#emma berquist

[st-just]

I think, somewhat horrifyingly, of what the internet sleuths would find on my own Instagram if I hadn’t survived my attack. Would my story have been the kind that was featured on a podcast, two bantering hosts dissecting my life and my book choices in between plugging ads for affordable furniture? I think I would rather get stabbed again than have TikTok users descend like vultures on my social media, zooming in on pictures of my messy bedroom to analyze the tedious minutia of my deeply average life.

Emma Berquist, True Crime Is Rotting Our Brains

[aquotecollection]

It all becomes very simple in my mind. All the wrong choices I’ve made in my life, all the mistakes, they lie out behind me like faulty footsteps. I can see it: every time I should have been kinder, or quicker, or better, every point I should have turned back or started over; it’s all there, written in the dirt. I can’t erase it, can’t undo it or fix it. I can’t go back to make things right, all I can do is go forward. And maybe this, this one thing, I can do right.

Emma Berquist, Devils Unto Dust

[layaart]

Lexi & Jane from Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist.

[lgbtqreads]

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With a touch, Lexi can sense how and when someone will die. Some say it’s a gift. But to Lexi it’s a curse—one that keeps her friendless and alone. All that changes when Lexi foresees the violent death of a young woman, Jane, outside a club. But Jane doesn’t go to the afterlife quietly. Her ghost remains behind, determined to hunt down her murderer, and she needs Lexi’s help. In life, Jane was everything Lexi is not—outgoing, happy, popular. But in death, all Jane wants is revenge. Lexi will do anything to help Jane, to make up for the fact that she didn’t—couldn’t—save Jane’s life, and to keep this beautiful ghost of a girl by her side for as long as possible.

[quoth-the-sparrow]

07/24/18

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson - Finished

Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi - D.N.F

The Sky In The Deep by Adrienne Young - D.N.F

The Summer of Jordi Perez (And The Best Burger In Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding - Finished

Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody - 72/408 pages

From Twinkle With Love by Sandhya Menon - Not Started

Devils Unto Dust by Emma Berquist - Not Started

The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo - Not Started

The Smoke Thieves by Sally Green - Not Started

I'll be perfectly honest here; with only 8 days left this month, I highly doubt I'm going to be able to finish the rest of this TBR. I may have bit off more than I can chew. (This is what happens when all my library holds come in at once).

However, I do want to finish Ace of Shades (I'm really enjoying it so far!) and From Twinkle With Love, and at least start on Devils Unto Dust. We'll just have to see how everything goes; this week has just been unproductive from all standpoints.

Question(s) of the Day: What's your current read? How do you feel about it so far? Have you read any of the books on this list? Reply to this post or send in an ask!

Happy Reading!

[yabookers]

endless list of favourite books: Devils Unto Dust by Emma Berquist

[st-just]

I read on a thread in the reddit community of a popular true crime podcast that Ted Bundy preyed on the natural instinct people have to help. He pretended to be injured so women would find him less threatening and would have a harder time saying no to him. Something to trust your gut on, yes, but do we really want to let Ted Bundy become our yardstick for humanity? The skull fucker guy? If the woman who found me bleeding on the footpath thought I was faking, I don’t know what I would have done. She directed the paramedics over the phone, stayed with me until they arrived. The one fact I can cling to when fear threatens to override my empathy is that there are more people like her than people like the man who hurt me. It isn’t naïve or reckless to trust one another. That stranger walking behind you doesn’t want to kill you; in fact, they may just save your life.

Emma Berquist, True Crime Is Rotting Our Brains