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Larkken

Joined September 2016

She/her Grad school survivor & chronic fantasy and speculative fiction reader. On Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/11989434-larkin
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Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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Omg I‘m so annoyed. Is this the origin of this trope?!? #classiclsfbc

PuddleJumper 🤣🤣 8h
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I Cheerfully Refuse | Leif Enger
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I really liked this, thanks #tob2025 longlist! I was avoiding it based on the blurb, which made it sound like Rainy is pursuing a runaway wife through a dystopian landscape both twee and surreal. This is misleading, as Rainy‘s wife dies 80 pages in, and the surreal elements are mainly due to the unknown and therefore somewhat terrifying motives of others and not to an anthropomorphized Lake Superior.

Larkken It explores themes similar to Station Eleven and features some very beautiful sentences. 1d
Kitta @Larkken I loved station eleven - would I enjoy this too? 1d
Larkken @Kitta I think so! There‘s huge parallels to SE‘s discussion of art and community to this book (MC is a bassist, his wife a bookstore owner). This book has more of a slow-decline into the end of civ vibe rather than a traumatic pandemic, which was nice to me, and I found them both to be rather similarly intrinsically hopeful. Hope that helps! 1d
Kitta @Larkken yes! Thank you! I like post apocalyptic books, especially pandemic and quick destruction books but maybe a change of pace of the end of the world would be interesting. 19h
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I really wanted to like this, but it was like the author couldn‘t find enough information about the 35 (!!!) women that worked in the Curie lab to make their stories engaging, and so relied on MSC‘s life (which is perhaps better told elsewhere?) and on snippets of chemistry to fill in the gaps. Lack of focus, and the verbatim retellings of slanderous and misogynistic letters/newspaper articles/etc were a bit triggering, too, as a scientist.

Larkken But, look! I finally finished the book I was most looking forward to for #nonfictionnovember 😂 2w
TheBookHippie I enjoyed her daughters book 2w
Larkken @TheBookHippie Oh good! That seems like a good remedy for this book, I'll have to library it. Thanks :) 2w
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Gifts | LAURA. BARNETT
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Well, well! Looks like I have some excellent horror to look forward to next January thanks to this lovely and chilling #auldlangspine spine list from @Lin3han 🤗 I always love Kingfisher, and The Graveyard Book is a fav, so I'm sure I'll get on well with you and your books! I'm intrigued by the Crown of Nyaxia books but sometimes YA does not agree with me... Is the series very angsty?
Thanks for the thoughtful as ever pairing @monalyisha 🥰

Lin3han Crowns of Nyaxia is an adult fantasy! It has some grotesque elements that I love. Be warned- it implies sexual assault off page for the protagonists. It‘s part of the plot and important for the character development. I think Broadbent does an excellent job covering a traumatic past and learning to trust and love again! 2w
Larkken @Lin3han excellent ? thanks! On the "to consider" list it stays ? 2w
Lin3han @Larkken I‘ll be making a post with your recs soon! They look AMAZING!!! 2w
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Martyr!: A novel | Kaveh Akbar
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Recently found quote in my camera roll ❤️

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I loved this, it was brilliant, but then maybe it is something only another Classicist would love? I have beef with the blurb calling it a comedy, it is def a tragedy, if a madcap one, and it is about POWs being forced to perform in order to eat, so rather brutal for even dark comedy. But there were still some flashes of beauty, and I appreciate the decisions the author made in plot and execution. #tob25 #tob25longlist

Larkken If the dialect is weird for you in print, I recommend the audiobook read by the author. Syracusans with Irish accents make sense to me now, what can I say. 2w
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The Book Eaters | Sunyi Dean
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An innovative take on vampires and a very enjoyable audiobook. I loved the fact that the pov is that of a single mom, and heartily recommend sticking around for the conversation after the book ends in the audiobook between the author and the narrator about themes that could be read into the book: including ableism, neurodivergence, single motherhood, etc (both women identify as autistic and the narrator identifies as deaf among other things).

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Gently Mistaken | Alan Hunter
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Oh no. I did an audit on my spending, and here are all the books I bought this year and promptly forgot about. Thoughts on which I should prioritize for the end of the year?

