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Welcome to the new year my fellow Littens! My #JumpStart2024 #readathon starts today. I‘ve been very ill the last few days so no bingo board sorry, thinking is too difficult right now, but the readathon itself is a go! I‘m kicking off my New Year reading with a local author, Darcy Coates lives on the Central Coast of NSW where I‘ve spent a LOT of time, her horror novels are highly readable. Good luck everyone!

MY kind of haunted house book. Something similar to how I felt after reading Jennifer McMahon's The Invited, there were spooky and violent happenings, but the overall feel of the book, the message, and the protagonist was compassionate, caring. I will say certain plot elements of this 2018 book bear a striking resemblance to a 2012 Supernatural episode...🤔 There's also one very creepy typo near the end: have fun on that scavenger hunt!

Grandpa is going above and beyond.
👻👴

I'm with Remy: not comforting.
Frightened of WHAT, Marjorie?! 🫣

I have a jillion books with haunting in the title, but just one with #haunt #scarathlonphotochallenge #scarathlon #teamcryptkeepers

Sorry for the weird picture, but I just saw all these horror novels by Darcy Coates; I even picked up The Carrow Haunt! Has anyone here read this author before? There‘s so many books and I‘m intrigued if they‘re really good or not!

I really liked this book. I liked seeing the characters work together until the evil ghost push the main characters to the limit. There were many ghosts, and most had tragic stories. I was shocked by what happened to some of the characters and loved how they fought back in the end. I highly recommend this book, and look forward to gallows hill.

I enjoyed this ghost story. It used both haunted house and whodunit tropes, which kept things interesting. I couldn't decide if it was a ghost or a person causing all the chaos. Some creepy moments but not really scary (though my scare tolerance is really high). Perfect for the season.

Y'all, it is 7:30 and I am sooo tired, so I'm climbing into bed with the last 50 pages of this book... slightly concerned I won't make it 😅 Things are amping up though. The plot has been pretty quick moving so far but the body count is piling up now with this haunted house/whodunit format.

Very creepy and original ghost story with a very satisfying ending. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Remy waited, shivering, on the wide stone porch as the van crunched along the gravel driveway.

#FirstLineFridays #Spooktober

Finally opening my first Darcy Coates book after collecting them through kindle unlimited for over a year lol

Heading out to my son‘s first in person field trip since fall 2019! His school used to do this huge one at an apple orchard/cider mill north of Lansing every fall but hasn‘t since the pandemic started so he‘s pretty excited that they brought it back this year. It‘s an online public school so this is the main chance to meet his teacher in person.

Kicking off the Halloween season 🎃 (a little late compared to others) with a light #paranormalhorror and a good #cuppa

#recommend some of your favourite horrors

Book 11 for October themed reads. Although this has all the same horror tropes as most in this genre, haunted house, guest stay over night…ghosts…it‘s done in a way that snags your attention and keeps it. Creepy atmospheric read if there ever was one.

Genre: Horror
Rating:5
Notes: Dark and twisted as well as creepy , the perfect book to read on a dark and stormy night , in or around October or just about any time you want a horror story.
Checks off the boxes
Characters stay the night in a haunted house
They get stuck there and can't leave
Ghost
Serial killer
Murder both in the past and the present
To find out how all this comes together , you have to read the book

This ghost hunting haunted house horror was so much fun. I‘m glad I gave Coates a second chance since I‘ve enjoyed the last few that I‘ve checked out so much.

Continuing to make my way through Coates haunted house novels.

If you're looking for a good ghost story I'd say this is it. The first part of the book is a great build up to the terrifying fast paced second half that kept me up reading late into the night. This is my first time reading one of Ms. Coates books but it definitely won't be the last.

“And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust!” 🎶
One more #BookSpinBingo square is completed this month.
I am a fan of Coates‘ ghost stories and this one did not disappoint. It was a much darker entry than the others I‘ve read by her. While the end stretched my suspension of disbelief to its very limits, all in all I enjoyed this book. A perfect read for a stormy October night.
#scarathlon2020 #TeamHarkness 16pts

#AudioCrocheting a gift during the #Readathon

All dressed up in #Ravenclaw for the #Readathon while I went out to Peet's. #ReadathonFashion

“Remy waited, shivering, on the wide stone porch as the van crunched along the gravel Driveway.“
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

I think I‘m going to like this.
“Lover of period dress and dusty books.”

