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Blog Tour + #Review: DELICIOUS MONSTERS by Liselle Sambury!

Welcome to Book-Keeping and my stop on the Turn the Page Tours blog tour for Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury! This YA horror was one of my most-anticipated reads for 2023, and boy did it deliver! I’m so excited to tell you all about the book and my review, so let’s go!

About the Book

title: Delicious Monsters author: Liselle Sambury publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books release date: 28 February 2023

The Haunting of Hill House meets Sadie in this evocative and mind-bending psychological thriller following two teen girls navigating the treacherous past of a mysterious mansion ten years apart.

Daisy sees dead people—something impossible to forget in bustling, ghost-packed Toronto. She usually manages to deal with her unwanted ability, but she’s completely unprepared to be dumped by her boyfriend. So when her mother inherits a secluded mansion in northern Ontario where she spent her childhood summers, Daisy jumps at the chance to escape. But the house is nothing like Daisy expects, and she begins to realize that her experience with the supernatural might be no match for her mother’s secrets, nor what lurks within these walls…

A decade later, Brittney is desperate to get out from under the thumb of her abusive mother, a bestselling author who claims her stay at “Miracle Mansion” allowed her to see the error of her ways. But Brittney knows that’s nothing but a sham. She decides the new season of her popular Haunted web series will uncover what happened to a young Black girl in the mansion ten years prior and finally expose her mother’s lies. But as she gets more wrapped up in the investigation, she’ll have to decide: if she can only bring one story to light, which one matters most—Daisy’s or her own?

As Brittney investigates the mansion in the present, Daisy’s story runs parallel in the past, both timelines propelling the girls to face the most dangerous monsters of all: those that hide in plain sight.

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About the Author

Liselle Sambury is the Trinidadian-Canadian author of the Governor General’s Literary Awards Finalist, Blood Like Magic. Her work spans multiple genres, from fantasy to sci-fi, horror, and more. In her free time, she shares helpful tips for upcoming writers and details of her publishing journey through a YouTube channel dedicated to demystifying the sometimes complicated business of being an author. She’s represented by Kristy Hunter at The Knight Agency.

Connect with Liselle: Website | Goodreads | Instagram

My 5-Star Review

Delicious Monsters was one of my most-anticipated reads of 2023, and boy did it deliver! I was so ready for a creepy, horror-filled tale, and that’s exactly what I got -- whether it’s body horror or birds (oh how I hate birds, and this book did not help!), it’s all in here. We’ve got the tale of a mansion we keep hearing is “dangerous,” told from the POV of two teen Black girls a decade apart: Daisy, in the past, and Brittney, in the present. Daisy and her mom inherit the cursed mansion and move up to live on the grounds and turn the house into an Airbnb. Brittney, who grew up with an awful, abusive mother who has since become famous for “turning her life around” after a stay at the mansion, is a YouTube documentarian. She and her partner are working on their show, “Haunted,” with a season she wants to be about forgotten Black girls. Slowly, slowly, the story unravels before us, alternating timelines and POVs, and I swear you will be unable to look away from the horror that you know is around the corner.

This story is creeptastic and spooky and just fabulously horrific, and I mean that in the best way. We need more YA horror like this! Also, I have to mention *that cover*, which I’m declaring now as my favorite cover of the year. I can’t imagine *anything* coming along that will beat the creepy beauty of this one!

Rating: 5 stars!

Side note: Delicious Monsters will be our April pick for #getthrilledbuddyreads on Insta, so be sure and follow me if you’d like to join!

Check out the Bookstagram tour too! You can find my post here!

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especdreamy · 11 months

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PRIDE TIME!

(rbs appreciated!)