Suet624 The Roth book seems appropriate. 3w
TEArificbooks If it makes you feel better I have over 80 books in my pile like that. You did good 3w
Ruthiella Awesome stack! 👍 I agree with @Suet624 that the Roth title would be a timely read. 3w
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LiteraryinPA I‘ve heard really good things about This is How You Lose the Time War, plus it looks short, so I vote for that! 3w
Larkken @Suet624 @Ruthiella you don‘t want to know how long I pondered why the Veronica Roth (tagged, and at the very bottom of the stack) was really au courant 😆 you‘re right tho, the other Roth does seem appropriate 😭 3w
Larkken @LiteraryinPA ooh THYLTW is a lovely read! It would be nice to revisit. 3w
Larkken @TEArificbooks we shan‘t talk about the kindle daily deals 😬😉 3w
Ruthiella @Larkken 😂😂😂 3w
PaperbackPirate I just read my first Ann Patchett - it wasn‘t Bel Canto but it was awesome! 3w
Suet624 Ah! I didn‘t even notice that one at the bottom!! I understand your confusion. 3w
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Our Share of Night | Mariana Enriquez
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I did it! Look at the size of that chunkster. I am so used to kindle books that the mechanics of reading a book this heavy were really hard 😆 and I read it in small chunks because it is also super dark - dark magic/occult, dark Argentine history, genocide and colonialism and torture - but I was fascinated by the undercurrent of class critique and the dark magic itself. A challenging read but ultimately rewarding, tho the end left me wanting.

Ruthiella Congrats! 👏👏👏 Agree, this was a very dark book. 3w
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I didn't mean to sound like I hadn't found new things to read in the #tob2025 longlist! Above the line are books that have been on and off my monthly tbr stacks all year and which I'll now try harder to fit in, and below the line are books newly on my radar 🥰 I can't believe I missed the newest Rivers Solomon!

BarbaraBB Great collection. Is Solomon good? I don‘t think I‘ve read him 1mo
Larkken @BarbaraBB they do really interesting horror and fantasy from a diverse lens and I really like their previous books! Possibly best know for the tagged? Maybe closest in themes to Gretchen Felker-Martin from previous years but doesn't do body horror or shock value as much. 1mo
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Happy #tob2025 longlist week! I've not read a ton of them (no surprise given my comfort genres); what I have read is primarily thanks to litsy suggestions (😘 #camplitsy24). Not much that was a surprise tho -lots of repeat authors?- and James in particular seems like an obvious choice. But it was fantastic so... 🤷🏻‍♀️
My list by enjoyment in the reading is above fwiw! Highlighting the tagged bc James gets plenty love wo my help 😜

Ruthiella I also noticed the repeat authors! But still there is always quite a few from the longlist that are completely off my radar. 1mo
Bookwormjillk I was thinking the same about James. 1mo
Larkken @Ruthiella true! It is usually my primary source for finding new fav authors outside my comfort zone, too! You're right ill have to give some love to the unread books on the list next 🤦‍♀️ 1mo
BkClubCare As bewildering as Irena Rey is - I am actually moving quite well through it. Compared to some books that I know are awesome but I can‘t seem to make any progress? So weird. I am weird. 3w
Larkken @BkClubCare that's awesome! I keep reading reviews that make me feel like maybe I hit it at a bad mental state. It seems so weird and right up my alley that I can't believe from the blurbs that it didn't hit. Maybe I'll have to pick it back up! 3w
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Salem's Lot | Stephen King
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It‘s sooo squishy!!! Thanks for the thoughtful package @KaylasReadingNook I love it 😻 I‘ve not read this Stephen King yet, and I‘m looking forward to enjoying everything. I‘m pretty sure that puppy is nefarious, too. Right?
#allhallowsreadswap #ahrs
Thanks for organizing @MaleficentBookDragon

KaylasReadingNook Happy Halloween!! I hope you love it! Haha the puppy is definitely nefarious 😂 he‘s hoping for Halloween candy! Happy reading 😃 2mo
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What Moves the Dead | T. Kingfisher
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@BethM I‘m enchanted! 🤩 the candy fits me perfect, how did you know? And I can‘t wait to try the bath bomb! Thank you for the thoughtful #hhs #hhs24 and thanks for organizing @wanderinglynn

