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Friday Finds: The Monstrumologist

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The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey

Friday Finds is hosted by Should Be Reading.

Here’s the blurb from the publisher:

These are the secrets I have kept. This is the trust I never betrayed.
But he is dead now and has been for more than forty years, the one who gave me his trust, the one for whom I kept these secrets.The one who saved me…and the one who cursed me.

So begins the journal of Will Henry, orphaned assistant to Dr. Pellinore War throp, a man with a most unusual specialty: monstrumology, the study of monsters. In his time with the doctor, Will has met many a mysterious late-night visitor, and seen things he never imagined were real. But when a grave robber comes calling in the middle of the night with a grueso me find, he brings with him their most deadly case yet.

Critically acclaimed author Rick Yancey has written a gothic tour de force that explores the darkest heart of man and monster and asks the question: When does a man become the very thing he hunts?

What I didn’t know until I looked this one up, is that this is a Young Adult book. Maybe my son might enjoy it. Certainly suits the season.

What did you find this Friday?

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Confessions of a Reader

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UPDATE: This has been changed to a monthly feature and will take place the first Saturday of each month.

I don’t normally post on Saturdays so I thought I would add a Saturday post to my posting non-schedule (because I really don’t care for schedules), but I want it to be sort of fun and unstructured so I am doing something that I will call Confessions of a Reader. This will be a meme of sorts and October 3rd will be my first post.

What will the post consist of? Well, confessions. Things that I would normally keep to myself. An example might be a rant about a book that I am reading or I may decide to share a deep, dark secret regarding my reading habits, etc. Anything related to book or blog reading. The goal is to get to know one another so if you’d like to join in, come by on Saturday and post your confession via Mister Linky (if I can get it to work).

If I have enough participation we’ll do this every Saturday. I think it might be fun. What do you think? Some of the best comments I get are from offline conversations, meaning…not via blog comments so feel free to bare it all.