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Mon's avatar

Every time I am mentioned in passing in this newsletter one year is added to my life

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Lian Cho's avatar

LMAOOO you're going to live to 200 at this point

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Mon's avatar

The Sky-thes are gonna have to come get me

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Kyra's avatar

I couldn't pronounce scythe either although it wasn't the c that caused me the issue. My fav book and I couldn't risk telling anyone about it.

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Lian Cho's avatar

haha!! i still feel self conscious when i say it cause i'm worried i'm going to say it wrong!

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Rachel Michelle Wilson's avatar

I cannot wait to read these. Also confession: I've been pronouncing it wrong in my head too haha. Your post just saved my life.

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Lian Cho's avatar

omg... glad to hear i am not the only one!!!

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Kayla Stark's avatar

Okay, I keep hearing about Scythe, but this pushes it over the edge...gonna read it!

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Lian Cho's avatar

yeaaa!!! it's definitely a fun read!! reads like a movie

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Sarah Allen's avatar

As soon as I saw your first recommendation I was gonna be like HAVE YOU READ SCYTHE!!! Hehehe man so good. Neil Shusterman is amazing. I'll have to read these others, they sound amazing!

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Lian Cho's avatar

SO GOOD!!!

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Sarah Allen's avatar

His other series are just as good too. I especially love the Skinjacker series. I think Everlost is the first?

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Lian Cho's avatar

Ooh! I'll look it up!

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Tara Anand's avatar

reading a word, becoming invested in your own personal pronunciation and not saying it out loud until years later is so relatable.

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Lian Cho's avatar

I thought I was immune!! They didn't get me with segue... or facade... OR epitome!!! But damn.. they got me with scythe. I still pronounce it as sky-the in my head :(

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Patricia Nardi's avatar

Oh! I absolutely love Saramago! Being Brazilian, I’ve read his books in Portuguese. I love when I can read a book in their original language and that’s why I wish learning every language was my superpower hehehe.

Anyway, you got me at the first book, so I’m curious to see your other recommendations! Although, dog suffering seems too much for me to bear.

Sorry you’ve read Blindness in the worst timing ever. I can’t imagine…

My recommendations, if you haven’t already read: “Nothing to See Here” by Kevin Wilson, “Down the Rabbit Hole” (Fiesta en la Madriguera, originally in Spanish) by Juan Pablo Villalobos and “Flowers for Algernon”, by Daniel Keyes.

I would love more recs, as well!

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Virginia Neely's avatar

I'm old enough to have actually used a scythe, so I knew how to pronounce it. Now I'm busy avoiding the guy in black who carries one.

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Jess Hannigan's avatar

Sky-the…

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Lian Cho's avatar

this is bullying!!! shut up!!! listen!!!!!!!!!! i never said i was smart okay!!!

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