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pickTook me a bit to get into it. It was definitely creepy throughout, the ending was good.
pickSooo creepy!! What always terrifies me most are the simple terrors: strange noises and bumps, lurking creatures, and especially shocking scares. Seed has all of that! The characters were kind of unlikeable but what they experienced was truly horrifying. And the ending 😳😬!! I‘ll be thinking about this one for a while. 🌟🌟🌟🌟
pickI read horror novels anytime of the year, but I chose to read this one during the Halloween season. Seed is a very different horror story. Jack Winter and his family are in a bizarre car accident on the way home from their daughter‘s birthday party and their lives are slowly, but dramatically changed. #MountTBR
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so-soWhile this book was super creepy, because I can't handle creepy kids, it fell a little short for me. Lots of repetitive buildup to things that didn't really resolve themselves. Amiee never redeemed herself and lost me at telling Jack that he's the man and should step in because of that. 🤨 It had a creepy ending but it was all just abrupt. I want to love everything Ahlborn does but she's fallen flat for me since The Bird Eater.
Normally Ahlborn really speaks to me but this chick is pretty delusional. I dislike everything about Amiee, but mostly how angry she gets at Jack playing in a band. My husband had been in bands as long as I've known him. I was never going to expect him to drop something he loves because he goes out one night a week and maybe plays a show occasionally. 🙄
pickI recently read SEED by Ania Ahlborn
As a child, Jack met an evil entity—a true devil that made him do horrible things. To escape the monster, Jack fled home, never looking back.
Now, decades later, Jack‘s young daughter, Charlie, is acting strange, doing bad things. Only Charlie says it isn‘t really her doing them…
An engrossing family drama full of real horror—and a gnarly ending—this is one tale sure to leave a disturbing mark.
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pickIn rural Louisiana a car crash sets in motion all the evil that Jack (happily married and father of two young daughters) thought he had escaped from.
Throughout the whole book I was left with a creepy, spooky feeling.
A wonderful horror book to lose yourself into, recommended to me, of course by horror masters @Reggie and @vivastory 🖤
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pick🎧 First book I‘ve read by this author. I will read more. Narration was fine.
A cross between Baby Teeth & A Head Full of Ghosts.
I really liked it. It‘s definitely horror! Creepy.
Jack hides a past he can‘t fully remember that impacts his current life with his wife & 2 girls.
TW: violence, possession, MDK! Bodily harm to multiple people & a pet. Some adult language.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/3
Faced with reliving the nightmares of his childhood, Jack watches his daughter spiral into the shadows that had nearly consumed him twenty years before.
But she isn‘t the only one who‘s changing.
Jack never outran the darkness. It‘s been with him all along. And it‘s hungrier than ever. #hereditary #horrorseason @Klou
@BookishTrish once again you've been far too good to me! I love the sound of both these books and can't wait to dive in.
Thank you so much!!!!!
#screamsbymail I'm getting myself back on track over here and @ephemeralwaltz you should have more regular packages coming your way soon.
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pickCelebrating a rare girls weekend and still reading hard for #screamsbymail I really liked this pick - it had some Head Full of Ghosts vibes. More comments in the travelling notebook.
pickWell, that was creepy, and macabre, and horrifying, and fantastic. My first Ania Ahlborn. I will be reading more of her‘s. But not before bed.
#24B4Monday time on the clock 31:08 Still 6 hrs to midnight.
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Judging from the reviews I read, starting this one before bed was probably a bad idea. It might be a late night....
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Then#circleofLitsylife: when you mail out your #screamsbymail title and arrive home to #bookmail @Reggie THaNK YOU for the treats! You‘ve outdone yourself and this zombie-lovin‘ gal is forever grateful
pickWow. Okay. Alrighty then. So that happened. And then I slept with the light on.
This novel seemed to be a mash up of The Shining and The Omen (with a dash of The Exorcist as well). Don‘t want to give much away, but demonic possession is the main theme in this one. And Ahlborn knows just how much detail to include without going over the top. Disturbing, atmospheric and graphic. 4/5 ⭐️
so-soThis was not one of her best books but it was okay and a fun read. I would recommend it as one of her books.
Please read my full review here:
https://thereadingmermaidsreviews.weebly.com/book-reviews/seed-by-ania-ahlborn
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Kindle sale! #bookhaul
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I'm not normally a holiday celebration kinda gal, but seeing all the Halloween scary-ish posts have made me want to read something spooky/scary. I've seen several of you post about this one in the last two weeks ( @TheReadingMermaid @DGRachel @vivastory @reggie ), so I'm gonna try it. Several of this author's books are on a Kindle sale.
This is the closest I have to an orange book in my library. LOL 😋 #ChillingPhotoChallenge
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This may be the creepiest book I've ever read. It certainly has stuck with me since I read in back in August 2012. It's one of those where I can remember sitting on my rocking chair in the living room of the townhouse I rented when I first moved to Charlotte. I'll never forget that ending.
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Novels featuring #tarotreading, like ones with Ouija board & seances, have to be inventive & seriously sinister, otherwise they run the risk of being the cliche that horror fiction is too often dismissed as. "Seed" features a tarot reading scene that definitely qualifies as memorable.
