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Fall 2025 Readalong
Dark Academia
Supporting* Women's Wrongs
My Taste
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
Phantasma
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
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The Rabbit Hutch
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The View From Lake ComoRed, White & Royal Blue

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  • Quest Suggestions

    I’m a snob for anything Gothic (specifically Southern Gothic) so here are some books that came to my mind when I saw this quest

    • The Devil All The Time by Donald Ray Pollock
    • Swamplandia by Karen Russell
    • anything by Flannery O’Connor (she writes more short stories so I’m not sure how they would fit, but I love her work)
    • Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews
    • Little Friend by Donna Tartt
    • Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy
    • The Gospel Singer by Harry Crews
    • Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

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  • community shout-out 🔊

    This community has been so inclusive and thoughtful! I'd love to have a little moment where we can shout out members of the community that we appreciate, call out some kindness, that kind of thing.

    Who has made a difference in making you feel welcome?

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  • The View From Lake Como
    Thoughts from 43% (page 170)
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  • The View From Lake Como
    Thoughts from 14% (page 55)

    I’m having a really hard time with this. The constant references to Italy and Italian culture in this outlandish jersey Guido fashion are over the top in a way that feels cringey instead of comedic. And we just had a major plot point (mentioned in blurb) that was totally emotionless. Maybe it’s a writing style issue, but I was expecting something more litfic and this feels more Colleen Hoover-esque

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  • The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow, #3)
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    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 5.0
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    I don’t know the last time I read a standalone short story, but the emotional weight of these 30 pages was so impressive I may have to dive into them more often. Need to reread 3 more times to fully understand, but the love, loyalty, and valor shown here are quintessential knight in shining armor shit and I loved

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