LemonLime

30’s and being a nerd over books here on Turtle Island. jumping from mood read to mood read

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Creepy crawling vines, sentient mushrooms, or a killer forest; no matter what shape they take, plants and fungi play a main part in these horror novels.

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The Sirens

Emilia Hart

A story of sisters separated by hundreds of years but bound together in more ways than they can imagine 2019: Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night with her hands around his throat. Horrified, she flees to her sister’s house on the coast of New South Wales hoping Jess can help explain the vivid dreams that preceded the attack—but her sister is missing. As Lucy waits for her return, she starts to unearth strange rumours about Jess’s town—tales of numerous missing men, spread over decades. A baby abandoned in a sea-swept cave. Whispers of women’s voices on the waves. All the while, her dreams start to feel closer than ever. 1800: Mary and Eliza are torn from their loving home in Ireland and forced onto a convict ship heading for Australia. As the boat takes them farther and farther away from all they know, they begin to notice unexplainable changes in their bodies. A breathtaking tale of female resilience, The Sirens is an extraordinary novel that captures the sheer power of sisterhood and the indefinable magic of the sea.

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Forgive me Sisters For I Have Sinned

Confession time. I sometimes read short books on purpose to bump my numbers of how many books I've read.

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Looking for joyful nonfiction recs

I was blindsided by a breakup from a 10yr relationship this week. I've never experienced this kind of heartbreak before so I'm struggling in a lot of ways, but one of them is that I can't read any fiction right now. Any loving dynamic, romantic or not, makes me sad.

I'm reading Mood Machine at the moment, and that seems to be safe for me, but I would love some hopecore if you've got it.

If you're going through anything remotely like this at the moment, I am sending you so much love.

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ChaptersAndCrushes

Bookshelves

I know there's been the question of " how do you sort your bookshelves? "but

Who's the most author on yours? An author you have many of ? An author you will never black list ? Do you have more male , female, or nonbinary authors on your shelf?

I have many , all female, because I haven't had a male author on my shelf since 2023 ( Rick Riordan ) .

Emily Rath, Becka Mack, Bal Khabra, and B.K are the ones I have the most books of . I started getting some Ali HazelWood on there, but only 2 .

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The Stone Gods

Jeanette Winterson

On the airwaves, all the talk is of the new blue planet - pristine and habitable, like our own 65 million years ago, before we took it to the edge of destruction. And off the air, Billie and Spike are falling in love. What will happen when their story combines with the world's story.

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Badge Gremlins

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Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.

The Nose (Penguin Little Black Classics, #46)

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Horror book recommendations?

I've been struggling to find a good horror book. I would like some that will make me feel freaked out, have goosebumps/chills & just genuinely scared. Does anyone have any good recommendations please? 👻 Thank you 😊

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But Won't I Miss Me: A Novel

Tiffany Tsao

Set in an alternate reality where pregnancy endows women with exceptional powers, one new mother uncovers terrifying truths about herself and life in this philosophical and propulsive tale of a woman and mother in crisis. In a world where drastic measures have averted the global environmental crisis, humans too are now subject to great transformation. Vivi should be happy she’s pregnant. But she’s troubled by a looming reality that seemingly bothers no one else: having a baby also means birthing an identical, nearly indestructible self who will eat her and take her place. “Rebirth” is simply a fact of life—nature’s way of equipping women for the challenges of motherhood. But as Vivi’s unborn child develops, so does her fear. In a rare turn of events, Vivi emerges from rebirth weakened rather than strong. When her husband cannot tolerate her defects, they divorce and Vivi relocates to the country with her baby to work for her old boss. Chronically exhausted, mentally struggling, and on her own, Vivi must move on—for her own and her son’s sake. But just as with her failed rebirth, swapping old for new isn’t as straightforward as it seems. When Vivi finally discovers what went wrong during childbirth, it will rewrite her life future, present, and past. An inspired blend of Nightbitch and The Substance, as enthralling and incisive as The School of Good Mothers and The Need, But Won’t I Miss Me is a gripping and profound exploration of the physical and psychological tolls of motherhood, with a speculative horror spin. Tiffany Tsao imaginatively reveals the macabre hidden in the mundane and asks us to consider what we lose of ourselves when we leave our broken parts behind.

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One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures. But then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train. Jane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August’s day when she needed it most. August’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane doesn’t just look like an old school punk rocker. She’s literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. Maybe it’s time to start believing in some things, after all. Casey McQuiston’s One Last Stop is a magical, sexy, big-hearted romance where the impossible becomes possible as August does everything in her power to save the girl lost in time.

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Are we saying the characters named Galacia as Gal-Lah-Sia or Gal-eh-Sha ? Any audio listeners out there to confirm?

Edit: as I read further on the author gave us a hint ga-LACE-cia not “lash”

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Thoughts from 3% (page 12)

Are we saying the characters named Galacia as Gal-Lah-Sia or Gal-eh-Sha ? Any audio listeners out there to confirm?

Edit: as I read further on the author gave us a hint ga-LACE-cia not “lash”

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Who or what chooses your next read?

So I hear about mood readers, I hear about people with a stacked list, but I want to know who or what chooses your next read OTHER than you. I have my tbr and I’m not picky about the order as long as I feel like I’m not doing the same setting/time period really close together. I never want to actually choose my next read because I’m too indecisive; instead, I let external forces choose. Whether it’s a sale on thrift books or my local secondhand bookshop/cafe happens to have it, that’s what dictates my next read. Maybe you could say I let the universe decide, or maybe it’s more accurate to say I’m just cheap and love to hoard books. So add it in the comments, what’s your external decision maker for your next read?

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