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As they say… Better late than never! Here is my #BookSpinBingo TBR for the month of November. I am about 12 books behind on my 100 book goal for the year, so I‘m taking a different tactic this month. Half of these books are about 200 pages or less so I‘m hoping to be caught up by the end of the month… Fingers crossed 🤞

One by one, a family falls under a curious Lovecraftian “curse”

I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, the story was compelling in that uncomfortable way good horrors of this type should be, on the other, the main “relationship” is the most horrifying thing of all—only I‘m not sure the author had intended it as such...?

(Contains a nasty case of grooming)

Still, I‘m deciding to read it in good faith, so:

3.75/5

Stephen King nails it is his blurb for this wonderful book when he writes: “Horror works only when we care for the people involved, and because we care for the Turners, their nightmare becomes ours.”

Read it for the Lovecraft references, read it it you like great horror, or if you agree with King about the foundation great scary story. Trust me, it won‘t give you nightmares, but it will make you treasure your family a bit more.

Tackle the TBR 🤓📚 #boleybooks #cosmologyofmonsters #ShaunHamill #bookbeast #bookjoy #signedcopy
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I honestly really like this book, I mean look at that cover! I just didn‘t “love” it like I thought I would. For an authors first time out, it‘s a pretty compelling story. A mixture of Lovecraft and Gaiman, a peak behind the veil of two worlds living side by side. A world of humans and a world of monsters. A page turner all the way to the end, but I felt cheated out of a better explanation and felt the end was unsatisfying.

Family drama, Lovecraft style. I was really into the first half of this book. It was gripping and turning into a wild horror- mystery, but it shifted gears halfway and the least interesting character became the focus.

Both monster story and family drama, this debut novel embraces the Weird, fitting for its Lovecraft references, and its perfect pacing makes it positively unputdownable.

#Caturday morning reading time with #Loki. #CatsOfLitsy

It wasn‘t what I was expecting, but it was good! 🐺🐺🐺🐺

This may be the best story I've read all year. I'm in awe with what the author accomplished. The story was more than just scary. It was heart-breaking and gut-wrenching. It was a story of loss, mental illness, outcasts, family history, estrangement, sacrifice, and true love. There were so many layers to the story, and some of the writing was so good I'd re-read multiple pages at a time. The ending left me an emotional wreck. Wow. Just... wow.

Such a weird and fun and sad book!

Made some new friends at the library today. I invited them to my personal reading party 😉

Bookroom shenanigans! Just finished this one and just wow. I'm still processing. #oliveoil #muchlove #bookroom #dogsoflitsy #horror #cozy

This book is pure imagination. It takes the horror of Lovecraft and the psychological terror of Stephen King and blends them into this gorgeous, creepy, frightening slurry of human (and non-human) emotion. All the elements of a good story are here, beginning with the hero with a quest - and Shaun Hamill steps confidently into the circle of horror masters.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This book was fantastic and right up my alley for #Scarathlon

Monsters stalk the Turner family and they have suffered for it over the generations by ignoring them. But what happens when the youngest child, Noah, invites the monsters in?

#TeamStoker +3pts
@TheReadingMermaid

(Pts total=84)

Loving this book - just wish I had more time to read it!! So dedicating a short quiet moment to it this morning 😊