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Fantastic - ghost story/murder mystery/thriller - and it was hard to put down - told in two time lines - I actually felt the creepiness it was written so well.
My only negative comment - the book cover - a million times (ok not that many) the sign is described as flashing Vacancy Cable TV - put Cable TV on the book cover 😆

Finished for #20in4 @Andrew65
Now starting all of my #WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers @Stay Curious books ❄

Definitely a good read! Right from the beginning I was sucked in —a book that‘s hard to put down until it‘s finished ✅

Finishing the tagged book this week for #20in4 @Andrew65 - then moving on to my #WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers @StayCurious picks -
have a few books in hand, some on tablet, some on hold -
Make a great day everyone ❄

@MaleficentBookDragon - I‘m realizing the copy of this book from our last #LMPBC is yours. Would you like it mailed back to you? Just let me know. Thanks!

#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView
Plan to read tagged and finish One Of Us Will Be Dead By Morning - large family get together Saturday - so these next few days are pretty open for reading/relaxing/setting up my house for candy making day 🙂
We tend to serve the same things - all of which are good - but my favorite was Gumbo at Commanders Palace in New Orleans at Thanksgiving (they put on a wonderful dinner)-

Happy Gratitude Day -

#TheSunDownMotel #SimoneStJames
#BookSpinBingo #NovelNovember

Something hasn‘t been right at the roadside Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why. In 1982 Carly's aunt Viv Delaney moved to New York City and got a job as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel in Fell, New York. It's 2017 & Carly wants to find out what happened to Aunt Viv as she mysteriously disappeared from the Sun Down before Carly was born.

#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94
@TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! @DarkMina

Listening to audio of the tagged book 📖

When I braided my granddaughter‘s hair into pigtails her father called her Pippi Longstocking!

When the author constantly repeats information.

Anyone reading this can play!

This is probably one of the best books I‘ve read in awhile. I loved it. Super creepy and perfect for the Halloween 🎃 season. I heard they are potentially going to turn it into a tv series which if so I cant freaking wait. It‘s full of mystery, murder, ghosts…what more could you want?!
#halloweenreads

“The night it all ended, Vivian was alone.” #firstlinefridays #firstlinefriday

Creepy mystery / paranormal story told in dual timelines set in the small town of Fell in upstate NY - site of a disproportionate number of murder victims. In 1982, Viv Delaney suddenly disappeared from the night shift at the creepy haunted Sun Down Motel. 35 years later, her niece Carly Kirk comes to town to try to puzzle out what happened.
Told in dual timelines - part mystery, part horror - how it could be any of us. I really liked this.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I first listened to this part thriller, part horror on audio last year. It‘s so atmospheric and compulsive. I just #reread it for book club, but this time in print. Loved it more second time around. The parallel storylines are just right and the ghosts are oddly believable. Added that 5th star!

The Sun Down Motel was a mix of creepy and murder mystery set between two time periods between the two main characters, Vivian in 1982 and her niece Carly in 2017
I enjoyed the two different perspectives, it was a little slow at times but still kept me interested and enjoyable

Starting this today while lazing by the lake. Rural settings and isolated cabins are always scary to me, so hopefully the environment will add ambiance to the reading!

This was perfect for the Halloween season. It is a mystery as well as a ghost story. I thought the setting was used really well, and I liked how she built up the characters in both timelines. I listened to the audiobook and some of it was legitimately scary to me. I‘m probably never going to go to the ice/vending area of a motel alone without worrying about some ghosts.

This was a fun and engaging murder mystery featuring a haunted motel.

I listened to the audio. There were two different voices for each of the main characters. It didn‘t hold my attention 100%, but I was interested enough that plenty of times, I “rewound” to hear what I‘d missed. There was some good atmosphere, with some creepy happenings

Yep. Perfect audible for an October road trip.

Thank you @Avanders for the #CBBC book package this month! I am taking the chocolate to work!!!

#coffeebeanbookclub
@Mommamanzi

Creepy! Ghost story thriller with a dual timeline. All the self-opening doors may have contributed to a couple restless nights for me! But I thought this was really good, and wrapped up well.

This was a reread for me as my book club chose this for our October book and I‘m leading the discussion. I loved this story the second time around just as much as I did the first time around. A wonderful atmospheric read perfect for the season. #BookspinBingo #Scarathlon2021 #TeamHendrix #screamathon #BFC2021 +256 pts

If anyone needs me, I‘ll be right here.

#smokymountains #booksandbooze

Definitely one of my new favorites! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

So starting on another cozy 🫖📖🔪♥️

Received my “big” #FallingForFallSwap #fffs package from @Kshakal 💃🏽💃🏽🍁🍂🧡 yay!!

