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Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories | H P Lovecraft
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A definitive collection of stories from the unrivaled master of twentieth-century horror in a Penguin Classics Deluxe edition with cover art by Travis Louie Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Philips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the 1920s, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, presents a selection of the master's fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and madness such as "The Outsider" to the overpowering cosmic terror of "The Call of Cthulhu." More than just a collection of terrifying tales, this volume reveals the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style and establishes him as a canonical - and visionary - American writer. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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booklover3258
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Mehso-so

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/bkAqUtlkPEo

Enjoy!

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Emilymdxn
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Pickpick

Halloween is the perfect day for a reread! This is so atmospheric and I can never reread it enough times. This and at the mountains of madness are my favourites

#scarathlon #skeletoncrew

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Emilymdxn
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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The lost city of R‘Lyeh where Cthulhu waits dreaming was my first thought for #autumnplease today! I absolutely adore the world building of cosmic horror it‘s one of my favourite micro genres 🎃

#scarathlon #skeletoncrew

Gissy Love those pictures😍 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great photos 🖤 5mo
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abookdragonsretreat
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🖤

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abookdragonsretreat
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Loved this first part🖤

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Roary47
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Pickpick

4✨Written as if they were journaling their experience the narrator is first curious of the sightings. When they finally see the creature it terrifies them into remaining silent just like those that were interviewed. Very well written short horror story. #Scarathon #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick

Clwojick Woohoo! ☠ 1y
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Staci
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Panpan

A horror story involving a cult conjuring up this monster. Not one of my favorites.

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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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After reading Lovecraft Country I figured I'd better get some actual HP Lovecraft under my belt. I enjoyed the Radio Theatre version of this audio book, but definitely will need a reread down the line. I think I was too distracted to properly appreciate it. #Screamathon @4thhouseontheleft

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TH3F4LC0N
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Pickpick

Been working my way thru Lovecraft‘s works for a couple months now. Just finished probably his most famous story last nite. Really enjoying myself so far (mostly). Love the archaic writing style, and Lovecraft‘s imagination was truly remarkable. I know he‘s controversial now, and rightly so, but still, dude‘s work was amazing. Probably one of the best short stories I‘ve read in a while. Really looking forward to his longer works.

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Michael_Gee
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Meant to post this a few weeks ago…Cthulhu-like sighting at the mall.

RaeLovesToRead Fhtagn 3y
Reggie That is awesome! 3y
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Demeter2112
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Been a minute since I posted here lmao oops. Grad school will do that to ya, I guess... Current reads for class are The Call of Cthulhu and the Alchemist.

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Naz786
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Pickpick

⭐⭐⭐/5

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DenaReads
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft

Written over 100 years ago.My 11 year old grandson wanted it.So I read it to make sure it was ok for him.Spent most of the 63 pages looking up words that are either too big for me or not words that we use today.It's a horror classic that I recommend reading.Especially good for spooky October ;)

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Mistermandolin
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories | H. P. Lovecraft, S T Joshi
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Pickpick

What to say about Lovecraft? Overrated: certainly. Influential: massively. Likeable: hmmm. This isn‘t the cheapest Lovecraft collection but it benefits from Joshi‘s excellent notes and contains some fine tales. Innsmouth‘s the classic; worth the price of admission alone. Read it and you‘ll at least know what the fuss is all about. The rest vary. You can pick up all the stories for next to nothing on kindle. Some cheap print editions, too.

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Taylor
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Pickpick

Extremely creative, visceral stories, with a type of mysticism and sense of wonder that I can‘t get enough of. The sheer magnitude of anxiety (racist and existential) is something I‘ve rarely come across in writers I read. Kafka is the only one I can think of, and he was without the racism of course. But it does remind me of Kafka in that sense.

Anyway, I love how cerebral yet deluded it is, with his paranoia. Awesome prose style too.

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Taylor

To shake off the maddening and wearying limitations of time and space and natural law—to be linked with the vast outside—to come close to the nighted and abysmal secrets of the infinite and the ultimate—surely such a thing was worth the risk of one‘s life, soul, and sanity!

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Taylor

Ha, this guy really committed his full talent to writing these racist epics‬.

Whatever though... I am enjoying it.