BethM I‘m so glad you like it! 2mo
wanderinglynn Awesome! 🖤🎃🧡👻 2mo
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Swapping Lives | Jane Green
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Forgive the excess of stickers, just wanted to do a quick post while I was thinking about it that my #ahrs and #hhs packages arrived! I‘m very excited to open them 🤗

wanderinglynn Yay! 🧡🎃 2mo
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Swap'd | Tamara Ireland Stone
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I almost forgot to post that I sent my #ahrs #allhallowsreadswap #ahrs2024 today! Should be there by the end of the week. My dates were off thanks to the Monday holiday so just under the wire lol @MaleficentBookDragon

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Dreadful | Caitlin Rozakis
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Audiobooks 3-6 for #hauntedshelf :
I enjoyed them all except The Horoscope Writer. Tagged was a nice palate cleanser fantasy satire told from the pov of a reluctant dark wizard. However I enjoyed the claustrophobic space-spelunking horror vibes from The Luminous Dead and the confirmation I got from How to Sell a Haunted House that puppets are indeed more creepy than dolls, and I'm ready for more spine-tingles for the week ahead! #flerken

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Swaps | Sherree DeCovny
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A pic of #HHS package taken as I left the house - it‘s away now, should arrive by the end of the week! #hhs2024 @wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn Yay! 🎃🧡 2mo
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Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare | Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
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Well, that‘s an “ugh, my rival” glare if I‘ve ever seen one! #catsanddogs #dogsoflitsy #readathon #hauntedshelf #flerken

Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂🎃🎃🎃 3mo
AnnCrystal 😍💕🐕🐾💝. 3mo
Ruthiella 😂🐶❤️ 3mo
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Tamra I recognize that look! 🤣 3mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
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There were actually MORE eyes than expected. As advertised? But still. Ew.
#hauntedshelf #flerken book 2!

PuddleJumper Nope, eyeballs are a nope for me! 🤣 3mo
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Sociopath: A Memoir | Patric Gagne
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Book one of October /#hauntedshelf is this memoir. It is, apparently, super-controversial and polarizing, but in general I found it to be a very engaging read that is informative on the subject of how everyone may not process or engage with emotions in the same way. I dunno if there‘s as much science as I wanted, and I dunno if I believe everything happened in this book as stated, but I also dunno if that matters as to its enjoyment value.

Larkken The author was interviewed by Katie couric if you‘d like a bite-sized version https://katiecouric.com/podcast/next-question/patric-gagne-sociopath-memoir-trai... 3mo
Larkken Maybe a good love-hate read for #sundaybuddyread 😘 @TheBookHippie 3mo
TheBookHippie @Larkken 🤣🤣🤣😅😵‍💫🫣 we love those. 3mo
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Small Spaces | Katherine Arden
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#hauntedshelf recs, clockwise from tagged:
1. For the tame, my fav middle grade horror series
2. For those that don't mind body horror and find ikea to be slightly creepy to start with
3. For the monster lovers
4. For the lover of women-centered retellings
5. For the slasher lovers
6. For paranormal romance
In case you needed more spooky-season inspo! #flerken @PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper 🖤🖤 3mo
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Way Station | Clifford D. Simak
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Finally catching up on this quiet little novel for #ClassicLSFBC @RamsFan1963
Y‘all‘s callbacks to Star Trek felt apt - this was about as cozy as SciFi can be. Reminded me of the Ilona Andrews series a bit too 😂(⬇️)
I didn‘t love the literal hand of god ending but liked that it seemed like Enoch would get the chance to reenter humanity and alleviate his loneliness. Do you think he‘ll let himself start aging again?

Ruthiella I think he could keep his near mortality if he had people with whom he could have community - human or otherwise. He struck me as so lonely. 3mo
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The Terror: A Novel | Dan Simmons
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#flerken #hauntedshelf
1. I think this changes daily 🫣 currently I‘m leaning to the tagged bc of the miniseries
2. My partner and I try to carve pumpkins every year, and we love to decorate
3. Pumpkin beer - and did you know TJs has pumpkin spice Irish cream? Omg
Or piping fresh off the frier apple cider donuts!
4. Bingo boards!

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The Book of Doors | Gareth Brown
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My #hauntedshelf team #flerken tbr has options and bingo boards built-in😜
October's #Bookspin is all about buddy reads and ongoing challenges, and I've created 2 lists for #readyourebooks / #readyourkindle in honor of all the spooky books I've collected in years past. #castthedie is for library loans. Overambitious? Yes. Overexcited? Oh, yes. But man do I like both making lists and having options for mood reading.