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pickOof!!! I‘m glad I read the ending of this during the day. This was a good, horrifying, primer going into October. A father who thought he had escaped his past is horrified when the past shows up when he has a wife and 2 daughters. This was very creepy. Thanks for the pick @scripturient #screamsbymail.
RIGHT ON TARGET. 9pm on the DOT, #24in28 🙌🏼
Out of all the times I‘ve attempted a #readathon, this may be the 1st time I completed my goals and finished it completely.
What was different this time entirely was that I was living in my new space with just my son and he KNEW I was doing it and he encouraged me. Imagine that.
1,072 pages
4.5 books (including 3 novels, one was an arc, and one for my #screamsbymail book club)
So pleased! 🙂
pickSeed is a proper southern gothic, well-paced and mysterious, with a solid creep factor. Though I loved the conclusion, I was constantly taken out of the narrative by the immaturity of the children, who are the same age as my own, and can‘t help but wonder how much stronger it would have been if they acted six and ten. Still, a solid summer horror read.
@kamoorephoto the second book for #ScreamsByMail is now being sent out to you. This is @scripturient ‘s choice, and it should reach you around 10 working days or so. Will share my review of this book in another post. 🧚🏼♀️📚💕
And so I could not let this one go without taking a photo of it - never mind all the cars that were behind me. This sculpture was in front of Capital Tower in Tanjong Pagar here in Singapore. Awesome backdrop for #ScreamsByMail book of the month courtesy of @scripturient - the man at the back was deliberately included to serve as a contrast signifying how huuuge the sculpture is.
To say that I am utterly creeped out by this novel is an understatement. I am only in the first few pages, but I can tell Ahlborn is a master at building up the suspense and the creepazoid factor that is simply goosebumps-inducing. Paired with my fave premium coconut ice cream with green jelly, toasted coconut flakes and peanuts in a bowl of coconut. Because we celebrate tropical goodness the whole year round. #ScreamsByMail #HorrorPostalBookClub
@scripturient , I have the bookses! Finally received back my Pick for Round 1 of #ScreamsByMail #HorrorPostalBookClub and Steffi‘s pick for Round 2 (tagged book). Looking forward to it, fellow horror freaks! Excited to read my Fireman journal, too, and know everyone else‘s thoughts. Will be sending my first journal along with Seed. 🧚🏼♀️📚💕
panThis was on my October list and I never got to it. I was up with a bad cold the other night and decided to go ahead and listen to it. It started creepy and wasn't terrible, I just didn't like the way the story went. Very depressing at the end.
pickWow. This book was crazy!! So demented and twisted and creepy! Great book! My first actual scary horror book and I loved it 😁 Great, great pick @PirateJenny as you'll be able to see when you get it back I have a ton of sticky tabs in it lol
I will be sending it off to the next on Friday! Am I sending this one to @MaleficentBookDragon this time?? Or to you again @TheReadingMermaid ??
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@jillannjohn I got your package today!! Unfortunately, the tea spilled in the bag a little bit. But, no big deal! Accidents happen when we entrust our stuff with the mailmen that don't take caution with packages. But, Thank you! It smells heavenly!
@PirateJenny I'm looking forward to reading your book! 😁 well actually, I'm scared haha
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pickI loved this creepy story. Evil kids freak me out and this kid was scary! There were a couple of twists I didn‘t see coming too. I wouldn‘t have found this one if it wasn‘t for #HGPBC. Great pick! I plan on checking out more books by this author.
Hey now! Despite the back-road Louisiana hicks slam 🙋🏻♀️ I‘m enjoying this book a lot. 🤣
Received my #HGPBC package from @PirateJenny !
Thanks so much for the extra goodies! I love everything! Looking forward to starting the book as soon as I finish my pick! 😮 It‘ll be going out soon. #teamchtulhu
pickJust finished it and loved it! Creepy and disturbing, the story seems quite traditional in its possessed-by-the-devil theme but it does have a few twists and turns that I didn‘t really see coming. It will definitely be a great pick for round two of #screamsbymail. 😊
pickI very much enjoyed this book. It was good and creepy and perfect for this time of year. It didn't scare me as much as I had hoped but I am a very hard nut to crack that way. Here is Jack, curious about Jack in the book. #HGPBC #horrorgoespostalbookclub #TeamCthulhu @TheReadingMermaid @MaleficentBookDragon @InBooksILive @jillannjohn
The package for the swap will go out as soon as all the goodies arrive
The hubby is off for a pint at the pub, the kid is tucked in and I‘m enjoying the quiet 😋 and reading my books. In bed. With chocolate. What could be better? #loudmomsigh
Waiting for Sarah83 at the cafe. We‘re meeting at nine but it wouldn‘t have been worth it to drive home after my kindergarten run just to head out again 15 min later. So I‘m enjoying the morning sun and my book. :)
Checking out my choice for round 2 of #ScreamsByMail. I absolutely adore this cover!
This is my pick for #teamCthulhu. I'm very excited to read it--I've heard very good things and I loved Within These Walls. #HGPBC #horrorgoespostalbookclub @TheReadingMermaid @jillannjohn @MaleficentBookDragon @InBooksILive
pickI wanted to finish this by end of May but, the best made plans and all that... I could have though! It is SO good and a rather quick read! I think I can safely say I am a huge fan of Ahlborn now! I think of the ones I've read, this one is my fave so far!
If you enjoy supernatural thriller/ horror, this is highly recommended!
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