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| QUOTE (C3P0 @ 20/10/2023, 22:05) Ohh I want to write all these down. There's been some interesting looking thrillers out recently, one that I really want to read is the Lisa Jewell book "none of this is true". QUOTE (Savannah08 @ 20/10/2023, 20:50) Does anyone use StoryGraph? I’d love to follow you and see what your reading or have read. Nope, I have contemplated signing up but I think I'm too lazy to do it lol.
My hold for none of this is true just came in. Looking forward to reading it.
QUOTE (Savannah08 @ 20/10/2023, 22:12) QUOTE (C3P0 @ 20/10/2023, 22:05) Ohh I want to write all these down. There's been some interesting looking thrillers out recently, one that I really want to read is the Lisa Jewell book "none of this is true". QUOTE (Savannah08 @ 20/10/2023, 20:50) Does anyone use StoryGraph? I’d love to follow you and see what your reading or have read. Nope, I have contemplated signing up but I think I'm too lazy to do it lol. Haha I have been doing a reading challenge this past year and I needed a way to keep track of it. So, I just use the free version. And, I can say that I reached my goal plus some already.
I use Bookmory to log my reading I love how visual it is and that I don’t have to log in reviews. I also love that I can give half stars |
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| QUOTE (UnicornsandRainbows @ 20/10/2023, 22:19) Someone commented about it possibly being from soy, which they eat and drink a lot of. I’m sure she’ll dismiss that crazy notion because she’s bat shit head over heels in love with soy but she’s rattled off too many of the side effects, including hives, to ignore it. She even wants to grow soy beans! I stay away from soy because I feel there’s too many negative effects, for all ages and genders.
I found out a few years ago I’m HIGHLY sensitive to soy. Soy lechtin doesn’t usually bother me in moderation but the minute I eat something with straight soy in it or edamame I have a massive migraine and terrible stomach cramps.
I also wonder if she’s taking antacids. Protonix made me break out in head to toe hives from the firey pits or hell. I took it for almost 2 weeks before the hives started and then another week of them refusing to go away before we figured out what it was that was causing them. |
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| QUOTE (Mysterygal @ 20/10/2023, 07:41) I need a good, sucks you right in mystery/thriller series or a comedy murder mystery series like Agatha Raisin or Stephanie Plum.(I just noticed how similar their last names are lol) I can't seem to get into anything. I started like eight books the last couple weeks and I never go back to them. I need something I can't put down. Anyone have a good recommendation?
The Finlay Donovan series by elle cosimano is a fun comedy cozy mystery series. There’s 3 already out and book 4 comes out soon. Plot- Finlay is a writer and mom recently separated after her husband cheats on her. She’s trying to navigate life when she’s mistaken as a hit woman.
Not a series but killing me by Michele Gannon is a super fun over the top thriller about a woman who escapes a serial killer and flees to Vegas just to get entangled in another serial killers plot. She teams up with a prostitute and noir obsessed motel owner. |
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| QUOTE (C3P0 @ 19/10/2023, 08:42) Tagging Bananabread.
How's everyone's reading going? Anyone anticipating anything? I'm really looking forward to Britney Spears book, and Henry Winkler's as well.
October is going way too fast. I had hoped to read so many more books this month than I have actually read.
Looking forward to iron flames release in a few weeks. The BIG book news that I’m thrilled about though is TJ Klune’s announcement that he will be releasing a sequel to the house in the cerulean sea. Set for release September 2024. House in the cerulean sea is probably the best book I’ve ever read.
October’s been a good month for me. I hit my 60 book yearly goal with 13 already read for october (7 physical books 6 audio)
Stand outs
Last house on needless street- read physically on KU. Really engaging. All my real thoughts would end in spoilers though.
Paul takes the form of a mortal girl- physical read for book club. A coming of age with fantasy element set in the 90s gay scene
Den of vipers- read physically. Terribly written but the smut was top tier. Please research the trigger warnings before diving in it’s definitely a dark romance
You’re not supposed to die tonight- audiobook. Fast paced YA thrilled. The voice actor was fantastic
Such sharp teeth- audio. Fun horror romance where a girl becomes a werewolf and has to figure out her life.
