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#ChillingPhotoChallenge #Scarathon #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick some of my favorite mystery, psychological, thriller, ghost story books for today‘s challenge. Happy Tuesday Littens!

The tension builds slowly, Du Maurier only drops clues here and there, but I was drawn in from the start. Is the narrator reliable? Is Rachel manipulative and powerful or is she the real victim?

The movie is entertaining but has taken quite some liberties and fails to do what Du Maurier accomplished with her excellent writing and plot.

Finally finished this one. It took forever, not from lack of interest, just lack of time. It's my 2nd Du Maurier after Rebecca. She's a fantastic storyteller and a master at establishing atmosphere. Great book!

It was a little tough to get into, she writes sentences in full paragraphs. But once I got the hang of her style, I enjoyed this book. A mysterious and beautiful cousin causes a young man to be blinded by...love? Who knows.

Such a gorgeous morning! I may not move from this spot. ☀️📚🌳🐦
My only Du Maurier experience has been Rebecca. This one has the same atmospheric quality right off the bat.

I finished Rebecca (which I LOVED) and felt like continuing with Du Maurier's books 📚👌🏻 Also, I'm such a softy for beautiful covers!

Feeling very My Cousin Rachel this evening. Hope I'm not trying to poison myself and steal my money from me.

💕 I met my oldest friend when I was 5 in primary school 🙈
💕 The photo is of a winter sunset from the top of a hill near where I live 🌅
💕 My Cousin Rachel was the last book that I read and I loved it!
💕 I won't tag anyone because it's Thursday now but if you want to take part still, consider yourself tagged!

#wondrouswednesday (a day late!)
@Eggs

#MayMovieMagic #BewitchedBotheredAndBewildered by cousin Rachel! I loved the book & I see the movie here ... made in 2017 .. looks good. I‘d love to see it.

Can‘t wait to start this one. Lots of porch reading in the evenings after work 😁

Creepy! But fun

I‘ve been meaning to read this for years and finally got around to it. It was well worth the wait as I was entranced by du Maurier‘s ability to write such a taut psychological thriller which could be open to different interpretations. Now I think it‘s time for a reread of “Rebecca” which I read many moons ago and loved as well.

My attempt to do Day 16 : #SpellMarchWithBookTitles
For #LiteraryLuck by @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks & @vkois88
Happy March to you all💞
Wow this is definitely harder than I thought ! But definitely lots of fun😄💚 🤣
M : My Cousin Rachel
A : Alice Adventures in Wonderland
R : Rebecca
C : Crazy Rich Asians
H : Half Wild
#bookstack #booknerd #lovebooks #bibliophile #bookandfunko

#booknerd #bookstack #lovereading #lovebooks #bibliophile

#SpellMarchwithbooktitles #LiteraryLuck
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

I don't know what man is reading this audio book but his voice is dreamy...

I played #valentines edition #bookfairy yesterday and tried spreading some #booklove. #ibelieveinbookfairies #bookfairies

The moonlight made a ghostly path for me and shadows, eerie and fantastic, lurked behind the trees.

How soft and gentle her name sounds when i whisper it. It lingers on the tongue, insidious and slow, almost like poison, which is apt indeed. It passes from the tongue to the parched lips, and from the lips back to the heart. Shall i be free of it one day? In forty, in fifty years?

Meanwhile, life has to be endured and lived. But how to live it is the problem.

Here is my stack from today‘s library visit. This does not include the other 19 items I already have out or the four audio books on my phone. ☺️ #ilovemylibrary #library

I found two more books on my shelves that were published before I was born for the 2019 Reading Challenge from Anne Bogel ( Modern Mrs Darcy). Both from a used book sale haul.

I've decided to read a Du Maurier next but can't decide which one. My Cousin Rachel is set in small part in Florence- which I wouldn't mind returning to after a recent book on the subject. But Frenchman's Creek has pirates!

Which should it be?

Took a few minutes and finished this up. Busy time of year to be reading. Liked this book.

Literally flying through this book! 😬😬

On page 32 and so hooked.🤗

Saw this on the Great American Read this fall. I am finally starting it.

My November roundup! Only 8 books read; I‘m definitely not going to reach my goal this year. I underestimated how much time it took moving to a new house and putting all my books into storage. But I really enjoyed all 8 of them. Favorite was probably the tagged book or the Sayers. All fiction, two graphic, one short story collection, and 1874 pages read. 📚📚📚

A book that keeps you questioning what really happened, even by the very last page. Philip Ashley‘s cousin Ambrose journeys to Italy and marries the mysterious Rachel. Then he dies under suspicious circumstances. Is Rachel a grieving widow or a cold blooded poisoner? Is Philip just a naive lovestruck young man or a controlling misogynist? Very eerie and atmospheric.

