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Hangsaman | Shirley Jackson

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Another from my favourite, Shirley Jackson! As usual, it was brilliant. But it is a difficult one to explain. I would class this more as a psychological thriller than horror, which some people class it as. It follows a young woman, Natalie, as she moves away from her family and to college. Essentially it charts a descent of a tortured soul, a little like The Bell Jar, but with classic Shirley Jackson eeriness and crippling loneliness.(cont. 👇🏻)

i.z.booknook There isn‘t really much of a plot to explain, and yet so much happens, it‘s just that it is internal and psychological and subtextual. Classic Jackson. 7h

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Jolynne

The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years: A Novel | Shubnum Khan

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What a house! What a story!

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behudd

One Dark Window | Rachel Gillig

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I really liked this one!
After a slow start, I think made worse by an audio narrator that I did not love, I switched to reading the hard copy and instantly enjoyed it more. So I would recommend reading over listening for this one.
The characters were all excellent, I thought the lore and the magic was really unique and well developed, and I cannot wait to read the second one!

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BarkingMadRead

Woman in White | Wilkie COLLINS

Epoch 1, part 2: y‘all. Damn. #herewego #percyshowsup #iamnotafan #heissomanipulative #marianseesrightthroughhim #lauraavoidshim #thelawyerlikeshim #until #lauradoesntwanttomarryhim #gilmoreleavesandawaitslaurasdecision #percyhasthemaloneallweek #suddenylaurasaysyes #wtf #gilmoreworksonthesettlement #percywantsallhermoney #thatsnotsus 🙄 #fairlieallowsit #dude #idonottrustpercy #neitherdoesgilmore #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @bklover @mcctrish @librarybelle @sace @clare-dragonfly @ruthiella @roary47 @catlass007 @elizamarie @quietjenn @dabbe @willaful @kwmg40 4d

BarkingMadRead @kao @barbarajean @thearomaofbooks @julieclair @samanne @kathywheeler @leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @graciouswarriorprincess 4d

CatLass007 Truth! That is completely understandable. 4d

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willaful Could you take me off the tag list please? I'd really like to read it with you but I just don't seem to be doing it. :-( 4d

BarkingMadRead @willaful absolutely 4d

ElizaMarie Percy is lower than a dog! That doggie not liking him is a #RedFlag and just #AlllTheMoney IF she dies? Hmm... are we setting up for some future murder? Or is my mind just dark/gutter? And -- Why does she have to marry #RightBefore she is of age? Like if she was of age, would she have been able to make the will work? 4d

BarkingMadRead @ElizaMarie that‘s exactly what I thought! He‘s twice her age, obviously he will be the first to go, unless…. 4d

mcctrish The fact he wants to marry her before she‘s 21 is a red flag! Wait 3 months and she can do her own will without that stupid #unclesmellingsalts having any say! Also Aunt Eleanor and her Count were giving me brief Udolpho vibes #iykyk 🤣🤣 she needs to put Marian in a legal document #percypig is going to run her out of town aka #lockherup 4d

Bklover @mcctrish Next thing you know Marian will suddenly be in an asylum. Soon following will be Laura. #percypigisanass 4d

mcctrish @Bklover #thewritingisonthewall 4d

Bookwormjillk I felt like Uncle Crabby in his room yesterday. Every time I tried to read this section someone would talk to me. My nerves! All caught up now and you all said what I was thinking. I‘m loving reading about the same events from different points of view. 3d

Clare-Dragonfly I appreciate how Collins drums in that Percy is a jerk and not to be trusted. As though we didn‘t all hate him already, the dog can‘t stand him. Dogs know! Do you think Collins was getting paid by the word like Dickens? That last section was a whole lot of words to say “he gets all her money if she dies first” 😂 And even if he doesn‘t have nefarious plans… this book is still in a high maternal mortality era. 3d

Clare-Dragonfly @mcctrish Udolpho vibes yes 😂 3d

mcctrish @Clare-Dragonfly I love our ‘inside vibes‘ connections #bestgroupever #trustthedog 3d

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly 💯 Gilmore was like, let me just explain this last bit real quick, and then it took like 5 pages. Sir. 3d

Clare-Dragonfly I forgot to mention, I have serious doubts that uneducated Mrs. Catherick really wrote that “yeah Percy is cool with me” letter. 😒 I wish we were reading this more slowly—so much happens in each day‘s section that I can‘t remember it all, let alone have time to discuss it! 3d

julieclair Whew! Lots going on 3d

julieclair #trustthedog for sure. And what's with #unclesmellingsalts allowing this ridiculous inheritance business? 3d

Leftcoastzen Always #trustthedog could Gilmore make it any more obvious to #unclesmellingsalts ? Lost in his own little world to the perils of his family 2d

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Decalino

Starling House | Alix Harrow

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Ever since their mother's death, Opal has fought tooth and nail to protect her little brother Jasper. She's even willing to brave the rumored horrors of Starling House if it means money for his school fund. This gripping fantasy blends fairy tale elements with the gritty details of growing up poor in a small mining town in Kentucky. As a Kentuckian myself, I may be a bit biased, but I couldn't put this one down.

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dabbe

The woman in white | Wilkie COLLINS

#bookspin2025 #bookspin @TheAromaOfBooks (thanks for hosting! 🤗)

ND Tongue Twister: try to say “brass bound“ 10 x as fast as you can. 🤣

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 5d

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DrasticallyJill

The Ghost Writer | John Harwood

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A work of modern gothic. Harwood keeps readers engaged with a tale spawning from the narrators‘ experience; the additions of intertwining ‘lost‘ stories written prophetically years before. It has all elements that keep readers guessing, doubting, and enchanted. Supernatural or madness? Research or recluse? Cannot say more good things-just reading it is an experience!

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shanaqui

Starling House | Alix E. Harrow

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I'm still thinking about this one and how I want to review it. I liked it, but it's weird; I can't quite say how much yet.

I didn't make a #BookSpinBingo blackout in February, as you see. But maybe I'll make it before the new numbers are announced -- in my heart, that still counts! And either way, this is what... six bingos? I'm happy.

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