#splatoon #splatoon oc #splatoon fanart #inkling #octoling #oc: Emilio #oc: Erika #oc: Niki #oc: Dani #oc: Rivet #dreamy does art #bright colors //#i have been SOOOOO busy w uni this month I had to rush the shit out of this to get it done before pride month ends T_T #im very happy w how it looks too. my little guys :]#theyre EVEYRHTING to me

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ilaac-art · 17 days

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I had my Decepticon and Ratchet popsicles made into keychains! However, I have no idea if anyone would want to buy these, so I only have 3 of each character for now

#sadly it wasnt possible to get any symbols imprinted on the wooden sticks #so I'm putting rhinestones on them :3 #transformers prime #tfp #rift apart #ratchet and clank #starscream #emperor nefarious #rac #i'm not gonna bother tagging every character #soundwave #knock out #rivet

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writeouswriter · 27 days

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Rip to all the fics I got halfway through (either writing or reading) before the hyperfixation on their media promptly left my body like a demon being forcibly exorcised without warning 😔

#fanfic #fanfiction #was going through my fanfic wips foldee and lord the amount of fics left partway complete for fandoms i used to love #that i can never bring myself to finish now despite liking what was written because its source faded on me too quickly #+ sorry to the long fics i was riveted by before the new haze took over and i could never get in the headspace to read for that media again

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boneinator · 1 month

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Last fanbot request, Rivet for @kaithegremlin !! This one came in after the last post so it's alone

#couldn't crop out the doodle in the corner woops #janka get out of here #spg #steam powered giraffe #spg fanbot #rivet spg #traditional art #bone's singular crumb

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rosiesriiveters · 1 month

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okay but do u ever think about rosie’s crew hearing about him re-upping? do you think he tells them before he asks his CO? do you think they saw it coming? even if they did, did it still scare them? that their dear friend could still die? did they beg him to just go home? to come with them? when they were back home, i wonder how often they thought about him… did they read the newspaper hoping that they wouldn’t find out their fearless leader had died when they should have just dragged him home with them? did their hearts sink when they learned that rosie was shot down in east berlin? they must have truly thought it was over. i hope rosie tracked them down after the war to visit them

#being a part of rosie’s crew is great bc u know that man’s going to get your ass home if it kills him (and he’s not an easy man to kill)#also i imagine it must be strange right bc rosie’s doing all this absolutely insane shit like manoeuvring his b17 like it’s a fighter and #re-upping and getting shot down (twice!!) etc etc #rosie’s riveters watching their beloved pilot like okay this might as well happen <3 #rosie rosenthal #robert rosenthal #rosie mota #masters of the air #tv: masters of the air #ch: rosie

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wulfhalls · 2 months

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girly i must tell you the Kensington palace themselves just said the photo is fake... there might be something here👀

#asks #kate middleton #waist deep in twitter conspiracies to stop any thoughts from occurring. if i think about kategate the thoughts wont get me #riveting stuff

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datura-tea · 5 months

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when gwen came back to vault 101, no one cheered. no one welcomed her back. which is to be expected - there were some who blamed her for what happened. butch thought that was bullshit, but no one would ever hear him defending gwen. especially not gwen. so he watched from a distance when she stomped into the vault in her too-big boots, dried blood in her hair, dusty and dirty and standing taller than he had ever seen her.

gwen lit up when she saw amata, but quickly dimmed when amata approached her hesitantly, as if scared. butch can't blame amata; this new gwen, wasteland gwen, looked like vault gwen only in passing. wasteland gwen was rougher, tougher. imposing. her rifle slung easily from her shoulder.

butch wondered if she had ever killed anyone with it.

butch decided to break the silence. he pointed at gwen's rifle. "ever killed anyone with that thing?"

he leaned against the door as gwen and amata talked, noting gwen's frown deepening the more amata filled her in. she was all business now; very serious, impartial and indifferent. asking questions like: what happened here? what do you want me to do? how much are you going to pay me? which unsettled butch a little. gwen was never a joker, but she never took anything seriously, either. to see her stone-cold and stern (like james) was new, and it was concerning.

so when gwen passed him on her way to the overseer, he walked in step with her. she nodded at him. he nodded back. they stayed like that for a few blocks, just quiet. which was new, also. before, they would've been talking each other's ears off, firing off insults and jabs one after another.

gwen rolled her eyes. "hi, gwen," she said in a deepened voice. "it's nice to see you again, gwen. i was so worried about you, gwen." she sighed. "just shot wilkins with it."

"wilkins is dead?"

