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The Haunting Season
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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wanderinglynn
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Thank you Chrissy 😘 This was a lovely surprise! I especially love the Capricorn Bowl. ♑️💜

LeahBergen I loved The Daughter of Time! 9mo
wanderinglynn @LeahBergen good to know! 😀 9mo
rubyslippersreads The Daughter of Time is one of my favorites too. That‘s a great cover. 9mo
Chrissyreadit I love all three of these. Happy Belated Birthday 🎉😘🎉 9mo
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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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My December pick for #12Booksof2023. The two stories about the mothers are the ones that have stuck with me the most. Likely because I am a first time mother and am reminded every day of the dangers and difficulties we face both from outside and within. As a jaded horror fan, none of these stories particularly “terrified” me, but they were definitely the right kind of creepy for the isolation of the winter season.

Andrew65 Thanks for playing long, a great way to review 2023. See you for #12Booksof2024 on Christmas Day. 10mo
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MidnightBookGirl
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Perfect Christmas stories for cold winter nights!

#WinterGames #GangstaWrappers
@Clwojick @StayCurious @bookwormjillk
#WGWordSearch 2290 pts

bthegood 🎁❄️ 10mo
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Chrissyreadit
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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1. my goals from last January did not make it yo February! After Feb I just wanted to read my “group” reads- and mostly happened just often late on turn around. This entire year was just rough- BUT Litsy and Litsy friends were amazing at support and community and compassion 😘
2. i only read 2 books- but this was a book I Loved!
3. Ripples In Time and the assorted pile from 2023 that were my must reads.
Thanks @BethM for tag!
Anyone else?

Eggs Thanks for playing along 📚👍🏼 10mo
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Larkken
Haunting Season: Eight Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins
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I enjoyed reading a story a day from this spooky anthology for #midwintersolace #naturalitsy 👻🎄
I think Lily Wilt was my favorite, it had a nice edge of dark humor, but in general I like the spirit of bringing ghosts back into the holiday season!

Chrissyreadit love the quote you chose. 10mo
TheBookHippie Love it!!! 10mo
AllDebooks 😅 10mo
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PaperbackPirate
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Time for my #DashingDecember Readathon wrap up!

My goals:
✅ 👻 finish The Haunting Season with my #naturalitsy group
❌ 📚 read 2 more books
(I read PART of 2 more books 😂)
✅ 👻🎄 score some points for #ghostsofxmas in the #wintergames
✅🎄 get the tree up

That was fun and motivating @Andrew65 ! Thank you!

Andrew65 Brilliant 🎄🎄🎄🙌🍾🥂🥳 Thanks for playing along. 10mo
BookwormAHN Yay 🩵 10mo
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PaperbackPirate
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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#selfiescavengerhunt reading by the glow of Christmas lights 🎄
We had a rainy day Friday so I had to read under a quilt with my new reading buddy, Nova.
Ok not much of a selfie, but my knees are holding the quilt up, I promise. 😂

#wintergames
#Ghostsofxmas 👻🎄
#dogsoflitsy

Gissy Hi Nova🐶💚❤️💚 10mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 10mo
AnnCrystal 💝🐶💝. 10mo
BookwormAHN Cute 🩵 10mo
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Librarybelle
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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As with any short story collection, some stories were better than others. I liked A Study in Black and White and Confinement (thank goodness I read that one in the daytime…yikes!) the best. Creepy, spooky tales set during the Christmas season, and a great taste of the writing style of each author. #Naturalitsy #BuddyRead

TheBookHippie 🙃 10mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful cover 😍 10mo
AllDebooks Great review x 10mo
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darklydreaming Love the cover 😍 10mo
emz711 Still thinking about a study in black and white! 10mo
Librarybelle That is so true, @emz711 ! 10mo
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Chrissyreadit
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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I loved this buddy read so much- and feel like the title was perfect- it was a little spooky, a little creepy, My favorites short stories were The Eel Singers and Thwaites Tenent but all of them were entertaining and engaging to me. #blameitonlitsy #midwintersolacebuddyread #midwintersolace #naturalitsy

emz711 And you can read winter spirits too! 10mo
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PaperbackPirate
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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I‘m so thankful to the #naturalitsy #buddyread for introducing me to this book! Lots of creepy ghost stories by different authors. My favorite was probably the first one, A Study in Black and White by Bridget Collins. This book was definitely what I needed for this busy (short stories) and stressful (diverted while reading) time of year.
👻👻👻👻

Thank you @AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88 !

