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✨ BOOK MAIL ✨ (thank you so much to the tagged

✨ BOOK MAIL ✨
(thank you so much to the tagged publishers for the free books)

Is there anything better than getting books in the mail? Here is a batch of beloved hardcovers from some lovely publishers. Check out my Insta stories to see each book one by one. I love hardcovers for their beauty, but I don’t mind reading any format.

What’s your favorite medium? Hardcover? Paperback? Kindle? Audiobook? ✨

✨ SUNDAY VIBES ✨ Happy Easter, all 🐇 We br $✨ SUNDAY VIBES ✨ Happy Easter, all 🐇 We brought Stella over to her grandparents’ and she is having a blast. We are about to have some BBQ and whatnot. And, by golly, I’m enjoying my first Grolsch of the year! How is your day going? What are you up to this fine day?! Thank you so much @twodollarradio for this copy of NIGHT ROOMS by @ginagail. I love a good essay collection and I’m super excited for this. Check out this amazing synopsis 💋🚬 “NIGHT ROOMS is a poetic, intimate collection of personal essays that weaves together fragmented images from horror films and cultural tropes to meditate on anxiety and depression, suicide, body image, identity, grief, and survival. Whether competing in shopping mall beauty pageants, reflecting on childhood monsters and ballet lessons, or recounting dark cultural ephemera while facing grief and authenticity in the digital age, Gina Nutt’s shifting style echoes the sub-genres that Night Rooms highlights―spirit-haunted slow burns, possession tales, slashers, and revenge films with a feminist bent. Refracting life through the lens of horror films, NIGHT ROOMS masterfully leaps between reality and movies, past and present―because the “final girl’s” story is ultimately a survival story told another way.”$

✨ KING PHOTO CHALLENGE ✨ My lovely friends Ka

✨ KING PHOTO CHALLENGE ✨

My lovely friends Kallie @pageandparlorbooks and Nina @the_wandering_reader tagged me for the #SlayItLikeKing challenge and I finally took the photos! YAY ME!

ON WRITING by #StephenKing is one of my favorite #nonfiction books! And, if you know me at all, then you know I just had to find a first edition hardcover 😆

Also, did you notice SK and I have the same taste in leather jackets? Slay 💅🏻

What is you favorite #memoir or nonfiction book?!

✨ ALMOST #CATURDAY ✨ I finished HOWLS FROM HE

✨ ALMOST #CATURDAY ✨

I finished HOWLS FROM HELL: A Horror Anthology, a few days ago and I just devoured it. My review to come soon, but just know it’s entertaining as hell. Also, GRADY HENDRIX, aka @paperbacksfromhell, wrote the forward and I loved it so. He ruffles all of my nostalgia feathers💀

This was the best photo I could get out of Mia and Jules, but it’s super cute. I tried getting this book pic with Stella, but she wasn’t having it - maybe for the review post.

Do you enjoy anthologies?

Special thanks to @night_worms and @howl_society for my free copy.

✨ BOOK MAIL ✨ (thank you to the tagged publish

✨ BOOK MAIL ✨
(thank you to the tagged publishers for the free books)

I really hate Wednesdays 🤣 For some reason, it’s a negative day for me. Do you have a specific day of week you can’t stand?

Check out all these amazing books! So far, I’ve read HOWLS FROM HELL and HOUSE OF HALLOW (ahem, both 5⭐️s)! And I just started reading WHERE THE TRUTH LIES, which is keeping my attention.

Which book would you read next?!

✨ BOOK TO MOVIE ✨ #sponsored We all know #Tom

✨ BOOK TO MOVIE ✨
#sponsored

We all know #TomHanks is a national treasure. He’s just a talented, warm and fuzzy actor. I recently watched #NewsoftheWorld staring Mr. Hanks and a new-to-us up-and-comer Helena Zengel, and I really loved it. Tom Hanks is his usual brilliant self, but Helena steals the show.

Thank you to @uniallaccess for this incredible gift. The vinyl movie soundtrack is such a nice touch! The @NewsoftheWorldMovie is AVAILABLE NOW on Blu-ray/DVD ✨

If you love a great western drama with a perfect ending, make sure you watch this movie.

