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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)

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Strange Pictures

Uketsu

The spine-tingling bestseller that has taken Japan by storm—an eerie fresh take on horror for fans of Hidden Pictures and Junji Ito, in which a series of seemingly innocent pictures draws you into a disturbing web of unsolved mysteries and shattered psyches. An exploration of the macabre, where the seemingly mundane takes on a terrifying significance. . . . A pregnant woman's sketches on a seemingly innocuous blog conceal a chilling warning. A child's picture of his home contains a dark secret message. A sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth down a rabbithole that will reveal a horrifying reality. Structured around these nine childlike drawings, each holding a disturbing clue, Uketsu invites readers to piece together the mystery behind each and the over-arching backstory that connects them all. Strange Pictures is the internationally bestselling debut from mystery horror YouTube sensation Uketsu—an enigmatic masked figure who has become one of Japan's most talked about contemporary authors.

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Lie With Me

Philippe Besson

The award-winning, bestselling French novel by Philippe Besson about an affair between two teenage boys in 1984 France, translated with subtle beauty and haunting lyricism by the iconic and internationally acclaimed actress/writer Molly Ringwald. We drive at high speed along back roads, through woods, vineyards, and oat fields. The bike smells like gasoline and makes a lot of noise, and sometimes I’m frightened when the wheels slip on the gravel on the dirt road, but the only thing that matters is that I’m holding on to him, that I’m holding on to him outside.Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. What follows is a look back at the relationship he’s never forgotten, a hidden affair with a gorgeous boy named Thomas during their last year of high school. Without ever acknowledging they know each other in the halls, they steal time to meet in secret, carrying on a passionate, world-altering affair.Dazzlingly rendered in English by Ringwald in her first-ever translation, Besson’s powerfully moving coming-of-age story captures the eroticism and tenderness of first love—and the heartbreaking passage of time.

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Talking at Night

Claire Daverley

Will and Rosie meet as teenagers. They’re opposites in every way. She overthinks everything; he is her twin brother’s wild and unpredictable friend. But over secret walks home and late-night phone calls, they become closer—destined to be one another’s great love story. Until, one day, tragedy strikes, and their future together is shattered. But as the years roll on, Will and Rosie can’t help but find their way back to each other. Time and again, they come close to rekindling what might have been. What do you do when the one person you should forget is the one you just can’t let go?

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Jun 10, 2025

3.0

Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 2.5

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The Guncle (The Guncle, #1)

Steven Rowley

Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits, or when he heads home to Connecticut for the holidays. But in terms of caretaking and relating to two children, no matter how adorable, Patrick is honestly a bit out of his league. So when tragedy strikes and Maisie and Grant lose their mother and Patrick’s brother has a health crisis of his own, Patrick finds himself suddenly taking on the role of primary guardian. Despite having a set of “Guncle Rules” ready to go, Patrick has no idea what to expect, having spent years barely holding on after the loss of his great love, a somewhat-stalled career, and a lifestyle not-so-suited to a six- and a nine-year-old. Quickly realizing that parenting—even if temporary—isn’t solved with treats and jokes, Patrick’s eyes are opened to a new sense of responsibility, and the realization that, sometimes, even being larger than life means you’re unfailingly human.

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The Last Tiger

Julia Riew

Inspired by Korean history and mythology as well as the enduring love story of the authors’ grandparents, The Last Tiger is a young adult romantic fantasy novel about the power of love to liberate and bring us back to ourselves.In a world of ki powers, the Dragon Empire rules with dragon ki—the power of strength. The empire has invaded and occupied the Tiger Republic, claiming it as their own, and they are on the precipice of eradicating every tiger. On the night of a rare tiger-slaying ceremony, the lives of sixteen-year-olds Seung Lee and Eunji Choi become irrevocably linked when Seung, a servant for the wealthy Choi family, catches Eunji out without a chaperone.Desperate for his secrecy, Eunji agrees to tutor Seung for the Adachi Training Academy exam, which could be his ticket out of a life of hardship. In between their study sessions, Seung introduces Eunji to a new world—one filled with fragrant street food, winding back roads, and the freedom she craves. Their final outing takes an unexpected turn when they encounter the last tiger and realize what they mean to one another. Their lives diverge after the exam, however, with Seung following in his father's footsteps as he's thrust deep into the mines and Eunji set to marry the heralded son of a prominent Dragon family. Forced apart, they wrestle with their fates and find themselves seeking a way to change the future they feel trapped by. Their shared knowledge of the last tiger’s whereabouts sets them off on separate missions to find the last tiger. Facing seemingly impossible odds, Seung and Eunji must embrace their power or risk losing their chance to save themselves and discover who they really are.

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Pride Readalong + Product & Dev Update (5/20/25)

Hi everyone! We have some product updates to share: 1. We're launching the first Special Event readalong on June 1st with a Pride Month Readalong! You'll get a special Pride 2025 badge for reading 1 of the 5 books in the readalong and posting or commenting in the forum. There's a link to the selections on the Discuss page; all selected books were written by LGBTQ+ authors. We're excited to celebrate Pride and the community with this special event :) 2. You can now search in the forums! Shoutout to Devin for this feature. We recommend sticking to keywords rather than full sentences for search 3. You will now see a warning message when posting about a book you're currently reading without entering the progress % or page #. This info is required for forum sorting by progress; we allow and encourage title editing (ie adding a chapter or quip to the title) 😊 + various bug fixes Happy reading, Jennifer + Lucy 💜💙

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If you could wipe your memory and reread one book like it was your very first time…

What would it be? I need help finding my next read and figured this would be a good way to get really good recs 👀

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If your bookshelf could talk…

What would it say about you? (e.g. “She’s emotionally unstable but organized,” “This one buys more than she reads,” etc!) If *my* bookshelf could talk, it’d say, “This one’s a big softie for stories about time, grief, and second chances - preferably with magic or fantasy vibes. She also has a thing for complicated protagonists, found family, and angst. And no, she hasn’t emotionally recovered from books she read over a decade ago. Will she ever? Probably not. I think she just likes to torture herself."

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If your bookshelf could talk…

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readingwithrae

Would you rather...

Inspired by blush's post, would you rather not see the cover of the book or not see the blurb on the back? So either the cover or the back of the book will be blank.

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miawgicalreads

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Favorite book genre?

I was thinking about it, like, I mostly read thrillers/horror books, and I always say that I’m not that into romances, but clearly I’m a sucker for a good romance every once in a while and recently I’ve been very in non-fiction. So what’s the genre you gravitate the most? For me I think it depends on my mood 😹 and you?

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Next book to read from TBR list?

How do you choose what book from your TBR list to read next? I’m stuck on what to read next & it’s stressing me out😆

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blush

I judge a book by its ___

Be honest: is it the cover, the title, the author, the blurb, the vibes, or the hype?

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