Horrorstor: A Novel | 
pickThis was definitely weird, but I like weird books. This book is about a store that is an IKEA knock off and when they close for the night, creepy things happen. I liked the characters and the fact that this was funny in a lot of parts, but also scary at some points. Definitely made me freaked out to shop in Ikea late at night! I thought it ended well and I really enjoyed the way it all came together in the end.
I can already tell I‘m going to love this book. I love the attention to detail!
pickA haunted second rate Ikea and your manager is making you investigate it? What could possibly go wrong?! I loved the story - it was campy and cheesy at times (and a little graphic with the horror) but also there were some laughable moments, especially if you have had a retail job and had to deal with corporate.
pickI LOVED this. It‘s about an IKEA-like store that some employees learn is haunted. I know it‘s a little gimmicky, but I adore how the book looks like an ikea catalog. I love how each chapter starts with a different piece of furniture, and they become more sinister as the story goes on. I love how some of the furniture titles mean something (Drittsekk is Norwegian for sh*t bag). Sooooo much fun!
October update
2 more states for #readacrossamerica challenge
MT - The Window
OH - Horrorstor
37/50 states + DC
pickI usually only audio nonfiction but I saw this free on Audible and ❤️ Grady Hendrix. The reason I don‘t do fiction is because my mind wanders and I‘m like “wait who? Where? why?” But I got to thinking it might take practice? Jury is out on that but this held my attention.
Employees of a wannabe IKEA hunt ghosts after hours and try to clean up before Corporate comes. As someone who served time in retail hell it was hilarious. Lots of personality.
Only two actual bingos but I'd say thats not too shabby!
#OctoberBookBingo
Y‘ALL! I got the best #hauntedhollowswap!! 3 books, and so many things I couldn‘t get a good pic with them all in it. Thank you so much @Graciouswarriorprincess !! (Horrorstor is on my tbr list, and the book is so cool; it looks like an IKEA catalog on the inside!) AND mini waffle maker that makes the waffles into spider web shapes. 😃🕸
pickFun read 👍🏻
My idea of horror is a trip to IKEA, so a horror set in there is doubly troubling.
Starting this one now!
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bailedI DNFd this one about halfway through. I was really excited about a book in the format of the IKEA catalog, because I‘m very into design, but that conceit isn‘t really carried very far into the story itself. This is the second Grady Hendrix title I‘ve read this month, and I think I‘m just not a fan. I find the writing style slightly off putting and the character development a bit lacking… so moving on…
#Scarathlon2021 #TeamHendrix @StayCurious
A bit better week last week. Can't believe it's the final week! 💀🎃🖤👻
pickWhat. Did. I. Just. Read?! That was creepy. 💀 I'm not sure if the writing of that story was pure genius, or completely insane. 😳
Amy and Basil work at a giant labyrinthine furniture store that was built on the site of a former prison.
I don't get scared easily, especially when reading books, but this one might cause some nightmares. But I still want to read more by Gray Hendrix for some crazy reason. 🤣
Reading with a side of homemade butterfinger chip cookies this afternoon. This book is very intriguing so far!
pick3.5⭐️ Entertaining story about what happens when the lights go off at an IKEA like store. I loved the references to pop culture ( especially naming EMF detectors after ghost hunting show hosts). Definitely had its gory moments but this was a good read for Halloween time.
pickA night time shift at a knock-off Ikea turns into a literal house of horrors when the spirit of a vicious prison warden is brought back. Strange and full of twisted horrors, just like I'm growing to expect from Grady. A fun read for October.
It‘s me. I‘m zombies 🧟♀️ ☕️
#FirstLines #Monday #screamathon #scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter #OutstandingOctober #Spookoween #Wickedathon
pickI liked it, but I felt like the gimmick of the store/IKEA catalog format overtook the story and characters, both of which felt flat and underdeveloped. Overall it was more like an episode of Supernatural that peters out at the end instead of a fully fleshed out novel. #Screamathon @4thhouseontheleft
1. Discovering Scarfolk
2. The only book I've finished so far this month was only so-so 👀 But I'm enjoying the above book and also have some other fun stuff lined up.
3. Anything by Grady Hendrix, but Horrorstor is my favorite!
#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain @Blueberry
pickThis is my second time reading this book but the first was all in one night and I was still young enough to be babysat. I really enjoyed it the second time around, especially now that I‘m older and I‘ve held monotonous retail jobs. 8/10, but I liked it better than Southern Bookclub, so thank god Horrorstor was my introduction to Hendrix.
#scarathalon #scarathlon2021 #teamhendrix
pickDeliciously creepy and scarier than I was expecting. I was up til 1.30 to finish it. I loved the strangeness and how the humour really worked well, I often feel like humour in horror novels falls a bit flat. The format as an IKEA catalogue was bizarre and very original and I was completely caught up in it.
@IamIamIam was absolutely right about it making me scared to go to IKEA 😰
It‘s midnight in the uk so let the #scarathlon2021 readathon timer begin!
