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This was the definition of “meh” for me. It felt quite repetitive (yes, we know our pilot wasn‘t as successful as Sully Sullenberger, you don‘t have to tell us over and over) and it was a weird combination of possible ghost and witch/coven story. I enjoyed the ghostly bits but found the herbalists (witches?) annoying. And the ending was strange. 🌟🌟🌟 #scarathlon #skeletoncrew

It begins with a plane crash…and the pilot who is wasn‘t Sully Sullenberger…and becomes my 2011 ghost story about a haunted house, a grieving pilot, and a basement door sealed shut with 39 bolts. #spookyseason @Crownpublishing 👻👻👻👻👻

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I wasn‘t sure about this at first because I‘m not a huge fan of 2nd person narration. However, the entire novel is not written in 2nd person and I just got sucked into the story. I kept telling Chip and Emily to just pack up the damn twins and run. I split this one between audio and print. This was my first Bohjalian novel and I will definitely check out his others. I have The Lioness on my shelf already.

I fear I‘m in a bit of a rut this month! I tried the tagged book for #aam and it did not click with me - there seemed to be two competing storylines and I hated the end - however I also slogged my way through Death in Her Hands by Moshfegh, Notes from a Young Black Chef by Top Chef alum Onwuachi, and The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart and rated them bleh to middling. I feel like there should have been variety enough there … so maybe I‘m just in a mood?

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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

It‘s an interesting story but I‘m not sure he hits that ending. It‘s a bit 🧀 #horror #witches #StephenKingvibes

I‘m trying to finish this so I can start the #20booksofSummer21 challenge tomorrow. #horror #ghoststory #mttbr

I don‘t write a lot of #ghoststories, 👻but when I do, invariably they have attics and super scary children. Have you read my novel, THE NIGHT STRANGERS? Happy #halloween! 🦇

One reason I like Chris Bohjalian is because each of his novels are always so different from one another. This one is sort of creepy. Aside from the climax of the story being a little over dramatic, I enjoyed this one, and the ending wasn‘t quite as predictable as you might think.

Thank you so much @CindyRene I'm looking forward to reading The Night Stranger and the candy is fantastic. Also your note on the inside was very nice 🕊
#Jolabokaflodswap @MaleficentBookDragon

Yes, I have a written a #Halloween ghost story: THE NIGHT STRANGERS. The origin? This basement door — nailed shut — in the 1898 Victorian I lived in for decades in #Vermont. It was published in 2011.

Ten years ago today Capt. 'Sully' Sullenberger landed his damaged Airbus on the Hudson, saving the crew and passengers. Ten years ago tonight, I started to write my novel about the pilot who wasn't Sully, THE NIGHT STRANGERS. My thanks to all flight crews. #MiracleOnTheHudson @Crownpublishing

These Halloween cookies were baked for me by my friend, the amazing journalist, Nanore Barsoumian, to celebrate the publication of my ghost story, THE NIGHT STRANGERS, in 2011. Each cookie has something to do with the novel.

“At some point, someone had sealed the door shut with six-inch long wrought iron bolts. Thirty-nine of them...” Thus begins my 2011 ghost story, THE NIGHT STRANGERS. Happy (almost) Halloween! @Crownpublishing #horror #ghoststories

Audiogardening! 🌱

I like the slow burn of this ghost story. I'm on chapter 6 and I still haven't figured out what's real, who's good and who's bad. It's going to be great late at night! Chris Bohjalian is coming to the local library in June!

Final descent into Burlington Airport -- and my beloved Vermont today. #whyilovethe802 (Discerning readers will also recall that this is the spot above Lake Champlain where the pilot in my novel, "The Night Strangers," begins his ill-fated ditching into the water.)

I really liked this book. If you are a hardcore horror fan, I can see how this book might disappoint you. For me, the supernatural and occult elements kept the story interesting. I‘m glad I read it during Halloween season. It was spooky and unsettling, particularly the epilogue. That‘s my kind of horror novel, more psychological suspense than actual scariness. I like everything I read by @ChrisBohjalian . #usareadingroadtrip #NewHampshire

"The door was presumed to have been the entry to a coal chute. It was a little under five feet in height and just about four feet wide, and it was composed of barn board and thick pieces of rough-hewn timber. At some point someone had sealed the door shut with six-inch long lag bolts. Thirty-nine of them ringed the wood and it was all but impenetrable, unless one were feeling energetic or had handy an ax." So begins my Halloween ghost story.

Obviously I can't complete New England in my #usareadingroadtrip without at least one @ChrisBohjalian novel. This looks like a good one for the Halloween season, too. #NewHampshire

"You can see perfectly in your mind the leaden shades of gray stratus as the nose of your plane would start to nudge through them; the fleece of the cumulus, bright and cheerful when lit by the sun, dark and shadowy when not; the ominous towers and anvil plumes of the cumulonimbus you would steer your plane around when the traffic and the tower permitted." -- from THE NIGHT STRANGERS. Spotted flying from Nashville to Detroit. @Crownpublishing

Meh.

Not great, not terrible. I'm nearly done and it's been a quick and mostly satisfying read.

Well make that 13 books read for me in January - I just finished this tonight. Really great and creepy. I was surprised at each turn. I'm a fan of horror movies but have, strangely, not read many horror books. This one didn't disappoint! 👍🏻

Got this #bookmail after a long week. But forgot why I got them. Anyone out there love or hate them? Opinions?

Halloween may be drawing to a close but I may not be ready to say goodbye to #allhallowsread ...

Bohjalian is one of my favorite authors, and this is his creepiest book. It'd actually be a good #scaretober read... I think ghostly kids fall into #disastrouskids #octphotochallenge.

What better way to end the week than a good scary story?

This is one of those books that wouldn't let me go. Set in a small NH town in the mountains, it centers around a family that buys an ancient Victorian house to get a fresh start. It's not until they move in that they discover the strange door in the basement. Haunting, witchy, and heart stopping!!