#Gina Damico

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Who Goes There? (John W. Campbell) "A group of American researchers, isolated in their scientific station in Antarctica towards the end of winter, discover an alien spaceship buried in the ice, where it crashed twenty million years before. They recover an alien creature from the ancient ice. Thawing revives the alien, a being which can assume the appearance, memories, and personality of a living thing it devours, while maintaining its body mass for further reproduction. Unknown to them, the alien immediately kills and then imitates the crew's physicist, a man named Connant; with some 90 pounds of its matter left over, it tries to become a sled dog. The crew discovers the dog-Thing and kills it midway through the transformation process. Pathologist Blair, who had lobbied for thawing the Thing, goes insane with paranoia and guilt, vowing to kill everyone at the base to save mankind; he is isolated within a locked cabin at their outpost. Connant is also isolated as a precaution, and a "rule-of-four" is initiated in which all personnel must remain under the close scrutiny of three others.

The crew realizes that they must isolate their base and therefore disable their airplanes and vehicles, yet they pretend that everything is normal during radio transmissions, to prevent any rescue attempts. The researchers try to figure out who may have been replaced by the alien (simply referred to as the Thing), to destroy the imitations before they can escape and take over the world. The task is found to be almost impossibly difficult when they realize that the Thing is shapeshifting and telepathic, reading minds and projecting thoughts. A sled dog is conditioned by human blood injections (from Copper and Garry) to provide a human-immunity serum test, as in rabbits. The initial test of Connant is inconclusive, as they realize that the test animal received both human and alien blood, meaning that either Doctor Copper or expedition Commander Garry is an alien. Assistant commander McReady takes over and deduces that all the other animals at the station, save the test dog, have already become imitations; all are killed by electrocution and their corpses burned.

Everyone suspects each other by now but must stay together for safety, deciding who will take turns sleeping and standing watch. Tensions mount and some men begin to go mad, thinking that they are already the last human, or wondering if they could know if they were not human any longer. Ultimately, Kinner, the cook, is murdered and accidentally revealed to be a Thing. McReady realizes that even small pieces of the creature will behave as independent organisms. He then uses this fact to test which men have been "converted" by taking blood samples from everyone and dipping a heated wire in the vial of blood. Each man's blood is tested, one at a time, and the donor is immediately killed if his blood recoils from the wire. Fourteen men, including Connant and Garry, are revealed to be Things. The remaining men go to test the isolated Blair, and on the way, see the first albatross of the Antarctic spring flying overhead; they shoot the bird to prevent a Thing from infecting it and flying to civilization.

When they reach Blair's cabin, they discover that he is a Thing. They realize that it has been left to its own devices for a week, coming and going as it pleased, as it is able to squeeze under doors by transforming itself. With the creatures inside the base destroyed, McReady and two others enter the cabin to kill the Thing that was once Blair. McReady forces it out into the snow and destroys it with a blowtorch. Afterwards, the trio discover that the Thing was dangerously close to finishing the construction of a nuclear-powered anti-gravity device that would have allowed it to escape to the outside world."

Wax (Gina Damico) "Paraffin, Vermont, is known the world over as home to the Grosholtz Candle Factory. But behind the sunny retail space bursting with overwhelming scents and homemade fudge, seventeen-year-old Poppy Palladino discovers something dark and unsettling: a back room filled with dozens of startlingly life-like wax sculptures, crafted by one very strange old lady. Poppy hightails it home, only to be shocked when one of the figures—a teenage boy who doesn’t seem to know what he is—jumps naked and screaming out of the trunk of her car. She tries to return him to the candle factory, but before she can, a fire destroys the mysterious workshop—and the old woman is nowhere to be seen.

With the help of the wax boy, who answers to the name Dud, Poppy resolves to find out who was behind the fire. But in the course of her investigation, she discovers that things in Paraffin aren’t always as they seem, that the Grosholtz Candle Factory isn’t as pure as its reputation—and that some of the townspeople she’s known her entire life may not be as human as they once were. In fact, they’re starting to look a little . . . waxy. Can Poppy and Dud extinguish the evil that’s taking hold of their town before it’s too late?"

#stranger poll #the stranger #poll #the magnus archives #leitner tournament #Who Goes There? #John W. Campbell #Wax #Gina Damico

[slashingdisneypasta]

My Favourite Book Villains

(And my favourite page in my sketchbook <3 )

*Supernatural Edition*

I may come back and talk about them later. I'm just leaving this here in case I want to ^^ 💕💕💕

#Favourite Book Villains #Book Villains #Villains #art #fanart #Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige #Dancing Jax by Robin Jarvis #The Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen #Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie #Hellhole by Gina Damico #mine #my art #myart

[betterbooksandthings]

"You might be in a YA low fantasy book if you turn the corner to get to your locker and come upon a daemon. They contain everything odd about high school and literalize it with fantasy. Here is a must-read list of YA low fantasy books for genre lovers and novices alike.

Fantasy has a lot of sub-genres. Some are more well-defined than others, but on the broadest scale, there are high fantasy books and low fantasy books. Low fantasy books have fantastical elements in an otherwise normal world. You might be a witch working in a Starbucks who serves a cappuccino to a werewolf. The fact that you have magic may be well known. It could be a secret from others around you. As long as there is magic, abnormal beings, or paranormal somethings in the normal setting, it’s low fantasy."

#DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC: THE 11 BEST YA LOW FANTASY BOOKS #YA LOW FANTASY BOOKS #low fantasy #book blog #book post #book recommendations #IN EVERY GENERATION BY KENDARE BLAKE #CROAK BY GINA DAMICO #LORE BY ALEXANDRA BRACKEN #LEGENDBORN BY TRACY DEONN #NOT EVEN BONES BY REBECCA SCHAEFFER #THIS SAVAGE SONG BY V. E. SCHWAB #SPELL BOUND BY F.T. LUKENS #BLOOD DEBTS BY TERRY J. BENTON-WALKER #WINGS OF EBONY BY J. ELLE #UNDEAD GIRL GANG BY LILY ANDERSON

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getting to know me ask game!

tagged by: @nicenice7 (aaa ty!! ive never been tagged in one of these before!! :D)

fave ship: OGH hmm this is hard uhh stannarrator or darkstache maybe?? (i do also really love lumity though so IDK MAN)

first ship: i have NO idea i have a terrible memory LOL

last song: *casually checking spotify* Lost In Space, by Derivakat and Netrum (it gives me major engie vibes)

currently reading: Waste Of Space by Gina Damico (i saw it in the library a couple months ago and went "ah yes ✨ space ✨" but its actually a pretty good read, i just need to stop putting off finishing it LOL)

last movie: i think "A Boy Called Christmas" or something along those lines? anyway pretty interesting holiday movie

currently watching: i mean im currently working on binge watching the entirety of mlp bc i got nostalgic xD (and markiplier bc i am counting that 👍)

consuming: air??? idk LOL

oh shoot uhh I DONT KNOW PEOPLE 😭

tagging: @wyattthebearking @blckbrryy

(/not forced!! :])

#ask game #spinspoon speaks #ty for the tag again!! :]

[life-b4-death]

For the book asks: all the coloured cover ones! 2, 6, 11, 17, 21, 27, 33, 40, 46, 58, 64 (I think that's all of them)

Siiick! Let's gooo

2. Blue cover: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

6. Pink cover: TTYL by Lauren Myracle

11. Green cover: Hunter by Michael Carroll

17. Yellow cover: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

21. Red cover: Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

27. Purple cover: The Nine Eyes of Lucien by Madeleine Roux

33. White cover: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

40. Black cover: I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

46. Brown cover: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson

58. Orange cover: The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang

64. Grey cover: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

76. Golden/Silver cover (you missed this one!): Going with Croak by Gina Damico for the silver cover

All of these are pulled from my bookshelf minus TTYL & Croak, and it's a shame I don't own Croak yet :/

#Hey! Thanks so much that was fun! #asks #i was gonna out photos but that wouldve made this post obnoxiously long lmao #just know that TTYL is VERY pink

[gayandreadytobrawl]

Wrath.

