December 2025 (with Book Exchange!): Cursed Bunny (Chung)

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To celebrate the holiday season, our December meeting will include a book swap. If you would like to participate, just wrap a new or gently used book you think someone else might enjoy, we'll exchange, and there will be much rejoicing!

With that out of the way, our super-festive December selection will be....... Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung.
(https://bookshop.org/a/9781643753607)

"From an author never before published in the United States, Cursed Bunny is unique and imaginative, blending horror, sci-fi, fairy tales, and speculative fiction into stories that defy categorization. By turns thought-provoking and stomach-turning, here monsters take the shapes of furry woodland creatures and danger lurks in unexpected corners of everyday apartment buildings. But in this unforgettable collection, translated by the acclaimed Anton Hur, Chung's absurd, haunting universe could be our own.

"The Head" follows a woman haunted by her own bodily waste. "The Embodiment" takes us into a dystopian gynecology office where a pregnant woman is told that she must find a father for her baby or face horrific consequences. Another story follows a young monster, forced into underground fight rings without knowing his own power. The titular fable centers on a cursed lamp in the shape of a rabbit, fit for a child's bedroom but for its sinister capabilities.

No two stories are alike, and readers will be torn whether to race through them or savor Chung's wit and frenetic energy on every page. Cursed Bunny is a book that screams to be read late into the night and passed on to the nearest set of hands the very next day."

We'll also be voting on our first books of 2026, so bring on the suggestions.

Meetup charges us to host the group; contributions of $1-2/meeting to offset this cost are appreciated (Venmo = Matthew-Litke-1 or toss me a couple bucks at the meeting).