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Nice, original horror story

I really enjoyed this book! This is a novel that focuses on the topics of revenge, culture, tradition, generational trauma/healing all through a fast paced tale of horror/supernatural. It was eerie, it was thrilling, and I couldn‘t put it down.

Satisfyingly creepy. Loses a little momentum in the middle, but the first and final sections more than make up for it.

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Thank you @Andrew65 for tagging me.

Anyone else want to join? I'd love to see your picks.

Thank you so much @Readergrrl for this assortment of #creepychristmasswap goodies! You‘re right - the tagged book looks right up my alley! I‘m looking forward to digging into the other two as well the magazine (love that cover!). The two Krampus ornaments are immediately going on my tree (the basket of kids the one is carrying kills me 😆).

Thanks @teebe for organizing this fun swap!

#jolabokaflod swap. Thank you so much @Emilymdxn - the book has been on my #tbr list forever, & i haven't heard/tried this chocolate before!

@MaleficentBookDragon thanks for organising!

Meh. Just meh.
⭐️: 2/5

One night before Thanksgiving, four friends--Ricky, Lewis, Cass and Gabe--young men from the Blackfeet reservation, went out on a hunt. In this superbly chilling horror novel, they face the consequences of their actions that night. I couldn't read this book before bedtime; granted, I am a horror lightweight, but something about the slow build of dread really got to me. Grisly and unforgettable.

Finished this horror gem for the second time for book club. I will be forever haunted by Elkhead Woman. If you like horror and you can handle animal death, you will like this one. Be prepared to be forever frightened of elk after you read it.

3rd book finished for #NovelNovember #readathon @Andrew65

This is very good, but I cannot handle how much there are animals being harmed and killed. 😥

@Eggbeater you were right, this one isn‘t for me. I gave it a go for book club but I can tell by the tone that I‘m not going to make it through so I‘m moving on to lighter reads.

Slightly underwhelming tale of four Native American men and their run-in with a ghostly elk. Lots of people loved it but I found it a bit of a struggle to be honest.

@Bookishgal71 thank you thank you thank you for an wonderfully spooky parcel!!! I‘m so excited to curl up with one of these tonight! @wanderinglynn this swap is a highlight of my year, thank you so much for putting it together! 🎃🧡🖤🎃🧡🖤

#hauntedhallowswap

My goodness. Deeply disturbing, this book is dark. Firmly in the horror camp which I don‘t read often. The writing is crisp, authentic, and fantastic. Just amazing! Parts are really hard to get through-raw and vivid and so upsetting. Violent, harm on the page to people and animals-this one is tough, y‘all. But the story? Simply amazing. And good on #audio
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The Halloween reads continue! Four men are haunted by a past misdeed that has returned to ensure they suffer for what was done. As each man falls to violence and murder in the midst of extreme paranoia, we learn the truth about what happened on a hunting trip 10 years ago.

Bk38 of #LittensDressedInBlood Bk1 of #20in4 & Bk19 of #Scarathlon2021 #Screamathon #SpookoweenReadathon #Wickedathon #Necronomathon #RoaringWolf #RIP #HalloweenReadathon #ItsBritneyBingoWitch #BookishBingo #ChapterBreakBingo #OutOfComfortZoneBingo #Pageathon #PennyPerPage #BookspinBingo is done. I‘ve had this on my TBR since last Scarathlon, glad I finally got to it. Creepy&weird but fabulous, I love indigenous horror 1,296pts #TeamSlaughter

Starting this book tonight! I don't read too much horror, so we'll see how I handle it.

What a beginning! Also great audiobook narration so far. I thought I recognized the actor's voice and looked him up to realize he also performed in Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. #IndigenousBooks #NativeReads #Horror

A nice, relaxing Sunday evening

This was a perfect October book! It was unsettling and it just drew you in quickly. A little gory, but so good.

#Haunted Day 15: #FreakyFriday should be matched with my freaky current read. Paired with loaded fries with beans and pico de gallo and cheese and all yummy goodness.

I would have loved this if it hadn‘t been for all of the violent dog deaths. I fast forwarded through the ones near the end of the book. The rest of this is a creepy revenge story that is perfect for October. I loved the ending, too. Just…ugh with the dogs. 😭😭

Some appropriately scary, creepy, and magical books I'm interested in reading this month (knowing full well I won't be able to get to all of them 😅)

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2️⃣ No, however the look of the cover does. I was drawn to the tagged book purely based on the cover, but the story is awesome. It‘s on my list to read for October.

✨It‘s late in the day, so if you see this & want to play, consider yourself tagged!✨

This book kept me entranced! I found that I‘d have to stop reading again and again just to absorb the action and horror of some scenes and the emotion and meaning of others. I liked the abrupt shift of POV between chapters and the subtle shifting within chapters. Excellent horror storytelling with heart and emotion, revenge and regret! I‘m looking forward to more from this author!! 4.5/5⭐️

Very suspenseful! Enjoyed the Native American folklore elements.