The opening to the story “The Colour Out of Space” goes absolutely bonkers. 🤯

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Bibliobear
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“I have dwelt ever in realms apart from the visible world; spending my youth and adolescence in ancient and little-known books, and in roaming the fields and groves of the region near my ancestral home. I do not think that what I read in these books or saw in these fields and groves was exactly what other boys read and saw there.“

Remembering H.P. Lovecraft on his birthday.

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Taylor

Our lanterns disclosed the top of a flight of stone steps, dripping with some detestable ichor of the inner earth....

😈😈🔥

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BeansPage
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Hey ladies 👋😊
Now that things are slowly starting to open up again, are we returning everyone's books? Are we still reading?
Who has what currently???

#HGPBC #TeamCthulhu
@MaleficentBookDragon @jillannjohn @BookwormAHN

BookwormAHN I have mine and I think I've returned the others. 4y
BeansPage @BookwormAHN okay good. Just wondering who has my book still and if all the other books were returned ?🤔? 4y
jillannjohn I thought everything was returned... 4y
BeansPage @jillannjohn I still don't have my book back. It may be with Michelle @MaleficentBookDragon I'm not sure. I know it's safe as long as it's with one of you girls but I just wanted to know where it's at and if it was coming back. 4y
MaleficentBookDragon I have my book back and had mailed out all the ones I had received. I will try and find the tracking slips but they may be shredded by now. 4y
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BookmarkTavern
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Tor.com shared this on their Facebook page. Thought we could all use the smile.

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.

Butterfinger Wow!! 4y
Crazeedi That's great 4y
ChasingOm 😂 4y
BookwormM Love it 😍 4y
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Verba Docent
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
Pickpick

There are valid issues with Lovecraft's personal views which I will not reiterate because they are well documented. Speaking only of the short story, it is perhaps the most well known of HPL. The story itself has the investigative elements that I think HPL does so well. I thought the last third of the tale was the weakest, and would have preferred more unexplained mystery. Still, absolutely necessary if reading HPL. Cthulhu fhtagn!

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SpiderCrafts
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A little over an hour for The Colour Out of Space, sci-fi horror. I first read this one as the iLovecraft animated app story 💚 super cool and glamorously spooky! 😸 I'd best hang up the Bat PJs and start my coffee.

#24B4Monday #Scarathlon
@TheReadingMermaid @Andrew56 @jb72
1h, +5 sponsored to @Clwojick #TeamSlaughter

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Allylu
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories | H. P. Lovecraft, S T Joshi
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“That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.” I wasn‘t sure about listening to the audiobook, but the narrator is fantastic - suitably creepy when called for.

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Darkside723
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“The Outsider” - a beautiful excerpt if it wasn‘t from a cosmic horror story

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BeansPage
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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"The time has come," the walrus said, "To talk of the next round!" That's how it goes right? LMAO JK ??
No but seriously, I'm wondering who is in for another round in this book club. What do you say ladies? Are we in for a Round 2?
@MaleficentBookDragon @PirateJenny @jillannjohn @InBooksILive #HGPBC #TeamCthulhu

