Literary Gadd
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🌧️ PNW 📚 eclectic reader with a focus in thriller/horror
Literarygadd.com
Book Reviewer
🌧️ PNW 📚 eclectic reader with a focus in thriller/horror
Literarygadd.com
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
What I begin to sound like when I read historical fiction 😆
January 25, 2026 at 1:47 AM
What I begin to sound like when I read historical fiction 😆
Reading Boleyn Traitor and I always love Philippa Gregory but I had to laugh when the courtiers were describing Henry VIII as handsome. Now, I realize he might have been before his knee injury and blah blah blah but the usual image I summon when I think of Henry is less than flattering.
January 24, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Reading Boleyn Traitor and I always love Philippa Gregory but I had to laugh when the courtiers were describing Henry VIII as handsome. Now, I realize he might have been before his knee injury and blah blah blah but the usual image I summon when I think of Henry is less than flattering.
So excited for this!!
UNEARTHED has been a long-term project of mine: co-edited with Philip Fracassi, it collects together nineteen brand-new tales of ancient ruins and archeological horror. Unearthed will be published by Titan Books on 15 September. Hold onto your fedoras, and keep an eye out for more info!
January 14, 2026 at 7:42 PM
So excited for this!!
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BREAKING: I'm reintroducing my bill with @markey.senate.gov to end qualified immunity for federal officers—including ICE agents.
This bill is for Renee Good, Keith Porter, & everyone in America to know that when ICE agents break the law & kill our neighbors, they'll be held accountable.
This bill is for Renee Good, Keith Porter, & everyone in America to know that when ICE agents break the law & kill our neighbors, they'll be held accountable.
January 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
BREAKING: I'm reintroducing my bill with @markey.senate.gov to end qualified immunity for federal officers—including ICE agents.
This bill is for Renee Good, Keith Porter, & everyone in America to know that when ICE agents break the law & kill our neighbors, they'll be held accountable.
This bill is for Renee Good, Keith Porter, & everyone in America to know that when ICE agents break the law & kill our neighbors, they'll be held accountable.
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White Americans keep looking to 1930s Germany for lessons on authoritarianism, but they ignore Black Americans who have survived it here.
Slavery, Jim Crow, and racialized state violence are forms of American authoritarianism.
Slavery, Jim Crow, and racialized state violence are forms of American authoritarianism.
January 13, 2026 at 9:22 PM
White Americans keep looking to 1930s Germany for lessons on authoritarianism, but they ignore Black Americans who have survived it here.
Slavery, Jim Crow, and racialized state violence are forms of American authoritarianism.
Slavery, Jim Crow, and racialized state violence are forms of American authoritarianism.
This cat wants me to think she's dead. (She's not.)
January 13, 2026 at 9:17 PM
This cat wants me to think she's dead. (She's not.)
I really get tired of people just accepting shitty things, “It is what it is.” NO! It doesn’t have to be and because of that attitude it’s become okay. Just stop.
March 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I really get tired of people just accepting shitty things, “It is what it is.” NO! It doesn’t have to be and because of that attitude it’s become okay. Just stop.
Just recently found out that it WAS Education Support Professionals Week this past week. Shocking considering I AM ONE. My husband, who is also one, but in a different district goes, “Oh yeah, they did something for us every day this week.” Meanwhile, I had zero idea this was a thing. I’m pissed.
March 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Just recently found out that it WAS Education Support Professionals Week this past week. Shocking considering I AM ONE. My husband, who is also one, but in a different district goes, “Oh yeah, they did something for us every day this week.” Meanwhile, I had zero idea this was a thing. I’m pissed.
Publishers really don’t get it, do they? I would like to buy a book but I’m deciding against it and checking it out from the library instead (not a terrible option, really) because it has been defaced by a book club sticker. For some that might sell it for them, but not for me.
March 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Publishers really don’t get it, do they? I would like to buy a book but I’m deciding against it and checking it out from the library instead (not a terrible option, really) because it has been defaced by a book club sticker. For some that might sell it for them, but not for me.
Today was literally the worst day of work I’ve ever had.
March 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Today was literally the worst day of work I’ve ever had.
Going to see Grady Hendrix tonight!!!
March 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Going to see Grady Hendrix tonight!!!
I’m gonna be completely honest: one thing I do not understand are people who don’t read. And again, full honesty, I’m definitely judging them.
