every day i long to look and sound as this plague doctor. y’know, not unattractive, not unhandsome, but curiously barren of the phenotypes that mark the human species, androgynous in a way that makes you think of dolls and polished, hand-carved things.

jokes aside, that’s a very interesting way of describing the plague doctor… whose name i haven’t learned yet and have a feeling i never will. only a few pages in but enjoying it so far. already so gory and good.

The plague doctor's kinda hot, I cannot lie

“Am I just your Ghislane?” Sylvie spat. “What?” Lila said. “You keep me close to help with you little schemes and then ditch me as soon as I become an inconvenience.” Sylvie put her hands on Lila’s shoulders and shoved her backwards. “Am I your Ghislane?” she cried. “I thought we were both Epstein.”*

I’m posting this, un-spoilered, because I think every future reader deserves to see that this is the disgusting bullshit this book will force you to read. A sapphic couple in a fight, and one of them compared themselves to a horrific pedophile child trafficker as if it’s a cutesy flirting bid for attention. I’m horrified the author wrote this, I’m horrified it made it past the cutting room floor and into the arc version. I can only hope it will be removed in the final printing, but buyer beware.

Edit: It is in the final print version, confirmed

How many paused books do you guys have? And will you get back to them? I use it as a soft DNF, knowing i'll eventually read it (it might be a year, oops) but sometimes I do DNF eventually. Would love to know your thoughts :)

Not sure this is best place to post this question, so I apologize in advance if this isn’t the appropriate place. I was worried if I posted to PB Club, it would get buried. But there’s also not a specific quest that aligns to what exactly I’m looking for, though this one is the closest.

Basically, I’m looking for recommendations for horror books where the setting is contained to a single small location (e.g. farm, school campus, etc.) or a single building, but NOT a haunted house (e.g. hospital, sanatorium, hotel, etc.).

Hopefully this makes sense?😅

edited for typos

Hey everyone, my go too reads are spooky, thriller, crime genres but I’d love some book ideas. I love Tim Burton, Harry Potter, Coraline (you defo get the gist😂) if anyone has ideas or other genre of books, I would love to see what you recommend 🫶🏻✨

Talking about frog eggs:

"The fat round eggs remind me of being pregnant. The sensation of carrying around my own wiggling tadpole in my own warm pond within."

I know how Wall Kimmerer means this, but this description reads as body horror to me 😭

Asking for book reccs! Does anyone know any A literary or contemporary debut published in 2026 with complicated characters! Preferably short!