Let's spend 2 weeks researching the ghost of a mass murderer in a deserted house, cut off from all civilization! What could go wrong? Lol, another excellent haunted house story by Coates about Carrow House, a haunted hotel, and its impeccable tour guide Remy. 8 people are invited to communicate with the spirits but not all of them want to just talk. My only issue was the medium calling everyone "dear boy" and "child".

A book about a tour guide of a haunted house being read by a tour guide of a not haunted house... LOL

Just starting this and I already needed to strap in for the ghostly roller coaster ahead!!! I freaking LOVE Darcy Coates!!!!

#quarantinereads #ghoststories #hauntedhouse

Finally finished this! It was creepy enough that I could only read it during the day. Really enjoyed it and will read more by this author in the future. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I managed 10 hours this go round of the #24b4monday #readathon . That‘s 2 hours more than last month! I‘m definitely happy with my time and will be shooting for 12 in December.

This was a quick read. Not very scary, fairly typical haunted story. Still fun tho, especially the last 60 pages or so. Remy is a tour guide at a haunted house. She‘s asked to join a group attempting to stay at the house for 2 weeks; can it be done??

Snagged another Coates for 99 cents!
My collection is almost complete.

This was another fun Darcy Coates read. I liked the set up for the story and there were a couple of good creepy moments. Fun characters and great atmosphere.

So scary I couldn‘t read it when I was alone or at night. Seriously. I‘m a grown woman and I couldn‘t do it lol. Absolutely recommend it! Great story, interesting characters and it never slowed for a second.

Evening plans: horror and girl scout cookies. Like my boss's eight year old, I may eat so many I puke. I make the best life decisions!

"The dead are restless here..."

Set on an island with it's only access to the mainland is a stone bridge, Carrow House once an assylum then a hotel, has had many mysterious deaths and has been closed and abandoned for years except for the occasional tour guides. Until a group of eight people decided to stay for a two week paranormal research. Everyone seems to be excited and happy about the place until strange creepy things started happening.

A little late but here we go:
1. Playing with my cousins on the street to avoid being stuck in the house during family parties. This is one of my favorites because all my cousins moved out of state and I rarely see them anymore.
2. One older and one younger sister
3. April 2018 (I think)
4. Tagged
5. If you're reading this, tagged you're it!
@eggs #wondrouswednesday

Thanks for the tag @lahousewyfe 😍

5⭐'s. I loved this book! It was spooky and the characters were likeable. A great book to take on my vacation.

So I may be going down a Darcy Coates wormhole lately but I am totally fine with that. This was another haunting story with great characters and a plot that kept me reading and a bit of romance thrown in for good measuree. This one has some seriously spooky moments. One of my fave haunting books by her so far-very atmospheric 🖤

This is all of my favorite parts of a haunted house story so far.

Also a door just slammed and I dropped my Kindle. I'm guessing this is working for me.

@MinDea #HumpDayPost
1. Hid inside with my two favorite doggos while the rain came down down down.
2. Snuggled in bed, trying to convince myself to get up (been awake since 6:30, it‘s almost 7:30. I swear it‘s gonna happen soon!)
3. The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates. Ghostly good times! (Tap the tagged book to see my review.)
4. Matcha Latte 🍵😋
5. SUSHI 🍣🤤

This haunting audiobook went chillingly well with the stormy weather we‘ve been having for the last week or so. Darcy Coates may be my newest author obsession! The cast of characters is well balanced and each is nicely fleshed out. Coates strikes just the right mix of fun, horror, and mystery, with a sprinkle of romance in this tale. If you‘re looking for spooky ghost story for the #Halloween season, this would be one of my top two suggestions!

As a major horror fan, especially leaning towards historical horror and ghost tales involving massive estates, this was perfect for me. Very well written and paced with fun characters and an excellent backstory. A truly solid ghost story with some excellent tension and some creepy scenes! I am absolutely getting more books by this author!