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Next up in @bookriot s #riotgrams is #yellowcovers . . . . . #thealchemastersapprentice #waltermoers #whatwelose #zinziclemmons #wakinggods #sylvainneuvel #beastlybones #williamritter #gorktheteenagedragon #gabehudson #mongrels #stephengrahamjones #theshapeofbones #danielgalera #the7secretsofawakeningthehighlyeffectivefourhourgianttoday #itsalwayssunnyinphiladelphia #burnttongues #chuckpalahniuk #arbitrarystupidgoal #tamarashopsin #reaperman #terrypratchett

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Day 1 of #riotgrams is the shelfie. Since I recently posted a bigger picture of some of my shelves and the rest are in chaos, I'm highlighting my mini #xfiles and #twinpeaks section of my bookshelf . . . . . #bookstagram #bookblogger #bookblog #bookish #bibliophile #booknerd #booklover #books #book #booklove #bookaddict #reading #instabook #bookstagrammer #bookblogs #booksofinstagram #bookaholic #instabooks #iwanttobelieve #mulder #alien #laurapalmer @bookriot

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Really excited to take part in #riotgrams this time. #Repost @bookriot ・・・ It's #riotgrams time again! Below are the prompts for the month of June. Don't forget to tag your posts with the hashtag #riotgrams! We can't wait to see what you post!

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My plans tonight

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Finished updating a chunk of my book inventory and took a celebratory shelfie. Expect reviews on these and more that I couldn't fit in the picture. #ihaveaproblem #bookhoarder

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Morning routine #jeffvandermeer #borne (at Metro Coffee Co.)

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New book review up on the blog. #behindhereyes #sarahpinborough #wtfthatending

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I'm so ready to start this series #gunslinger #stephenking #thedarktower (at Metro Coffee Co.)

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Sweet Lamb of Heaven Review

I'm going to jump right in with a review of a book I recently finished Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet

I really enjoyed this book. I have read mixed reviews and don't care. I loved it anyways. I loved the language she used more so with the story but connected with the main character, Anna in some ways. 50 pages in I had multiple things underlined and marked. 

Anna is in a marriage that is all but dead, and when she gets pregnant she starts hearing voices, all the time. Which, of course, starts to drive her crazy. She researches what they could be, who else can hear them, what is happening to her. But when her daughter, Lena, starts to speak, the voices go away.  Anna and her daughter leave. At first, Ned is ok with it, he can do his own thing without worrying about it now, but when he decides to run for office and needs them for photo ops and the like, he comes after them. Anna and Lena are living in a hotel with an odd mix of characters and when Anna starts to make connections with all of them, the owner of the motel and the voices while running away from her husband it really starts to connect everything. 

The ending of the book did seem a little rushed and sort of like a dream sequence in ways but what was happening to Anna at the time, I think it was supposed to feel like that. I really enjoyed the book from start to finish. The next day, I bought the hardcover, transferred over my underlined passages and notes from the ARC I read and gave that ARC to a co-worker. Then, bought another book of hers. The story is good, but the writing for me was really what made me love this book.

If you are interested in reading this book please support your local bookstore (or any indie bookstore if you don't have one close) It really does make a difference.