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A Murder Most Camp
Nicolas DiDomizio
Like bro pls. When I went to camps even the secretary had to deal with insane amount of children each day 😭
How to Be Eaten
Maria Adelmann
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Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting
Richard Chizmar
New York Times bestselling author Richard Chizmar, “one of horror’s indispensable writers” (Paste), and his son W.H. Chizmar, critically acclaimed author of Them (hailed by New York Times bestselling author Josh Malerman as “one of the best debuts I’ve ever read”) present a riveting found footage narrative about doomed thrill-seekers trapped in a haunted lighthouse. “This is a bad place. I don’t think people are meant to live here.” Longtime residents of Harper’s Cove believe that something is wrong with the Widow’s Point Lighthouse. Some say it’s cursed. Others claim it’s haunted. Originally built in 1838, three workers were killed during the lighthouse’s construction, including one who mysteriously plunged to his death from the catwalk. That tragic accident was never explained, and it was just the beginning of the terror. In the decades that followed, nearly two dozen additional deaths occurred in or around the lighthouse including cold-blooded murder, suicide, unexplained accidents and disappearances, the slaughter of an entire family, and the inexplicable death of a Hollywood starlet who was filming a movie on the grounds. The lighthouse was finally shuttered tight in 1988 and a security fence was erected around the property. No one has been inside since. Until now. Told across two harrowing incidents from 2017 and 2025, those who enter the Widow’s Point Lighthouse searching for supernatural proof and the next big thing find themselves cut off from the outside world. And although no one has recently stepped foot inside the structure, they are not alone. In this remarkable collaboration, father and son writing team, Richard and W.H. Chizmar combine forces to tell a terrifying ghost story that will make you think twice about what’s waiting for you in the dark.
i didn't find this as engaging as When No One Is Watching, but Alyssa Cole can really write a good thriller. there's so many layers to this that it's almost impossible to talk about without spoiling in some way, but i have to say, it's so refreshing to read a thriller where a character with DID isn't evil. i hate how much of a rarity that is. i've seen in reviews that Cole had a consultant (i wonder if this is stated in the print version? there's no acknowledgements or anything in the audiobook), and if that's true, it absolutely shows. there's a lot of care taken with Ken's character and the alters all feel very realized and nuanced. the plot drags in some places but the pieces slot together for a very satisfying conclusion. the audiobook really enhances the experience!
A Murder Most Camp
Nicolas DiDomizio
Fake Dates and Mooncakes
Sher Lee
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this was so good. i genuinely am in awe with the books i've read from Bardugo's quest so far. prior to this i'd only read the first of the Shadow and Bone trilogy and it was mid but Ninth House, Hell Bent + this one have been incredible
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The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo
A historical fantasy set during the Spanish Golden Age In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Pérez, the disgraced secretary to Spain's king. Still reeling from the defeat of his armada, the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England's heretic queen—and Pérez will stop at nothing to regain the king's favor. Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the line between magic, science, and fraud is never certain. But as her notoriety grows, so does the danger that her Jewish blood will doom her to the Inquisition's wrath. She will have to use every bit of her wit and will to survive—even if that means enlisting the help of Guillén Santangel, an embittered immortal familiar whose own secrets could prove deadly for them both.
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The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo
A historical fantasy set during the Spanish Golden Age In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Pérez, the disgraced secretary to Spain's king. Still reeling from the defeat of his armada, the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England's heretic queen—and Pérez will stop at nothing to regain the king's favor. Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the line between magic, science, and fraud is never certain. But as her notoriety grows, so does the danger that her Jewish blood will doom her to the Inquisition's wrath. She will have to use every bit of her wit and will to survive—even if that means enlisting the help of Guillén Santangel, an embittered immortal familiar whose own secrets could prove deadly for them both.
The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo
How to Be Eaten
Maria Adelmann
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since we can enter the format/pages for tracking stats, i choose whatever cover i like best too 🫡 i choose the specific edition i'm reading on GR/SG
edit: i meant to say "too" and just forgot the whole word LOL
When you are reading a book, do you actually select the edition that you are reading, do you not really care, or do you select the prettiest cover, if there is more than one available?
To be honest, I typically select the prettiest. Since we can select the medium (print, ebook, audio) separatel, I just look through the editions and pick whichever editions I like best. Sometimes not even the language matches (i.e. I read in german but like the english cover better)
Does anyone else do this?
(Edit: I just realised I can’t translate this literally (I think): Hand on heart is a german expression that basically means “speak from the heart”/“be honest”) (Edit 2: I found out “Hand on Heart” exists in english too! Yeay languages!!)
