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The body horror is absolutely delicious, the twists and turns are positively deadly and my need to spend even more time in Renfield County is growing. Some might say it’s spreading like a stain…

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February 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Reading slump is over!!!! 😊

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November 26, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Is it still a reading slump if you’re enjoying the book but your brain won’t let you concentrate for more than a few sentences at a time?

#booksky 💙📚
November 23, 2024 at 4:32 AM
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While the unknown generated its own fear in the first book, having an understanding of what the Watchers were capable of added a layer of dread and anticipation to this one.

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October 27, 2024 at 8:46 AM
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I loved seeing outcasts being true to themselves, refusing to be squished into boxes that conform to society’s expectations.

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October 27, 2024 at 5:35 AM
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This Cinderella story has teeth. She’s actually kinda bitey so you might want to maintain a safe distance. Beware of loopholes and be especially careful after midnight.

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October 27, 2024 at 2:59 AM
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Edie’s resilience in the aftermath of experiences that render trauma too small a word inspires me. The choices she has made to turn unimaginable evil into a life that is a beacon of light gives me hope. If Edie can do it, we can too.

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October 8, 2024 at 8:49 AM
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Every day is the same. Stairs. Cat. Mouse. Wing. Norman. Until it’s not.

Checking into Room 314 is a countess and Blitzkoff, her green parrot. The countess sees the girl who is not supposed to be seen.

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October 5, 2024 at 5:32 AM
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I absolutely loved finding connections between Charles’ life and his characters.

Fun fact: Snoopy’s birthday is 10 August.

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October 4, 2024 at 7:25 AM
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Reading this book is what I imagine a hallucination feels like. It takes you inside the mind of someone with suicidal ideation but then twists it into something Escheresque.

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October 1, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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It wasn’t until I read this book that I thought about how integral birds are to our folklore, mythology and history.

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September 15, 2024 at 8:54 AM
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Welcome back to Blantonville, Kansas.

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September 15, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Happy Friday the 13th! 💙📚😱

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September 13, 2024 at 10:44 AM
I’m not usually one for matchmaking but I have to admit I’m pretty invested in seeing this lonely soul find their forever trolley…

(I didn’t make the sign, just took the photo)
September 12, 2024 at 4:37 AM
Happy book birt to Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune 💙📚

Book hug! It’s hope and love and refusing to diminish ourselves when people with loud voices and narrow minds demand it. This found family is everything!

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September 10, 2024 at 7:46 AM
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Fun fact: A partly ruined ninth-century building at Mizdarkhan in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan is known as the Apocalypse Clock. It is believed that “when the final brick falls, it will herald the end of the world.”

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September 9, 2024 at 12:55 AM
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A senior trip to a tropical island, a sentient, immortal octopus, feats of flexibility and a time loop. What could go wrong?! This was so much fun!

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September 8, 2024 at 5:50 AM
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This is the best book hug I’ve had in a long time. If you need a breath of fresh air or some colour in your life, this is the book for you. This is what hope looks like.

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September 8, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Book review 💙📚😱

Humans are the real horror story.

My favourite stories were by Josh Malerman, Margo Lanagan, Sharon Gosling and Stephen Graham Jones.

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September 8, 2024 at 2:15 AM
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It’s revenge fantasy in all its glory. It’s levelling the playing field between the haves and the have-nots. It’s the victimised resisting those who have oppressed and abused them in spectacular form.

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September 8, 2024 at 1:00 AM
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I’ve read a bunch of books about dementia but this is the first one I’ve wanted to talk about.

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September 7, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Today’s book mail is The Graveyard Gift by Fern Forgettable as told by Piper CJ 💙📚

Why I need to read this book: This made it to my TBR pile as soon as I saw the cover. The blurb confirmed I’d made the right decision.

www.walkerbooks.com.au/book/9781760...
August 27, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Today’s book mail is Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune from Pan Macmillan Australia 💙📚

Why I need to read this book: It’s magical children, found family, the past intruding on the present and an excuse to binge TJ Klune books all-in-one!

panmacmillan.com.au/9781035009381/
August 27, 2024 at 11:25 AM
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher 💙📚

This book is about the insidious nature of abuse but it’s also about the seen and unseen ways that people who experience abuse resist. It’s about courage and resilience and hope.

Full review: schizanthusnerd.com/2024/08/16/a...
August 17, 2024 at 12:40 AM
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When you’re given the opportunity to turn your impending The End into To be continued…, you take it.

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August 16, 2024 at 7:34 AM