Litsy

Sweetpea | C.J. Skuse

bailed

It's a bail but I'm not mad at it. I think it is a very well executed cross between Bridget Jones Diary and Dexter. If you are in the mood for graphically violent female rage then I would defo try it. Lots of respect for Skuse as a writer.

But you know I recently unsubbed from Netflix because I felt it was funnelling serial killer content into my head. And this is a bit murderporny, just enough to cross a personal line.

dabbe #allhailthebail! #betterbooksahead 🙌🏻 1w

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Megabooks

Bone In The Throat | Anthony Bourdain

so-so

So Bourdain‘s fiction is straight mid except for his short story collection (tagged below) that I read last month and gave 4.25⭐️. That said, if you‘re a big fan (or a completist 🙋🏻‍♀️), it‘s worth a read. There are fun Easter eggs of places he discusses in his later memoirs. It is so strange that he always has to write himself into books even if it makes little sense to the plot. (A junkie chef in this one.) There were long scenes ⬇️

Megabooks Of the chef scoring heroin in bombed out LES buildings and then going to the methadone clinic. All Bourdain‘s real life. The book is ostensibly about a young son of a mob hustler who just wants to be a chef and how he‘s still tangled up in that life. The short story collection if you want to read (imo) the best of his fiction ➡️

The Bobby Gold Stories

BarbaraBB I didn‘t know he wrote fiction! 1w

TheBookHippie I liked the short story collection. 1w

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Megabooks @BarbaraBB yes, gangster-y crime fiction. Plus a few graphic novels. 1w

Megabooks @TheBookHippie it‘s definitely the best of his fiction. He wrote it after the success of KC so I wonder if he had a better editor or maybe just understood his own voice better. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1w

TheBookHippie @Megabooks probably . 1w

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451Degrees

Dead People Suck: A Guide for Survivors of the Newly Departed | Laurie Kilmartin

so-so

I know this looks very bad… and in some ways it very much was 😅 I would not consider this a guide for those who are actively grieving. The author is a comedian and this book is VERY tongue in cheek throughout its‘ entirety. The author herself even admits the advice given is terrible and sometimes even illegal. However… everyone grieves in their own way and this was the way this person went through her fathers death of cancer. No judgements here.

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Kshakal

Magnolia Wednesdays | Wendy Wax

Thanks for the tag @Eggs and @peaKnit

#wonderouswednesday

1. Read the book
2. Do laundry
3. Read
4. Chocolate
5. Pen
6. Ask questions
7. Meet an author
8. Fish
9. On-line
10. Rainy

@BethM @JenReadsAlot

Eggs Thx for playing and sharing 🙏🏻💗📚 3mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures

The Left Hand of Dog: An extremely silly tale of alien abduction | SI CLARKE

pick

I normally do not like to compare new books to classics, but this is a great read if you are a fan of Hitchhikers Guide. Lem is kidnapped with her dog by bounty hunting alien bunnies. She meets others kidnapped by the bunnies and they try to survive together - making friends along the way of course! The book is a bit over the top, but I found it funny and lots of fun. I have been missing Becky Chambers book and thus was a crazier substitute.

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ChaoticMissAdventures

The Left Hand of Dog: An extremely silly tale of alien abduction | SI CLARKE

On my walk with this funny book that gives off Hitchhikers Guide vibes and saw these melting flowers in a neighbor's yard. It has been HOT in PDX lately.

Suet624 🙁🙁 3mo

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Laughterhp

Not Another Vampire Book | Cassandra Gannon

so-so

This felt so long and it was only 295 pages! I think it was a satire and made fun of really bad books 🤷🏻‍♀️. But it was so repetitive and overly dramatic. It was also supposed to be funny. 🤷🏻‍♀️. I only finished because I am doing the kindle challenge and need to read 3 KU books.

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