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**pocket edition**

“Tales Psychological and Gruesome” by Edgar Allan Poe

I have no idea where I found this little bad boy, I forgot I had it. I looked into these and really wanted to start collecting them. Now that I’m an adult and I can do those things on my own with my own hard earned money, I might just start.

Little Blue Book No. 941

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A two-for-one special going on my “want to read” list from one of my all time favorite authors.

“The Plague”

and

“The Myth of Sisyphus”

by Albert Camus

When I read “The Stranger” in high school (I covered some of this in an earlier post about that particular book) I fell in love with Camus and his writing style. There’s something familiar and comforting about it. Maybe that’s weird but that’s what I love about literature, there’s something for everyone and not everyone does it the same.

I’m excited to get into these at some point but for now they collect dust and sit on my bookshelf.

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On my “want to read” and currently reading lists at the same time 😅

“Root: The RPG”

A fantasy adventure tabletop role playing game. Set in a woodland world occupied by anthropomorphic animals. No humans, just critters. Seems really cute and really fun to be honest. A much more relaxed feeling game than D&D, which can be rather intimidating. Will have to see how the game plays out when I get a group together!!

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8.5/10

“the Stranger” by Albert Camus

This was a book club read back when I was in high school. Again this was one of my first reads by Camus and it opened the doorway for me.

It’s not so much the story that draws me to this book, it’s Camus himself and his almost candid writing style. You can feel how each sentence is dripping with existential dread. You can sense how dissociated the character feels from reality. Everything sorta feels like it’s a mile away.

The story is sort of mundane but Camus uses that to examine how ridiculous and frivolous the human experience can be. I like that the book can seem almost boring at time, really making you think about how and why we do things, especially during a time of loss.

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Ok let’s start here I guess? More of a novelty procurement than anything else.

“The Lesser Key of Solomon” by S.L. MacGregor Mathers & Aleister Crowley

I don’t subscribe to western religion or Christianity. I’ve found bits and pieces of things that make sense to me from various classes of religious thought and yet none as a whole make sense to me. So why not dive into some hermetic texts too?

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I’ve been looking for this one for a while. I misplaced it and couldn’t find it to save my life until I started tidying up an untouched corner of the house.

“The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture: Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program” by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

I picked this one up along with “the Mueller Report” from the Spy Museum in Washington DC a couple years back.

Rather horrific read, again like the Mueller Report a significant portion of it is redacted. Names, places, time frames, things of that nature. Still, the things that WERE published changed the course of history.

A very specific read for a very specific reader. If you’re into that kind of literature this is a fascinating read.

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I actually started reading this as soon as I got home. So it’s being added to my “currently reading” list

“My Best Friend’s Exorcism” by Grady Hendrix

An 80s themed horror comedy?? Absolutely. Also the cover, the cover makes the whole book for me I really feel like I’m about to experience a true classic horror novel. I really hope this lives up to the hype because it will easily be one of my all time favorite books.

Stay tuned for more on this one!!

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This is a rather fascinating read. It’s a cocktail recipe book, and a bit more than that.

“Field Guide to Hendrick’s: Vol. Two”

I love Hendrick’s gin and I have every bottle so far from their cabinet of curiosities. This was on the shelf of a used bookstore for like $2 so of course I had to!!

Various recipes for cocktails, a little bit of history on Hendrick’s, and some other interesting information. Honestly a darn good deal.