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I enjoy haunting memoirs. The author‘s story appears on the tv series Paranormal Witness, Season 2, Episode 2…but her book is much better. For years, she lived in fear in the old Brooklyn house she and her family lived in, until finding out what happened to the restless spirits occupying her home, and why they were there. Fascinating, personal. Books like this help open up the conversation for what many experience but fear to talk about.

Night Side of the River, by Jeanette Winterson (2023)
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Premise: A collection of ghost stories and personal reflections on the paranormal by a contemporary master of short fiction.

Review: The worst thing I can say about this is that it‘s uneven. It starts off strong, with some seriously disturbing tales of haunting by AI and other virtual technology. ⬇️

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Well they can‘t all be five star reads. After a pretty successful reading month I‘ve found a dud. This book was infuriatingly unsatisfying. Nothing happened. Nothing was explained. I‘m terribly disappointed because I love The Woman in Black by the same author.

Full review: https://wildwoodreads.com/2025/10/27/the-mist-in-the-mirror/

#tlt @dabbe

I did better than I expected (I‘m such a scaredy cat)! I even found three eerie books on the list that I did really love reading.

I also found one more that intrigued to try (tagged). I loved his book Hearts Invisible Furies and didn‘t know he‘d written something spooky. Intriguing! Thanks, @dabbe !

My first #10BeforeTheEnd update:
I finished Edith Wharton's Ghost Stories 🎉. They were quite enjoyable in small doses: 1 or 2 in the evening over the course of a month.
I picked up The Adventure of Vela again. I'd like to finish it before the end of the month, but it is slow-going & I might not get a lot of reading time next week, so we'll see.
I'd also like to read the whole of Jami's Mejnun & Leila before Nov, 8th ⬇

@ChaoticMissAdventures