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Book Review: Slender Man Is Coming Edited by Trevor J. Blank and Lynne S. McNeill

August 22, 2024

When I first heard of the Folklore podcast, I decided to start from the first episode, which turned out to be on Slender Man. Intrigued, I googled the Contemporary Legends journal mentioned in the episode and found this book that was based on the journey/ Slender Man Is Coming is a collection of essays on… Read More Book Review: Slender Man Is Coming Edited by Trevor J. Blank and Lynne S. McNeill

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Book List: Spine-Chilling Books for Hot Summer Months

June 27, 2024

Friend, I think the draft of this post has been sitting here for well over a year! So I’m going to take my best attempt at finishing it and I welcome more recommendations from you. The idea of this post comes from the Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai (百物語怪談会), an Edo-period storytelling game. Essentially, participants sit in a… Read More Book List: Spine-Chilling Books for Hot Summer Months

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Book Review: Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

October 31, 2023

I came across this book while browsing through the library and I thought the author’s name sounded family. Oddly enough, I don’t have any books by Sager on my TBR. But I figured I heard about her through someone’s review and the synopsis of this book sounded interesting so I decided to borrow it. Home… Read More Book Review: Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

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Book Review: Night Film by Marisha Pessl

October 30, 2023

I remember hearing about this book around the same time I heard about the Six Stories series. And as you know, I got swept up in Six Stories and didn’t get around to Night Film until very recently. Honestly, this book had a really long time before the payoff but whew, what a ride it… Read More Book Review: Night Film by Marisha Pessl

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Book Review: The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

January 11, 2023

The Silent Companions was so hard to read! Not because the book was bad, but because it was so creepy that I had to stop and take a break at certain points! The Silent Companions starts with Elsie Bainbridge in an asylum. A new doctor, Dr Shepherd, is visiting and he manages to get Elsie… Read More Book Review: The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

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Book Review: The Haunting by Joan Lowery Nixon

May 14, 2022

This is a book that was lost to me for a really long time. The first time I read The Haunting was when I was 14 (almost half my life ago!) and on a school trip to Cambodia. The book belonged to a friend and I never really got the title. For a few years… Read More Book Review: The Haunting by Joan Lowery Nixon

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Book Review: You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce

May 10, 2021

So we all know that I like dark stories, especially dark stories with fairies in them (otherwise, I wouldn’t write dark fairytales). You Let Me In, with the promise of fairies that drink your blood, appealed to me instantly. The book definitely fulfilled the promise of dark fairies but I didn’t expect the abuse was… Read More Book Review: You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce

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Book Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

September 18, 2020

I blogged about how just being part of the online bookish community comes with a fear of whether you’re reading books for the hype or for interest, and a few people pointed out that we can get really good book recommendations from the bookish community. Well, this is one book that I read because of… Read More Book Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

May 26, 2019

I found this book from The Orangutan Librarian when she did a mini review. It immediately intrigued me, given that I really like IKEA (despite me being easily frightened). When she recommended it again, I knew that it was just a matter of time before I picked it up. Since I’ve been having long commutes recently… Read More Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

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Book Review: Slender Man Is Coming Edited by Trevor J. Blank and Lynne S. McNeill

Book List: Spine-Chilling Books for Hot Summer Months

Book Review: Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

Book Review: Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Book Review: The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

Book Review: The Haunting by Joan Lowery Nixon

Book Review: You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce

Book Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix