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August 2021 #2: The Elementals
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by Michael McDowell. Please be careful of spoilers and happy reading!
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Stupid Goodreads wouldn't post the newer cover, only the one that has been out of print forever.
Just bought this! Super excited for this one. I'm very much in the beach-horror mood.
Welcome to hot and humid Beldame!
I tried this book once but bounced off it pretty hard . Worth a re-try?
Definitely! (And if not this one, perhaps his Blackwater books or The Amulet or Gilded Needles?)He is a terrific writer-in my top of 5 for sure.
Definitely! (And if not this one, perhaps his Blackwater books or The Amulet or Gilded Needles?)He is a terrific writer-in my top of 5 for sure.
Yes! :D I love this book ( and author)! I’ve been wanting to re-read it again!
I just started Elementals and really looking forward to getting into the novel. I liked The Amulet and the Blackwater series, so I think that this will be just as fun to get into.
Even though I have the book, I think I'm going to listen to it this time around.
Me too! I bought this audiobook the last time there was a sale.
Awesome! Glad to have you, Lena!
For fans of McDowell, Suntup Press will be announcing their next book on August 12th. All the clues point to it being Blackwater. If so, it's going to be a spectacular edition.
Steven wrote: "For fans of McDowell, Suntup Press will be announcing their next book on August 12th. All the clues point to it being Blackwater. If so, it's going to be a spectacular edition."Nothing but spectacular editions from Suntup, that's for sure. I didn't know this, so I'll be on the look out for it. Blackwater is my favorite from McDowell, but I love them all. And I do think I've read them all, except, perhaps, for ones written under the name Axl something or other, I think it was.
I've been wanting to read this one for a long time - so excited to do so with the group :)
This has been on my TBR for ages! So glad that it was picked so it can jump to the top of the pile!
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Awesome! I just started this last week.
just read this one not too long ago and loved it! hope y'all enjoy it! :D
Really looking forward to reading this one, and reading it with this amazing HA group :)
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It's a terrific story, hope you read it Frances.
I'm excited for this, it's been a long-term TBR.
I read this last month and liked it a lot. One of the best haunted house books I've read.
I'm listening to the audiobook, is anyone else?I'm at the point where they've reached Beldame and does anyone (view spoiler)
Super excited for this one, won't be able to get to it until mid month though :/.
We'll be here when you're ready!
I have this one on my Kindle ready to go! May join you with it this month, but after I’ve finished the Grady Hendrix one and the new Stephen King!
Just got my copy in the mail!
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We're on the same schedule, but this would be a re-read for me, Elementals is a gem. I'm legit jealous of first time readers.
Some of the dialogue here just cracks me up, especially conversations between Big Barbara, India and Luker. I adore Luker.
“There’s no point in advertising a circus where everybody hates the clown.”I have begun listening!
Kasia wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I have this one on my Kindle ready to go! May join you with it this month, but after I’ve finished the Grady Hendrix one and the new Stephen King!"We're on the same schedule, but th..."
Well this makes me very excited to give it a go then! I’m currently reading both the Hendrix and the King because I couldn’t not start reading the new King straight away once it was in my hands lol
Lena wrote: "“There’s no point in advertising a circus where everybody hates the clown.”I have begun listening!"
McDowell writes southern families like no other.
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I'm so tempted to start it right away, I've never done that with a new release before, reading it the day it comes out and def not with King, but I might this time :)
Lena wrote: "Just finished part one.[spoilers removed]
That’s how you end a chapter, with a gut dropper!"
McDowell was a master of that.
"Savage mothers eat their children up!"
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Going to be starting this tomorrow!
Steven wrote: "For fans of McDowell, Suntup Press will be announcing their next book on August 12th. All the clues point to it being Blackwater. If so, it's going to be a spectacular edition."I got a really nice edition from Centipede Press last year. I'm glad I got it when I did because it sold out. It was this one:
http://www.centipedepress.com/horror/...
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I'm sad. I just passed the 1 hour left on the audio mark. I even delayed listening earlier today because I just don't want it to end. Even though this is my third time, I just love this story, I don't think I'll ever tire of it.
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Even though this is my third time, I just love this story, I ..."
I think I've read it four times before, but it never gets old...I LOVE Luker and his dialog!!
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I’ve finished chapter 12, the man takes my breath away with his bone deep knowledge of the South:“Worry, clever thought, conversation all were crushed by the weight of the atmosphere.”
“He did nothing, he thought of nothing; he didn’t even bother to feel guilty that he was not working.”
If you had ever opened your front door at 6AM to find that it’s already 80° at 90% humidity, you would understand.
I think that atmosphere, that suffocating humidity, is so well written and mentioned so often, it's actually one of the characters.
Char wrote: "I think that atmosphere, that suffocating humidity, is so well written and mentioned so often, it's actually one of the characters."Yes!
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Exactly!!!!
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Well, I just purchased my book. Sure hope l like it. Zain
Just finished! What a fun southern gothic horror read!
Yay! Glad you liked it!