What’s your favorite Tom Hanks movie? ✨

✨ FOR MY ASIAN FRIENDS ✨ Here are a couple o

✨ FOR MY ASIAN FRIENDS ✨

Here are a couple of book stacks by Asian authors I one hundred percent recommend. There are so many rich, beautiful, and interesting stories here. There is everything from science fiction, to literary fiction, to mystery. One of my favorite authors (not pictured here) is Amy Tan. I’ve read all of her books on my Kindle, so I don’t have any physical copies. Have you read any of these books?!

I stand by my friend @wherethereadergrows - love you to pieces Chandra 😘

✨ Happy #FaceFriday ✨ (thank you @quirkbooks f

✨ Happy #FaceFriday ✨
(thank you @quirkbooks for the free copy)

I finished THIS IS NOT THE JESS SHOW by @annacareybooks last month and really enjoyed it! “Black Mirror meets My So-Called Life” is the perfect description to get you in the door, but Carey’s ability to write a story will keep you there until the final page! It’s a twisty fun-filled ride!

What are you reading this weekend?!

✨ HAPPY PLACE ✨ Here is the place where I get

✨ HAPPY PLACE ✨

Here is the place where I get lost. Time stands still. It’s my happy place.

I love to see the world and experience new things, but it’s not always possible to travel. If there is one place I could magically go to, it would be Maui. But after I relax there for a bit, I would head to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Norway, Japan, and Thailand.

Pretend you could snap your fingers, where is the one place you would travel to right now?

✨ PUPPY LOVE ✨ Oh my goodness, #SheReadswithC

✨ PUPPY LOVE ✨

Oh my goodness, #SheReadswithCats almost missed #NationalPuppyDay *whew*

Hi all! Say hello to my sweet #puppy Stella. Today she is modeling one of my favorite books of the year! Have you read Chris Whitaker’s WE BEGIN AT THE END yet?! I love everything about this book and highly recommend you go and get yourself a copy.

✨special thanks to @henryholtbooks for my review copy✨

✨ true crime ✨ All my life I’ve been obsess

✨ true crime ✨

All my life I’ve been obsessed with #truecrime so imagine my excitement when @spookishmommy started a book club! She hosts #bookishtruecrime and it’s so fun! It’s nice being amongst other people who are as peculiar as me 👀🔍

Last night I watched a Lifetime movie based on true events called Girl in the Basement. So, of course, after it was over, I Googled the real life crime. It’s one of the most horrific crimes I’ve ever read about. I couldn’t believe what I was reading. I went down the rabbit hole and I’m still reeling. All of you #truecrimelovers out there know exactly what I mean 😳💻

Have you read any of these books? My favorites are DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY and HELTER SKELTER, but THE FIVE and SAY NOTHING are close runner ups!

✨ happy st. patrick’s day ✨ Do any of y’a

✨ happy st. patrick’s day ✨

Do any of y’all celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? My family does! We have the traditional dinner and whatnot. Of course, I had a Guinness!

@kealan_patrick_burke is one of my favorite indie horror authors. If you haven’t read any indie horror, he’s guaranteed to knock your socks off. The perfect intro for the indie horror lover inside you. KIN is one of my favorite books, but there’s this one scene that is a capital ICK 😂

I just started Jennifer McMahon’s The Drowning Kind. Whatcha reading?!

April is just around the corner, so it’s time to

April is just around the corner, so it’s time to read our next #BuddyReadstoDieFor selection! Huzzah! We really love Silvia Moreno-Garcia and cannot wait to read her book, UNTAMED SHORE 🎉

Take a 👀 at the synopsis and let us know if you’ll be joining us👇🏻

“Baja California, 1979. Viridiana spends her days watching the dead sharks piled beside the seashore, as the fishermen pull their nets. There is nothing else to do, nothing else to watch, under the harsh sun. She’s bored. Terribly bored. Yet her head is filled with dreams of Hollywood films, of romance, of a future beyond the drab town where her only option is to marry and have children.
Three wealthy American tourists arrive for the summer, and Viridiana is magnetized. She immediately becomes entwined in the glamorous foreigners’ lives. They offer excitement, and perhaps an escape from the promise of a humdrum future. When one of them dies, Viridiana lies to protect her friends. Soon enough, someone’s asking questions, and Viridiana has some of her own about the identity of her new acquaintances. Sharks may be dangerous, but there are worse predators nearby, ready to devour a naïve young woman who is quickly being tangled in a web of deceit.”
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#untamedshore #silviamorenogarcia #agorabooks #booksbooksbooks #bookclub #bookclubsofinstagram #read #bookstagram #currentlyreading #bookish #buddyread #booklove #lovebooks #shereadswithcats #badassbookbabes #bookclubfavorites #wherethereadergrows #coolgirlsread #jessicamapreviews

✨ stephen king ✨ Has anyone read Stephen King

✨ stephen king ✨

Has anyone read Stephen King’s Bill Hodges trilogy? I devoured all three books back to back because they are THAT GOOD. Detective Bill Hodges is a character I’ve grown quite attached to, so a huge sigh of relief when I realized Brendan Gleeson was cast for the part. Basically, he’s the perfect Bill Hodges and now he’s who I picture when I think of the books.

