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Faranae
Adversary | Blue Delliquanti
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Tagged was my first read this year. It's a difficult book, & unlike Blue's other full books, it's not all ages: it's a graphic novel w/ explicit on-page BDSM sex. Blue's author's note is extremely helpful in understanding the comic, which I think is underdeveloped & too fragmentary, but it also makes sense that it is. I wouldn't suggest it to straight people at all because it's very much written for a queer audience. #SundayFunDay @BookMarkTavern

BookmarkTavern Sounds really interesting! Thanks for sharing! 5d
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youneverarrived
The Fell | SARAH. MOSS
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Pickpick

This was such a tense and melancholic read. Moss perfectly captures those first months of Covid and lockdown and all of that uncertainty. I‘m not sure I could have got through it had I read it closer to pandemic times. I really felt these characters thoughts and feelings.

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Megabooks
American Rapture | CJ Leede
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Pickpick

This reads very YA, but the type of YA I actually enjoy. (Plucky female heroine!) However the will they/won‘t they romantic subplot really wore on me by the end.

Sophie is a very sheltered virginal Catholic high schooler. Her parents have been hiding that a deadly disease is spreading across the country that causes victims to viciously attack and rape others. Sophie must find her way out of this hellscape on her own. #aardvark

Suet624 Well this seems fairly grim. 2mo
Megabooks @Suet624 I guess that‘s true! 😬😬 2mo
Bookwormjillk Amazing cover 2mo
Megabooks @Bookwormjillk 💯💯💯💯 2mo
Pruzy Have this waiting for me on my bookshelf 2mo
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AardvarkBookClub
American Rapture | CJ Leede
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Trying to get out of an upcoming road trip? No sweat, just lend them your copy of MEMORIALS 😉🚐

#aardvarkbookclub #memorials #thescholarandthelastfaeriedoor #americanrapture #perfectfit #eleanoreofavignon #likemotherlikemother

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ICantImReading
American Rapture | CJ Leede
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Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Apocalyptic stories aren‘t really my favorite, but this is a timely and challenging take on that genre. Blending with horror, these narrative frameworks serve as a brilliant vehicle to deconstruct religious trauma and purity culture. C.J. Leede creates fantastic characters and intense emotions while incisively skewering the hypocrisy and absurdity of some religious teachings. 🎧

(Trigger warning under a spoiler tag below)

ICantImReading “You don't carry a precious thing to give away only once, and you do not lose value as a human or a woman once you give it. You are a precious thing, you.” 2mo
ICantImReading TW: The sweet dog dies in the “Inferno” chapter - I knew it was coming and tried not to really listen to that part! The author expands on this in an author‘s note at the end. 2mo
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AardvarkBookClub
American Rapture | CJ Leede
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The instant USA Today bestseller from CJ Leede, author of Maeve Fly—a scorching and sweeping new novel about the end of the world as we know it.

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust.

Sophie, a good Catholic girl, must traverse the hellscape of the midwest to try to find her family while the world around her burns. Along the way she discovers there are far worse fates than dying a virgin…

Pruzy This is also in my November Aardvark book box 2mo
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Avanders
American Rapture | CJ Leede
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Well, I filled my #aardvarkbookclub box, I added 2 for #bookofthemonth #botm (bog wife being one I‘d missed last month), and yes, I sucke… er, *subscribed* to botm‘s volume 0 set. Bc. I… had to? 😳

And then I also joined #belletrist 😨🫣 (paired w Tertulia, a book coop)

Good times…. 😁🥰😎

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AardvarkBookClub
American Rapture | CJ Leede
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Combat your Halloween hangover with our official November squad 🤺 Don‘t forget to grab a *signed* copy of American Rapture ✍️😉

#aardvarkbookclub #americanrapture #memorials #thescholarandthelastfaeriedoor #likemotherlikemother #perfectfit #eleanoreofavignon

Jess Thanks for the great selections this month! 3mo
Avanders You *know*, I had to put one *back* in order to get another one… 😠😘 I love that y‘all consistently pick books that readers love. 3mo
AardvarkBookClub @Avanders we‘re so happy you like our picks 🥹☺️ 3mo
AardvarkBookClub @Jess 🥰🫶 3mo
MaleficentBookDragon You never disappoint with your selections!😻😻😻 3mo
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Megabooks
American Rapture | CJ Leede
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Damn! Aardvark coming in hot again! And the tagged one is signed. I just couldn‘t help myself. 😂 #aardvark

Jess I know! I‘m so happy I signed up for this club. I also got Eleanor. 3mo
BarbaraBB They all seem good indeed. Do you still have BOTM as well? (edited) 3mo
Megabooks @BarbaraBB no! And I‘m really happy about that because their picks are not in line with the books I like anymore. Sometimes they have an add on I‘m interested in, but if there are no good main picks, it‘s a waste of money. 3mo
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Megabooks @Jess it sounds so good! Enjoy! 3mo
BarbaraBB Interesting. Especially since Aardvark follows up with exactly the kind of books you like! 3mo
AmyG Yay! I look forward to your reviews. 3mo
JamieArc Those were my three as well! 3mo
Megabooks @AmyG thanks! I hope to get back to writing them this month! 😬😬 3mo
Megabooks @JamieArc I‘m so excited! I knew I‘d pick LMLM and AR, but Eleanore just sounded so good, too! 3mo
JamieArc I had been eyeing Like Mother for a little while, so I was excited to see it was a pick. Eleanor was an easy pick for me (I‘m a Francophile), but AR looked too interesting to pass up! 3mo
vlwelser I went for Eleanore. There were 3 others that almost got picked. I love aardvark. 3mo
Megabooks @vlwelser me too! They‘re fantastic! 3mo
AardvarkBookClub We‘re so thrilled you grabbed a signed copy!! We can‘t thank her enough for signing so many copies 🤣💜 3mo
Megabooks @AardvarkBookClub so wonderful!! 3mo
Suet624 Can‘t wait to see what your reviews are on these. 3mo
Megabooks @Suet624 thanks! I think this has been one of their best months. 3mo
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Zbayardo
American Rapture | CJ Leede
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Pickpick

The pandemic breakout storyline really does grab you by the throat & doesn't let go. This was a horror read with a lot of gore that I thought I wouldn‘t like but surprisingly I did! I was fascinated by the exploration of religious conviction through Sophie's harrowing journey across a virus-ravaged country. This probably won‘t be for everyone as it tackles weighty themes of faith, desire, morality, all along with horror elements!

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