Tag: spooky reads
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Witchy Book Recs
I’m starting my Spooktober book recs series off easy with the Witchy Book Recs. These books contain witches and/or warlocks, magic, and magical realism. While these character may not all be witches or warlocks, the books carry this witchy vibe befitting of its addition to this category (and likely they fit the best in this…
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Spooktober Returns for 2025
Another October, another round of Spooktober! Spooktober is back and I have many books set aside for this month, from adult fantasy, historical fiction and classic crime fiction to the horrors, the thrillers, and the dark academias that carry that extra tone of sinister. While I would love to do another Spooktober where I post…
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Hester Fox’s A Lullaby for Witches Has Everything You Want in a Witchy Novel
Hester Fox strikes again with A Lullaby for Witches, and what a deliciously dark and captivating novel it is! I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one as this is the first novel of hers to be semi-set in the present day, but what A Lullaby for Witches contains is more than incredible. Trigger…
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What Makes a Scary Book?
Scary books are not restricted to a genre, nor do they have to contain the same formula or tropes as other scary books. Here are a list of things that make a scary book in my eyes. If you have some favourite scary tropes or elements you want to talk about, leave a comment! An…
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H.P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth is a Lush, Vivid Nightmare
I mentioned in a Spooktober 2023 post and in my Haunting Author Recommendations post earlier this month The Shadow Over Innsmouth is a renowned H.P. Lovecraft tale not to be missed. I abided by that sentiment and read The Shadow Over Innsmouth to get a feel for the truly horrific and disturbing during this month…
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is a Classic Hair-Raising Read
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is perhaps his most well-known novel within the Sherlock Holmes Chronicles, and for good reason. It stands out among his other works – A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, and The Valley of Fear – in its themes, setting and eerie imagery,…
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Spells, Murders and Poe in Hester Fox’s The Widow of Pale Harbour
The Widow of Pale Harbor by Hester Fox has been interesting with its inclusion of some iconic Edgar Allen Poe stories and references, but it falls short in delivering an atmospheric and thrilling gothic read. I wish it wasn’t so, but things didn’t pan out quite how I expected them to, and the story feels…
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Brom’s Slewfoot is a Rich and Bewitching Masterpiece of Horror
Step into this immersive dark tale of bewitchery, discovery and power with Brom’s Slewfoot. This is a must for fans of Alexis Henderson’s The Year of the Witching or any horror-soaked colonial tale in the isolated landscape of the early American colonies. Brom’s vivid and atmospheric detail will suck you in, so be careful –…
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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…