March 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I’m gonna be completely honest: one thing I do not understand are people who don’t read. And again, full honesty, I’m definitely judging them.
Parable of the Sower was scarily accurate about the current climate, economy and the general state of things. Parable of the Talents hit the nail on the head with the current administration. It’s surreal.
February 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Parable of the Sower was scarily accurate about the current climate, economy and the general state of things. Parable of the Talents hit the nail on the head with the current administration. It’s surreal.
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whats that? this book is... still available??? and so enlightening? and has a cool snake on it?! wow!
bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
February 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
whats that? this book is... still available??? and so enlightening? and has a cool snake on it?! wow!
bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
Finished Model Home by Rivers Solomon last night. They sure can write. Another great addition to haunted house horror but also with themes that everyone should read.
And if you haven’t already, read Sorrowland, as well. It’s been a few years, but it’s one that has stuck with me.
And if you haven’t already, read Sorrowland, as well. It’s been a few years, but it’s one that has stuck with me.
February 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Finished Model Home by Rivers Solomon last night. They sure can write. Another great addition to haunted house horror but also with themes that everyone should read.
And if you haven’t already, read Sorrowland, as well. It’s been a few years, but it’s one that has stuck with me.
And if you haven’t already, read Sorrowland, as well. It’s been a few years, but it’s one that has stuck with me.
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Reminder that a) I have a new novel called THE BEWITCHING out this summer b) If you've read an ARC of this and liked it please review it.
Word of mouth is the one thing that works and keeps me fed and writing. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760756...
Word of mouth is the one thing that works and keeps me fed and writing. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760756...
February 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Reminder that a) I have a new novel called THE BEWITCHING out this summer b) If you've read an ARC of this and liked it please review it.
Word of mouth is the one thing that works and keeps me fed and writing. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760756...
Word of mouth is the one thing that works and keeps me fed and writing. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760756...
Seriously, hearing the frogs is giving me life.
February 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Seriously, hearing the frogs is giving me life.
Finished Parable of the Sower today by Octavia Butler, will be continuing on to Parable of the Talents soon and I’ve added everything Octavia has ever written onto my TBR.
If you haven’t read it yet, I’d say now’s the time.
If you haven’t read it yet, I’d say now’s the time.
February 24, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Finished Parable of the Sower today by Octavia Butler, will be continuing on to Parable of the Talents soon and I’ve added everything Octavia has ever written onto my TBR.
If you haven’t read it yet, I’d say now’s the time.
If you haven’t read it yet, I’d say now’s the time.
From Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
February 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
From Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Started Parable of the Sower last night and about halfway through. I’d heard what people had been saying about correlations to current times, but I needed to see for myself.
It’s staggering.
It’s staggering.
February 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Started Parable of the Sower last night and about halfway through. I’d heard what people had been saying about correlations to current times, but I needed to see for myself.
It’s staggering.
It’s staggering.
I can hear frogs! Spring is coming!!!
February 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I can hear frogs! Spring is coming!!!
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KING OF ASHES is dark
(okay most of my work is dark lol )
But KOA is a different.
I talked to Dennis Lehane once and he said when he wrote DARKNESS TAKE MY HAND he had to walk away from the shadows for a long time
I never felt that way until KOA
Just know if u cry reading
I cried writing it 😢
(okay most of my work is dark lol )
But KOA is a different.
I talked to Dennis Lehane once and he said when he wrote DARKNESS TAKE MY HAND he had to walk away from the shadows for a long time
I never felt that way until KOA
Just know if u cry reading
I cried writing it 😢
February 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
KING OF ASHES is dark
(okay most of my work is dark lol )
But KOA is a different.
I talked to Dennis Lehane once and he said when he wrote DARKNESS TAKE MY HAND he had to walk away from the shadows for a long time
I never felt that way until KOA
Just know if u cry reading
I cried writing it 😢
(okay most of my work is dark lol )
But KOA is a different.
I talked to Dennis Lehane once and he said when he wrote DARKNESS TAKE MY HAND he had to walk away from the shadows for a long time
I never felt that way until KOA
Just know if u cry reading
I cried writing it 😢
Finished King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby. Hard to find words to convey the way this book made me feel. Such a fantastic book.
February 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Finished King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby. Hard to find words to convey the way this book made me feel. Such a fantastic book.
What’s everyone reading this weekend?
February 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM