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August 2023 Wrap Up
- Ghost Summer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Even if the Sky is Falling ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- You‘re Not Supposed to Die Tonight ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
- The End of Men ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Zero Days ⭐️⭐️

These stories are beautiful and haunting. I loved every single one of them, but the title story was by far my favorite. This was my first journey into the writing of Tananarive Due, and it won't be my last. 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Currently reading!

Finished the short story Ghost Summer and I‘m floored by Due‘s writing. Beautiful and elegant and awe-inspiring.

Got my pjs on , grabbed my drink and snack and was just about to start this one I love a good ghost story but lily had other ideas for me she had the entire bed but decided sitting on my book was a much better idea I don‘t have the heart to move her ! Lol

Looking forward to creepy, weird stories.

It may not be summer anymore but it is spooky season. Excited for some non-gory horror.

#7covers7days #coverlove
Day 4
I know we are just posting covers without comment but this watercolor like cover gives the perfect ambiance of the book.

I caught a serious bout of the dumbs 🤪 last weekend and completely forgot about August‘s #24B4Monday readathon. To start my first day of a week long staycation, I‘m hauling myself and my #TuesdayTBR stack out to the hammock and get my read on. 📚📖😎

It‘s June 1 - short story month is now over. I wasn‘t able to host the short story swap this year 😢 but I want to hear what stories you‘re reading. Share your favorite short stories you read this month & tag me. #shortstorymonth

I‘ve read the tagged collection, The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo, and some of Paris Stories by Mavis Gallant.

This short story is part of the Ghost Box collection edited by Patton Oswalt. Today‘s story is “The Lake” and first appeared in the tagged collection. So very creepy- teacher Abbie LaFleur takes a new job in Florida - buys a home on a natural lake where the locals know you don‘t swim in the summer. No one tells Abbie and she swims all summer long- and then....! So far this is such a fun collection!

A truly outstanding collection of speculative often spooky short stories! Themes include ghost hunting, zombies, post-apocalyptic survival, werewolves, and other paranormal realities. My favourites were the title story (wonderful blend of childhood ghost haunting and the memories of racism) and "Danger Word," a zombie story that terrified me. A few stories felt like they ended when they only had just started, but this is a pretty minor criticism.

Perfect autumn afternoon, am I right??
#HalloweenReads #BlackBooks

Can't believe I haven't read anything by this author before! It's a great collection of black speculative / horror short stories. The one I finished last night had me legit scared to turn the light off. #BlackBooks

I may have gone a little overboard with the holds for #HalloweenReads that have recently been recommended to me. Anyone read any of these? Alternately, you can also give me more recs #SpookyBooks that are paranormal and not too scary (a la Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House). That's how I got these suggestions over on Twitter.

I need to stop reading this while I‘m home alone. Read two super unsettling zombie/plague stories out of here right as a thunderstorm rolled in. Now cuddling a super unhelpful cat watching Disney movies waiting for someone else to come home haha

Binx: Conqueror is Books and Demander of Pets 🖤

It‘s a beautiful day for a new book

#riotgrams day 6: short stories

These stories really speak to the heart in a very simple way. Though technically a "horror" book, these tales define it in a very loose way- everything from actual ghosts/monsters to the legacy of slavery to losing a loved one make an appearance. A really fantastic collection!

Somebody pleaseeee take my credit card away. I am out of control. 😭

#bookhaul

Day13: Genre #30daysofreadathon. Here are a few of my favs.

1. Never (confession: I still haven't *hides)
2. dog ears 🐶👂🏼
3. Off
4. Short stories
5. Color! 🎨( but this was the only hard choice one!)

#bookishwouldyourather

Tananarive Due is at the height of her writing powers through this amazing variety of stories. Check it out!!

Well it seems I don't really have books with the weather but summer can apply. Right? #aprilbookshowers #day2 #weather

Picked up from the library today

The weather feels a lot like what would happen if ennui were sentient and declared winter its favorite season. So for this dreary morning I'm enjoying some comforting soup, cookies, and reading more of Tananarive Due's stories about people trying to deal with the unsettling. I do believe I have yet another favorite author. So far Due's writing is amazing. 🍵🍪📖 #BooksFromSteinbeck

I really enjoyed these stories quite a bit. There was just the right amount of creepy and weird blended with themes of loss, isolation, etc. to make this a great fall pick (nevermind that "summer" is in the title)!

I loved every story--Due's writing is beautiful & her ability to create an immersive story within the first few paragraphs of a tale is bananas. I enjoyed the stories set in Gracetown the most & missed it once they moved to different territory. The other stories were just as good, but there's something about Gracetown that makes what's already creepy even more unnerving. Due is officially someone whose work I'll keep looking for.

Every story in this collection has surprised me. The Buffy bookmark spikes the already high cool-factor. Thanks, 9 year old me.

Brb--hiding from the world and embracing kitty cuddles and some more spooky stories. Let's take a moment to pick ourselves and those around us up, and then keep moving forward.

Also reading and LOVING this collection of spooky short stories. Due writes the most memorable characters!

Tis the season for spooky #shortstories! Creepy stories: LADY AUTHOR EDITION.

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Not all of these are horror. They're mostly atmospheric, so folks that just want some moody seasonal fall reading can probably handle them. Ghost Summer was excellent, as is anything by Tananarive Due! Some might show up for our October readalong for @LitsyFeministBookClub. 😉

#ghostsoflitsy #scaretober #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge #readwomen

#Recommendsday: Perfect for summer. The stories take place in Gracetown, a haunted Florida town. The quality of each story is consistent but has diverse themes like mythical monsters, werewolves, viruses, ghosts, & other supernatural phenomena. Due shows deep emotional understanding of humanity as she weaves historical elements of slavery & racial commentary into her stories. Her writing is incisive, suspenseful, & engaging. 🌤 #ReadWomen #WNDB