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@MaleficentBookDragon this was the *best* #NaughtyListHolidaySwap #NLHS pkg!!! Thank you for 4 books I‘m sooo excited to read, incl one of *your* faves 🤩🤩 The bookmark is 🤌🏼, the spooky candies are perf, & I love the Sophie‘s Scarf!! It‘s so expertly done & I love those colors too!! 😍😍 And the book sleeve! Guys, look at that amazing skull-snowflake design (blown up in back left)! Also the wrap was so cute (back-right)! 🖤❤️🖤 Thank you!!

I thought this would be right up my alley, but it just didn‘t stick with me. I couldn‘t get into it like I was hoping.⭐️⭐️

I went to check out a new library and picked up these two books from their sale shelf.

#CoverLove

This #Silver title is in my TBR stack. I have the red cover with silver highlights but the Illumicrate cover definitely highlights the silver. 🩶

This was just ok. I almost DNF‘d, but I was interested enough to finish it. This does have solid character building, though not completely likable, they were engaging. My biggest issue is not all that much happens, and during the “action” scenes, I never felt that much peril. This author is a mixed bag for me, so I will definitely wait on reviews for her future releases. 3⭐️ One of my #Roll100 picks done!

My book haul from today! 🩷📚🩷📚 I grabbed two horror, two romance, and a fantasy! 📖 I have already read Camp Damascus, but I loved it so much I really wanted to own a copy! Rumpel is looking at me like she can't believe I bought more books! 😹 #catsoflitsy #rumpel

7-2-24: My 20th finished book of 2024! 1993 in Mexico City. Montserrat and Tristan, friends since childhood, get mixed up in a magical catastrophe. Upon meeting an old director from the 60s who they admired, they helped to reenact a spell that would bring back the leader of an occultist group. Magic and mystery, Nazis and the occult, what fun this one was. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️📖#️⃣2️⃣0️⃣

Great story about film and occult during the 1990s in Mexico City.

Absolutely loved this most recent horror-thriller from the always-excellent Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Set in 1990s Mexico City, a film sound editor and her best friend (a former soap opera star with a tragic past) befriend an aging director of cult horror movies, who believes his last film is cursed and only they can help him. Creepy and atmospheric and cool.

This horror story set in 1990's Mexico City had some weaknesses, but I really liked all the details about Mexico's film industry of the earlier decades. The characters were not all likable but were all flawed in different and interesting ways.

#gottacatchemall @PuddleJumper (prompt 8: “Wooloo: Character with curly hair“)

#52bookclub24 (prompt 19: “A buddy read“, for a local bookclub)

Not what I had expected — more witches and wizardry than horror. It‘s the type of story that could‘ve gone so many ways. Unfortunately, I think Moreno-Garcia struggled with which way to take it. The writing feels rushed and the characters are sort of flat; more like sketches than fully fleshed out people.

As a movie buff, however, I loved all the film references.

Loved Certain Dark Things & enjoyed Mexican Gothic.

This wasn‘t for me. I received it in a horror subscription box. Wasn‘t horrific. A bit disappointing for a 1st book in a sub.

More of a romance. Character development via dialog dialog dialog.

The good: mentions of old movie studios & classic horror were fabulous! Premise, great! I enjoyed chunks of this book but as a whole I didn‘t feel it was a good example of horror.

Soft pick.

⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

Another #backlogpost from Scarathon lol

I think this is my favorite Moreno-Garcia so far! I am also biased- I like film-based horror. I just think it‘s a lot of fun. It feels like a new medium that‘s been underutilized compared to like a magic item or cursed book.

Give it a shot if you like cursed stuff and headstrong protagonists and learning about old film history and techniques

This was my first book by Moreno-García & I want to download her others now too. This was great.

Love the history & themes SMG uses. Set in 80s Mexico City in the movie industry. Sound editor getting squeezed out of jobs by sexist boss & an actor w/waning career due to old scandal, childhood friends, meet film director who years ago worked on films with Nazi occultists. Spooky evil magic story ensues when they agree to help director dub an old film. Next up: Bad Cree. #scarathlon #TeamBookLovers

This picture represents two books. Listening to Dracula on the walk up to the park and now switching to Silver Nitrate. Oh and 73 degrees in Michigan on Oct 27th for the trifecta!

