Hello everyone! Welcome to the Monthly Wrap-Up where I give updates on my reading and other things I’m up to in the past month. So let’s get to it! Books Read: 5 October was Horror Month here on the blog and every book I read this month was Horror. I am proud to say thatContinue reading “Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2023”
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Mexican Gothic
Title: Mexican Gothic Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Genre: Horror Pages: 301 pages Synopsis: After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsomeContinue reading “Mexican Gothic”
Ring
Title: Ring Author: Koji Suzuki Genre: Horror, Mystery Series: Ring#1 Pages: 282 pages Synopsis: A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of heart failure. Asakawa, a hardworking journalist, is intriguedContinue reading “Ring”
Five Book Recommendations for Halloween (2023)
Hey everyone! Since it’s getting close to Halloween so I want to give you all my five additional book recommendations for Halloween. 5. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson The Haunting of Hill House is a classic horror novel and it’s movie adaptation is pretty good as well. It has strong characters andContinue reading “Five Book Recommendations for Halloween (2023)”
How to Sell a Haunted House
Title: How to Sell a Haunted House Author: Grady Hendrix Genre: Horror Pages: 419 pages Synopsis: When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the raftersContinue reading “How to Sell a Haunted House”
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Title: Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Author: Mary Shelley Genre: Horror Pages: 245 pages Synopsis: A brash young doctor named Victor Frankenstein wants to unlock the secrets to life itself and create the perfect human. Instead, he animates—and abandons—a horrific creature who from its moment of birth is shunned by society and refused all compassion andContinue reading “Frankenstein: The 1818 Text”
Horror Month TBR List 2023
It’s now October! You know what that means? It’s Horror Month! I want to show you my TBR List for Horror Month this year. So I am aiming for around 5 books this month, plus two short stories (that have a Horror theme to it). Here is my list: Currently Reading: Frankenstein: The 1818 TextContinue reading “Horror Month TBR List 2023”
Post-Mortem: Mistborn Era Two Series Review
Series: Mistborn Era 2 Author: Brandon Sanderson Books: 4 Genre: Fantasy Series Synopsis: Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing forContinue reading “Post-Mortem: Mistborn Era Two Series Review”
Monthly Wrap-Up: September 2023
Hello everyone! Welcome to the Monthly Wrap-Up where I give updates on my reading and other things I’m up to in the past month. So let’s get to it! Total Books Read: 4 This month was unofficially a Brandon Sanderson month, as three of the four books I read this month was from Brandon Sanderson.Continue reading “Monthly Wrap-Up: September 2023”
The Lost Metal
Title: The Lost Metal Author: Brandon Sanderson Genre: Fantasy Series: Mistborn #7 Pages: 507 pages Synopsis: For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set—with his late uncle and his sister among their leaders—since they started kidnapping people with the power of Allomancy in their bloodlines. When DetectiveContinue reading “The Lost Metal”
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