Four friends from the same Rez, a hunting trip from their youthful past, the vengeance of a mother...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5!!!

Loved this book, very immersive in a tense cant-look-away Horrifying way! I really enjoyed all the different character perspectives, can‘t wait to read more by the author!

CW: extreme violence, mutilation, gore, death of people and animals

#horror

Fans of the tagged will enjoy Episode 6 of Reservation Dogs. This time it is Deer Woman, played by my fave Kaniehtilo Horn who played the bad ass Tanis on the Canadian show Letterkenney. Absolutely loved this episode of this great show.

Thanks for the tag, @FantasyChick Sorry I am late responding.
1. Currently three
2. @Eggs but I am always happy with whatever number I reach.
3. Thomas H. Cook, Lisa Jewell, Celeste Ng, John Green, Courtney Summers, Nikki Gemmell, Iain Reid
4. Warm weather & my kids
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I‘m not usually a fan of horror, but this book did pull me in. This was chosen as my bookclub monthly pick, so I had to finish it whether I wanted to or not, but I was glad I kept with it. I like the Native American perspective!

I really tried to get into this book but couldn‘t. I‘m beginning to think I might just not be a fan of the horror genre since I couldn‘t even finish Lovecraft Country. I did appreciate learning more about modern day Reservation life and the book is definitely worth it for that since it‘s not often that we see stories set on Reservations. I still recommend giving this book a chance even though it wasn‘t right for me.

Snagged this for $2! I've forever been in search of that horror book that scares me just a little too much to turn out the lights at bedtime and I haven't really found one in recent years. 🤞

I did avoid IKEA for 3 months after reading Horrorstör, however... 😏

Found the CUTEST little bookstore in Blairsville, Georgia and of course had to go in and buy some stuff 🤷🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤓

Four guys from the Blackfoot Nation slaughter a herd of elk 10 years ago on restricted hunting grounds— and now they are haunted by their consciences and an elk spirit…

Engrossing, graphic and tense…

The audiobook narrator, himself a Blackfoot, narrates— sometimes a bit fast but nicely done overall 🎧

“The headline for Richard Boss Ribs would be INDIAN MAN KILLED IN DISPUTE OUTSIDE BAR.”
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A bit hard to get into but it ended up being quite the ride. Dark, kinda strange, sometimes hard to follow but definitely captivating and creepy as hell. Just a typical SGJ book 😈

Another 9hrs in for #LittenListen and a #bookspinbingo square checked off!

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Not easy- it comes across as a stream of consciousness on whoever's POV we're following but it can be difficult to tell which POV we're on. And of course it's horror so there is gore and violence. If you get queasy, maybe skip it. I did enjoy this though- that omnipresent slasher figure turned a little on its head here. I also love a good revenge story and those about broken families.

Just getting into this one and am already finding it difficult. I turned down the speed back to just normal because I think part of it is the narration- I can't quite put my finger on it but I know it's happened with other male narrators where the narrations kind of comes out as a stream of consciousness and I find that hard to get into, I think?

Onto book 2 of June! Next up is another thriller—only with an elk ghost?!

I enjoyed this book, but it could be difficult to read. Some parts were graphic, some parts were confusing. It was an interesting horror novel.

I just couldn‘t, I tried but failed. Lots of folks love this well reviewed book but me and the writing in this just didn‘t hit it off. I found it disjointed, confusing, not to mention the abundance of unnecessary animal cruelty. And vengeance against men I could care less about cause they were literally all the same character, I just had to abandon this at 50%

I‘ve been wanting to move this one up my list!!!

Wow. This book will stay with me. Horror, not my go to genre. TW for violence against animals and humans. Also TW if you really hate basketball. So many powerful themes explored in a raw unvarnshied way. Set among the Blackfeet (and Crow). Themes of urban and reservation Indian life, loss of and reckoning with tradition, violence against indigenous women, reckoning with past transgressions. Not for everyone but a 5 star read for me.

Loved this. It‘s terrifying, gruesome. But also a story of family and what goes on when no one‘s looking. Highly recommend for fans of Stephen King.

4/5

This book was incredible. I never knew what was going to happen next. It was quite gory, but the story was great and managed to really surprise me multiple times.

This book. I‘m not a horror genre person but I do seek out indigenous writers including those doing genre fiction. This novel is quite the ride. Only halfway through and it has me sucked in.

Currently reading this and about halfway through. Definitely different. I visualize this as a Cohen brothers movie or a season of Fargo.

There was some really excellent writing here and a chilling story of identity and revenge, but the pacing was a problem. Several key scenes were far too long and the minute detail made me feel it might be more effective as a film. TW for graphic violence against animals and people #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks