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Ruth Emmie Lang was born in Glasgow, Scotland and has the red hair to prove it. When she was four years old, she immigrated to Ohio where she stills lives today. She has since lost her Scottish accent, but still has the hair. Ruth lives with her husband and son on two wooded acres in the Cleveland area. Her first novel, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance, was a finalist for the Ohioana Book Award.

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Author Field Notes: Paperback Release & Target Book Club!

Hey guys! It's been a while... In fact, I'm a little ashamed to admit it's been over a year since I updated this blog, but today, I have a very good reason:I'm excited to announce that BEASTS OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE is now available on paperback and was chosen as the Target Book Club pick for the month of December! This edition features a letter from the author (me!) and a reading group guid Read more of this blog post »

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“Why do you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Take something beautiful and vandalize it with skepticism?”
― Ruth Emmie Lang, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance

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“The silence in the house was painful, but I had begun to realize that half of it belonged to me.”
― Ruth Emmie Lang, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance

tags: loneliness, lonely-people, silence

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“Don't cry over the same thing twice. Get it all out the first time, even if it's loud and messy. Then it's over.”
― Ruth Emmie Lang, Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance

tags: crying, sadness

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What book would you like to read for our January 2025 Group Read? The theme is Cozy.

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Fantasy, Cozy Mystery

24 votes 24.5%

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Mystery

22 votes 22.4%

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Literary Fiction, Contemporary

13 votes 13.3%

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Classics

10 votes 10.2%

I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle
Fantasy, Dragons

9 votes 9.2%

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa
Fantasy, Magical Realism

6 votes 6.1%

The Story Collector by Evie Gaughan
Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Magical Realism

6 votes 6.1%

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Pre-Historic, Fiction

4 votes 4.1%

Perrault's Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault
Fairy Tales

2 votes 2.0%

Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang
Fantasy, Magical Realism

2 votes 2.0%

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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
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― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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“There are no happy endings.
Endings are the saddest part,
So just give me a happy middle
And a very happy start.”
― Shel Silverstein, Every Thing on It

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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

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