CBee I spy some really fantastic books on these lists!! 3mo
LiteraryinPA The list making is part of the fun for sure! 3mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 3mo
PuddleJumper 🖤🐈‍⬛🖤 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I have more than one list this month myself 😂 3mo
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This sapphic regency romance with gods and fairies is a low pick. The second half kind of dragged, but the framing was fun and I had some laugh out loud moments.

LeeRHarry I had to DNF because of the dragging but I agree there were some laugh out loud moments. 😊 3mo
Larkken @LeeRHarry I know! I'm not sure how something that was often so fun could be so much of a slog at the same time. 3mo
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#5joysfriday
1. The weather is approaching fall vibes - my favorite 🍁🍂
2. Caught one of the nights the zoo was open late 🐅
3. Tried an online nail wrap store and they‘re really cute + the store owners sent a hand written thank you note with my order - aw
4. This weird tomato bouquet I made is thriving so well I may have to plant it? 😆
5. Going to a coworker‘s wedding reception tonight! Party time!

DebinHawaii Wonderful list of joys! 💛💛💛 Love those nail wraps! 💜 Thanks for sharing & spreading the joy! 🤗 3mo
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*Less than a week until #Hauntedshelf but there‘s still time to join! See link below to sign up or @PuddleJumper for more details.
True story, I‘m here for the bingos. And the vibes.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7g2cbAys_w6B9G5HHloV6kRr1yQvXVOptseGn...

PuddleJumper 🖤🧡🖤 3mo
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm You mean I haven‘t managed to miss at least ONE fall event sign up?! 😅🤣❤️ 3mo
Larkken @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm there are always more 🖤😈 3mo
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @Larkken I totally spaced this past month on keeping up with the goings on of Litsy. I was bummed to see most of the sign ups had passed for events/swaps, so I‘m so excited I found one that‘s still available! 😅 3mo
Larkken @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm aw! Well, good! I‘m happy to hear you‘ll be playing along 🧡🖤🧡 3mo
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#castthedie is taken up entirely by books I‘ve wanted to read from the library but never quite gotten around to - or just excited about. Tagged is my “lucky” pick. So excited for the new Osman!

PuddleJumper Looks great! 3mo
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I wish this book about art was more about the very geeky subject of how and why we appreciate art and less of the author‘s personal journey. Pictures would have helped. The pic above is from Julie Curtiss‘s website (an artist the author spends a great deal of time with) and which I find very arresting. More of that, pls!

I think it might be more fun to develop your own eye than to listen to anyone else develop theirs 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Wandering Stars | Tommy Orange
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Super emotional read with lots of tough subjects including but not limited to genocide, residential schools, loss of parents, addiction, drug abuse, and a mass shooting. I loved the epistolary feel and sometimes-epistolary format and how the book therefore often felt like it was talking directly to me. The writing was lovely and the narration fantastic but this was a bit of a tough book to chill with due to subject matter.

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#5joysfriday
1. I cannot currently telework and my office chair was a problem for my sciatic nerve, so I bought a new chair and it is delightful
2. I've kept up well with pre-work walks with my ridiculous pup
3. We made it to two delicious restaurants for restaurant week 🤤
4. Started a new crochet project
5. Plotting and planning my October reading!!
Hope it was a good week for you all!

Larkken @debinhawaii bc the tagging feature doesn\'t seem to work well for me rn on chrome 🙃 3mo
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DebinHawaii Great list of joys! 💛💛💛 Never underestimate the joy to be found in a comfortable chair! 🪑🎉 Thanks for sharing your list & helping spread the joy! 🤗 3mo
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Dracula: A Toy Theatre | Edward Gorey
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My Halloween aesthetic is pretty much where you could stick me in an Edward Gorey set for Dracula and I‘d be happy as a clam. Intricate library? ✔️ gothic arches? ✔️ goofy/creepy faces poking out in the background? ✔️
Maybe add in Nightmare before Christmas‘s movie-in-background or at least the music and some mad scientist-ness, and I‘m there!
#hhs #hhs24

wanderinglynn Love Edward Gorey‘s art! 🖤💀 3mo
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StoryGraph tells me I'm tracking 21, which is downright embarrassing. I think I'm only active on 8... Which probably means I need to make a few dnf decisions, plus be better about remembering when library borrows are going to magically disappear from my devices 🙄🤦
#sundayfunday