I caught up on the #MrMercedes series today and it’s fantastic! I’m always nervous about book-to-television adaptations, but this one is solid gold. If you enjoy thrillers, intriguing characters, crime fiction, and all with the style of Stephen King, go check it out!

The series is streaming now on @peacocktv #MrMercedes #sponsored

How ‘bout it? Are you going to watch it?

✨ kittens & books ✨ I’ve spent the day writ

✨ kittens & books ✨

I’ve spent the day writing reviews and taking book photos. I didn’t realize how far behind I am on reviews. Oh my goodness.

Today, I chose my #BookoftheWeek on the @night_worms blog. Everything about this book just worked for me. Go check it out and tell me if it sounds good to you!

How is your Monday going? I’m absolutely exhausted 😴

✨ work in progress ✨ This is my Saturday nigh

✨ work in progress ✨

This is my Saturday night. I am always moving books around to make them fit. I organize them by genre mostly, but I also put random books together that only make sense to me 😂

How do you organize your books?

✨ book mail ✨ Happy weekend, all! This week h

✨ book mail ✨

Happy weekend, all! This week has been rough. I’m looking forward to reading outside and catching up on reviews.

What are you reading? Anything from these stacks?!

✨Review ✨ (see @goodreads for full review) A

✨Review ✨
(see @goodreads for full review)

Alan Baxter is a relatively new author for me, but I’ve been impressed with everything I’ve read so far. His newest short story collection, THE GULP, is most certainly my favorite book to date. With five novellas all woven together within a common setting, this collection delighted as much as it intrigued me.

In the rural Australian coastal town of Gulpepper, or what the locals refer to as THE GULP, things are more than a little bizarre. The townsfolk expect the peculiar, but outsiders better watch their backs because things get dark real fast. THE GULP will devour you whole if you stay a second too long. This is the setting for the five novellas, all with very unique stories and some with crossover characters. As a whole, the stories in this collection work perfectly, but even so, each one can be read as a standalone.

We start with an excellent introduction to the mysterious town, which is read from an outsider’s perspective looking in. In this first novella, Out on a Rim, two truck drivers get stranded and one decides to wander into town despite the warnings of his companion. It sounds simple enough to just go grab some food for the overnight stay, but nothing is simple in THE GULP.

The next novella, Mother in Bloom, is my number one standout. It’s a family drama about two teenagers, Zack and Maddy, who decide to conceal their mother’s death. This superbly written novella crept up on me in the best possible way. There is more than meets the eye within this complicated family, including an excellent amount of body horror....

... THE GULP is an outstanding short fiction book that starts and ends in the most brilliant way. Baxter does a stellar job weaving in different aspects of Gulpepper to make a cohesive, creepy collection. And if that isn’t enough he had the forethought to leave the trapdoor wide open for more! I highly recommend you read THE GULP in it’s entirety and chronologically, but if you prefer to dabble with a story here and there, then dabble away.

Thank you @night_worms for my copy ✨

✨ stephen king ✨ The @night_worms included St

✨ stephen king ✨

The @night_worms included Stephen King’s newest book, LATER in their recent package and I totally screamed right before my happy dance. The #NightWorms seriously kick ass.

Of course, I already #read #LATER and loved it. I am a true blue #StephenKing fan and that doesn’t mean I love every single thing he’s ever written, but Mr. King sure knows how to write a story. He’s the reason I am obsessed with coming-of-age horror. I love him so much.

Also, I am obsessed with this cover @hard_case_crime 💋

✨ Who is your favorite author? ✨

✨ INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY ✨ (thank you so

✨ INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY ✨
(thank you so the tagged publishers for the free books)

Here are some books that I think celebrate #InternationalWomensDay 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I haven’t read them all, but I think there is something here for everyone!

How’s your Monday going? I just finished Riley Sager’s new book and it’s 🎶AWESOME 🎶

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