MayJasper It's a nice shade of green 😂 5y
BeansPage @MaleficentBookDragon awesome cuz I have a whole shelf of books that I've been wanting to share 5y
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BeansPage @jillannjohn @PirateJenny @InBooksILive are you girls up for a second round? 5y
InBooksILive I'd love to!! 5y
jillannjohn I really enjoyed this. I‘m in. 5y
BeansPage @InBooksILive @jillannjohn awesome sauce! Just waiting to hear back from @PirateJenny 5y
InBooksILive I have a few books in mind. How long is too long? OrbHow many pages do we want to stay under? 5y
BeansPage @InBooksILive I would try to keep it under 300 pages. Just to make it easy on people to read in one month. 😁 5y
BeansPage @InBooksILive I meant *around not under. Dumb phone LOL 😋 5y
PirateJenny I might have to drop out this time around. I'm still so far behind on round 1 and just so busy. I'm very sad about it though. 5y
BeansPage @PirateJenny no worries hon. We all have to do what we need to. All is well 😁 5y
PirateJenny I still love you all 5y
BeansPage @PirateJenny we love you too sweetheart 🤗💕 5y
MaleficentBookDragon @TheReadingMermaid I never got Seedling. Is it still floating around? 5y
BeansPage @jillannjohn @InBooksILive @PirateJenny who has Seed you guys? We are all messed up and we need to get back on track LOL 🙃🙃🙃 5y
jillannjohn Not me. But I have Hunger. 😳 5y
BeansPage @jillannjohn okay because this month we should be receiving our own books back right? Please forgive me my brain is so messed up... 5y
jillannjohn @PirateJenny We‘ll miss you! 5y
InBooksILive Omg. I have Seed, Meg, and Dorian! I thought my husband had sent out Seed for me awhile back.🙈 I got so behind on this I am so, so sorry guys but they will be going out back to you guys asap! 5y
BeansPage @InBooksILive yes sweetie please send all the books back. I do believe this month we should all be receiving our original books back. 5y
BeansPage @InBooksILive please send all of your books to @MaleficentBookDragon asap. Thanks hon. 5y
BeansPage @InBooksILive also, emailed you doll 😘 5y
PirateJenny I am two behind. Should I just send them back unfinished? 5y
coffeewithbooks Did I miss this ? I know someone was hosting something like this but I forgot who 5y
BeansPage @biblecoffeebooks it's a horror postal book club group that I put together last year. We are about to start our second round currently. 5y
BeansPage @biblecoffeebooks have you ever done a postal book club before? 5y
coffeewithbooks @TheReadingMermaid I sign up but something always comes up and can‘t be part of it 5y
BeansPage @biblecoffeebooks 😟😞 I'm sorry sweetie. I was actually thinking of doing another one and pulling some groups together this year but I will probably do it around Halloween again. If you're interested you should sign up 😉 5y
coffeewithbooks @TheReadingMermaid okay thank you . Looking forward to it ❤️👍 5y
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JoScho
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Have you guys seen these? Funko Cereal with a Pocket Pop!

Craftylikefox So cute!! I came across an Elvira one. But haven‘t seen any others 5y
cassareada I am very concerned about the color of the cereal. 5y
Kayla.Adriena At Books a Million I saw it! 5y
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LauraJ Yum! 5y
LibrarianRyan Yep. They have a few different ones, but they are hard to find. 5y
JoScho @Craftylikefox oooh Elvira! 5y
JoScho @cassiopia lol it is very green! 5y
JoScho @Kayla.Adriena yep! 5y
JoScho @LauraJ 💚😊 5y
JoScho @LibrarianRyan yeah this is the only one they had at BAM. 5y
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sixgun
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Mehso-so

I was a bit disappointed in this Lovecraft. He's usually quite descriptive, with the story moving pretty slowly. But fun because of the things you see. However this has ho-hum descriptions and let story than usual. It's still a venture into something new, but like a Star Trek with nothing but 60s scenery.

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sixgun
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I like Lovecraft. I find his short stories pretty great and I see why he's still regarded as a great writer...
But I think it only speaks of the Age he lived in, that everyone's writing is filled with blatant racism as we see it now. This is not the only example, but the most recent.

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SpiderCrafts
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#HumpDayPost @MinDea

1. What's looking at you? 👁 Another bookish Christmas gift! 😸🐙
2. Mostly home, with a Game of Thrones.
3. Non-slip black. Also, platform purple. 💜
4. I'll be getting rid of my IKEA style corner desk. Spring moving takes a dresser, book cabinet, TV cabinet, and futon bed.
5. Turkey Christmas dinner. 🎄

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Andrew65
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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1. Not a great fan of Halloween, I‘d go for Candy.
2. Black Cats
3. Preferably neither, but am starting to getting into some spooky stories.
4. @EadieB @Melissa_J
Bonus : Lovecraft‘s Call of Cthulhu is a true classic.

@JenlovesJT47
#ThisorThat #TuesdayTidbits

JenlovesJT47 🧡🖤🧡 5y
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thevictoriousone
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Bailedbailed

I‘m so disappointed in this one. I only listened to “The Call of Cthulhu” (so I didn‘t technically finish the book, which is why I labeled it as a bail). I feel like the story never got exciting or scary at all. The narrator spent far too much time telling me the story was horrifying and not nearly enough time making me feel horrified. Plus nothing actually happens to the narrator. He just reads about it all, so there‘s no tension!

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thevictoriousone

Gosh darn it. This book is so BORING in the beginning! I asked FIL and he swears it gets better, but I‘m really struggling through right now. That‘s so disappointing because I‘ve been really looking forward to this one for a while.