DimeryRene I am the same!!! I‘m reading like seven now. Probably only focusing on two at a time or three at a time. But in the middle of so many. 3mo
BookmarkTavern Wow! I always forget about the automatic returns until they happen! 🤣 Thanks for posting! 3mo
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Butcher and Blackbird | Brynne Weaver
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This was a #blamelitsy read but hilariously was something a coworker was reading at the same time and so has now become an office by-word. I liked it! Dual narrators, good banter, fresh premise. Did I mention the male narrator has an Irish accent in the audiobook? 😂

About serial killers who kill other serial killers and fall in love via a serial-killing-competition, so consider for your October reading pleasure if you need some raunch.

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Love this idea for #tlt #ListThreeThursday @dabbe 🎃🖤
I had a lot of fun reading Diavola this year - think family vacation from Hell in the Italian countryside, and I recommend Arden's middle grade horror quartet all the time, even to those squeamish about horror. However, Mira Grant/Seanan McGuire's creature feature novel was the first book to spring to mind for the prompt, so it gets the tag!

Larkken Honorable mentions go to: 3mo
Larkken And for a more bittersweet or poignant ghost story, I really loved Arden's newest for adults too, 3mo
dabbe Some scary choices! Got 'em all on the spreadsheet! Thanks for sharing! 🧡🩶🧡 3mo
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Tehrangeles: A Novel | Porochista Khakpour
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I wanted the satire sharper and the humor funnier in this new novel about Iranian-American food heiresses who want to be the next Kardashians but the pandemic gets in the way. Great cover though.

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I wasn't paying attention and the tagged returned to the library with 1 hr to go. My September #bookspin plans are already derailed!

/1 hour!!!!/

BkClubCare Oh no!! 😱 I think my just making a bingo card messes up what I *want* to read. 🫤 3mo
Larkken @BkClubCare Haha, agreed. I ALWAYS get in the books I was plotting to read the next or previous months instead. 3mo
Larkken @BkClubCare Haha, agreed. I ALWAYS get in the books I was plotting to read the next or previous months instead. 3mo
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Winter Lost | Patricia Briggs
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The latest Mercy Thompson installment felt short while reading it and afterwards almost feels like a reset? Or maybe a deep breath before the big battle book. Anyways, I‘ve now read it twice (once with my beloved Lorelei King narration of course) and enjoyed it. A solid entry - and maybe feels like Briggs is dipping her toe into fantasy mystery??

Larkken Is anyone else slightly dreading the full-cast audiobooks of this series coming out soon? I kinda wish they‘d leave them alone, but I guess I don‘t have to listen to them so long as the Lorelei King ones don‘t go away… 4mo
Larkken *plays around with the new Storygraph features * 4mo
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This cookbook full of mezes from the eastern Mediterranean made me miss the camaraderie of enjoying a slow evening with good friends and small dishes soooo muccchh. I don‘t know if I can try the recipes without being emotional, but I‘m sure I‘ll try because they sound delicious and who doesn‘t love mezes?

Larkken If you don‘t know, mezes are like appetizers or tapas. 4mo
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Asunder | Kerstin Hall
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This was a great #Netgalley find! Great world building, and the best commitment to gritty dark fantasy as a backdrop for overarching class and poverty struggles that I've seen in a while. The cover is a vibe clash for me - too light airy and pretty.

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Fingersmith | Sarah Waters
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#bookspin but make it super late 🙄
We were without power for four days or so, though, so if that's all I'm behind on I call it a win!
I've already been reading off it esp for #AuthorAMonth and have to say that the Dickens vibe in the tagged choice isnt really jiving with me. Does anyone have a different favorite Waters novel I have to try? Maybe one that is more contemporary?
@thearomaofbooks @soubhiville

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Never too late to BookSpin!! Glad your power is back!! 5mo
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Rising (Rising, #1) | Holly Kelly
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In June and July, I've been really finding my stride with bails - and the tagged is my lowest rated finished book. I'm not sure what it says about me, but I'm proud of and decided to celebrate them this time 🙃 🫣
💀The Fraud
💀The Earth Transformed
💀The Extinction of Irena Rey
💀The Wolf and the Woodsman
Some I may come back to and try again (some book hangovers are real!) and some... Not so much 😆💩
At any rate, circled books I did enjoy!