Drowning- audio. Another fast paced thriller about a plane crash and the effort to rescue the survivors. |
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| hunter wearing a cone doesn’t mean they ever even took him to the vet. You can buy a cone right on Amazon or at the pet store. And if hunter is on meds where is the cheese or meat slices in her grocery haul to feed him the meds and no mention of giving him his daily meds in her morning routine.
Also she basically outed herself with the lie about carrying hunter up and down the stairs. If she can’t carry a laundry basket down stairs without issue there’s no way in hell she’s carrying a wiggly beagle around. |
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| There’s no way in hell she was carrying hunter up/down the stairs. He has to weigh 30 pounds (overweight for a beagle). She can barely walk around the kitchen without bracing herself and we’re expected to believe she scooped hunter up and carried him up a flight of narrow stairs not happening.
We recently had a scare with our pup. She’s fine thankfully but we had a week where the vet thought she was in congestive heart failure. She had been acting kinda winded on our walks and coughing and we felt a very small lump on her chest so I got a same day with her primary vet. The lump is just fatty tissue but the X-ray showed enlarging of her heart and free fluid sent to the cardiologist an hour away. Got an emergency appointment a week later. $1400 later to find out the x ray imaging was bad her heart wasn’t enlarged but she did have bronchitis. I cried almost every minute of the entire week thinking we would be losing her soon. Bronchitis has since cleared up and she’s on new allergy meds and back to herself.
All this to say I will never understand people that don’t take proper care of their pets and get them seen when they are in obvious pain/distress. Yes it is expensive but that is part of the commitment of having a pet. I shouldn’t expect any less from Darlene though. |
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| Currently reading- rouge by Mona awad
Listening- clown in a cornfield by Adam Cesare
Recent finishes- in the drowning deep by Mira grant ⭐️⭐️⭐️ I didn’t love it but I can see why people would
Atlas paradox by Olivie Blake ⭐️⭐️⭐️ it was fine
The ashes and the star cursed king by Carissa broadbent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 |
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| QUOTE (Ilon @ 19/9/2023, 09:08) Is it normal to decorate for Halloween that far in advance? I am not in a country where this is not a standard holiday, more something people do for fun. My kids do like it so we make pumpkins but no more than 1-2 weeks in advance.
My house has been decorated for Halloween inside since mid august. It’s my favorite holiday. I know that’s typically also not standard in the US but there’s a whole group of us that celebrate Halloween vibes year round. |
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| QUOTE (Kayla M @ 6/9/2023, 19:02) About Hunter, that’s not arthritis. There’s definitely something wrong with his back leg. He couldn’t put any weight on it & walked on the other 3 just fine.
Something is wrong.
Darlene is a liar.
Hunter is walking just like our pup did when she tore the ligaments in her back leg not like a dog with arthritis walks. I doubt she’s even brought him to the vet. Our dog took a hard roll playing ball at the park but considering hunter doesn’t even do much as get a daily walk I would have to think he got injured another way. Maybe stepped on by darogre or kicked down the stairs?
Even if he had arthritis there is no way a dog should be limping that badly if he’s getting daily meds.
I never believed dar when she said Andrew was aggressive. I think the photos of him at RISE further prove that a lot of his behaviors were a reaction to her and the environment that he was stuck in. I honestly look forward to the day she drops him off in a long term living situation so he can get away from her. |
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| QUOTE (IfYouWill @ 1/9/2023, 20:31) If Bryce likes video games so much use that to get his work done. Lemon could tell him no video games until all his work is finished neatly and correctly AND after he has read for a set amount of minutes. My son had developmental delays when he was younger and could barely hold a pencil or cut paper when he was in kindergarten. Now he is a junior in high school in honors classes and on the high honor roll. So Lemon has no excuse to let Bryce barely scrape by just because he doesn't like to read or write. I freely admit I have used bribery with my son when he was younger. Not so much with school work because that was not really an issue with him. But things like you can play video games after all your chores are done or earning extra screen time by doing something extra for me.
