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Three horror books set on or around a #Mountain that are on my TBR.🏔️

Sarah Lotz has scared me off of planes and cruise ships and now we can add cave exploring and Mt Everest climbing. Simon, eager to get some hits for his fledgling adrenaline website, decides to go explore a forbidden cave with an unstable older guide. The guide does not come back. Simon does, with more than he bargained for. The first part of the book in these caves had my windpipe choking me while reading what was going on. It was harrowing. 👇🏼

Like books set in extreme weather, I love a book involving climbing Everest or some other daunting mountain. This book starts with our MC going into an underground cave system to film the remains of several young men who perished there previously. Things happen. Then the MC, intending to film more dead, joins a team climbing Everest. This is a horrible summary. If I hadn‘t had to work, I would have probably finished this in a day as I picked ⬇️

The first section set down in the caves will be uncomfortable reading for anyone who hates small spaces. The middle sections on Everest are much better & revolve around the Third Man Factor - when people in peril feel the presence or even see another person who shouldn‘t be there. Benign, evil, or hallucination? 🌟4

I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 29 #bookstoread #tbrpile

I was kinda hoping the climbing sections of this would be more exciting. Overall it‘s okay. #scarathlon #teamStoker 11 points

I haven‘t had much luck with this style of horror novel, but there seems to be mostly positive reviews for this one. #scarathlon #teamStoker

Pug with books.

It is so freaking cold outside - now that I am home, I might not leave the house until I have to work on Tuesday. Full on hibernation mode commences now....

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not as good as The Three. The middle dragged a little and the ending was predictable but the parts that took place on Everest were great and had me turning pages at a furious pace. If you're looking for a great horror book about Everest, I recommend The Abominable by Dan Simmons.

Thanks @Kaye for setting up the family library card so I can access the great Ohio libraries all the way in Texas. I've been waiting for this book to show up on my library's digital shelf for months!

It usually takes me at least a week to get through an audiobook, but I tore through this one in two days! Both narrators were engaging and held my full attention. Hard to put down, I had to know what was going to happen next! This book gave me a creepy feeling and it‘s an interesting look into trauma, ptsd, grief, and loss. And it was exciting!

More #bookmail!!

Spooky bedtime read 💀☠👻

Spent the morning cleaning out flower beds and doing other yard work with the family, and took a long walk this afternoon. My reward is some time with this lovely that showed up in my library holds yesterday.

‪The White Road by Sarah Lotz @mulhollandbooks is out today! I loved it! Link to my review in bio!
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My #currentread is the new release The White Road, coming out on May 30. Look for my review next week!
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#maytasticbooks17 (Your Choice) - The White Road
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Morning reading. ❤️🖤

The novel follows two mountain climbers, Simon and Juliet, who struggle with their demons as well as their aspirations. Juliet is a famed mountaineer hoping to make a historic climb, while Simon works at a shock journalism website that specializes in "dark" found footage. Unsurprisingly, things unravel quickly for both Juliet and Simon, and I hung on every word.

http://www.unabridgedchick.net/2017/05/book-review-white-road-by-sarah-lotz.html

We're both having fun. This book's opening chapter is insanely awesome. Hooked.

Soooo Sarah Lotz never fails to creep me out. The opening of this book describes a claustrophobic nightmare of a cave exploration that reminded me of the movie The Descent. I could feel my chest tightening throughout... it was rad.

Yesyesyesyesyesyes #netgalley

Sooo does anyone else start to crave certain authors right around the time it seems their newest title is due out? It's a feeling almost like a book hangover, when that last read is so fantastic nothing else is hitting the spot. The craving starts to overwhelm my reading mood. Admittedly it's worse for me with authors who release like clockwork. Needless to say, this is my most recent one. At least I have some of her SL Grey stuff in hand!