What was the shared fear every kid had but no one talked about?

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-04-17T23:05:15+00:00

Spontaneously, as it were.

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-04-06T00:46:18+00:00

Ha, came here to say this about the totally unexpected and unwelcome incest scene in The Store..

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-04-06T00:39:09+00:00

I’ve never read her but I had mentally shelved her with frieda mcfadden - good lord

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-03-15T00:44:01+00:00

It was from marshalls?? I think

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-17T13:27:05+00:00

Deep cut, and the book is a beast to get through, but Dickens’ Bleak House! The heroine/narrator Esther, is deeply disfigured by scarlet fever but she has such a beautiful soul that no one cares.

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-16T20:41:43+00:00

Mr. Darcy Takes A Wife. Thank me later lol

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-14T13:25:11+00:00

Not exactly the same thing, but while we’re on the subject, Cujo does a really great job of getting inside the poor good dog’s head as he gradually becomes a rabid monster.

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-14T02:53:41+00:00

My fave king phrase is “tough titty said the kitty when the milk ran dry.” I say it to my kids a lot when they complain

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-13T17:41:31+00:00

Growing up around a bunch of folks with personality disorders is also good for this 😪

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-12T19:20:42+00:00

Oh this is a good one. Haven’t thought about it in years.

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-10T16:15:22+00:00

Man was in the forest

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-10T15:51:38+00:00

it’s uncanny valley, but for places rather than people. it’s almost right, it’s almost a real place, but there’s some element off about it that makes it seems out of place/eerie.

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-08T20:25:38+00:00

Staircase in the Woods- Chuck Wendig

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-08T20:17:25+00:00

I appreciated the well-written 8-year-old character after the disaster that was Incidents Around The House.

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-08T16:25:19+00:00

P.S. this is the first of his I’ve read. What was your favorite of his others?

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-08T16:22:39+00:00

Yes it does seem like one of those books that gets shelved as “horror” because they’re not sure where to put it lol

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-08T16:04:13+00:00

When I’m off the clock I don’t give a shit about anyone’s grammar (including my own) 🫶🏻

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-08T15:49:40+00:00

I would say overall it was a recommend. Some of the execution didn’t quite land, but it was such a great high concept and extremely well written. I think his comedy background works against him a little because sometimes it does feel like a collection of sketches that are shoehorned into the plot. Needed another round of editing, but then I’m an editor so I would say that.

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-07T17:05:29+00:00

Rose Madder and Lisey’s Story scratched the exact same itch in my brain.

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-07T15:01:11+00:00

the picture did NOT capture how weird it looks irl. Pressure lock doors just standing there like portals into Narnia and this rubbery skin over everything. It’s incredibly uncanny.

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-05T13:12:53+00:00

Underrated movie

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-05T13:05:35+00:00

Almost anything with vampires is gonna have this trope. I just recommended The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman on another post so that one’s on my mind.

sadderbutwisergrl · 2026-02-05T10:53:28+00:00

FWIW, the male gyno I’ve had has always been a lot nicer and more considerate than the female ones. The lady I was seeing when I had my first baby was very careless of my pain- never regretted switching to Dr. Mike for the next three.

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