Yesterday somebody requested me if I used to be mad at them as a result of I’d by no means accepted their pal request on Goodreads and I used to be like, “You may get pal requests on Goodreads?“

Y’all.

So then I went by and permitted the requests and informed everybody on fb that I used to be actually sorry if I used to be simply now confirming requests that have been LITERALLY OVER A DECADE OLD and that I used to be an fool, and other people have been actually understanding but in addition a number of talked about that this defined why immediately their ENTIRE goodreads web page was simply pages of hundreds of “JENNY LAWSON IS NOW FRIENDS WITH THIS PERSON” notifications.  So not solely do folks now know that I waited 12 years to pal them but in addition they know I’m simply as irresponsible with everybody else as properly.  

Sigh.

I’m sorry.  I’m dangerous at issues.

However when looking for the “pal request” stuff I additionally found that apparently I’m one of many “high 100 ebook reviewers”, which is absolutely stunning contemplating that my evaluations are similar to, “This ebook will in all probability win awards however it was so complicated it made me mad so I want somebody smarter to elucidate it to me” or ” or “How arduous of a concussion do I want to provide myself to overlook this ebook so I can expertise it once more for the primary time?” or “Two phrases:  MURDER OWLS.”

Talking of homicide owls, this month’s ebook decide if you happen to’re within the Nightmares from Nowhere Ebook Membership is The Parliament by Aimee Pokwatka.  It’s about homicide owls.  Like if Romero bought tired of zombies and determined to deal with owls as an alternative, this could be that story.  Additionally, it’s a locked-room horror that takes place in a library, which looks like a reasonably good spot to be holed up in to outlast the homicide owls, however I assume that is dependent upon how you are feeling about libraries.

Or if you happen to’re on the lookout for one thing barely much less murdery could I counsel the The Improbable Strangelings Ebook Membership decide, which is The Djinn Waites a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan.  

(I don’t know what Hunter S. Thomcat is looking at, however I can solely assume homicide owls are coming.) 

The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years is a gorgeously haunting, atmospheric ebook a few ruined South African gothic mansion by the ocean and the unusual misfits who inhabit it. It reads like a film and it reminded a little bit of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn however simply in tone moderately than topic. So bizarre. So good.

Pleased studying, pals.