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Moving into the modern classic Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry. Special guest appearance by my suncatcher crystal’s rainbow.

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Final note of Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, “The world might indeed be a cursed circle; the snake swallowed its tail and there could be no end, only an eternal ruination and endless devouring.”

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Beginning Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright. Looking forward to this one!

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Final note of It Devours by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, “They turned to see a firm handshake of a man striding down the aisle.”

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My second spooky book for the Halloween season, It Devours by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor.

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This is my first read of hers, just in time for Halloween.
Getting started with Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Hoping for velvet and lace embellished creepiness.

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Final note of A Sorceress Comes to Call, by T. Kingfisher, “A cloud drifted overhead, white and puffy, the sort of cloud that no one paints in landscapes for fear of looking trite.”

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Ready to dive into T. Kingfisher’s A Sorceress Comes to Call. I’ve never read any of her work but I’ve heard great things. #booksky #booktok #reading
Final note on My Ántonia by Willa Cather, “I felt motion in the landscape; in the fresh, easy-blowing morning wind, and in the earth itself, as if the shaggy trees were a sort of loose hide, and underneath it herds of wild buffalo were galloping, galloping…”

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Next up is Willa Cather’s My Ántonia. She writes environments like no other.
Final note of Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer, “Once upon a time there was a person whose life was so good there was no story to tell about it.” #booksky #booktok #reading
Awesome used bookstore haul! Which one should I put on deck??? #booksky #reading
Cutting into (no pun intended) a book a left unfinished decade ago. Never say never! It’s proving to be a tough but very worthy read. #booksky #reading