Here‘s my recommendation for #HauntedShelf. If you are looking for an easy read in Spanish with a spooky vibe, this is a good one. If you don‘t read Spanish I know there are dual language editions and you can just read the English. Very atmospheric and creepy.
#FrightClub @PuddleJumper @Jadams89
pickI just realized I never made a post about one of my favorite reads of the year.
Aura by Carlos Fuentes gave me major Shirley Jackson vibes from the beginning, so I had a feeling I was going to love it. There's a great little twist at the end that I never saw coming. This is a book I will be rereading for sure. (and hopefully in Spanish next time 😊)
5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
#mexicanliterature #booksintranslation
pickStorytelling in the second person works superbly for the terror and magic. Not difficult to predict, but that's never been a problem for me. A good plot twist on its own won't make a short story survive time: this story is about keeping beauty young forever, about immortality. If the preservation of beauty beyond what is natural is a sign of the supernatural, this story is an apparition. I thought it was beautiful.
pickI read this for class (thank god it's short) but it's a great spooky Halloween read, replete with poisonous plants, unbroken darkness, bloody carcasses, and an old woman and her niece with a very strange connection...
Just a few possibilities for #LittensDressedinBlood. More possibilities tagged in comments.
#AllHallowsRead in translation! I have always wanted to read this.
Aura | 
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