Creepy!

#AutumnPlease

I bought print copies of these two books, both with #EyesOnCover at my indie bookstore a few weeks ago. Not sure if I will get them read during #Scarathlon So many 📚📚📚 so little time!

+6 points for Team #SpookyGhostClub 👻🖤👻

Wanted to post this picture even though it was taken over a week ago. I thought you all might like the hat.

Enjoying every last second reading on the beach in Nags Head NC. This will surely be the last sun-kissed beach read of 2023 for me. Headed north tomorrow morning.

Reading on the beach! The best!

I was enjoying this book but by the last 60 pages, I started to not care how it ended. But I wouldn‘t say that I wouldn‘t recommend it.

I wasn‘t sure how I was going to feel about this one. But I actually really liked it! Not as scary as I was hoping but it was still a rather enjoyable read. I really loved the ending which brought the book up for me. This is more so a story about two friends, one selfish and one stubborn, with occult trappings than it is a horror. The backdrop of Mexico in the 90s with characters working in the film industry was also really cool to read.

Huge fan of Mexican Gothic. Not so much of this one. It‘s slow burn was too slow for me. It worked better as a work of historical fiction than as a horror.

Admittedly maybe not my favorite Moreno-Garcia amidst all the options, but she hasn‘t disappointed me yet. Youtube thoughts —->
https://youtu.be/2GuIhIvveCY

What I‘d rather be doing today.

Book 163🎧 2.5⭐️

I don‘t think I would call this a horror per say, I was definitely expecting a lot more scare or gore but it was pretty tame.

But I appreciate story telling from other cultures and it‘s was very well written. More historical fiction with a dash of horror and magic.

This is WAY better than “The Daughter of Doctor Moreau” was; when I actually get a chance to sit and read, it flies by. (These last two weeks have just been nonstop crazy at work, and when I get home, I do stuff for my Master‘s program and then just go to bed. 😂) But I‘m definitely along for this ride and am looking forward to seeing where it ultimately goes. #silvernitrate #silviamorenogarcia #horror #suspense #mexicanliterature

Weak pick. Not my favorite by SMG but also not my least favorite. I liked the story but the language seemed clunky and awkward.

This was a rather fun horror novel set in Mexico in the 90s about a haunted film. When Montserrat and her best friend Tristan discover an unfinished horror movie they of course, have to help finish it. Too bad the film is a sort of spell started by a bunch of insane occultists 🎬
#RushAThon @DieAReader @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES

#scarathlon signups are live!! Go see @Clwojick or @StayCurious posts https://litsy.com/p/TzRmdTNLT0RQ to sign up. I‘m excited for the new smaller teams format! And the bingo boards!

Too bad I couldn‘t save this new release for the event, but it was too much fun in the undead-Nazi-occultist using (literal) silver screen magic sort of way! 💀🩻🗝️

This author is all over the place. This one is about movies and magic and somehow also Nazis. Set in Mexico in the 1990s.

And making a guest appearance is a book about language and archeology. Because who reads just 1 book?

#BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks

Pub date is 7/18
#ARC #Netgalley

I totally hosed June but whatever. On to July!

#BookSpin #DoubleSpin #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

Silvia Moreno-Garcia has quickly become one of my favourite authors so I was excited to get this ARC from NetGalley
This mixes Mexican film with horror, the occult, magic and Nazis. I loved the story although it was a bit slow to get started and as always her writing was immaculate 4 ⭐️

#NetGalley #ARC

I'm a big fan of this author, regardless of my opinion on this book. The idea was intriguing- Mexican horror films, the occult, magic, and Nazis. Personally though, I wanted more creepy atmospheric vibes and that doesn't start happening until the halfway point of the story.

I liked the characters, but the pacing was painful.

I'll still read anything this author writes though, but this one just wasn't for me.

Bedtime reading: the wonderful @silviamg . Good-night!