Tag: spooktober
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Stunning Dark Fantasy Prose in Emily Lloyd-Jones’s The Bone Houses
The Bone Houses was a reread of mine for two main reasons. One, I originally read it before I started my blog, so my written review for it is a mere five or six lines in an old diary. Two, I knew I needed to read it again to fully express how wonderful this book…
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Deborah Harkness’s The Book of Life Is Not The Conclusion I Expected
After the incredible introduction into the supernatural story world in A Discovery of Witches and the mesmerising follow up in Shadow of Night, I thought I knew what direction Deborah Harkness’s The Book of Life would take. I was wrong. Not only was a given a read that would continue to surprise me, but I…
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Historical Romance and Ghostly Haunts in Hester Fox’s The Witch of Willow Hall
The Witch of Willow Hall is the second of Hester Fox’s novels I have read, the first being The Last Heir to Blackwood Library back in October of 2023. I can safely say that Hester’s debut is lush with detail and rife with tension, and a novel you need to read this very minute! If…
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Somewhere in the Dark by R.J. Jacobs – A Psychological Thriller You Need to Read
At less than 300 pages, Somewhere in the Dark won’t take up a full afternoon to read, but I promise you, you will be thinking about it for the rest of the night. Somewhere in the Dark is my second R.J. Jacobs read in a week, but I admit that it is the one I…
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Get Ready for Spooktober – The Month of Daily Posts
Remember how I said I did a reading challenge last year and I got so burnt out I struggled to finish it….I’m doing it again! Spooktober is back, but it is the new and improved version, so strap yourselves in and let’s see what’s in store for October. For those of you who are new…