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So many fun things in my #creepychristmas box!! Thank you to @Gissy for so many wonderful gifts! And thank you to @teebe for organizing!

I finished up the audiobook version of this on Sunday. I found it to be really interesting and increasingly gripping as it barreled towards the ending. I don‘t really read thrillers much, but maybe that will change with books like this. I was afraid the this would be some type of Nightmare on Elm Street rip-off. Although dealing with similar themes involving nightmares, this had its own solid, unique spin on things.

This hurts to write because the book came so highly recommended. I can‘t say anything I want to for risk of spoilers. The book starts painfully slowly, and I nearly bailed 1/3 of the way out of boredom. The threads start to come together, I had a thought which turned out to be true, and that made me mad. I hate figuring out twists early. 😂 Anywho, I didn‘t find this creepy, scary, or original, but it wasn‘t dreadful either. #meh

This right here was truly terrifying! And I can‘t even talk about why because it‘ll give too much away! There are some epic twists to this story and it definitely went down a path I did not see coming. It‘ll get under your skin (or at least it did mine) and really make you look a little closer at the scary shit that happens all around you. What nightmares are made of! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

My #bookspin and #doublespin books for May are set. Looking forward to these.

It‘s #indiebookstoreday so I had to make a run to my happy place. The tagged book was a recommendation from Halli, one of the booksellers at Park Road Books. I know nothing about it other than Halli said it scared her so badly she couldn‘t take her dogs outside at night. Yes, please. 😂😂 (Not pictured is the new Veronica Speedwell that I bought for my mom). The ARC of Fairies was a gift-with-purchase. 🥰

Think Stephen King - The Shining and The Dark Half - this is along those lines (IMHO).
Ben Bookman is a writer whose stories (nightmares) are coming to life and it is all connected to the house he grew up in (the room with all the books). I enjoyed this - it was a very creepy read.

#MarvellousMarch a book not planned but finished during this readathon ( thanks for hosting @Andrew65)
Make a great day everyone - 🙂

Planned on reading two other books during #MarvellousMarch but started tagged book and cannot put it down!! Thanks for the review which got me started @Addison_Reads 🙂

If this is not on your TBR and you like Horror/Stephen King - I strongly suggest you add it @TrishB @TheNeverEndingTBR @JessClark78 @BarkingMadRead and #LosersClub -

Make a great day everyone 🌻

This book wasn't what I was expecting, and for the first time in a long while that fact is an absolute good thing.
After the first few chapters I was on the fence with the story but soon found myself sucked in and unwilling to put the book down. It's always amazing when a story sinks its hooks into you as thoroughly as this one did for me.

I started this book yesterday and am almost halfway through but being a responsible adult is preventing me from just diving in and not coming back up for air until it's done and I'm sorry but that just doesn't seem fair

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The Nightmare Man by J. H. Markert

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Great new horror!

This book follows a writer whose stories involve the scary stuff in nightmares and the urban legends that haunt us from childhood. Things become quite intense though when scenes from his new book are suddenly becoming real.

Markert has created a terrifying tale taking the reader through the darkest parts of the things that spook us in the night.

Also, the author references King and his works, which I love.

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I loved this book. I felt I was reading a very original story. It took me places I usually don't find in books. There is so much to like here. The mysterious family mansion in the woods with the creepy room full of books and the insane asylum next door kept me guessing until the end. Ben was a good protagonist and I was never quite sure if he was innocent or not. The image of the moths covering the dead twisted trees will stay with me awhile.