Tag: horror
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The Creepy Craze: ‘Tis the Season
It’s spooky season, everyone! I realized it is time for a book recommendation post. So, I wanted to share with you all what I am reading this season. And yes, spooky season most definitely extends beyond Halloween! If it’s autumn, it’s time for creepy vibes. For this particular post, I tried to avoid books that…
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Books, Briefly: How to Sell a Haunted House
“Books, Briefly” is featuring a spooky book today… Title: How to Sell a Haunted House Author: Grady Hendrix READ IF YOU LIKE: scary stories about hauntings, Halloween-vibes, unrealistic characters mixed with realistic ones, reading about sibling relationships MOOD: creepy, morbidly goofy Likes Dislikes How the author inserted comedic relief to offset things that were creepy…
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The Reformatory: A Hauntingly Impactful Novel
“Florida’s soil is soaked with so much blood, it’s a wonder the droplets don’t seep between your toes with every step, Mama used to say.” The Reformatory – Tananarive Due My Rating In Summary of The Reformatory “Gracetown, FloridaJune 1950 Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys,…
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Not Your Typical Summer Reading
It’s summer time, which calls for a specific vibe in your reading line up. This isn’t assigned summer reading, so you deserve to have some fun! Here’s a mix of books that might suit you, and not in the bathing suit kind of way. (Ok, I had to…) Really, though; this list does have quite…
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23 Books in 2023
Readers can’t help themselves. Inevitably, a stack of books will appear – bought or loaned. Hey, I’m guilty as charged. What better way to tackle my never-ending TBR pile than to tackle the 23 in 2023 challenge? Perhaps one of these will spark your interest or you will take this list on with me. There’s…
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Spooky Season Recs
What better way to bring back the blog than in my prime season – spooky season! There’s atmosphere, creepiness, witches, magic, and unhinged, scary fun… How can someone not be in the mood? Whether you are embracing the season already or need some help getting into the vibe, I got you covered. This list is…
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12 Books Challenge
On my Instagram, I asked for 12 book recommendations for the #12bookschallenge and I was not disappointed. The idea is that each book will represent a different month of the year. While I am technically already behind with January almost being over, there is not a specific time that I have to read these during…
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Happy One Year!
One whole year. It’s been one year since I began this book blog and my bookstagram. Within that time, I have read almost 90 books. I have connected with fellow readers and bookstagrammers – both online and in-person – and I can honestly say that I have gained a wonderful community. I learned how to…
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Last-Minute Christmas Romance Recs
It’s Christmas Week! Get out your last-minute Christmas books because it’s candy-cane-crunch time! And if you don’t know what to pick up because there are so many Christmas books and so little time to decide? I got you covered. Based on my most recent reads this month – as well as the Christmas books highest…
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Reading Wrap-Up: November 2021
I read 5-books during the month of November. Teaching has been busy, as well as preparing for the Thanksgiving holiday, but I read an interesting variety of books when I could! (Hence the majority of this month’s reads being audiobooks.) **Book titles with asterisks are ones I’ve already reviewed on Archetypes & Anecdotes, as of…
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