"fuck if i know. i didn't stay to check." she doubled back to peer into the clinic. she turned to butch, her hands on her hips. "look, what do you want from me?"

butch looked her in the eye. no need to beat around the bush, then. "i need to get out of here, man."

gwen shrugged. "then get out of here. what's stopping you and your dinky little knife?"

"dinky? what are you calling dinky?" butch bristled. "this thing's sharp as fuck."

"that shit can't peel an apple. that shit's barely worth a cap."

butch frowned. "the fuck is a cap?"

"wasteland money. it's dumb." gwen entered the clinic as she talked. butch followed her. "they use fucking bottlecaps."

"there's money up there?" brotch taught them about money and trade, but they didn't use it in the vault. "no vouchers? no rations?"

"no, man. you find food or you trade or you starve." gwen was rummaging through the rubble in james' office. "i've just been eating cold cram."

"but you're eating what you want," butch said. "you have a choice."

"yeah, i guess. it's just..." gwen sighed again and faced butch. "i'm not gonna lie, dude, it's bad out there. you get shot at, you get chased by randos, you eat 200-year old shit because you can't find fresh food. there's choices, sure, but it's between two shitty choices all the time." she gestured at their surroundings. "but, even with all that... it's loads better than this shithole."

butch whooped. "so you'll help me escape?"

"i'm going to do what amata wants, and that's to get the door open. what you do after that is your business." gwen went to the framed verse on the wall and opened it. "here we go."

butch went to her. she took out a bobby pin and a screwdriver and jimmied the lock, which broke with a small click. the safe opened, and gwen took out a small bag and some schematics. she stuffed both in her battered pack.

"okay, butch, i'm gonna go deal with the overseer," she said, patting his shoulder. "go do... whatever you want. go fucking wild. no one in here, or out there, cares."

"thanks?" butch watched her walk past him. gwen stopped when she got to the door.

"if you do get out, though," she said, "i live in this house in megaton. right at the entrance. you can't miss it. you're - and i can't believe i'm saying this - welcome there."

butch felt warmth bloom in his chest. it felt weird and gross, but not unwelcome. he smiled at her. she smiled back. and then she was gone.

#shh peri shhh #my writing #gwen #vault kids #spoiler alert! gwen kills the overseer and when amata exiles her she just shuts down and leaves them without even a goodbye #just turns around and fucks off and takes out her hurt and anger on the next fucker who dared to cross her #and butch gets lost and misses megaton and just meanders until he gets to rivet city #where they meet again and team up :)

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goodboytown · 11 months

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hehe the holy trinity

#ratchet and clank #rift apart #emperor nefarious #rivet #i might be getting them printed

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fidgetspringer · 4 months

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Trying wax carving for the first time and I choose the worst shape to work with ever.

#my art #lil UFO for a friend #if i can get a decent cast out of it #i'll probably cast it in brass and then add rivets along the saucer to add some detail #this id keychain size btw #the vice it's on is smol boy #i have wax dust in my sinuses and also lungs now :)

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theramblingsofadork · 11 days

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🎵 Honey, it’s time to leave the doubt behind.

Take my hand, cause you and I are gonna shine ✨🎵

Whenever Starline starts to have doubts, whether it be at the start of the competition or all the way at the end of the Restoration Arc, Rivet’s there to encourage and keep him and the others going.

No matter how badly off the rails a plan may go, or how low he may feel on a particular day, she’ll always try to find a way to uplift spirits and find a win-win to still make it work.

She has more than enough of a go-getter attitude for the both of them, and thankfully, it’s contagious. 💖🌟

#sonic #sonic idw #sonic oc #dr starline #starline the platypus #sonic the hedgehog #rivet the cat #my art #starpoint AU #dr starline au #rivetline #Rivet’s not one to give up #even if she has to resort to some creative thinking #Rivet wants to win the competition just as much as he does #but shes not as cuthroat trying to get there #despite their differences she grows on him #Starline definitely isnt a touchy person when they first meet #but after a while he gets used to it. maybe even likes it a bit uvu

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hollymbryan · 1 year

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Blog Tour + #Review: I WILL FIND YOU AGAIN by Sarah Lyu! #tbrbeyondtours

Welcome to Book-Keeping! I’m so happy today to be hosting a spot on the TBR and Beyond Tours blog tour for the incredible contemporary YA novel from Sarah Lyu, I Will Find You Again, which released yesterday! I’ve got all the details for you below, along with my review.

