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Gothic and perfect for October. #OWNtober

Beautifully Illustrated 👻, and #gothic.

This started beautifully well 👻

Well. “Dragonwyck” was... rather an odd little book. Some Gothic themes, murder, abuse, sociopathy, and I only like three characters (none of whom were carrying the story.

Starting book number five, “The Invisible Library”, for the #24in48 #readathon!
#TeamPeggy #gothictropes

I‘m a lightweight. I‘m old. I can‘t pull all-nighters. I‘m calling it a night on book number four, “Dragonwyck”.

I‘ll admit that I chose this book because I loved the 1946 film with Vincent Price and Gene Tierney... but I don‘t recall Miranda being this much of an idiot. 😒 Poor, sweet, stupid baby...
#24in48 #readathon #classicfilm

Gothic, historical. Two words that reeled me in.

Who here has seen the old movie Dragonwyck with Gene Tierney and Vincent Price? 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️ Very excited to read this, it‘s on sale all month!

#kindle
#sale
#classic

A gothic tale, set in early 18th century America, about the “romance” between a young country girl and her much older, wealthy, and urbane (also psychopathic) cousin. It has shades of Jane Eyre and Rebecca, but I felt it dragged quite a bit.

I only have the ebook version, but I think this vintage cover is more fun. 😀 #onewordtitle #photoadaynov16

I wanted to love Dragonwyck but I couldn't bring myself to do so. The imagery kept me from bailing whilst the storyline dragged. Not until the end did it predictably pick up and that, my friends, is not enough to sate this reader's hunger for a gothic inspired novella!