(Sorry no new picture since it‘s an audiobook, and I can‘t exactly take a selfie since I drive or shower while listening)

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thevictoriousone
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Halloween read for this week! I‘ve always wanted to read The Call of Cthulhu, but I just never got around to it. So I figured the week leading up to Halloween would be a great time for it! I wanted to read The Haunting of Hill House, but it‘s checked out of the library already, unfortunately.

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BeansPage
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Hey there #TeamCthulhu 😃 I just wanted to check in and make sure everybody got their books. It's already the 11th so you should have them by now and be reading them. Please let me know if you need anything.
@MaleficentBookDragon @InBooksILive @PirateJenny @jillannjohn
#HGPBC #HorrorGoesPostalBookClub

InBooksILive Got my book and have been reading it! Should be done soon and will be getting it sent out! 😊 it took so long to get here so I feel so behind! 5y
jillannjohn Mine will be on its way to @InBooksILive tomorrow! 5y
PirateJenny yes indeed! 5y
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MaleficentBookDragon I still don't have mine. 😞 5y
BeansPage @MaleficentBookDragon who was sending to you honey? 5y
BeansPage @InBooksILive have you sent the first book to @MaleficentBookDragon yet? Cuz we should be wrapping up the first books and moving on to the next person by now. 5y
InBooksILive @TheReadingMermaid yes sorry I got a little behind, it took forever for my book to come in the mail. But I am finished and I sent it out today @MaleficentBookDragon you should get it in the next few days 5y
BeansPage @InBooksILive okay sweetie no problem. Just try to catch up so it doesn't put us all behind okay? 😊 5y
InBooksILive @TheReadingMermaid of course! Sorry again guys! 😞 5y
BeansPage @InBooksILive 🤗😘🤗 5y
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Andrew65
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Playing catch-up.
I think this fits the bill for #bloodcurdling! Even the cover is enough to give you the collywobbles.
@meghan2714 And @trioxin_sematary you both like your horror. Have either of you read this?
#BlackCatChallenge

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I just bought a compilation of H.P. Lovecraft stories. I don't really know what to expect, I just know he's a classic horror writer. This story is in there. Look forward to diving in. 5y
Andrew65 I want to try some of his work too. @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego (edited) 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 I love your collywobbles word! 5y
Cathythoughts Great cover 🖤👍🏻 5y
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BruceWalken
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Day 4
I accepted the challenge of posting the covers of 7 books I love, no explanations, no reviews - just the covers.

MStew 😃👌 beaut! 6y
BruceWalken @meghan2714 love me some lovecraft 😁 5y
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unabridgedchick
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Saturday.

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BeansPage
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Hey girls I just sent out an email of some additional information that I thought of when I was reading through my book for this month. please check it out and if you have any additional questions don't hesitate to ask.
@PirateJenny @MaleficentBookDragon @jillannjohn @InBooksILive #HGPBC #TeamCthulhu

jillannjohn Got it. Thanks. 6y
PirateJenny I haven't been in since Thursday but will be on shortly! 6y
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PirateJenny
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Hey #TeamCthulhu! So these are my picks. A bit dated but I love these authors. Let me know what you all think. #HGPBC #horrorgoespostalbookclub @TheReadingMermaid @jillannjohn @InBooksILive @MaleficentBookDragon

sorry the image was cut off. I still stink at making collages. Let me know if you need clarification

jillannjohn I haven‘t read any of them so all are good for me. 6y
BeansPage I vote Seed 6y
jillannjohn Is that My Best Friend‘s Exorcism? 6y
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MaleficentBookDragon I loved My Best Friend's Exorcism and would read it again. I have a lot of thoughts on it. But. Is that Seed by Ania Ahlborn? If so, I'd read that too.. 6y
PirateJenny @MaleficentBookDragon Yes, that is Seed by Ahlborn. 6y
PirateJenny @jillannjohn Yes, My Best Friend's Exorcism 6y
PirateJenny The others are The Red Tree by Caitlin Kiernan, The Case Against Satan by Ray Russell (the grandaddy of all possession novels--pre-Exorcist) and The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories edited by S. T. Joshi (I have multiple editions, and one may have del Toro's intro from the hardcover as well as Joshi's--I can check when I get to work) 6y
PirateJenny I was wrong about the Penguin Orange edition of Call of Cthulhu having both intros--it has none. But since nobody has voted for that yet, it's not an issue. (I do recommend del Toro's intro though) 6y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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Hi #TeamCthulhu! I got a little excited this morning and may have jumped the gun. Some of my picks were well over 600 pages. So, here is a new set of books that keeps everything under 350ish.
Relic and The Cold One are two of my favorites. What do like?
#HGPBC @TheReadingMermaid @jillannjohn @InBooksILive @PirateJenny

