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Knien

My getting random .99 Kobo Deals already paid of! Loved Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker. The unsetteling feeling of the pandemic mixed with a germaphobe and the American Chinese setting worked really well together. It's horor, it involves COVID, mental ilness and racism, please check the trigger warnings! #horrorbooks #bookreview #bookstodon app.thestorygraph.com/books/09

app.thestorygraph.comBat Eater by Kylie Lee BakerMexican Gothic meets She is a Haunting in this sharp and propulsive horror thriller! Cora Zeng is...
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Julia S.

A BREATHTAKINGLY ORIGINAL FUSION of European and Indigenous American mythologies adds a dimension of supernatural horror to a novel already overflowing with the everyday horrors of colonialism and rapacious profiteering. Beyond stunning. SOLID A

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Barnes & NobleThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter (B&N Exclusive Edition)|BN ExclusiveThis Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition contains personally selected letters from the soldiers who were at the actual incident on the Blackfeet Nation in 1870 that is at the heart of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. As Jones writes in his introduction to this material, "I knew I wanted to have...
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Jason Rush

I've been on a kick to reread some favorite novels. Just finished Head Full of Ghosts, by Paul Tremblay. It was maybe even more amazing on the second read. It's all very ambiguous, and my interpretation of what *actually* happened was the opposite of my last read. Pretty great book if you haven't read it ❤️

Book cover for Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay featuring a view down a hallway past a railing, all tipped 90 degrees on its side. Huh. I never noticed that's what it was a picture of before. On its side, it's super abstract.
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Wordy Words on Words
You know what? Let’s go back to the beginning. To Fear Street #1.

I keep getting thrown with the Columbo/Law & Order: CI openings where a crime is committed by SOMEONE and then the story actually starts, but it’s fine. I like Columbo and I LOVED CI.

I will say that a common critique you’re going to hear from me is a plot driven by poor communication. It’s a pet peeve of mine and just lazy writing. It’s also all OVER the Fear Street series.

Anyway, this book centers around a kid in high school who falls in love with the new girl, Anna. It IS a little strange that none of his friends know who she is, has her in their classes, and everyone that DOES know Anna insists that Anna…

Is dead.

I looked this up on Wikipedia to make sure I remembered the plot since I read this a couple years ago and it says that the boyfriend was convinced she was alive with her “human-like kisses.”

I literally laughed out loud.

Anyway, it turns out “Anna” isn’t Anna at ALL and she’s actually WILLA, Anna’s sister who killed Anna out of jealousy and assumed her identity. There’s a brother, Brad, and he plays a pretty important role. He shoved a girl down some stairs and I think he even killed a cat to stuff in a locker as a warning, but I don’t care about him.

My mind got snagged HARD on the idea that a teenage girl killed her teenage girl sister and just ADOPTED her personality. Where were her parents? Where was Brad? Why had nobody heard of Anna? Why is Willa going to school?

I just think that if you’re going to murder a sibling and assume their identity, high school years are the WORST years to do it.

That said, it was fun to re-read and still way better than Goosebumps.

I’m excited for the next one.

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Wordy Words on Words
When I originally read this, I was impressed that the kid could basically fall asleep on command. I’m pretty quick to fall asleep and my wife gets pretty jealous of it, but I can’t just zonk out when I’m super stressed about things - like I can only imagine this kid was.

And I really enjoyed the fever dream state of this book. Absolutely dreadful episode of the show, but the book was good.

Except for one thing: You know how in movies they sometimes try to be cute and slip in names as an homage to the movie-maker’s influences? Like how in Friday the 13th, Tommy was at Karloff’s Garage? Or how in Scream, Rose McGowan said “Wes Carpenter?”

And you know how it NEVER feels natural? These names are critical to the point where they seem almost unique to that individual. Are there other people named Wes? Sure! But in the context of horror movies, is there really any other Wes? Or a Karloff?

It takes me right out of the story.

It’s even harder in books because I can’t exactly read when my eyes are rolling in my head.

That said, Stine has avoided it almost entirely until this book. He fell HARD in this book.

Two characters. One named Bruce. One named Wayne. They’re always together so it’s “Bruce said,” “Wayne added.”

Ugh.

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