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Reading my May #bookspin now for June #bookspinbingo credit = similar to feelings during my academic career... 😇😂😏

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 6mo
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Bright Young Women | Jessica (Author) Knoll
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The anger in the tagged is incandescent and it pulled the novel to my number one spot in May. It asks, aren't you also tired of all the talk surrounding perpetrators of crimes against women that be moans the "promise" of these "bright young men?"

Also enjoyed : Diavola, Station Eleven (#AAM), and SGJ's latest. And it looks like I'm all caught up on Twain so I can properly enjoy James! But I'm doing badly on #bookspin picks yet again + no bingo ?

Larkken I really thought I'd like the Taylor (#readyourebooks) more than I did? But I'll still try the next St Mary's since I've already bought them all 🤣. Hopefully the next has less sexual assault/other blame stuff that made this more heavy than romp... 6mo
CBee Great review! I thought Bright Young Women was really well done too 👍🏻 (edited) 6mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress for May!! 6mo
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Looking forward to my #readyourebooks choice this month as I‘ve shockingly not tried a Jodi Foster bk yet tho they seem right up my alley.
Tagged is #bookspin and #doublespin is Wide Sargasso Sea (which I‘m happy to finally be reading with the #hashtagbrigade)
#aam is giving me the excuse to pick up Station Eleven
So it looks like a game of catch up all round, and not least in #roll100
Hope y‘all having just as much fun this May!

PuddleJumper 💜💜 8mo
CBee I just finished #20 and really liked it 🐙 8mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 8mo
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Just a small shout out to everyone who nominated books for #camplitsy24 - the books above were my top choices among those that did not make it onto the official camp roster. They immediately went onto my tbr anyway! I would not have had them on my radar if it was not for the longlist, and that would have been a shame. The library hold on the tagged is only 2 weeks out and I'm looking forward to the hilarity promised #blamelitsy

Bookwormjillk I‘m really looking forward to that one too! 8mo
Megabooks I‘m looking forward to Margo, too! I‘ve preordered it, but it doesn‘t come out until June 11, so a bit longer to wait. 😩 Great list of titles!! The longlist is always so wonderful. Littens are the best!! 8mo
Larkken @Megabooks doh. You‘re right about the release date here too, I read the notification wrong, it will be available to put on hold in two weeks 😆🤦🏻‍♀️ welp, guess I‘m ready 8mo
squirrelbrain Great idea to post your favourites! The longlist is a real issue for TBR lists isn‘t it?! 🤣 I also really want to read the tagged, and have just started Martyr!, which I wasn‘t sure if I would like, but seems great so far. 8mo
BarbaraBB My tbr has exploded too! And I really want to read Godwin and Last Days in Plaka! (edited) 8mo
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Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano

Urg must stop listening to this at work (it is bad form to cry on evidence). 🙈😂
Does anyone else feel like the blurbs for this were very bad? They should ALL have said something about the Little Women homage. I do NOT feel prepared lol.

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Family Lore: A Novel | Elizabeth Acevedo
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Tagged is my favorite read from April - but I had four other 5-star reads, which is impressive!
Acevedo's first book for adults, in all its magical realism glory, was just too moving. I appreciated the breadth of female and immigrant experiences in this book about 4 magical sisters from the D.R. and their families. As ever, Acevedo's own narration in her audiobooks is not to be missed.
Oh! And my first #bookspinbingo of 2024! @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!!! 8mo
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I read and enjoyed these books for March and April‘s #aam picks.
The Harper was a solid thriller but I don‘t know that I‘ll seek out more of hers.
I had tried Ozeki before and been lukewarm, but was happy I tried again with her Booker-winner. The parts I was most engaged with were the ones set in the monastery.
Yay for a challenge I‘m doing well at! (not that finding new authors is a hardship 😜)

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A break in the storms -> I collected ramps on a little hike -> dying of boredom waiting for the pine nuts to toast up for the pesto 😝
Guess I'll read my book and try not to get too distracted so the nuts don't burn...