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This book was an okay thriller but I wish it had scared me more.

"The house was vile. She shivered and thought, the words coming freely into her mind, Hill House is vile, it is diseased; get away from here at once."

Ugh I hate to say it but I didn‘t love this book as much as I was hoping I would. Maybe it was too much hype or maybe my expectations were just too high. It wasn‘t bad but I also didn‘t find it very memorable. The ending felt rushed and I never felt like I bonded with the characters. I adored We Have Always Lived in the Castle and was thinking I would love this one as well.

I finished this book earlier this month to get into the Halloween spirit and I feel like I picked a good one. I‘ve seen The Haunting when it came out and have been wanting to read it ever since. The Haunting was pretty dead on to the book and it took another turn about halfway through but I can understand why. The book ending probably wouldn‘t translate well to film but I thought it was a great finish to the book. In true Shirley Jackson fashion.

THANK YOU FOR THE GOODIES @jlabombard10315 ! I can't wait to read this horror novel along with you ☺️ #nightmareswap @LibrarianRyan

FUN FACT: Slammed my middle finger in a door immediately after staging this photo 😖

Only I could get the same book I sent out. 😂
It's totally fine since it's in my tbr pile! I'm excited to start this one once I finish my reread of the series I'm currently working on! 🎃👻
#nightmareswap @shakespearience @libraryryan
#hocuspocusoninthebackground

@Gaylagal2 you have spoiled me. These books look great and that Day of the Dead figurine is absolutely adorable. Thank you soooooo much!
#nightmareswap @LibrarianRyan thank you for hosting!

Sooo I'm still on the fence about how I feel about this book. It def didnt scare me but I had a hard time focusing on it too. I did like the end of it which I think is what helped me to give it a thumbs up. I finished the show last week and I'm still having nightmares of that. I'd like to hear people's thoughts on the book for sure.

So excited for #allhallowsreadswap!!! Everyones posts has me excited for opening day. Hoping my box comes today so I can open it first thing in the morning!!! @MaleficentBookDragon

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I took an unintentional break from spooky books for the last couple weeks, so I‘m super excited to be starting this one! Also this cover is just 😍🤩🙌🏻

Between my niece and nephew showing up today and an unexpected need to call the plumber in, I'm not nearly getting as much reading done today as I had planned. I'll get a few hours in at bedtime but for now, a creepy movie.

#scarathlon #teamslaughter #horrormovies #booktomovieadaptation

@Clwojick

First up for #DeweysReadathon. I‘m a Shirley Jackson fan. Hope all my fellow readathonners have a great reading day/night! 📚#readathon #deweyoct

The breakfast of readathon champs @DeweysReadathon #readathon

Here‘s my stack for @DeweysReadathon tomorrow. I always have way more than I can possibly read (to allow for mood shifts)! 😁🤓📚📚❤️ #DeweysReadathon #readathon

I'm undecided!
I liked the narrative very much. And the plot was great. But didn't feel the spookedness!

So far, not scary...
Page 192.
I'm hoping it gets scarier.
Some spooky moments but nothing Proper Spooky 👻👿💀

✨Spooky season is my favorite 🖤👻

Oooh. Getting ready for spookiness and goose bumps!
I couldn't get into the netflix adaptation so hope this is good!

Just finished #LMPBC read last night! I was the lucky one that got it for October so I get to count it for #Scarathlon and #TeamStoker. 👻 and thrills for sure with this one!

11 points

#QuotsyOct19 Day 22: #Spooky

Yay! With the new update, Libby now supports dark mode on iPhone. Love the color scheme with black and green.

#scarathlon #teamstoker @TheReadingMermaid

😐 I dunno. These people were vapid and their conversations were often nonsensical. The ending was good, though holy moly why would you let her do that, but I was expecting more terror and more build up. As was, felt a bit sprung on me, but maybe that was just me? Does a haunted house count for the theme?

#TeamStoker #Scarathlon @TheReadingMermaid

#Scarathon #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick Finally finished the first season of this #Thriller on Netflix in preparation for the series‘ continuation in 2020- I really enjoyed it but I felt like it ended so where will they go???

