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I loved this book. This is the tale of the fictional British folk band, Windhollow Faire, and their recording of their album at Wylding Hall. And the disappearance of their singer/guitar player Julian ❤️
I listened to the audiobook version, and it was fantastic. There were multiple narrators, and the whole atmosphere of the book was very Stevie Nicks 🖤
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Here are my choices for #TitlesandTunes Elizabeth Hand's Wylding Hall and Fleetwood Mac's Gold Dust Woman 💛
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Interesting

Take the subjects and format of "Daisy Jones and the Six" and place them at "The Haunting of Hill House" add a dash of "Picnic at Hanging Rock" and you have "Wylding Hall".
Granted this book predates Daisy, but it's told in the same interview format with members of the band Windhollow Faire looking back at a summer long ago when they rented an old manor to record an album.
More of a mystery than a haunted house story.
A quick and fun read!

And finished already! Clearly that hit the nail on the head for what I wanted to read right now, dang. I wish the music was real -- it sounds amazing.

I kind of wonder if it goes a little too far, at the end, into being explicit about the horror. The rest of the book it's subtle, but the final two photographs and the excavation... hm.

I'll count this as one of my #BookSpinBingo free spaces, but won't place it yet!

Somebody reviewed a book that was in interview format, and it reminded me of this! So I thought I'd capture the whim and reread it, especially since I've been listening to Fairport Convention and Sandy Denny again lately (the scenario in this book is based on their stay in Farley Chamberlayne, though the characters aren't meant to be analogous).

I'm listening to Siobhan Owen's version of Scarborough Fair while reading this, mostly; it's perfect.

Halcyon days and their falling out.

1. YES! So many times! In high school, after I had my hair professional cut off, my friend and I would just chop away at our own hair 🤷🏼‍♀️ When I was younger, my parents grew out my bangs. Then I watched the Lindsey Lohan Parent Trap movie and cut myself some bangs 😬

2. Being able to still work from home and that my work is still closed. Along with 1.5 positions being cut, 2 people just quit. Staff of 7.5 down to 4 😭

#ThankfulThursday

This novella feels like someone crossed Daisy Jones & the Six with The Haunting of Hill House and sprinkled it with a bit of The Bloody Chamber.
So of course I read it in a single sitting.

First book for #NewYearWhoDis down and it was interesting. Not a book I would have picked for myself for sure but something a little different than I would normally pick is the entire point!

This makes for the second book this month for #bookspinbingo and #jumpstart2021 🙂

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A quick and creepy read. The full cast is nearly always a hit with me and this one delivered.

A folk band spends a summer in an old, large country house called Wylding Hall to start creating their next album. Little did the members know that this album would be such a hit but it would come at the cost of the lead singer disappearing. Told years later in a documentary style, the band members, along with some friends, recount what happened during those months.

Daisy Jones & The Six meets a gothic tale! 🖤

This little story, recounted way afterwards, of a band recording an album in a creepy ass house where one of them disappears for good had such a slow burn creep factor. Definately if you're going to pick this up, go for the audiobook as it's a full cast!

Why are more people not talking about this book?!?! It's The Woman in Black meets Daisy Jones and the Six. It's a slim novel and should absolutely be read on audio if at all possible. A folk band sequesters in the English countryside to make an album in 1972. Odd things happen in the house, but the horror level is low. It's creepy, not graphic, just my speed. I loved this spooky little story and reading it made me feel like fall was really here.

4/5 ⭐ to this quick, absorbing book from 2015 about a folk band recording at an old house in the countryside, whose lead singer disappears. Like Daisy Jones and the Six with a spooky vibe!

Told in excerpts from interviews, this book takes a while to warm up but gave me chills at the end. The whole book only runs 150 pages - a quick read which is perfect for me. However, none of the characters ever felt that real, and the storytelling style held too much back to ever fully engage.

#allthebooksof2017 #bookwithamagicalsetting

I‘m leaving out the obvious books with magical settings I‘ve been reading this year (Harry Potter, LOTR, Wheel of Time), and instead highlighting these three, which are more focused on magic (or faerie) intersecting with our own world, in sometimes frightening ways. Each one of these surprised me with how much more there was to the story than I originally expected. I loved all three.

Oh, this was good. Just the right amounts of beauty, mystery, and creepiness, all mixed together perfectly. Also: I SO want this book to have a soundtrack. I mean... I listened to it on audio, and the #audiobook was really well-done (full cast!), but I want to hear those songs!

Starting this #audiobook on my commute today!

I keep thinking that this book would make a good movie. It's spooky, lots of scenery, and I'd love to hear the music. But who would they cast as the beautiful and shy genius guitar player who is so good he confounds Jimmy Page and blows Hendrix out of the water? 🙄This just can't be done. It would have to be a computer game in stead, with a more limited sound track and cut scenes.

Really? Where did she go to study that she can recognise Old English grimoires and Latin books of magic at a glance? Miskatonic University in Arkham? 😏The classics department at my university definitely didn't teach this stuff. Nor did the English department. 😂

I mean, not saying anything new here, but Liz Hand can write.

I have to admit I kept wondering "when is something going to happen?" However, the writing is fantastic and it truly reads like you're watching a tv show where people describe their experience at a haunted house. Even though you don't get much haunt until the end, it's a fairly short read. What makes that work so well, for me, is it comes off as plausible. Nothing over-the-top dramatic, but that's what makes it eerie.

Starting this. Hope it's as creepy as I've heard.

Delicious ghost story. Though I would preferred it scarier. Still, it gave me some creeps while reading it at 1AM on Halloween.

This is definitely one of the best books I've read/listened to this year! The build up is brilliant, a story told by many different voices, but which version is the right one? Elizabeth Hand is an excellent writer. 📖📖📖📖📖

The best spooky book I've read this year. WYLDING HALL is about 70s Brit acid-folk band holed up in an old mansion to work on their second album, only to find out that the mansion is not quite what it seems. An atmospheric tale told in pitch perfect details & strong, distinguished characters' voices