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The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids

Jessica Joelle Alexander

What makes Denmark the happiest country in the world--and what are the secrets of Danish parents for raising happy, confident, succesful kids, year after year? This upbeat and practical guide brings together the insights of a licensed psychotherapist and a mom -- a Dane and an American married to a Dane, respectively -- on the habits of the happiest families on earth.The book delivers fresh advice on how to:- Encourage free play- Foster authenticity and confidence - Nurture empathy - Emphasize teamwork over power struggles- Celebrate togetherness Filled with practical takeaways and inspiring examples, The Danish Way of Parenting will help parents from all walks of life raise the happiest, most well-adjusted kids in the world.

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Thoughts from 62% (page 197)

I am enjoying this book A LOT more than "People We meet on Vacation". I just seem to care more about Charlie and Nora a lot more than Alex and Poppy. I guess this is what people mean when they say that you'll either love or hate an Emily Henry novel. I guess saying I "hated" People We Meet on Vacation is a bit of a strong word, I just think Book Lovers is a STRONGER novel.

The relationship between Nora and her sister, the coming together of Charlie and Nora, even the trauma that Nora has about her mother's death it just feels a lot more fleshed out. It's an interesting take on the "small town romance" and the "boss-girl literary agent" tropes that create a story that I have been unable to put down since I got it from the library. Makes me wish I had the paperback because it would be a lot easier to carry around than the hardcover (lol).

I hope I'm not the only one who feels this strongly about this book!

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The Cotton Candy Massacre

Christopher Robertson

Winner of the 2023 GODLESS awards best novel (gold) and audiobook (silver). The book you are about to read is an account of the tragedy that occurred at the reopening of Bonkin's Bonanza one day in the summer of 1989. Some came looking for fun, like Candy Barton and her best friend, Leigh. Others, like Rocky Rhodes and Sully Sullivan, came looking for a second chance. Instead, they would find a twisted, funfetti nightmare. For many of the thrill-seekers and families visiting Bonkin's Bonanza, that day would be their last. And the events that unfolded would go on to become infamously known as The Cotton Candy Massacre.

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The Night Shift

Alex Finlay

It’s New Year’s Eve 1999. Y2K is expected to end in chaos: planes falling from the sky, elevators plunging to earth, world markets collapsing. A digital apocalypse. None of that happens. But at a Blockbuster Video in Linden, New Jersey, four teenage girls working the night shift are attacked. Only one survives. Police quickly identify a suspect who flees and is never seen again. Fifteen years later, in the same town, four teenage employees working late at an ice cream store are attacked, and again only one makes it out alive. Both surviving victims recall the killer speaking only a few final words... “Goodnight, pretty girl.” In the aftermath, three lives intersect: the survivor of the Blockbuster massacre who’s forced to relive her tragedy; the brother of the original suspect, who’s convinced the police have it wrong; and the FBI agent, who’s determined to solve both cases. On a collision course toward the truth, all three lives will forever be changed, and not everyone will make it out alive. Twisty, poignant, and redemptive, The Night Shift is a story about the legacy of trauma and how the broken can come out on the other side, and it solidifies Alex Finlay as one of the new leading voices in the world of thrillers.

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How to Survive a Slasher

Justine Pucella Winans

You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight meets Scream in this YA slasher that turns classic horror tropes on their heads. There’s a reason CJ Smith’s hometown of Satterville is known as Slasherville: it was the site of not one, but two Friday the 13th-style massacres. CJ’s dad survived the first attack; only CJ survived the second. And thanks to the mysterious writer Moon Satter’s bestselling novels based on the events, the town—and CJ—will always be defined by this horrific past. Then a new, unpublished Moon Satter manuscript shows up addressed to CJ. But unlike the others, this story isn’t about the past. Instead, it predicts new murders. On the day the book says the first murder will occur, CJ sets out to stop it. But in saving one classmate, the final girl ends up dead. CJ and their friends have suddenly gone from extras to leads—and they’ll have to use everything they know about the rules of horror to make it out alive.

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A Murder Most Camp

Nicolas DiDomizio

The Guncle meets Every Time I Go On Vacation Someone Dies in this fun, twisty mystery following a spoiled nepo baby forced to work at a struggling summer camp who stumbles into a real-life murder mystery he has no choice but to solve. Rustic cabins. Lakefront bonfires. A painfully hot lifeguard. And a murder? Summer has never been this camp. Mikey Hartford IV has coasted through his twenties in a distracted blur of yachts and sex and partying. But when his father discovers his latest million-dollar impulse buy and changes the terms of his trust, the party's finally over. Now, unless Mikey can make a positive contribution to the world before his thirtieth birthday—one that doesn't involve throwing cash at his problems—he'll never see another yacht again. (Or even so much as a canoe.) Camp Lore, a struggling summer camp in upstate New York where Mikey has to work as the oldest, least-qualified staffer to prove that he can "do good" alongside his twelve-year-old aunt. (Yes, aunt.) But Mikey isn't sure he'll be able to survive the camp's ramshackle living conditions, let alone the gaggle of preteens who won't leave his side. And when his campers become obsessed with a local legend set at an abandoned cabin on the grounds, Mikey's chances of not making it through the summer become dangerously real—because it turns out there's a murder hidden beneath Camp Lore. And someone there will stop at nothing to keep it that way. Solving a decade-old cold case will surely be enough "good" for Mikey to earn his inheritance. He just has to stay alive long enough to do it…

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The Only Good Indians

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The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

The creeping horror of Paul Tremblay meets Tommy Orange’s There There in a dark novel of revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition in this latest novel from the Jordan Peele of horror literature, Stephen Graham Jones. Seamlessly blending classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary, The Only Good Indians follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives. Tracked by an entity bent on revenge, these childhood friends are helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way.

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Worst Spoiler Ever (there are no spoilers in this post).

Tonight, on our first day in London, my wife and I went to see Mousetrap by Agatha Christie. This is our 3rd trip to London together, and we have always meant to see it. So this time we pulled the trigger. Thought it would be a relaxing and fun way to end our first day. At intermission, I kid you not, the woman behind us turned to her husband and said, “ I told you we had seen this before the …….. did it.” She spoiled the whole 2nd half of the play and the twisty ending. Now, to be fair, I had already figured it out, but my wife had not. I was stunned. It is even worse when the actors stay on at the end of the show and ask the audience to recommend the show, but don’t give away the ending. I think this is the single worst spoiler moment of my life. I was so mad at that woman, and the nerve to not even care, she just ruined the show for everyone around her.

Tell me your worst spoiler moments. Books, movies, TV shows, I am interested in them all, but please, whatever you do, don’t actually list the spoiler. The name of the thing that got spoiled and how, but not the why. Thank you in advance. If anything, it will give all of us twisty people a list of things we can check out, hopefully without anyone blowing it up for us.

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