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Review: Model Home, by Rivers Solomon
Rating: 🏡🏡🏡.5 First Response: I didn't love this one. It wasn't what I was expecting. One Sentence Summary: Ezri returns to the gated McMansion community where they grew up-- and must face the ghosts that they've never left behind. Tell Me More: I went into this book expecting a haunted house story, but it's really more of a literary novel with some horror elements. The emphasis is less on the haunting, and more on the family dynamics. Ezri and their sisters are called bac
Nov 182 min read


Review: Asylum, by Patrick McGrath
I listened to the audiobook read by Sir Ian McKellen. It was pretty good. 😊 Rating: 🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨 First Response: I wanted a haunted asylum and got a haunted soul instead. One Sentence Summary: Stella Raphael decides to shake up her boring marriage by having an affair with one of the patients at the MAXIMUM SECURITY ASYLUM FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE where her husband works. Tell Me More: This book has been on my TBR list forever. I think I first looked it up back in 2014-2015-i
Nov 32 min read


Review: Burden Falls, by Kat Ellis
Rating: 🍎🍎🍎.5 First Response: This book was good, but not for me. It was a little too YA for my taste. One Sentence Summary: Ava Thorne is adjusting to the loss of everything he holds dear… and a town ghost seems to be killing kids. Tell Me More: Ok, lissen: I listened to this book on audiobook, and it made almost no impression on my brain; which is weird because I listen to almost all my books on audiobook now, and most of them leave some sort of residue; but this one jus
Oct 313 min read


Review: Interview With The Vampire, by Anne Rice
I love this cover. Strong Nosferatu vibes. Rating: ➿➿➿➿➿ First Response: This book is deliciously gothic. One Sentence Summary: Immortal vampire Louis tells a curious 'boy' the story of his travels with Claudia-- the five year old girl he accidentally turned into a vampire. Tell Me More: This book surprised me. Interview with the Vampire is a surprisingly deep book. I was expecting a pulpy vampire adventure novel, but this book might be more adequately described as a medit
Oct 232 min read


Re-Read: Dracula, by Bram Stoker
I listened to the audiobook of this one. It was pretty good-- had a full cast and everything! This is the first re-read I'm featuring on my blog, and I'm two days overdue. Usually I pound these out the day I finish the book, but I've been at a bit of a loss as to the best way to structure these. I don't want to do my usual rating and review, because if I'm re-reading a book it's already got 4 or 5 stars (or whatever other emoji I chose to scale it with 😬). So what am I to do
Oct 115 min read


Review: Lucky Day, by Chuck Tingle
Rating: 🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰 First Response: I don’t think I’m a Tingler yet, but I’m open to the possibility. One Sentence Summary: What if Death...
Oct 63 min read


Review: Breathe In, Bleed Out, by Brian McAuley
Rating: ⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️ Initial Reaction: Well, I guess I really do like slashers. One Sentence Summary: Haunted by the death of her fiancé,...
Oct 23 min read


Review: Let's Split Up, by Bill Wood
Rating: 🔍🔍🔍🔍🔍 Initial Reaction: Y'all, this book was adorable. One Sentence Summary: A couple of teenagers get murdered in a...
Oct 13 min read
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