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britt_brooke
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Pickpick

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vivastory The power of Christ compels you to give it an extra ⭐? 🙃 3w
LeahBergen @vivastory 😆 Or maybe a half ⭐️? 3w
Sleepswithbooks This was one of the few books where I thought, “The movie was better.” What did y‘all think? 3w
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vivastory @LeahBergen Fair, although the movie is definitely 5 ⭐ (IMHO) 3w
britt_brooke @Sleepswithbooks I watched it in high school and it was so scary to me then, but that was 25 years ago. I didn‘t think the book was very scary. 3w
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JessClark78
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BookwormAHN 💜🐈‍⬛💜 1mo
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KT1432
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My Libby hold just came in for this one, trying to get to it for #HauntedShelf, and well, the new cover is definitely #creepy lol. #hauntsandhexes #blackcatcrew cover #ScavengerHunt for Paranormal

AmyG I love this book! Enjoy! 1mo
KT1432 Yay!! Good to know @AmyG 1mo
PuddleJumper Hell no to that cover 😂 1mo
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KT1432 Exactly give me the red cover back lol! @PuddleJumper 1mo
BookwormAHN 🧡🐈‍⬛🧡 1mo
Eggs Yeeks!! that is pure evil 😳 😈 😱 (edited) 1mo
KT1432 Gives me the serious creeps lol @Eggs 1mo
Eggs @KT1432 extreme creeps: I saw the film in 1973 at the age of 21-stayed with me a loooong time 1mo
KT1432 Wow!! That would have stuck with me too lol. Confession: I‘ve never read the book and only watched part of the movie! I think I was traumatized after watching some of Poltergeist as a kid because my mom liked paranormal movies back then. 😆 I want to hopefully watch it after I read this. @Eggs (edited) 1mo
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BoldCityBooks
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Well this was certainly a bundle of “feel good”.

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PageShifter
Mehso-so

I think there was a nice group of characters but I think most of them could have been more fleshed out. I still could relate to Chris who had so much going on in her life, all those difficulties and worries. Father Karras felt also humane with him doubting his faith.

This felt more like a thriller than a horror story to me - I loved to figure things out but this didn't get me scared.

Story itself was pretty straightforward and simple.

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AbstractMonica
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Loved it! Have always been a fan of the movie, and had no idea the author of the book also wrote the screenplay. The book dives deeper into the psychiatry of possible conditions ailing Regan, and then proof/evidence to be granted an exorcism. As the book went on, it was more thrilling and “unputdownable” 😅 Kinderman (the detective) was far more annoying in the book, and father Merrin had thoughtful insights as to why people experience exorcisms.

Reggie lol holy crap, what a cover. Not what I needed to see this late at night. Lolol 10mo
AbstractMonica @Reggie hahah it spooked quite a few people irl, too 😅 10mo
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OutsmartYourShelf
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This penultimate (for now) book in the series examines the dark side of....Morris dancing. Yes the traditionally twee pastime involving dressing in a costume, with bells, & banging wooden sticks together! I might have been more incredulous had I not read a book earlier this year (or last year) about the old practice of wassailing & its more sinister side.

OutsmartYourShelf Merrily is still dealing with the coterie of modernisers within the Church who want to root out anything 'medieval', including Deliverance aka exorcism. Elsewhere her daughter Jane continues to not return her boyfriend's calls or texts & then worries (not irrationally) that he may have moved on. 3.5🌟

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2232459413
Read 9th-15th Dec 2024

3630 points (including 291 words found)
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willaful I actually have a friend who does Morris Dancing! I hope she never reads this. 😉
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DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 11mo
TheSpineView Fantastic!🤩📖📚 11mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 11mo
Andrew65 Excellent 🎄☃️🎅🏼 11mo
BookmarkTavern Congrats! 11mo
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Gissy
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Super late post but it‘s not midnight yet here 😜

#BookScavengerHunt prompt- night sky 15 pts
#BookRecommendation 30 pts

#HauntingShelf #FreightClub team @Jadams89

935 pts (previous) + 45 pts (current) = 980 pts

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OutsmartYourShelf
Friends of the Dusk | Phil Rickman
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A new bishop at the Cathedral sees Merrily's work in 'Deliverance' (aka exorcism) at risk. Meanwhile she is asked to take on a case of strange activity at a 12th century house on the border between Wales & England. The new owners have been seeing & hearing weird shadows & noises, but when Merrily goes to see them, she has the feeling they are holding something crucial back. Good news - Lol is finally back. Bad news - so is Jane.

OutsmartYourShelf Elsewhere, police detective Frannie Bliss is called in when storm damage unearths a skeleton.

Another long & mostly slow plot that somehow manages to keep me interested enough to keep reading. I don't know how Phil Rickman does it, I really don't. Merrily was bearable enough in this one, & the plot strand about the possible haunting was quite interesting. Can't say the same about Bliss & his boring relationship with boss, Annie Howe.
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OutsmartYourShelf Also, I find Jane very trying to read about. If I were boyfriend Eirion, I'd have dumped her months ago. Mind you, Merrily is almost as bad sometimes with Lol. Just take 10 mins to talk to the man!

Overall, interesting enough but some characters make you want to commit a literary murder yourself. 3.5🌟

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1289487542
Read 14th -16th Oct 2024
13mo
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