pickI‘ve read a few books by Darcy Coates, and I absolutely love her spooky mansion and ghost stories. Craven Manor was different from her other books I‘ve read. It had a strong emotional theme that made me care about the characters and what happened to them. 👻
Full review at abookandadog.com/blog/craven-manor
Book Outlet had a sale recently and I maybe bought a few books 🤷 Which should I read first?
Oooo, so dark and creepy! It starts off cozy and then turns on you. A very disturbing read that has many possible interpretations.
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📚Currently reading:
🎧Lud in the Mist
🎧Rise of the King
Progress:
Last week was a very productive reading week. Tried to get a lot of shorter work done to make it to my Goodreads reading goal of 70 books. My favorite read has been Diavola. Still slowly making my way through Lud and I might put the Drizzt book on hold again until after I'm done with the challenge. Will try to pick another audiobook as well this upcoming week.
I was a little intimidated by this but was immediately engrossed. Might help that it was inspired by one of my favorite books (though not a retelling, I don't think.)
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pickPicked this up on a whim yesterday, and it had me hooked.
To be fair it dragged in the third half of the book, and a lot of the events could have been summarized in a chapter or two. But, towards the end the book picked up the pace again and the very ending was extremely satisfying.
The gothic horror delivered well enough, although Italy isn't really ideal for a “scary book“ Maybe that's just me.
so-soIf the writing wasn‘t so good, this would be a Pan. Descriptions and sentiments are wonderful, but the story is a mess of extraneous details irrelevant to the plot, too many meaningless background characters, and a useless protagonist. Confusing without being mysterious, ending did not feel earned.
pickThis was the second creepy house book I read in October! It wasn‘t really YA but read like it—I‘m not sure how I feel about that, but I did really enjoy the book. I liked the characters and was fascinated with piecing together the various clues about the history of the house and the Starling family. And I loved the role that legends and storytelling and dreams played in the plot. However, there were a few writing quirks that got on my nerves. ⤵️
pickAlright I won‘t lie, I expected more based off of the Netflix show, but this book was still great. It was a slow burn classic haunting that ended in tragedy. Definitely a great spooky season read!
