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Fledgling

Fledgling, Octavia Butler’s last novel, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire.

Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted—and still wants—to destroy her and those she cares for, and how she can save herself.

Fledgling is a captivating novel that tests the limits of "otherness" and questions what it means to be truly human.

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🥒 YOU’LL NEVER ESCAPE PICKLE BOOKS!

💭 what the heck is a pickle book?
thanks for asking! it’s something i made up. pickle books are books that leave you with a sour aftertaste - but in a positive way. those books that stick with you, haunt you a bit, change you for the better, or just really make you think. this is the latest in a long series of pickle book recommendation videos i’ve given.

📚 books mentioned:

Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
We Have Reached the End of Our Show by Ali Gordon
How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley

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jumpsuit is from Hutch, rented from Nuuly
eyeshadow is Lord of the Rings Middle Earth Palette from Glamlite
eyeliner is Epiphany Glow Melt-On from Kaleidos
hair gems are from Hally Hair
(also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shop my!)

thank you to Ali Gordon and Pantheon for the gifted copies!

Pickle Books!

pickle books may not be a real thing, but they are consistently the most effective way to describe my favorite books.