#wrath #YA Lit #young adult lit #gina damico #croak #scorch #Rogue

[thebookshelfhouseelf]

Honestly please can more people read Croak by Gina Damico just so I can see more fanart of Driggs. 

#croak #gina damico #driggs #Fanart

[maximumsuckage]

So I picked up this book because I found it in the back of a closet and I already knew Gina Damico is a good author. And literally I thought my ability to just sit down and read a book was broken by college, but I read this in 3 days.

It's like, actually a roller coaster. I was trying to guess what would happen next and rooting for all the characters, scummy (in a an awesome complicated character development way... scummy as in realistic) as they were.

The format (a lot of 'transcriptions' written in script format) didn't throw me off at all even though normally I have trouble with that. Each of the characters had a unique voice, and there was enough background that there was never an issue seeing what was happening.

It starts off as a reality show, turns reality show gone wrong, and then... idk even how to say without spoiling. Basically, I recc it to everyone. It's a trip in all the best ways.

K thanks for 200 followers. When I hit 300 maybe I'll take a picture without the seam of my flannel in it 😁

#book #book recommendations #book reccs #gina damico #waste of space #good book #ya should read it #bad photos

[rinsbooks]

March 28th - Third Book In A Series

I’ve been putting off this book because the ending got spoiled for me.

#allthebooksmarch19 #rogue #Gina Damico #croak trilogy

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Wax (Gina Damico) "Paraffin, Vermont, is known the world over as home to the Grosholtz Candle Factory. But behind the sunny retail space bursting with overwhelming scents and homemade fudge, seventeen-year-old Poppy Palladino discovers something dark and unsettling: a back room filled with dozens of startlingly life-like wax sculptures, crafted by one very strange old lady. Poppy hightails it home, only to be shocked when one of the figures—a teenage boy who doesn’t seem to know what he is—jumps naked and screaming out of the trunk of her car. She tries to return him to the candle factory, but before she can, a fire destroys the mysterious workshop—and the old woman is nowhere to be seen.

With the help of the wax boy, who answers to the name Dud, Poppy resolves to find out who was behind the fire. But in the course of her investigation, she discovers that things in Paraffin aren’t always as they seem, that the Grosholtz Candle Factory isn’t as pure as its reputation—and that some of the townspeople she’s known her entire life may not be as human as they once were. In fact, they’re starting to look a little . . . waxy. Can Poppy and Dud extinguish the evil that’s taking hold of their town before it’s too late?"

The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty (Vendela Vida) "The whole plot is about a woman who goes on vacation, loses her documents and decides to roll with it, acquiring new identities through a series of questionable decisions. She gets someone else's passport and credit cards, moves into a different hotel, gets hired as a double of a famous actress, introduces herself with false names, and is very paranoid about being found out. We never learn her actual name, but we do learn that she has always disliked her face and has always tried to choose activities that would draw attention away from her face, so she can pretend it's not even there."

#stranger poll #the stranger #poll #the magnus archives #leitner tournament #the diver's clothes lie empty #vendela vida #Wax #Gina Damico

[slashingdisneypasta]

You have a few books based on your post. What are your top 5 favorite books from your shelf?

Ooh!! Thank you for asking this! ^^

DANCING JAX by Robin Jarvis (The whole trilogy. I know this is cheating but I loveee these books.).

Two Can Keep A Secret by Karen M McManus.

The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix.

Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen (Also, the whole trilogy XD Sorry! )

Hellhole by Gina Damico. Max

I would actually talk about them but I actually cant articulate how amazing they are!!

#also what post are you talking about? ^^

[ghost-bonezz]

hey uuuhhh the whole Croak book series??? Gina Damico??? i love

#ujwguhigr ALL OF THE BOOKS ARE AMAZING #READ. CROAK #croak book series #gina damico

[betterbooksandthings]

Theater calmed her. It sustained her. All was right with the world when viewed through a proscenium arch. And though theatre had forsaken her, trampled her, and danced the lambada on the bloody corpse that had once been her budding career, it was nevertheless her one true love, and you don't throw away your one true love over something as silly as profound emotional scarring.

Wax by Gina Damico

#Wax #gina damico #theatre #book quote #quote #all was right #career #true love #emotional scarring #book blog #ya #young adlut #stage #acting

[madlovenovelist]

'Croak' has been sitting on my TBR pile for over a year - recently got time to read it and fell in love - jumped online to buy the rest of the series, so keep a look out for the reviews to come :) A sarcastic teen protagonist much in the same vein as the tv show 'Dead to Me.'

#Casey Carlisle #bookporn #shelfie #coverlove #book covers #reading #tbr #croak #scorch #rogue #gina damico #paranormal #fantasy #ya #ya fiction #ya literature #photography

[publishedtoday]

July 11, 2017

Waste of Space by Gina Damico

Cram ten hormonal teens into a spaceship and blast off: that’s the premise for the ill-conceived reality show Waste of Space. The kids who are cast know everything about drama—and nothing about the fact that the production is fake. And it’s a hit! Millions of viewers are transfixed. But then, suddenly, all communication is severed. Trapped and paranoid, the kids must figure out what to do when this reality show loses its grip on reality.

#waste of space #gina damico #july 11 2017 #hmh bfyr

[hmhteen]

FOUR FRIGHTENING READS FROM HMH TEEN! 

It’s October, which means its time for marathoning Harry Potter, Hocus Pocus, and diving into horrifyingly good YA. Here are some of our favorites! 

LOST VOICES by Sarah Porter

This eerie trilogy is both beautiful and horrifying, as it involves the aftermath of trauma with a magical twist. When young girls are assaulted, they are given a chance to find freedom as mermaids beneath the waves...but with that freedom comes a rage they cannot control, and the desire to lure men to their deaths. 

Book 1 of this series is only $1.99 for e-book during October, so download it fast before the deal disappears, like magic:

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THE HANGING GIRL by Eileen Cook

As you can see from the photo at the top of this post, THE HANGING GIRL is about two thing: trying to change the future, and the consequences that arise when we do. When one prank ends up causing a girl to go missing, Skye must climb herself out of a web of lies by pretending she’s a real psychic and can find her. But not everything is what it seems in this psychological thriller, available now!

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Wax by Gina Damico

This is everyone’s worst nightmare: a room of lifelike wax figures at a candle factory seems innocent...until one of them comes to life and demands freedom. But while trying to figure out the secret of the wax people—and the mysterious destruction of the factory–suddenly everyone starts to look like they may be made of wax! Gripping, with twists and turns you’ll never see coming, this e-book is also on discount for October, at just $2.99! 

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TELL THE WIND AND FIRE by Sarah Rees Brennan

Lucie has a dark secret: she was born in the Dark, despite having a picturesque life in the Light side of the city. When revolution takes hold of their city and she realizes even her perfect boyfriend has a shady past, blood will spill before the truth will out. We love this creepy urban fantasy (with a hint of romance!)

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What are some of your fave frightening reads? We want to know in comments below! 

#hmh teen #hmhteen #spooky #scary #scary reads #scaryreads #booklr #book #am reading #amreading #bookstagram #thriller #creepy #creepyreads #reading #book nerd #booknerd #gina damico #eileen cook #with malice #withmalice #hanginggirl #tarot #tarotcards