About the Book

title: I Will Find You Again author: Sarah Lyu publisher: Simon & Schuster BFYR release date: 14 March 2023

All the Bright Places meets Ace of Spades in this smart, twisty teen thriller about a girl who can’t stop pushing herself to be the best—even after losing her best friend and the love of her life.

Welcome to Meadowlark, Long Island—expensive homes and good schools, ambition and loneliness. Meet Chase Ohara and Lia Vestiano: the driven overachiever and the impulsive wanderer, the future CEO and the free spirit. Best friends for years—weekend trips to Montauk, sleepovers on a yacht—and then, first love. True love.

But when Lia disappears, Chase’s life turns into a series of grim snapshots. Anger. Grief. Running. Pink pills in an Altoids tin. A cheating ring at school. Heartbreak and lies. A catastrophic secret.

And the shocking truth that will change everything about the way Chase sees Lia—and herself.

Content Warning: drug use, suicide, discussions of depression & anxiety

Add to Goodreads: I Will Find You Again Purchase the Book: Amazon | B&N | TBD | IndieBound

About the Author

Sarah Lyu grew up outside of Atlanta, GA, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. She loves a good hike and can often be found with a paintbrush in one hand and a cup of milky tea in the other. She is the author of I Will Find You Again and The Best Lies.

My 5-Star Review

Ohhh, this book, y’all. This. Book. I felt pain in my heart and a rising sense of dread in my stomach the whole time I was reading. This story is heartbreaking and devastating, but ultimately hopeful and liberating in the best way. I felt *all* the emotions while reading this, and the way Sarah Lyu gently unfolds Chase and Lia’s story for us is so unexpected and darn near perfect. This is the best contemporary YA I’ve read in a long time, despite the heaviness of the subject matter; the ultimate conclusion or moral of the story is such a necessary one for today’s teens that I want to press this into the hands of every young person I know. Please do pick up this novel (if you can handle the subject matter), and do let me know what you think if you read it. I cannot recommend this highly enough.

Rating: 5 stars!

**I received a copy of this book from the publisher for purposes of this blog tour. Thank you to the publisher, TBR and Beyond Tours, and the author for letting me take part.

Check out the Bookstagram tour too! You can find my post here, and the full schedule is here.

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especdreamy · 5 months

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Happy new year guys!

rbs appreciated!

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#splatoon #splatoon 3 #splatoon oc #inkling #octoling #dreamy does art #my ocs #oc: Emilio #oc: Niki #oc: Dani #oc: Rivet #needed to speedrun smth for december #despite the horrible art block i was getting

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pansyfemme · 3 months

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my nipples hurt

#another riveting post from jude pansyfemme #pain is a good sign i think it means im getting sensation back (hasnt had any sensation but pain in two and a half years)

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jellydragons · 20 days

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“I was told you took a tumble off the island,” he started casually.

This sounded an awful lot like talking about it, Time.

“I feel that would shake anyone,” he continued, undeterred by the fact that he was essentially talking to a particularly surly door, “I have no issue with heights, but goodness, just peering over the edge is enough to give me vertigo.”

Did he really think Wind didn’t know what he was trying to pull? Even Linebeck was more subtle than this, and that man acted like feelings would make him break out into hives.

#my post #my fic #linked universe #linked universe fic #soz for this one being a bit late i was. busy #doing riveting things such as 'traipsing through restricted areas' and 'getting told off for traipsing through restricted areas'#got a picture of a cool spider tho so who really won #anyways have fun watching time fumble through handling an EXTREMELY grumpy 13 year old lmao #he's doing his best and we love him for it

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theythemsaulgoodman · 5 days

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Went on my first bike ride of the season yesterday & gave myself bangs, hamboning will save your life someday

#and by hamboning i mean getting on antidepressants #personal #selfie #this may be my first selfie on this blog and if not its been several years #anyway !! i felt cute if not sweaty yesterday which doesnt often happen !#rocking the acne stars #and now to another riveting day of leaving hundreds of voicemails <3

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