Unnatural Creatures: A Novel of the Frankenstein Women by Kris Waldherr was the PERFECT October read. I haven't read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley since high school (over 10 years ago!) so I went into this book pretty much blind. I remember the basic premise of Frankenstein but not much else. I'm actually glad I went …
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Book Review for “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” by Shirley Jackson
I decided to begin my spooky season reads with We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. My brother loved this book and told me I needed to read it so, here I am. This book seems to be loved by most but unfortunately, I'm in the vast minority because I hated it. …
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Book Review for “What Moves the Dead” by T. Kingfisher
"What Moves The Dead" is the second story (the other being Nettle & Bone) that I've read by T. Kingfisher and unfortunately, not my favorite. This spooky novella is a retelling of "The Fall of The House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe and that alone is why I requested it from Netgalley. This review …
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My 2021 Bookish Roundup: Best, Worst & Most Disappointing
This year has been quite disappointing, as far as books go. I didn't hit my goal of reading 50 books and was only able to read 36. Of those 36, six were five star reads, three were one star reads and the rest were somewhere in between. Today I'm going to share my five stars, …
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Book Review for “The Last House on Needless Street” by Catriona Ward
We are quickly heading into spooky season and so I decided I wanted to read something... spooky. I like a good creepy book, especially if it's paranormal, but it's not a genre I read from often. One book that I saw repeatedly mentioned on Twitter was The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward. …
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