BLURB: What was it like? Living in that house. Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later…
Tag: horror
The Outsider – Review
BLURB: An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories. An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens. He…
The Sun Down Motel – Review
This book is getting all the hype at the moment and for all the right reasons. I’d been looking forward to this book for months because I couldn’t get enough of Simone St. James’ previous book, The Broken Girls. If possible, The Sun Down Motel was even better! It’s slightly reminiscent of The Shining, with the…
The Shining – Review
BLURB: Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever…
NOS4A2 – Review
I added the audio of NOS4A2 to my Overdrive holds list months ago, thanks to @whatmeganreads‘ excitement on Instagram. I can’t resist an exciting audiobook and Megan’s animation made me eager to check it out. I secretly hoped it would become available during the Fall/Halloween season and luck was with me! When I started listening…
September Recap + October TBR
Hi friends! I’m not sure about you, but September flew by for me! I’m happy with the serious progress toward my Beat the Backlist Challenge this month, helping my Gryffindor team remain in the lead! Yay! I was bummed to have to DNF two books I was extremely excited about reading. I stuck it out…
The Passage – Review
While perusing the shelves of my library, I discovered they had a copy of The Passage, a book that has been sitting on my TBR shelf for over three years. That day, I decided not to check it out because I felt like I already had too much to read. When I returned home, I…
Ashes Books & Bobs 