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I’m Shantall

Welcome to Hobbies Over Coffee! My name is Shantall and I have been in love with storytelling, in all forms, since childhood. My mother instilled a love of reading into me at a young age and since then I have voraciously consumed stories in the form of novels, film, and video games.

Join me as I explore stories in all forms and engage in conversation with you about it. 

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⁣ Having read Ari’s previous novel Saints of The Household, in which poetry, prose and a struggle between two brothers growing up shone. I knew I had to read Together We See. This story follows siblings in grief over the recent death of their father, returning to Costa Rica to begin burial rights only to quickly learn he might have been murdered. ⁣ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴛᴀᴅᴄ ᴛʟᴀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴇᴇᴋᴇɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ. ꜱʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴍᴍᴀ ᴡʜᴏ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴇᴇɴᴀɢᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴄᴜᴛᴇ ʜᴀɴᴅᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇꜱ.⁣ ……ʍou ɹnoɥ uɐ ɟlɐɥ ɹoɟ ʎɐʍllɐɥ sıɥʇ uʍop ɓuıʞlɐʍ uǝǝᙠ ¿ǝɯ ʇǝɓ ǝɯoɔ ǝuoǝɯos uɐƆ⁣ “ ʟɪꜰᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ꜰʟᴇᴇᴛɪɴɢ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴏᴜʀ ʙᴏɴᴅꜱ ᴡɪʟʟ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ꜰᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ.”⁣ A vampire that has given up drinking human blood. His familiar, a cat, trying to do magic on her own. A well deserved getway to an Italian seaside town. But whats that? A body on the beach and all signs point to a vampire killing them, and as a town that does not have any vampire residents, all fingers point to the vacationing one. Hijinks ensue as he and his familiar try to clear his name.⁣ Having been stung by wasps in the past, and the trauma of the movie My Girl forever scarring me, I was looking forward to this horror story. Especially when the book is described as “Jaws with wasps” so I did not hesitate to pick this up. ⁣ A witching society living among us around the world. People living with magic in them, unknowingly, who can snap at any moment. Los Angeles being the ground where a war, between witches who are born into this world and those who aren’t, occurs. Enemies to lovers. Friends who are always there for you.⁣ A good cup of coffee from @cafecitolounge, a good book, some beautiful weather. Great start to the weekend. ⁣