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Another crazy week & the next one will be as well.😬 After running my errands today I treated myself to a poke bowl from a little place close to my neighborhood. This one is miso ahi & Hawaiian salt ahi with tempura flakes on top. 😋

Finally getting to this book on my TBR forever. It‘s part of my Kindle Summer Challenge so I need to finish it in September.

I like the Gothic revival and the additional info in the back felt like a little college course in the genre which was neat!

A very good gothic tale set in 1950's with historical and mystical elements. Creepy and unique with a very likable and charismatic heroine. Read somewhere they are making a tv show, which will be a good watch 👻

A little poolside reading ☀️

One third of 2023 has passed. These are what I have read completely this year, so far:)

$5 on Chirp until Thursday!

This gem was #PublishedIn2020 #MarchMagic @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Halfwayish through...dang, this just took a wild turn.

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Thanks so much @AmyG for the lovely surprise! I'm very excited to read this one! I'm so grateful to have been a member of #LitsyLove for 5 years and the Litsy community for 6 years 🎉🎉Such a positive, generous, caring group of people 🥰💙📚💙📚

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I still think this is one of the most gorgeous covers of a book. A historical fiction book with a thread of magical realism. SMG is such an interesting writer, all of her books are different from the others. She has such a talent for story telling.

Creepy, suspenseful and unique.
This was a page turner, and I loved the revamp of the gothic genre. Noemí was an extremely likeable heroine, and you're rooting for her throughout.
The book is being adapted into a TV series and I think it will be visually stunning.
A great book to read around the fire on a cold evening, it would be a good Halloween read.

@ozma.of.oz

My favourite genre is Gothic🦇

A refreshing setting-upper-class Mexico- & an eye-opening backdrop of British colonialism there, which I found out was real. I prefer gothic to horror & there was too much of the latter, but the gothic tone of the opening was good. Noemí was obtuse, as heroines in such scenarios have to be. The pregnancy-like effect on the central male of the substance at the heart of the plot was subversive & that substance is suddenly EVERYWHERE in pop culture!

It's that time of year again!! #CanadaReads2023! This is the shortlist.

@NataliePatalie

Joining in #12daysofchristmas hosted by @Andrew65
Listing my favourite books of the year over 12 days from my annual fiction and non-fiction reads.
#12booksofChristmas

Mexican Gothic crossed over into November for #AuthorAMonth hosted by @Soubhiville
Moreno-Garcia is a prolific young author and I will definitely be reading more of her books this year.

Mini book haul 😍

By far onw of my favorite revamps on Gothic literature. And one of the most exciting things I've read in years. 💚

I‘m a little late to the party on this one!

I liked the unique take on the haunted house trope... sort of gave me Annihilation vibes.

We‘re getting into ‘reading by the fireplace‘ season around here 😊❄️🔥📖

A strange gothic tale- kind of a combination of Rosemary‘s Baby, Yellow Wallpaper and the Ruins. Noemi is a brave heroine but what a strange group of people and the property- creepy haunted house!

This was a great #audiobook but honestly it might not have held my interest as text. I do love a scary house is trying to eat you story so definitely giving it a pick. I've said this before but this author is all over the place genre wise.

#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

I wanted to like this more than I did. I am always down for a creepy family and fungus-ridden house, but she lost my attention a bit in the middle. I‘ll consider it a win after bailing on two of her other books. #AuthorAMonth

Naomí‘s cousin Catalina quickly married a mysterious Englishman living in Mexico. After she moves to his estate, the family receives wild, feverish letters that concern them. Plucky young Naomí is sent to investigate.

This was creepy and weird. Two great qualities in fiction.

Well, that was a bit…weird! It‘s a soft pick, as I‘m not a huge fan of gothic books anyway, but this was odd in that it is set in Mexico but in a traditional English country house, so didn‘t feel Mexican at all. It‘s all a bit odd to me but I kinda liked it!

As @Laughterhp commented on her recent post, I also have no idea what a #socialhorror book is, but this was classed as such so I‘m taking it! This is my last book for #pop22 - yay!

