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Now in the final stage of becoming my dad

I read until I literally couldn’t keep my eyes open last night because I didn’t want to stop

I will read anything Ally Wilkes writes

FUCK

This book is so creepy I had to take a break and read something else. I think this is the first time since I was a child that a book was too scary for me.

This book is SO UPSETTING in the BEST way

DAMN

I recommend reading the opening scenes of this book (everyone has scurvy) while eating salad so you can experience deep gratitude for lettuce

Jordan Hawk dares to ask the big questions: what if Lovecraftian monsters are just lonely and trying their best? And what if they found love? What if the real Lovecraftian monsters are the friends we made along the way?

Love this scenario where both main characters know magic is real but don’t know the other one knows and think they have to keep it secret

back on my (Lovecraftian) bullshit

This book is fuckin sick

DAMMIT I’M CRYING

quickest way to my heart is to base your monsters on the biology of real animals; bonus points if the biological details are plot-integral

This book slaps

STEPHEN FUCKING GRAHAM FUCKING JONES

Oh this book is a delight. I admit I was skeptical: I feel like a retelling needs a very good reason not to just be its own original story, and retelling The Great Gatsby is certainly ambitious. But the story is really working for me, and the vibes, as they say, are absolutely impeccable.

This book is so good. I love when an author does something really new with vampires, and Stephen Graham Jones is a master of his craft.

FUCK this book is good

oh FUCK

Look. I wasn’t even going to put this on goodreads because it’s a Vampire: The Masquerade anthology? But I read the first story and it kicks ass.

This is a horror story about horse girls and I’m here for it

I’ve read this before, but reading the short story in Buried Deep made me want to reread it, and it is just as good (if not better) on the second read.

“Heterosexuality as a horror story” is how I recently heard someone describe this book and yes, yes it is.

Look. I read Tithe at a formative age and since then Holly Black has owned a little piece of my soul. I have been saving this book to read at the right moment and I’m in so deep I can’t tell whether it’s good.

I’ve been excited to read this book and was delighted to see our library just got it!

yes, this book is catnip engineered specifically for me:
fairy tales + commentary on impossible oppressive feminine beauty standards + jellyfish

FUCK this book is good FUCK

this book fucks

this book fucking slaps