My favorite books tend to be ones with a sense of whimsy and despair, something eldritch that stirs strange things in that old, locked closet in your soul.
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Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew Joseph White …
I'm horrified at how much I related to Crane in this. Maybe it's OK to not feel human.
I'm horrified at how much I related to Crane in this. Maybe it's OK to not feel human.
Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew Joseph White about identity, survival, and transformation …
Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew Joseph White …
Already only a few pages in and I'm already attached. I think I'm going to love Crane.
Already only a few pages in and I'm already attached. I think I'm going to love Crane.
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Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew Joseph White …
I was excited to read Andrew's first foray from YA into adult horror. It seemed like a natural jump as his tone had always erred more mature. It certainty doesn't disappoint with some heavy body horror around self mutilation and pregnancy. I've always found horror based around dysphoria - in this case trans masc pregnancy, to be so personal it is hits in such a violent way compared to other topics.
Crane works in a gas station, one of many fronts for a hive of worms and flies of unclear origin. Crane and the others working for the hive are all picked up, "saved", in moments of desperation and hopelessness. But in exchange the Hive demands loyalty, no matter the cost.
Certainly an thread of radicalisation and abuse combining with Crane's craving for abuse and abdication of control. That cult aspect is something that feels familiar from his …
I was excited to read Andrew's first foray from YA into adult horror. It seemed like a natural jump as his tone had always erred more mature. It certainty doesn't disappoint with some heavy body horror around self mutilation and pregnancy. I've always found horror based around dysphoria - in this case trans masc pregnancy, to be so personal it is hits in such a violent way compared to other topics.
Crane works in a gas station, one of many fronts for a hive of worms and flies of unclear origin. Crane and the others working for the hive are all picked up, "saved", in moments of desperation and hopelessness. But in exchange the Hive demands loyalty, no matter the cost.
Certainly an thread of radicalisation and abuse combining with Crane's craving for abuse and abdication of control. That cult aspect is something that feels familiar from his other books, though each with its own distinct tone.
In Accidental Saints, New York Times best-selling author Nadia Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising encounter with what she calls …
In Accidental Saints, New York Times best-selling author Nadia Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising …
So happy to have read another book by this author, I absolutely loved Pastrix and this was no different. Nadia Bolz-Weber really has a knack for this, it's nice to hear a Christian perspective that's not haughty and condescending or just straight up dickish. I really love reading about her and her life, her books actually helped with my return to the Christian scene! (though I'm still a staunch polytheist)
I'd absolutely love to swing by if I'm ever in Denver!
So happy to have read another book by this author, I absolutely loved Pastrix and this was no different. Nadia Bolz-Weber really has a knack for this, it's nice to hear a Christian perspective that's not haughty and condescending or just straight up dickish. I really love reading about her and her life, her books actually helped with my return to the Christian scene! (though I'm still a staunch polytheist)
I'd absolutely love to swing by if I'm ever in Denver!
Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold.
Nestled high up in the …
Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold.
Nestled high up in the …
In this book, Rachel Held Evans takes every passage the Bible includes about women as …
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"And finally, if you’re intent on trying to keep all the commands, you should know ahead of time that you’re going to bump into at least three or four that you simply can’t (or won’t) keep. The Bible is a hundred times older than you are. Prepare to be humbled by it."
— A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans (Page 111)
Finally! Somebody who says it out loud, and a non-denominational Evangelical person no less!
In this book, Rachel Held Evans takes every passage the Bible includes about women as …
Started reading this for my Church Bookclub, already two chapters in and loving it!
In this book, Rachel Held Evans takes every passage the Bible includes about women as literally as possible. She explains …
Religious eroticism and queer emancipation meet in a claustrophobic monster-romance about divinity, sexuality, and freedom.
…This book has been sitting in my library for some time, I am massively happy that I finally got around to reading it!
I love romances between humans and otherworldly creatures, probably due to my own odd, transcendent thing, but still.
Religious eroticism and queer emancipation meet in a claustrophobic monster-romance about divinity, sexuality, and freedom.
When Diego López is …
Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all.
London, 1883. The Veil between the living and …
First and foremost, I'd just like to say wow. TSBIT was a roller coaster from start to finish, especially the ending, which I'm still playing out in my mind. I loved that somebody finally learned how to write neurodivergent people RIGHT; the mannerisms and thought processes were so beautifully fleshed out, it's a testament in and of itself!
I loved Silas' characterization especially, the rabbit motif was a lovely touch, a portrayal of that ever nagging voice deep inside and what happens when we finally lose it! TSBIT was hauntingly beautiful in all of its portrayals, I especially loved how the spirits were described; the image of death and emotion personified! I liked the way the veil was described, wistful yet tangible, something that could be sliced into and torn asunder!
The plot with the groundskeeper really struck something in me, I hope he got his happy ending!
First and foremost, I'd just like to say wow. TSBIT was a roller coaster from start to finish, especially the ending, which I'm still playing out in my mind. I loved that somebody finally learned how to write neurodivergent people RIGHT; the mannerisms and thought processes were so beautifully fleshed out, it's a testament in and of itself!
I loved Silas' characterization especially, the rabbit motif was a lovely touch, a portrayal of that ever nagging voice deep inside and what happens when we finally lose it! TSBIT was hauntingly beautiful in all of its portrayals, I especially loved how the spirits were described; the image of death and emotion personified! I liked the way the veil was described, wistful yet tangible, something that could be sliced into and torn asunder!
The plot with the groundskeeper really struck something in me, I hope he got his happy ending!