Reggie I know I‘m not in the group but I vote for The Grip of It so I can read the frustrated reviews like our group had... Lolololol 👺 6y
PirateJenny Still voting The Meg! 6y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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Hi #TeamCthulhu! Here are some ideas I had for my pick. Do any appeal to you?
#HGPBC @TheReadingMermaid @jillannjohn @InBooksILive @PirateJenny

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BeansPage Oooooo 😗 The Historian was great but I really want to read Meg 6y
InBooksILive Oh man, Floating Dragon sounds really good! 6y
PirateJenny I also vote for The Meg. Horrorstor is fantastic though 6y
jillannjohn They all look great! I read The Historian but loved it So much I would read again! 6y
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BeansPage
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#TeamCthulhu ☠️🐙☠️
@PirateJenny ⬇️
@jillannjohn ⬇️
@InBooksILive ⬇️
@MaleficentBookDragon ⬇️
@TheReadingMermaid ⬆️
The order above is the order in which to mail. Please use this post to exchange emails so that you can exchange mailing addresses.
#HGPBC #HorrorGoesPostalBookClub

BeansPage My email is: straberryshortcake777@yahoo.com 6y
MaleficentBookDragon Maleficentbookdragon@gmail.com 6y
InBooksILive Inbooksilive@yahoo.com 6y
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jillannjohn jillannjohn2965@gmail.com 6y
BeansPage @jillannjohn hey sweetie I've tried to email that address two times and I keep getting a mailer-daemon saying that they cannot deliver to that address. Are you sure you're typing it in right? 6y
jillannjohn Ugh! Sorry. I typed without glasses! jillannjohnson2965@gmail.com 6y
BeansPage @jillannjohn that one doesn't seem to work either sweetheart 6y
BeansPage @PirateJenny go ahead and put your email address here so that we can exchange mailing addresses. 6y
BeansPage @jillannjohn @InBooksILive @MaleficentBookDragon I've added one more person to the group. Everyone say hello to @PirateJenny 🤘🏻😆🤘🏻 as soon as she posts her email address we can exchange info. 6y
InBooksILive Welcome to the group! @PirateJenny !! 6y
PirateJenny I‘m piratejenny@verizon.net 6y
PirateJenny I will get a list of picks together tomorrow 6y
BeansPage @jillannjohn @PirateJenny @MaleficentBookDragon @InBooksILive I just sent out an email to all of you. Please delete the two prior emails and only respond to the last one. Sorry about the glitches lol 😋 All fixed now 6y
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Chrissyreadit
The Call of Cthulhu | H.P. Lovecraft
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Mehso-so

Just finished thanks to @SerialReader . It was a story that needed to be read. I‘m glad I did. Not my favorite, but now I know how it all started.

tournevis It did not call to you. *budum tish* 6y
Ruthiella Yeah, I‘ve tried a couple Lovecraft stories just to see:read what the fuss is because he is such an influential author but I don‘t quite get it! 🤔 6y
Libby1 Yeah, I found all the racist stuff in it to be a killer for me. It‘s not just a character saying racist things, but the whole tone of the story. Yuck. 6y
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theresidentromantic
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Cthulhu was on sale! 😍🙂

BeansPage OMG ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 6y
DiruVamp Soooooo cute!!! 😍 6y
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MarticaMustRead
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💚🤓📚📖😉 #LibrarianLife #TeaTime #ForTheLoveOfBooks #BookwormProblems #LitsyLovesLibrarians #LibrariansOfLitsy #BookishThings #BookishHumor

It's always interesting to find what folks use as #Bookmarks ! Both the tea & sugar packet were found in different parts of the same book.

Gotta say....I like their taste in tea & books! 😉🍵👍