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Book Review – Stirring the Sheets by Chad Lutzke

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🌈 Review 🌈 • "This is about hating yourself enough to go to extremes. It’s about surviving, when all you want to do is wake up dead." • This is my first book by Chad Lutzke, and it definitely won't be my last. Based on this alone, I signed up for his Patreon and purchased 2 other books - it's that good. • I love things that make me sad - like, the more devastating a book is, the more I'll love it, because it'll destroy me and for some weird reason, I like being wrecked by my literature. • I have "a lot of feelings", and reading about other people dealing with having a lot of feelings too makes me feel less alone, I guess? Loneliness is a funny thing. • Our protagonist in this story, Emmett, knows a thing or two about loneliness. After losing his wife, he struggles to find a reason to go on, and falls into a routine he relies on to get through his daily mourning. The sadness and grief that tinge every single aspect of Emmett's life are palpable things, almost characters in the story by themselves. You feel them in everything, from the way he wakes up in the morning to the way he shies away from anything resembling moving on from his beloved - it's so heartbreaking, and so real. • What stuns me the most about this is how well Lutzke's been able to tell such a full story in such a small package. With novellas, it can be hard to propel a character's development forward, and to even flesh them out enough to envision a future for them beyond the ending at all. For Lutzke to be able to do that - and more, honestly, in my opinion - in just 130 pages is amazing, and really puts this on another level for me. • Highly recommended, and I can't wait to read more by him! • • • #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #constantreader #horrorbooks #bookworm #bookclub #amreading #bookreview #booklover #booknerd #chadlutzke #bookclubofinstagram #holoreaderreviews #rainbowbooks #rainbowbookshelf #rainbowshelfie #readersofinstagram

How many of my fellow bookworms have a book cart? These became super popular over the last few months, and while I already owned one for painting and art supplies, getting one for my books has been AMAZING! • I picked mine up from @michaelsstores, but I know they’re also sold at Target, IKEA, and even on Amazon! • A lot of people use theirs for their “TBR” but at this point, I have so many books and so little shelf space that I’ve just been treating it as a rotating, portable shelf for whatever I stick on it. 😂🤷‍♀️ • Today begins my weekend of working at my second job, but my day off is coming up soon!! I’ll be dedicating it to READING! 😍 • Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you have an awesome and safe weekend! 💖🌈 • • • #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookworm #bookish #booklover #booklove #bookaddict #bookcart #bookshelf #shelfie #rainbowbooks #rainbowshelf #readersofinstagram #bookclubofinstagram

I shared a little stack of 10 books I loved last year that were published before 2017 on my blog yesterday! • These were all so good, and I’d recommend every one! Both of the readalongs I cohosted last year had their books on this list, and it was such a good year for reading overall. • What was the best book you read last year? Or this year so far? • #nightwormschallenge : Devour (for a few of these!) #ladiesofhorrorfiction : Obsess (The Winter People & The Butterfly Garden) • • • #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookworm #booklover #bookish #bookcollector #bookstack #rainbowbooks #rainbowshelfie #rainbowbookshelf #groupread #bookclub #buddyreads #readalongs #bookclubofinstagram #readersofinstagram #bestof2018

Look at how AMAZING @colbyzbooks made my bookmarks look! 😍 Go give him a follow for a stunning feed of A+ book and book prop shots, and watch his latest stories for some tips on #bookstagram! • Colby is one of the funniest, nicest people I’ve met through bookstagram, and when I saw he placed an order in my Etsy shop, I was so excited to see what he’d do with it - and I was NOT disappointed! 😭🥰🙏 • There are 2 different sets of bookstagram bookmarks available featuring my painting artwork, and all of these are double sided! 🌈 • Link in bio, and I just restocked 5 of each set, so get grab one if you want one! 🎨🙌 • Thank you again to Colby for making my day with this shot and your “unboxing” video - you’ve made a hoe very happy today! 😂🙏❤️ • • • #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookworm #booklover #bookmarks #handmade #bookishmerch #readersofig #bookclub #rainbowart #artistsoninstagram #etsy #artistsofig #booknerd #bookcollector #currentlyreading #bookhaul #monthlytbr #monthlywrapup

Monthly Wrap-Up: January

I’m a little late with this, but better late than never, right? Not always, but it’ll do here. 😛 I didn’t read as many books number-wise as I planned to this month, but with one of the books I did read being over 1,000 pages, I’m still happy with what I made my way through. … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Books of the Year: Read In but Published Before 2018

I definitely meant to post this last month, but time gets away from me sometimes! I already shared a list of the Best Books I Read Published in 2018 – so here’s my list of fav books from last year that were published before 2018. 😀 1) MISERY by Stephen King Link to Goodreads | My … Continue reading →

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Book Review – N0S4A2 / N0S4R2 by Joe Hill

Title: N0S4A2 / N0S4R2 (title depending on country) Author: Joe Hill Edition: Paperback Page Count: 692 pages Rating: 5 / 5🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 Short Summary: Summer. Massachusetts. An old Silver Wraith with a frightening history. A story about one serial killer and his lingering, unfinished business. Anyone could be next. We’re going to Christmasland… Goodreads | Amazon … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Books of the Year: Published in 2018

I decided to split my favorite books of 2018 into two separate posts – those released in 2018, and those published prior to the year’s start. There were so many good books that this was the only way to fit everything! I’ll also be including links to a couple ebooks/library books that I loved … Continue reading →

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