Aaaand so close to being done with #CoffeeBeanBookClub #cbbc round 4! 😱
@Mommamanzi

I‘m so glad I‘m finally reading this. I‘m only about 1/3 the way in, but so far I‘m liking this better than The Broken Girls, and so far, it‘s a perfectly creepy book timed perfectly with what I‘m insisting is the beginning of fall…. 😬😎🎃🍁🍂🖤💚🧡💜

(90+ degree temperatures notwithstanding)

Another great one from Ms. St. James!

I was with everything about this book… right up until the end. Inexplicable behaviors that undermine everything you know about a character … not a fan. Cost this review half a star. I would love to know why the author did this. Sigh. 💀💀💀💀.5

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What a great horror novel! This had it all, ghosts, mystery, and thrills. The story centers around Carly a young woman who is determined to find out what happened to her Aunt Viv who disappeared 35 years earlier. The last known place, The Sun Down Motel, which proves to have secrets of its own. A chilling tale with a shocking ending.

Excellent road trip audiobook. A good mystery surrounding a haunted roadside motel was just the thing to listen to right before stopping to sleep at a (hopefully) not haunted roadside motel! Good characters and well structured with solid pacing that kept things tied together and moving forward. Recommended.

#62
I listened to this one and it was really good...starting to like this author

Mysteries and ghost stories are not usually my thing, so this was a change of pace for me.
Took me a little while to get into it, but I was keen to keep reading to unravel the mystery.

The Sun Down Motel is one of my favorite creepy books. And it just so happens that there is actually a motel not too far away from where I live called the Sundown Motel. I think I'll pass on staying there. 😬😂

I‘m not usually into mysteries that try to go supernatural, but I ended up liking this book and being sucked into the story! The characters are developed enough and the plot is different enough that even when I was still on the fence, I wanted to know what was going to happen so I couldn‘t put it down!

A good old fashioned haunted house story, actually haunted motel.

YESSSS CANT WAIT!

How cool is this? From Simone St. James IG #sundaybuddyread

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQZ6SorLbvP/?utm_medium=copy_link

My best friend “forced” me to read this one with her now. 😉

Ah. Carly is a girl after my heart!

A great story with just the right amount of creep factor. In the mail and on its way to @cozypunk for #LMPBC

Don't know how many St. James' I've read now but I really enjoy them! Suspense, mystery, little bit of horror real and supernatural- right up my alley!
Another one that jumps time and perspectives but easy to follow, especially with these narrators who I think did a great job!
I loved all the characters and the not at all subtle discussion of sexism.

Not a bad reading spot I think. I'm enjoying this one very much.

Did anyone else feel like the ghost and the 30 year old missing person case was a bit too much? If this had been just a ghost story or just a mystery I think the plot details and character development would‘ve been better. I liked the idea but couldn‘t get invested in the characters they are very flat.

I was a bit caught off guard early on when doors started opening and closing on their own. I didn‘t realize this was that kind of creepy. I‘ll admit that reading this in a quiet house at night out me on edge... then the dog dropped her bone and I jumped a foot. Serial killer, angry spirits, missing woman... made for a good read.

#thoughtfulthursday Thanks for the tag @MoonWitch94 1️⃣ Dobby without a doubt. 2️⃣ There‘s a book by Sharon Draper called Out of My Mind. Loved everything about that book. 3️⃣. Tagged. Really enjoying it despite its creep factor. I love how it told in alternating time periods and how they both tie together. Wanna play?

All the stars!!!
The story unfolds with two different timelines, one with Viv in 1982, who goes missing and the other with her niece, Carly in 2017, who is determined to find out what happened to her.
A thrilling, spooky page turner that deserves all the acclaim it has garnered.
A serial killer, ghosts and a spooky roadside motel...what more do you need?

Enjoying the evening cool reading outside while the birds sing. It‘s lovely background music.

Awake again at 3am: RLS. It‘s a real thing and when it acts up sleep just doesn‘t happen. So... I‘m spending a little time appreciating when authors drop literary allusions. I too could kill an hour easily by wondering the libraries stacks. I especially enjoy the children‘s section when parents bring their toddlers and they discover new books. Their amazement and excitement is palpable.

35 pages in and I‘m freaked out. Heart pounding, fast reading, edge of my seat freaked. And then my dog dropped her Nyla Bone and I must have jumped a foot. Lol.

Started this a bit ago. Finally had the time to let it grab ahold of me. Now I‘m in.

#thinkpositivebepositive.

I loooved this book! Alternating between Viv‘s story from 1982 and Carley trying to piece Viv‘s disappearance 35 years later in 2017. Plus, ghosts!