Day 30: Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers by Gary Paulsen. Not exactly a novel, but I'm counting it. One of the few books that made me ugly cry.
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I took on the November #writingchallenge and pulled it off! Day 30/30, 50,076 words. ๐ค
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Novelvember Day 29: What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson. I'll say it: the only reason to watch the movie is Robin Williams. The book is miles better. An emotional story wrapped in interesting worldbuilding. If an afterlife exists, I want this one to be it.
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Day 28: Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson. An odd collection of connected vignettes centered on a drug-addled character named Fuckhead. When college burnt out my love of reading for a time, this was one of the few books that I enjoyed.
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Stick a fork in me because both I and the zero draft of my second novel are DONE
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Day 27: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. Creepy horror story involving a vengeful deer spirit, AND it takes place around Thanksgiving? SOLD.
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Day 26: Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree. I realize a lot of my recs have been intense, so let's diversify with a cozy fantasy novel about an orc warrior creating a coffee shop. A sweet and enjoyable story.
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I am currently 1500 words away from my #nanowrimo #Novelvember goal this year (30k this month) but I think I'm going to save the rest for tomorrow or Friday...
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Day 25: Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Despite some dated/problematic elements, this book still holds up as an engaging adventure book. Highly recommended for fans of pulp.
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Day 24: The Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung. I loved her previous collection, Cursed Bunny, so it was neat to see Chung do a more connected story. Those who are fans of stuff like SCP will enjoy this a lot.
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Day 23: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. This was one I didn't appreciate enough when I first read it. Reading it again: horrifying, beautiful, and hard to put down. A book that still should be read because like a pine, the behaviors of predators are evergreen.
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Day 22: The Honeys by Ryan La Sala. A very good horror book that takes place at one of my favorite horror settings: a sleepaway camp. It's also pretty cool because it has a nonbinary protagonist.
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Day 21: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris. Easily the best book in the Hannibal series, and just as good as its film counterpart. If you liked the movie, check this out. You won't be disappointed.
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Day 20: First Blood by David Morrell. Love the movie, but the book is even better. Depressing, tense, and horrifying.
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Since right now the working title of my #NovemberNovel is "No Working Title," I'm going to go with "Unnamed." #Novmemeber #Novelvember #NotNaNo #WritingPrompts
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Day 19: Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao. A cute book about two aroace women developing a relationship. The twist is that they run rival relationship blogs and don't know it. As someone who is allo, this was an interesting and enlightening read.
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Day 18: The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson. It's a slow burn story, but one that earns its slower pace. The writing and characterization by Wilson are both fantastic here.
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Day 17: The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. One of the few instances where the book is just as good as the film version. Blatty has a very striking style with the way he writes dialogue and sets the scene.
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Day 16: By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult. A beautiful historical fiction piece that takes the Shakespeare conspiracy theory and crafts a human and heartbreaking story.
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Day 15: The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker. My introduction to Barker's work, and I've been hooked ever since. Imaginative, disturbing, and excellently written.
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Novelvember Day 14: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab. A book I intended to read over the course of the month, but ended up reading in about a week. A sapphic love letter to Gothic vampire horror.
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Whoops. Forgot to post yesterday, so we're doing a two-fer. Day 11 and 12: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Dracula by Bram Stoker. Great Gothic horror. Shelley creates a sympathetic monster, while Stoker gives us Mina, easily one of my favorite literary characters.
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Novelvember Day 10: The Troop by Nick Cutter. Some may say this is Lord of the Flies with body horror. It is, but it resonated with me as a former scout; a lot of the bullying and conversations in this book are painfully familiar. Creepy and disturbing.
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November means writing messy first drafts that include the stellar "shopping at his shop".
The important bit is to keep putting words on the page, without worrying on making them pretty, that's what editing is for!
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Novelvember Day 9: My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix. I absolutely LOVED this book. Reminded me a lot of the books by R.L. Stine that I read when I was younger. An interesting take on Exorcism horror.
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Eight days into #Novelvember and I finally figured out the plot.
Oh this has not been a good year for me.
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Novelvember Day 8: The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. The superior version of the story. All killer, no filler.
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Honestly, we haven't gotten halfway through it, and November is kicking my ass. So happy I didn't commit to something like #Novelvember this year.
I'm sure I had some laps in sanity when I agreed to give three talks and go on two cruises this month... and that was before all the MS rejections.
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PSA: Back up you novel!
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