My son is on the spectrum and the same age as Bryce. There was A LOT he struggled with the first year or two of school but we worked with him, we got him services he needed and we set boundaries. We set timers so he had to work on a task he didn’t like for x minutes and then he could do one he liked for x minutes. He’s starting middle school this year. Hasnt had services the last two years and scored in the top 2% in the state on his state tests. He got picked for advanced math and robotics for the upcoming school year. It’s not always easy but we hold firm with boundaries while also being open when he communicates that he’s getting burnt out or frustrated and might need some extra help or a slight break.
I am so incredibly proud of the human he chooses to be every single day. Not just his academics which are stellar but by who he is and how he treats people.
I’d be embarrassed to be lemon showing up to school functions for the kids. |
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| | Didn’t she just say le creuset was way to expensive but has no problem dropping $1100 at Sam’s Club $90 of that being a tube that they use maybe twice a year and already have. I just find that hysterical. |
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| | It’s probably an unpopular opinion but I think pearl is probably a bully. At the very least to rose. That could also be why Vanessa babies rose to make up for it. One thing is abundantly clear. The children run that house. |
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| QUOTE (Lil Niblet @ 22/8/2023, 08:46) How many pets do they have now? Last time I knew, it was the dogs, Polly and Bryce's cat.
The older dog (I can never remember which one passed) never gets spa days, walks, baths or vet visits even though their “Ill” Oliver who gets monthly “spa days”
Polly- also never goes to the vet older cat
Stitch- baby birds cat currently having expensive sounding health problems
Bryce’s cat
Pearls cat
Pearls bearded dragon or gecko
The last 3 were all adopted within a week because god forbid one kid get something that the others don’t. The adoption was also less than a month before the 3 girls went on their month long lame ass road-trip because who doesn’t adopt a pet that needs attention and care before leaving for weeks on end |
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| QUOTE (Svea Skog @ 17/8/2023, 08:20) So excessive. Any excuse to spend money. Couldn't just buy some donuts and be done with it?!
Is she implying the other kids are spending the night? On their first day of school? After not even getting started until after 10am?
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| QUOTE (GardenFae @ 31/7/2023, 17:26) Hello, New here ...
These are a few of my favorites.
I love YA dystopian.
I love witchy/ vampires and super interesting family saga reads. I like controversy, I'm not into romance.
I loved Divergent.
Similar to that
Is The Testing trilogy.
Joelle Charbonneau.
The House I grew up in
Lisa Jewel.. a family saga of life love betrayal illness acceptance.
The fact of a body this is a roller coaster ride an amazing saga. A story about a murder and a memoir. by Alexandria marzonio lesnovich (so)
The forgotten Garden
Kate Morton.
Sycamore Row
John Grisham
The last of the moon girls
Barbara Davis
The Bone Garden
Tess Gerritsen
The Butterfly Garden.
Dark, atmospheric, ethereal, broken yet weirdly beautiful ( triggers)
This one is CRAZY FUN.
( I might be sort of weird to have loved it 😂)
The Southern Book Club to Slaying Vampires.
Entertaining, strange, hilarious yet gory and gross.
Steel magnolias meet dracula.
Odd , but I ain't mad 🤣
More to come. ✌️
We have very similar taste. Loved the testing trilogy and divergent. Currently reading fourth wing.
All Grady Hendrix books (minus my best friends exorcism) have been fantastic.
Some suggestions for you
The only one left by Riley sager. Gothic thriller where a care taker communicates with her paralyzed, mute patient about a Lizzie Borden style killing. The twists were top tier.
The red queen saga by Victoria aveyard
4 books entertaining but not spectacular YA dystopian fantasy with a side of romance
The splintered series by A.G Howard. Interesting YA retelling of Alice in wonderland
Bunny by Mona awad.
No clue what I read but I had the best time reading it. Graduate student gets mixed up in a cult like group of girls called the bunnies.
Killing me by Michelle Gagnon
After being saved from a serial killer main character fleas her life and gets mixed up with more serial killer madness teaming up with a prostitute and hotel manager that’s obsessed with noir in Vegas. It was just a really fun wild time. |
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