The perfect haunted house story with a perfect #audiobook narration by Bernadette Dunne. I love the subtextual queerness too. #QueerBooks #HalloweenReads

Forgot to take a picture last night. Watched an actual scary movie! Figured I give it a try since I just finished the book!

I did not like this adaptation. It was way too different. I want to watch the one on Netflix but I think it‘ll be too scary for me!

#teamstoker #scarathlon +4pts

#FALLISBOOKED - Day Nineteen - #FAVOURITEFALLREAD Any Shirley Jackson book, I love the uncanny and feelings of apprehension her books induce.

I read this because it is considered a classic horror book and it is mentioned as a favorite of characters in many books I love. I kept waiting for that moment that everything falls apart and it gets wickedly scary, but it never came. It is hailed as, “a perfect work of unnerving terror” but seems to be more about mental illness and declining sanity.

I know this is a pretty cheesy remake of the original, but there‘s something about it I love. This is another movie on my #Scareathlon playlist(which makes 22 so far this month!) which makes for #TeamSlaughter 3points for the movie & 1point for the post, so #PointsTotal-753

Another reread, I absolutely Love this book. The narrator does a pretty good job except for the Dr. Voice. She makes him sound ancient😏
#teamstoker #scarathlon @TheReadingMermaid

New audiobook time! I hope I like this better than We Have Always Lived in the Castle, which I didn‘t really care for. This audiobook has the same narrator.

#scarathlon #teamstoker @TheReadingMermaid

I should probably stop listening to this #audiobook alone in my big house eh? #HalloweenReads #AwesomeAudiobooks

✨I wanted to start this at the beginning of the month, but I wanted to finish The Gilded Wolves first. And I‘m sooo excited for some spooky season reads. 👻☠️👀

I'm beginning to realise that this is exactly the kind of book I love/crave. Pitch-perfect existential horror. A masterpiece, really. The utter terror of the unknown in every human psyche. That, combined with who knows what exactly is *out there*. I was riveted from start to finish & knew I was in the hands of a master. Family, individuality, guilt, love, burdens. Her writing itself feels haunted, layered with meaning. #spinsterlit #femalegothic

Yay... October... Spooky

Phew, I was on high alert the whole time I was reading this book. I expected to be scared the whole time, because you know, haunted house. I was definitely sucked into this book and just needed to keep reading.

This completes a few prompts off the #ScaryScavengerHunt - book that scares you and is over 200 pages.

#teamstoker #scarathlon - 3pts (total 149)
#screamathon

#Fallisbooked - Day 15

#Pumpkin - Everyone at my work is decorating their cubicles for Halloween. I was originally going to decorate my area with scary books, but I realized that might be a tripping hazard (plus I‘d be tempted to just read the books at my desk all day), so I went with pictures of horror books and thrillers instead! Someone also gave me this mini-pumpkin to give my desk a little extra Halloween atmosphere! 🎃

Happy Monday! Definitely needed this extra day off! Finally feeling like myself again! Enjoying this 65°F day!

Really starting to get into this book! Not scared yet, but they haven‘t even spent their first night yet!

#screamathon #scarathlon #teamstoker - 1pt

Since I finally read the book, I decided to watch the show. I‘m only two episodes in and it‘s nothing like the book. But it‘s definitely a good one for this time of year anyway.

From earlier tonight. Had a nice, relaxing night finishing this book while my husband made me dinner. 🖤

Finishing up this book while relaxing in my first lush bath in what feels like a bajillion years. Only thing that sucks about working from home now is that I'm no longer 10 mins from the closest lush store to where I can pop in to get my bath fix. I havent even went and bought my lord of misrule yet for this season!!! #firstworldproblems #lushaddict #bathaficionado

I see now why this is considered a classic horror novel. The subtleness in the shift of the characters mental state made it much more frightening. Is it real? Are they possessed or just having a bad day? Was that all in their head or did it really happen? It‘s so well done! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️