Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone: A Novel | 
pickStrange, but in a very good way. Comparisons to Shirley Jackson and some of the darker Grimm‘s Fairy Tales are apt, but the novel is also somewhat Faulknerian. I was also reminded of The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski. I don‘t like horror, and this doesn‘t quite go there, but flirts with the macabre. The writing is delicious. Recommended!
pickThe content of this book is just as unsettling as the cover, with shades of the more brutal brothers Grimm stories. Childhood friends come of age in a small, remote village steeped in superstition and darkness. The back cover compares it to Shirley Jackson, Stephen King‘s Children of the Corn, and The Twilight Zone. Seriously creepy vignettes.
pickIt‘s strange what passes for “normal” to the characters in this book and that is what I suspect draws the comparisons to Shirley Jackson. The horrors are committed by the people of an isolated German village and recounted by the five of the characters as children. And that is what makes this so creepy.
And because Halloween is never over, I‘m starting another book that @TheWordJar sent.
Tried to capture the glossy hidden text but I‘m lacking a good light source. IF YOU TELL ON ME YOU‘RE DEAD
#creepykids
This is so cool, @TheWordJar 🖤
Black cats & pugs! Squee! I‘ve been dying to read the new Paul Tremblay and Ludmilla Petrushevskaya. Also excited about creepy kid fiction. This author is totally new for me. And classic Richard Matheson is lovely too.
Thank you for all the goodies! Expertly chosen. I love everything 🖤🖤🖤 #allhallowsreadswap
pickThis was, uhhhhhhh, something. Definitely not the horror book it promised to be, but it is a definitely a dark, unsettling book about a damned town and it‘s morally corrupt citizens. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
1. My girlfriend arrived all the way from Montana!
2. Spending time with Brit! We only get to see each other a month out of the year due to careers keeping us in different states.
3. The Ember‘s Lantern.
4. Yep!
5. Sure thing!
#shmondaybluesbreaker
This is the other book I received from @Kaye for her #50kgiveaway. How creepy is this cover?? I‘ve never heard of it before, but being compared to Children of the Corn, it sounds right up my alley! I‘m going to have to cover that cover when I read it though. As if the girl isn‘t creepy enough, there are gloss letters that show on the matte cover when you look at it at a certain angle, and it says, “If you tell on me, you‘re dead.” 😱😱😱😱😱
pickBeware of small towns. This particular small town is especially f***ed. The children are creepy & the townspeople are jealous & capable of anything to put their rival in their place. This story follows 4 friends (Christian, Linde, Anke and Martin) as they grow from disturbing kids to vengeful adults. These kids would give the Children of the Corn a run for their money.
PS I can't decide which of the 2 covers of this book is more nightmarish. 😱💀
Listening to this creepy ass audiobook and having some hot chocolate and bagels for breakfast. Yes, hot chocolate. 😏👍
So begins my fourth round of @Ange44 and I's #tenatatime TBR project!
My appetite this morning was non-existent so I went for a cup of coffee and a book that fits my mood after watching the election results.
#AllHallowsRead #creepycover #repost
A repost from last week since this fits the All Hallows' Read Challenge perfectly.
Those eyes - absolutely chilling.
pickCreepy title, creepy premise, unsettling story. When the worst part lurking under a town are the human inhabitants itself. A dark story that will change your ideas about small towns.
#scaretober #readathon
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#AllHallowsRead #photoadaychallenge
Scaretober TBR list. I am so here for this month. 👻
@Litsy @SGJ @WilliamMorrow
pickSo far its good weird but good. What going on with me and the off the wall weird creepy books. I was having a conversation about this last night With a fellow booknerd at work.
pickI have a ridiculous abiding love for this creepy book. Don't let the super creepy cover put you off from the great creepy stories inside!
