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Mostly Dead Things
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bookshelves: crunken-love, dysfunction-junction, liburrrrrry-book, loveable-losers, it-s-all-in-the-name, read-in-2019, lgbtq, denied-the-arc
Aug 07, 2019
bookshelves: crunken-love, dysfunction-junction, liburrrrrry-book, loveable-losers, it-s-all-in-the-name, read-in-2019, lgbtq, denied-the-arc
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“Why not try something different instead of the same old shit that’s been making us miserable our whole lives?”
“I haven’t been miserable my whole life!”
“Really? I’ve been pretty miserable.”
Mostly Dead Things was brought to my attention a couple of months ago via way of a recommendation by my friend Mindy. To her I say . . . .
The jumping off point to this story is when Jessa-Lynn finds her daddy has blown his brains out on the specimen table in the family’s taxidermy shop. From there we meet the other members of the family – brother Milo whose wife that left him also happened to be Jessa-Lynn’s girlfriend, Milo’s daughter Lolee (who was pretty much the daughter I’ve never had), his stepson Bastien – back from rehab and a man of dubious means, and their mother – recent widow turned pornographic taxidermy artist. These were my people. What can I say . . . .
Ha! Not really. I’m about as basic as they come. However, I’m also pretty much white trash so I fell head over heels for all of these quirky misfits. I mean, if there was ever a book designed for me it would be one about a dysfunctional family who owns a taxidermy shop, right?!?!?!? For realz . . . .
With my father gone, gag taxidermy paid the rent. I pinned antlers to rabbit heads stuffed with foam cuttings, shellacked frogs propped at miniature card tables, boiled a million alligator skulls, mouths stuffed with pointy teeth painted blue and orange for UF football fans. I turned ducklings into mermaids, fish tails shimmering green-gold.
Not to mention it was set in Florida . . . .
STFU John Oliver! Dear Florida: Never stop being you.
At the end of the day this was a bizarre little book about getting through the grieving process and finding yourself. Definitely not a book for everyone (very detailed in description of creating a mount – not to mention the way some of the animals were acquired), but Mitchell and I liked it enough for everyone. Just look how happy it made him . . . .
I'll definitely be buying a hard copy of this one for the bookhoardshelves.
“Why not try something different instead of the same old shit that’s been making us miserable our whole lives?”
“I haven’t been miserable my whole life!”
“Really? I’ve been pretty miserable.”
Mostly Dead Things was brought to my attention a couple of months ago via way of a recommendation by my friend Mindy. To her I say . . . .
The jumping off point to this story is when Jessa-Lynn finds her daddy has blown his brains out on the specimen table in the family’s taxidermy shop. From there we meet the other members of the family – brother Milo whose wife that left him also happened to be Jessa-Lynn’s girlfriend, Milo’s daughter Lolee (who was pretty much the daughter I’ve never had), his stepson Bastien – back from rehab and a man of dubious means, and their mother – recent widow turned pornographic taxidermy artist. These were my people. What can I say . . . .
Ha! Not really. I’m about as basic as they come. However, I’m also pretty much white trash so I fell head over heels for all of these quirky misfits. I mean, if there was ever a book designed for me it would be one about a dysfunctional family who owns a taxidermy shop, right?!?!?!? For realz . . . .
With my father gone, gag taxidermy paid the rent. I pinned antlers to rabbit heads stuffed with foam cuttings, shellacked frogs propped at miniature card tables, boiled a million alligator skulls, mouths stuffed with pointy teeth painted blue and orange for UF football fans. I turned ducklings into mermaids, fish tails shimmering green-gold.
Not to mention it was set in Florida . . . .
STFU John Oliver! Dear Florida: Never stop being you.
At the end of the day this was a bizarre little book about getting through the grieving process and finding yourself. Definitely not a book for everyone (very detailed in description of creating a mount – not to mention the way some of the animals were acquired), but Mitchell and I liked it enough for everyone. Just look how happy it made him . . . .
I'll definitely be buying a hard copy of this one for the book
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Reading Progress
July 30, 2019
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Started Reading
July 30, 2019
– Shelved
August 7, 2019
– Shelved as:
crunken-love
August 7, 2019
– Shelved as:
dysfunction-junction
August 7, 2019
– Shelved as:
liburrrrrry-book
August 7, 2019
– Shelved as:
loveable-losers
August 7, 2019
– Shelved as:
it-s-all-in-the-name
August 7, 2019
– Shelved as:
read-in-2019
August 7, 2019
– Shelved as:
lgbtq
August 7, 2019
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Finished Reading
December 6, 2019
– Shelved as:
denied-the-arc
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Aug 07, 2019 11:23AM
This book sounds super interesting.
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Blue wrote: "This book sounds super interesting."It was! Different than anything I've ever read.
I kind of feel this title, alone - regardless of the contents - was meant for you.Happily, the insides worked for you, as well!
I really enjoyed your review, Kelly.
Mitchell looks very satisfied. great review, Kelly.
Erica wrote: "I kind of feel this title, alone - regardless of the contents - was meant for you."100%
I told Shelby I have sooooo many more photos I could post on Instagram. Especially when there is a chapter explaining the difficulty/pointlessness behind taxidermying (not a real word probably) an alligator while I was looking at a VERY offended decomposing taxidermied (probably not a word either) alligator.
Diane S ☔ wrote: "I really enjoyed your review, Kelly."Thank you!
ʚϊɞ Shelley ʚϊɞ wrote: "Mitchell looks very satisfied. great review, Kelly."Thanks! Mitchell is the creepiest photography subject. He doesn't always look as happy as he does in this picture.
JanB wrote: "Love this fun review Kelly!"Thanks Jan! This might have to go down as my favorite of the year simply for the photo ops it provided me ; )
After I read this, I wondered who else would read it and actually like it - .... wouldn't you know, Kelly loved it!!! It's a great book but as you said, not for everyone....so glad you loved it!
Meow wrote: "After I read this, I wondered who else would read it and actually like it - .... wouldn't you know, Kelly loved it!!! It's a great book but as you said, not for everyone....so glad you loved it!"
There are two of us! I'm surprised by the lack of hype this one has - if nothing else it should be talked about for being so different.
well you know kelly it doesn't have that "tried and true" formula so many banal best-seller's have but hey, we just gotta keep hyping it .... have a great weekend!
