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"The flat rock in the center of the garden
heats up every morning in the sun. Black
snake coils himself there neatly. He has
cousins who have teeth that spring up and
down and are full of the sap of death,
but what of that, so have we all."

My first Reading Rush book!!! I’ve seen the film version of this so many times and it’s amazing seeing HOW CLOSE THE ADAPTATION IS!

Time for a reread of this beloved book <3

The audiobook for this is fantastico 👏🏼

One of the greatest first lines I’ve ever read.

well. HERE WE GOOOO

This book is so mystical and wonderful and disturbing. I’m excited to finish it and see how it ends.

I just... I am so nostalgic about this world and these characters but I'm also so aware that it's all very cheesy and silly. It's like constant cognitive dissonance.

THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE EVERYTHING

It’s both amazing and stressful to read about someone who has such a similar illness to mine.

Classic anthology! I’m two stories in and I really didn’t enjoy the first one but quite enjoyed the second! Let’s see how this goes!

I watched Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and it felt like such a level up from other movies I’ve recently seen. Graceful in its talent, confident in its ability to do what it was setting out to do. It reminded me of reading great novels written by great writers. This feels like that.

Give me all the AS King!!! This is my first ~~foray into her middle grade and I'm loving it.

IM LOVING ITTTT

I’ve loved Austin Kleon’s books in the past and was so excited to see a new one from him! So far this is feeling super relevant to the place I’m in creatively which is so nice to read!

I can't tell you why, but my heart was like "you should reread Looking for Alaska!" and I listened to it and my heart was right. I'm so glad to have picked it up again!

Raeleen and I are rereading this and playing Stardew Valley because we are GENIUSES. These last two chapters... got pretty cringey. The relationship wasn't THAT bad.. until recently. Excited to discuss it haha twitch.tv/forksfarm

Starting this today for my Patreon book club! Super intrigued so far, so much is being intricately set up and I’m so ready to dive in.

Flan keeps using these metaphors that literally knock you over. And that's no metaphor!!!!!

Picked this up totally randomly in Foyles a few months ago and almost immediately afterwards saw SO MANY OF MY PEEPS reading and reviewing it. So either I was oblivious or my trendsetting is out of control.

I’ve read “A Good Man Is Hard To Find”, “A Stroke Of Good Fortune”, and “A Late Encounter with the Enemy” and they are GREAT. What a TIME.

I forgot to add this to my goodreads! Not only am I reading it, I AM LOVING IT.

If this book finishes well it will be added to my favourite books ever. PLEASE FINISH WELL.

This came up on my radar a few months ago and then I saw in a bookshop on sale and picked it up! As a human who is now full time NOT A STUDENT (omgomgomg) I always have time for a little motivation and inspiration!

I've been meaning to read this for a very long time and am finally getting through it with an audiobook! After having finished school I'm committed to building a creative career for myself and will take all the help and inspiration that books can offer me! Amanda's journey is a fascinating example and I'm glad she wrote it down.

First read of the #BookTubeAThon!!!!!