#teamslaughter +1
I spent the night before October 1 organising my readathons for #scarathlon2021 and it was a fair amount of work but I feel like I know what I‘m doing now at least! I really want to go for it this year and see how many points I can manage. Now to put my feet up and get a head start on a couple of #teamslaughter appropriate reads. My mum and I are watching Seven tonight to get into the crime mood
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so-so3⭐ | NARRATION 😁 = Very Good | Narrated by 📣 Tai Sammons & Bronson Pinchot
I thought this had some Poltergeist vibes at times. I wanted to like this more than I did...since it takes place in a retail store and I work in retail; it should have been right up my alley. Unfortunately, it moved so quickly that I felt like I was always two steps behind storywise and before I knew it...it was over.
Made a start on this today, which will either end up being my first book of #scarathlon2021 or I‘ll be too excited and finish it early. It‘s great fun and a good level of spooky to ease me into october so far. I‘m so obsessed with the idea of a horror novel formatted as an IKEA catalogue
1. Caramel apple cider
2. Candy corn
3. I hang Barbie doll heads from the eaves
4. Something by Grady Hendrix
5. My Barbie doll heads
6. My childrens collection of Halloween books
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Thanks @Eggs for the tag ❤
1. A good title can catch my attention, but if the plot does not satisfy me I will not purchase it anyway
2. Horrorstör ❤❤
pickThis one was on the pick/so-so line. I went with pick because it was a fun read and I love IKEA, so I was yearning for an IKEA shopping spree. Though I will never look at an IKEA the same way again 😂
For some reason I was expecting zombies but it was a fun ghost story. The MC was like-able and even relatable and the character growth for Amy and Basil was fun to watch.
pickBk12 of August & Bk1 of #LittensDressedInBlood is done! Read as an audiobook while #audioknitting the narration was brilliant. Especially the ads at the beginning of each chapter, they set the mood perfectly. A blend of satire & horror, you can just imagine what the atmosphere would be like in one of those IKEA stores after midnight. Add in the site of a 19thC prison. Nope. Uh uh. #PickYourPoison #PennyPerPage #BookspinBingo #AudiobookChallenge
Kicking off my #LittensDressedInBlood by #audiocrafting to the audiobook of Horrorstór on #audible I loved the authors novel My Best Friends Exorcism a few years ago and have heard great things about this one. Set in an “IKEA”esque store where employees decide to do a dusk to dawn shift to find out exactly why there‘s chaos in the store each morning. Here we go!
Popped into our local indie - an adorable children‘s book shop which now has a small grownups section - to drop off our summer reading bingo cards and came out with a few goodies! Obvs, Horrorstör is for me. ? I‘m a chicken but I like to read spooky-ish stuff every October. Always thought this one looked fun.
#bookhaul
Uhh....
pickBook 79🎧
As a retail vet I was instantly drawn to this😂🖤
A store that is NOT IKEA keeps having furniture vandalized so the floor manager puts together a night crew!🔦
Things get a lot darker and crazier as the night continues… who will make it out alive?!
Ooo I have never been to IKEA but I‘m excited to go soon :) … this is my new commute book (needed something to last me to my drive to my neuro appointment
#QotD @kathytrithardt
I guess the tagged book, only because here in Italy was release on June
@Mavey @peanutnine wanna join?
With my newest purchase, I think I can confidently say that “my bookbin doth overfloweth.”
Can you even get close to an IKEA and not think about Horrorstor?
Update for #JoysofJune #readathon by @Andrew65 😎😎
My goals:
1. Pet Sematary ✔
2. Monkey's Paw ✔
3. Horrorstor ✔
4. Draculea
5. Ghost Story
6. Lolita
7. The light at the end
8. Never let me go
I would like to start another one right now, but the wake up call will be in 4 hours 😅😅
1. I don't like bail on books 😅
2. Sometimes the book is boring or I'm not like it for same reasons but I will finish anyway.
3. I do not reread often... even if I loved the book, so I will not do it for sure if I hated it 😂
#SundayFunDay by the fabolous @ozma.of.oz ❣❣
Current reading and my next reading 😍😍
I screamed when I saw the tagged book in the bookshop 😍😍
pickI really like Grady Hendrix. So far, nothing of his that I‘ve read is as good as My Best Friend‘s Exorcism, but Horrorstor is an entertaining and then dark ride. The entire book is set up as a snarky view on IKEA and pokes fun at the store‘s concept throughout. We also have a negative and aimless heroine and her soul searching process. The backdrop is a deeply dark horror story with a comic edge. It‘s a lot of fun. #summerherbs #summerinmichigan
pickInventive storyline, occasional funny bits, and some decently creepy moments. This was between a so-so and a pick for me. I listened to the audio and then found out that there were images to go along with the catalog entries which made me wish I'd maybe read the print instead. That said, the narrators did a fine job. ⭐⭐⭐1/2
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6 hours +10 #bookspin
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pickI really really enjoyed this one, which makes a change as recently I seem to have read quite a few duds!
The concept was great, the book flowed really well and was a great mix of horror, humour and satire. Hendrix does a great job of weaving a story. I loved the way the book is set out like a catalogue too.
Definately a thumbs up 👍🏼
pickOh god... The book started out mildly creepy and then it just floored it. I'm not super into body horror and I can safely say this was the limit of what a novitiate like myself can read and still enjoy! There was definitely a really weird nap near the end, heavily influenced by this book, where I was chased through a haunted Ikea. lol
