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CoveredInRust
Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson
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Shirley Jackson does creepy so so well.

Also, my goal of having fewer than 100 books on my TBR by the end of the year is in danger because of book purchasing. *sigh*

dabbe My fave of hers. The 1960-ish movie is fab, too. 💙 2d
CoveredInRust @dabbe I love that version so much! It's so, so good 🥰 17h
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eris404
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Super unsettling and actually difficult to listen to in parts (this was an audiobook with excellent narration). The characters behave in ways that are so reprehensible I actually yelled in anger, but nothing in the story is what it seems at first—it‘s not cheap tricks though, just layers being peeled back. I could guess the mystery but that didn‘t make the story any less engrossing.

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LittlebearReads
Diavola: A Novel | Marie Thorne, Jennifer
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This was excellent! Not ultimately super scary, but such a great exploration of toxic family dynamics!

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NataliePatalie
Episode Thirteen | Craig DiLouie
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A little late but here's May. The 4th book was Ghost Wall (2.5 stars).

@Blueberry

Blueberry 😆, alot of horror. 4w
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BeeMagical
House of Shadows | Darcy Coates
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A dark love story, set in a haunted house.
Enjoyed it for a “change” of genre 😂

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Itchyfeetreader
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The kind of horror I can cope with! This was at times just a bit bonkers but I actually really enjoyed the story of the adult siblings regrouping to sell their parents house and unearthing generational trauma along the way. A blame it on Litsy from when it was first published I finally picked up on my indie bookshop crawl at the end of last year

RamsFan1963 Did you like it or not? The review seems positive, but you gave it a pan. I'm confused 🤪 1mo
Itchyfeetreader @RamsFan1963 it was a strong like from me and the wrong button from my fat fingers! Corrected the rating with thanks ! 1mo
Billypar I don't think the correction went through, unless it's a refresh error on my end? I've only read a couple from Grady Hendrix and there are so many more I want to try, including this one. 1mo
willaful Still showing as a pan for me too. I don't read much horror but his Ikea parody was pretty fun. 1mo
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TheEllieMo
The Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson
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A slow-build Gothic novel that took me in a direction I wasn‘t expecting it to go in.

Book 45/60, Page 15,094/18,000 #read2025 @DieAReader

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BekaReid
Diavola | Jennifer Thorne
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May wrap courtesy of StoryGraph. This was definitely a heavy essay/memoir month, but I managed to get some fiction in as well. Diavola stands out as one of the best horror books I've read in a while, and it was my only 5⭐ read of the month.

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CaitlinR
This Cursed House | Del Sandeen
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There aren‘t many surprises in this ghost story. Pretty early on, we know what happened in the past, and how it has affected a family‘s lives whose ancestors committed unspeakable crimes. In Ms Sandeen‘s capable hands, I didn‘t care; she writes so well, and creates such deep characters!

With her Chicago life in ruins, Jermaine Barker accepts job offer from the Duchovny family that seems too good to be true and of course it is — breaking a curse.

BookmarkTavern What a gorgeous cover! 1mo
CaitlinR @BookmarkTavern I liked it too! 1mo
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Suelizbeth
The Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson
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There‘s a reason I don‘t read ghost stories but I couldn‘t stop reading this book. It scared me, but when seen from Nell‘s perspective it seemed almost cozy which was just plain crazy and not true which was even scarier. For such a short novel it packs a wallop. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

sarahbarnes Agreed - I love the way she wrote horror stories! 2mo
Clare-Dragonfly Fabulous review! I never thought of it that way but it does seem cozy from Nell‘s perspective. 2mo
Suelizbeth @sarahbarnes 📚❤️ 2mo
Suelizbeth @Clare-Dragonfly Thank you! Creepy, right? 📚❤️ (edited) 2mo
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