Oct '22 - I didn't read many books this month, but there were no duds. Quality over quantity, I'm into it. 🙃

How to Keep House While Drowning - 5⭐️, neurodivergent-friendly, super helpful for self-compassion and protips
Mexican Gothic - 5⭐️, badass protagonist, great creepy atmosphere
Briarley - 4⭐️, sweet m/m Beauty & the Beast retelling, WWII, dragon
The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy - 4⭐️, predictable but fun, magic, fighting patriarchy

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It‘s November, time to pull out our Silvia Moreno-Garcia books for #AuthorAMonth. What are you planning to read?

#AuthorAMonth is a no-pressure, no-commitment Litsy challenge. The goal is to celebrate the works of a particular author each month. Authors were chosen through polls by Litsy participants. Read as many as you like, skip months when needed, it's entirely up to you!

Creepy. A great Halloween read. Atmospheric and intense.

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I had hoped this would be a Gothic tale in the context of Mexican culture, but it's still very English. It does deal with colonialism though.

I rooted for Noemí from the start to the finish and would love to see this same character in a totally different story, from a totally different genre, hopefully having a much better time of it. Maybe a cozy mystery where she's a Miss-Fisher-esque private investigator? ✨️

Here's my list for #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo @thearomaofbooks

Hoping to get to #AuthorAMonth #TBRDeckofCards (from Oct!) #Roll100 (for Oct and Nov) and finally finish my #Booked2022 that have been hanging out there awhile.

First (and hopefully only) bail of the year. This book has more mushrooms than the Super Mario universe. Mushrooms are now my least favorite pizza topping. Thank you Mexican Gothic.

@Saknicole gifted our mom the tagged book in her birthday weekend. She has been getting back into reading recently!

20% in. So far the only scary thing that has happened in this book is that there was a library filled with books covered in mildew.

I‘m really hoping I can get to these next month for some spooky entertainment.

#spookyreads #mexicangothic #silviamorenogarcia #roseblood #aghoward #phantomoftheopera #phantomoftheoperaretelling

Just realized I never reviewed this one. Just in time for spooky season, I may revisit it on audio. Certainly not for everyone and the end left me with mixed feelings, but ultimately I loved it and couldn‘t stop thinking about it! Weird, brooding, mysterious, and creepy. A young woman from Mexico City high society finds herself in a hallucinogenic fever dream inside a dilapidated mansion on a foggy, misty hill inhabited by a cruel, violent family.

Here‘s my review for a book I just finished reading.

Here‘s my reading progress for a book I‘m currently reading.

📩February 22nd, 2022
It lacked... something.
Don't get me wrong: the magical realism like Isabel Allende is good, the story is good, but I think that maybe it was the heroine herself that was a bit too unbearable. Some passages were not explored deeply enough, as well.
It was overall good, but not exceptional for the hype I had!

Here‘s my reading progress for a book I just started. I listened to the first 3 chapters while playing Cookie Jam Blast and Cafeland on my phone and I‘m enjoying this book so far. I‘m interested to find out what happens next.

#audiogaming

#HauntedHollowSwap #HHS #HHS22

1. An owl!
2. Mexican Gothic comes to mind. I still have a LOT of creepy books I‘ve yet to read though.
3. For slasher movies I yell at the characters for doing dumb stuff lol. For other creepy/scary movies I may close my eyes briefly.
4. Thriller, Monster Mash, and Somebody‘s Watching Me
5. Hocus Pocus, Halloween franchise, Scream, Carrie (new), The Nightmare Before Christmas, magical movies and bad seed movies.

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#Alphabetgame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

One of my favourite reads from last year!

This was a wild gothic historical trippy deep feeling ride! Don‘t read if you don‘t like artsy historical. This book was magical to me. What a great movie it would be.

Just started reading this! I'm in chapter 10 and I'm liking it so far.

I was hoping for a little more horror, but there is definitely a gothic feel to the book. Good thriller-mystery!

Honestly not sure what to say about the ending. Who else has read it and what did you think? I was all in until the end.

Has been on my shelf for ages, finally getting to it.

Just WOW! This book was both parts fascinating and terrifying. It was exactly what was looking for and I definitely need more novels like this. I can see how this book wouldn't be for everyone, but holy cow, everyone should at least give it a try. This bizarre, twisted tale of a dysfunctional family, romance, murder, and ghosts will certainly take you on a different ride than what you were expecting.

#creepy #mystery #mustread #gothic #horror

Creepy 😱

This is as just not my cup of tea. If you like horror romance, it‘s probably good. Just not the type of fantasy I enjoy.