Read4life thank you so much 1mo

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DebinHawaii

Phantom Pond | Juneau Black

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#Read25 #JumpStart25 #SeriesLove25

My #SaturdayChatterday is the usual, running errands & coffeeshop time.

I finished this short story from the Shady Hollow series as part of my #ThematicCozies for January #Animal It‘s a bit out of season with it‘s October/Halloween setting but I missed it in October & wanted to check it off to be completely caught up with this series. A quick read with Vera & the down looking for a young squirrel possibly ⬇️

DieAReader, Lizpixie, Andrew65, TheSpineView, julieclair

DebinHawaii … taken by local witchy legend Creeping Juniper. A quick, easy read, set after the first four books. (edited) 1mo

Andrew65 Excellent 👏🥳📚 1mo

DieAReader 🥳🎉Fantastic! 1mo

ChasingOm I just read the first one in the series for Thematic Cozies! 1mo

julieclair I‘ll try to remember to read this one in October! 1mo

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Doppoetry

It's a Good Life: Short Story | Jerome Bixby

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This was an unsettling cosmic horror short story about a little boy with god-like powers, and like a god, he can be merciful or ruthless depending on how his neighbors or family treat him.

TieDyeDude I think I remember seeing that episode of the Twilight Zone 2mo

Doppoetry @TieDyeDude yeah, this is what that's based on. Pretty neat conceptually. 2mo

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Eyelit

Little Free Library: A Tor.com Original | Naomi Kritzer

I‘d been leaving bookmarks just lying loose in my community LFL and then my dad sent me a couple of bookmark holders as a belated Xmas gift… so I put one in the LFL and now all is organized and cute in the world. 😄
#littlefreelibrary #LFL

AmyG How nice! 2mo

Susanita Great idea! 2mo

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Abbey Grange | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

@pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @alldebooks @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Sace @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader

Cuilin @Chrissyreadit @Fr3NcHtOaSt @Anishalnkspill 2mo

Librarybelle It really does point to the lack of confidence in the Justice system at the time (and dare I say this carries over into today). 2mo

dabbe The jury (Watson) is not impartial; he's completely enamored with Lady Blackenstall: “Seldom have I seen so graceful a figure, so womanly a presence, and so beautiful a face.“ The judge (SH) thinks he's given Hopkins all he needs to solve the case, knowing he won't because as @Librarybelle eloquently pointed out, they always fail in solving any case. 2mo

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CogsOfEncouragement There would be no justice or aide of any kind for an abused wife from the law. Still difficult to get any in 2025.

They were much more upset about his setting a dog on fire as that was hushed up with difficulty. If it had been a neighbor's dog, it would have been an even bigger issue, but it was Mary's. SH knew this abuse would only continue. He's dead now, what's done is done, if the police can't figure it out, that's fine. 2mo

CatLass007 At that time a woman was practically the property of her father or other male relative, then her husband. It‘s still difficult for women in this day and time but it‘s not quite that bad. 2mo

AnneCecilie Holmes will at the end of the day do what he thinks overall is the right thing. There were some talk about the difference between the police and him: “what I know is unofficial, what he knows is official. I have the right to private judgment, but he has none. He must disclose all, or he is a traitor to his service.” 2mo

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Abbey Grange | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir

Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Sace @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit @Fr3NcHtOaSt @Anishalnkspill 2mo

Librarybelle I hardly ever figure out anything, so I probably cannot answer this well! I would not have zeroed in on the wineglasses, so I‘m not sure that was fair play or not. The mystery of this was a lot lighter than other stories we‘ve read. 2mo

dabbe I find it interesting that Holmes & Watson let Crocker, Elizabeth, and Theresa go free--even though they named the Randall gang as the murderers (who were conveniently in the US). They were willing to let the gang hang for a murder they did NOT commit. Doesn't that make them look bad in the eyes of the law? Is it okay for them to do that because the gang was bad already? Lots of morality issues in this one IMHO. 2mo

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CogsOfEncouragement The ladies hoped to conveniently pin this on known baddies in the area. They are clear of it though, it will go unsolved now.

I don't know anything about wine, so those clues were no help to me, and I didn't think about the kind of knots used to link it to a seaman, I thought maybe it looked like they tied up the chair with no one actually in it and SH could tell that.

I was impressed/entertained that the mastermind was the devoted nursemaid. 2mo

CatLass007 The nursemaid mentioned the Lady‘s brother so I thought he might have been the killer. That was the red herring. I thought when Holmes went to the shipping company he would discover the brother, not a man in love. Was Holmes showing his romantic side? 💘😂 2mo

eeclayton @CatLass007 I suspected the brother, too. It made a lot of sense, with both women eagerly shielding him. 2mo

AnneCecilie I never guess the solution to any mystery but I feel like the older mysteries are less fair than newer ones. We were left with the wine glasses. The wife being a foreigner seems to be a trope that Doyle uses. 2mo

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Cuilin

The Adventure of the Abbey Grange | Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes

The game is afoot!! General thoughts and impressions?

(I will be attending a class today so may not have much access to my phone but will check in with discussions later).

Cuilin @pageshifter @AnneCecilie @indoordame @librarybelle @theAromaOfBooks @Aimeesue @kelli7990 @5feet.of.fury @Read4Life @AnnR @mom2bugnbee @pageturner1 @eeclayton @erzascarletbookgasm @aroyse @dabbe @cuilin @mollyanna @Tineke @Larkken @StayCurious @kimrenee @alldebooks @CogsOfEncouragement @catlass007 @CrystalE02 @curiouserandcurioser @Larkken @BeeCurious @Blackink_WhitePaper @Sace 2mo

Cuilin @Daisey @RayHallucinogen @Born.A.Reader @Chrissyreadit @Fr3NcHtOaSt @Anishalnkspill 2mo

Librarybelle In some ways, he‘s the same Holmes, doggedly searching for a truth only he can puzzle out. Not accepting the almost flawless first explanation is in character with him. But, he also shows empathy—or his version of empathy— with the unmasking of the real scenario. We‘ve seen his version of justice before; the fact that he asks for Watson‘s opinion as the “jury” makes this unusual. I think I said “wow” aloud when I read that. 2mo

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Read4life @Librarybelle I remember also being surprised when he asked Watson‘s opinion as jury. 2mo

dabbe This one's a hard one for me re: the stories of what happened. Holmes does not believe the original story, but who's to say the final stories are true either? At one point he tells Watson that “we must construct our case for ourselves without any help from [Lady Blackenstall and Theresa]“--yet he totally believes Crocker's and their second stories verbatim without checking anything out because their stories fit his reasoning of what happened. (edited) 2mo

CrystalE02 I found it odd that he asked Watson for his opinion on the matter. 2mo

kelli7990 I enjoyed this story. 2mo

CogsOfEncouragement A fun one that I did not figure out.

I much enjoyed:

“Your fatal habit of looking at everything from the point of view of a story instead of a scientific exercise...“

“Be frank with me and we may do some good. Play tricks with me, and I'll crush you.“

“Then it was my turn, and I went through him as if he had been a rotten pumpkin.“

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CatLass007 It seemed out of character for Holmes to play matchmaker. 2mo

AnneCecilie I never figure out the solution and I‘m easy to fool, but I have also learned that Coyle is using some formulas in his stories. So when it said that the wife was a foreigner, I knew that the solution with have something to do with her. The “jury” at the end was a new one even if Holmes has let people off before 2mo

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ReadingOver50

Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank: A Short Story | Elle Cosimano

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A cute novella detailing Vero's life before she meets Finlay. She comes across as extremely smart, more so that I got in the main series. She needs a better life than being Finlay's sidekick. The beginning of the book was very heavy on exposition. The pace picked up towards the second half as Vero tries to discover who is stealing money from the bank. Overall this was a sweet look into her life and provides some background to her story.

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