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Amanda M. Blake is a cat-loving daydreamer who enjoys geekery of all sorts, from superheroes to horror movies, urban fantasy to unconventional romance. Born and raised in Texas, Blake attended Trinity University in San Antonio and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English.

Amid dipping tentacles into the sea of gothic and horror short stories and poetry, Blake is also the author of horror novels Question Not My Salt and Deep Down and the fairy tale mash-up Thorns series.

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	Question Not My Salt 4.30 avg rating — 102 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thorns (Thorns #1) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Nocturne 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bluebirds (Thorns #3) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Puppeteer (Thorns #4) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Amanda M. Blake liked Micki-D's review of Question Not My Salt: "Dang I always knew Americans where messed up with there holiday traditions but this book just cemented it for me. I’ll stay in Canada. WOW I was not expecting any of this book Thanksgiving goes extreme you got to hand it to this book it really hold n" Read more of this review »
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Amanda M. Blake and 24 other people liked Char's review of Question Not My Salt: "This was a story about the most disgusting Thanksgiving meal ever. I loved it! I had no idea what to expect as I picked this up at the recommendation of a few Horror Aficionado group members. I know I can trust my horror peeps! (You should check out o" Read more of this review »
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Amanda M. Blake and 1 other person liked Vanessa's review of Question Not My Salt: "If your Thanksgiving plans include a few free hours for reading, I strongly recommend this book. The official summary describing it as a combination of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hannibal, and The Menu is pretty accurate. The tension and suspense r" Read more of this review »
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Amanda M. Blake rated a book really liked it Haunted Plano, Texas (Haunted America) by Mary Jacobs	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
There was something surprisingly pleasant about reading on local history. I wouldn't say any of the stories about hauntings in Plano were particularly striking, but I felt I walked away knowing a little more about my home town. And I kind of want to ...more
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Amanda M. Blake rated a book really liked it Texas Bigfoot: History, Legends, and Modern Encounters in the Lone Star State by Lyle Blackburn	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I picked this up at Texas Frightmare last May. I saw a presentation by Lyle on the Beast of Bray Road at my first Frightmare and really enjoyed it, so I was excited to read about a cryptid so close to home. When you think of Bigfoot, you think of the ...more
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Amanda M. Blake rated a book it was amazing The Fisherman by John Langan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Finally finished The Fisherman, by John Langan. It's not a long book, but it's dense, with long stretches of sentences and paragraphs that harken back to the 1800s style of writing that inspired the novel. That it owes a lot to Moby Dick and Lovecraf ...more
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SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER by Lucy A. Snyder did not disappoint and felt like the characters and premise were made just for me, reminding me a bit of Mira Grant. What's curious is that it seemed simultaneously incomplete, like it wants a sequel or series ...more
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Amanda M. Blake made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Add book to series topic " Can you add Crooked House to the Thorns series? Crooked House: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... The Thorns series: https://www.goodreads.com/ser ...more "
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