ATB December poll winner, really looking forward to this one!

@jb72

My reading companion

#dogsoflitsy

10-13-18: My 47th finished book of 2018!! 📖👍🏼#️⃣4️⃣7️⃣

Five hours in to #12intwo and second book completed. There's an #SOS at the end of this book too! #abbainaugust

@Cinfhen @Meredith3 @emilyhaldi @Mdargusch @Reviewsbylola @Samplergal

I actually liked this one better than ‘Rebecca‘. Suspense builds, but you‘re not hit over the head with foreshadowing.

dat dat dat... #booknerdforlife #inmyownworld #shuttingoutreality #bookishgal #myreadinglife #readersgonnaread #mycurrentread #alwayswithmykindle i loved & hated the ending...did she or didnt she? ugh 😑

loving this so far...#quoteoftheday #booknerdforlife #inmyownworld #shuttingoutreality #bookishgal #myreadinglife #readersgonnaread #mycurrentread #alwayswithmykindle

This book had you questioning everything, even after it finished! I really like Du Maurier‘s writing and I know she leaves you wondering on purpose. I just wish there was a little more resolution.

I loved the melodrama .. the eerie atmosphere. Even though the two main characters drove me crazy by the end ...Excellent read !

#HeatOfJuly #uremindme ...My Cousin Rachel ! It seems Phillip is reminding Cousin Rachel of Ambrose. I‘m half -way now & not happy about the way this is going.Du Maurier sure knows how to create an atmosphere... Cousin Rachel is fascinating. I can see why Hitchcock liked this writer. LOVING this one 🎧

This is my first Du Maurier and over the past few days I have devoured it. It‘s so easy to read that you‘re 20 chapters in before you know it. Philip Ashley is infuriatingly pathetic and deserves everything he gets (personal opinion of course) and both main characters are equally unlikeable, but somehow this just adds to the charm. The ending is very abrupt and I don‘t feel quite satisfied, but I‘ll definitely add more Du Maurier to my #tbr pile.

#FriYayIntro @jesshowbooks thankyou my friend @Eggs for the tag

💫Hang out with my daughter ( coming home from Dublin for wkend) also read , read , read
💫I love both , can‘t answer this one , not fair on the sun ☀️
💫a WINTER beach person, yes !
💫originally black ... brown now - keeping it that way 😉( high maintenance at this point 🙄)
💫will do 👍🏻

Happy Friday All 👋🏻.. here‘s to lots of reading this weekend 💃🏾📚

And now for some audio- cleaning with My Cousin Rachel 💃🏾. Just starting this one.

I hope du Maurier meant for us to think Philip is a major douche because he really is a major douche. This isn‘t Rebecca-level but still engrossing & kept me hooked. As Philip does, you find yourself going back & forth b/t assessments of Rachel, your sense of what she‘s about & with whom. Very atmospheric, them being in the house so much gives it a spooky claustrophobic feeling too. Kinda wish we had the tale from Louise‘s perspective, LOL 4/5 ⭐️

Always makes me glad as a vegetarian to be living in the present when I read descriptions of meals in older books. HAVE SOME MEAT WITH A SIDE OF MEAT AND MAYBE SOME MORE MEAT 😖

Ambrose used to say to me in Florence that it was worth the tedium of visitors to experience the pleasure of their going.

[I feel you, Ambrose, though I‘d still prefer no visitors to start with. #thatintrovertlife 😬]

Such a beautiful weekend & so much to be thankful for ❤️

🌻 A small but wonderful #bookhaul from my beloved charity shop yesterday.

🌻 The comfiest chair given to me by my sister, which has made the perfect secluded reading corner in my little house.

🌻 And to top it off, an early morning walk & the stunning views of my hometown.

🌻 Now home, for a large mug of tea & a hour or so reading.

#tbr #sundaythankfulness #teaandreading

The bells ceased and died away, yet the echo seemed to sound still in my ears, solemn, sonorous, tolling not for my mission, insignificant and small, nor for the lives of the people in the streets, but for the souls of men and women long since dead, and for eternity.

Is this gonna make me want to drape myself in lace and walk on the foggy moors? I HOPE SO even though there are no foggy moors around here. #nowreading

I‘m about a third of the way through and it‘s okay so far. Pretty slow read. I‘m waiting for some action though.

Wow. Daphne du Maurier knew how to do suspense. Philip is a naive, petulant know it all, but in reality is so clueless. He's a classic Unreliable Narrator. Then there is Rachel. Poor sweet grieving widow or cold calculating murderer? Did she or didn't she?
#classic #audible #listenwhileyouwork 🤷

My library was out of audio copies of Jane Eyre, so I'm trying this instead. #onbrand