#midwintersolace #ghostsofxmas

TheBookHippie 🙃🩶❄️ I love short stories this time of year! 10mo
PaperbackPirate P.S. Took this picture at sunset on a small hike with my husband and our dogs in South Mountain Park. 10mo
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BookwormAHN Lovely pic 🤍🩵🤍 10mo
Chrissyreadit looks like a beautiful hike 🩵 10mo
Hooked_on_books What a pretty picture! 10mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @BookwormAHN and @Hooked_on_books ! It wasn‘t hard to take a good picture with such a pretty sunset! 🌵 10mo
PaperbackPirate It was @Chrissyreadit ! We‘ve never done that trail before but I‘m sure we‘ll be back. 🌵 10mo
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Librarybelle
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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After seeing a few posts advising to read this in the daylight, I‘ll gladly take that advice. Starting this while baking cookies this afternoon. #Naturalitsy #BuddyRead #WhatAmIGettingMyselfInto

#Zeke #CatsOfLitsy

dabbe Hello there, sweet floof! 🖤🐾🖤 11mo
TheBookHippie 😵‍💫🤣🐓🐔🐓 I am 🐔🐓🐔 11mo
Librarybelle @dabbe ❤️❤️❤️ 11mo
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Librarybelle @TheBookHippie I‘m not taking any chances! 😂 11mo
ShelleyBooksie Lovely pic 11mo
CatLass007 😹😹😻 11mo
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BookwormAHN
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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AllDebooks So glad you enjoyed it. X 11mo
Andrew65 Brilliant 🎄🎄🎄 11mo
TheBookHippie 💙💙💙💙 11mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 11mo
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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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4 ⭐️s
I quite enjoyed this collection. A few of the stories I wished were longer. I don‘t get easily scared and love horror, so most of these were pretty mild for me. Confinement by Kiran Millwood Hargrave was the only one I really found horrifying. Maybe because instead of relying on the supernatural, it‘s based on something all too real that impacts countless lives every year.

#Naturalitsy

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PaperbackPirate
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Check in time for the #DashingDecember Readathon with @Andrew65 !

It‘s been a busy week so I haven‘t got to do much reading. But now I‘m on break & tomorrow we have a rainy day in the forecast so I‘m planning a day on the couch with my dogs and a book.

My goals:
👻 finish The Haunting Season with my #naturalitsy group - in progress
📚 read 2 more books - lol
👻🎄 score points for #ghostsofxmas in the #wintergames
✅ get the tree up🎄

dabbe LOVING the Phoenix weather today! So much better than the months of Hades! 💙❄️💙 11mo
PaperbackPirate Yes @dabbe ! It's beginning to look a little like Christmas! 😂 11mo
BookwormAHN Yay 🤍🩵🤍 11mo
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PaperbackPirate
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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1. Currently reading The Haunting Season: finished Thwaite‘s Tenant, started The Eel Singer
2. No I don‘t have any solstice reading rituals, so I read some poems from She Had Some Horses by Joy Harjo since you asked. I did open the blinds to watch the light change at sunset.
3. No format change. Paper only. 😅

Thanks for asking @AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88 !

#midwintersolace #naturalitsy

TheBookHippie ❄️💙 11mo
Chrissyreadit 🤍❄️🤍 11mo
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DebinHawaii
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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#Rushathon #DashingDecember

Read for #Naturalitsy #MidwinterSolace

I finished Sunday night but didn‘t get a chance to post. There were some quite spooky tales in this collection & I enjoyed them overall. I especially liked Jess Kidd‘s contribution of Lily Wilt & The Chillingham Chair by Laura Purcell. The level of chills varied & was fine for me—I even finished it up while wrapping gifts on a rainy night.😱 The audiobook was very well done.

StaceGhost Absolutely loved this selection! Thanks for a wonderful (& chilling) choice 11mo
TheBookHippie 😱😱😱😱😱 11mo
peaKnit I‘m enjoying the accents on the audio version, adds some atmosphere… (edited) 11mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 11mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 11mo
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PaperbackPirate
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Time for the #DashingDecember Readathon with @Andrew65 !

My goals:
👻 finish The Haunting Season with my #naturalitsy group
📚 read 2 more books
👻🎄 score some points for #ghostsofxmas in the #wintergames
🎄 get the tree up

BookwormAHN Yay 🩵🤍🩵 11mo
Andrew65 Best of luck 😁 11mo
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Read4life
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Bailedbailed

I‘m too big of a scaredy cat for this one.
#NaturaLitsy #Midwintersolace

TheBookHippie I‘m a big 🐓scared myself silly and stopped 😵‍💫😅🤷🏻‍♀️ 11mo
kspenmoll I stopped too! 11mo
Read4life @TheBookHippie @kspenmoll yeah. I need to be able to sleep and this one would have had me sitting awake with all the lights on. 😆 11mo
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AllDebooks
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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The perfect amount of sinister gothic-ness for those long winter nights. I enjoyed it so much that I've got the second volume, The Winter Spirits. 🕯❄️🩵❄️🕯

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IndoorDame
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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This #midwintersolace group read was reread for me, and I was surprised that I both connected with more of the stories, and found it even scarier the second time around. Just goes to show it‘s all about where your mind is at when you pick up a book. #naturalitsy @AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

TheBookHippie I scared the ______ outta myself 🤣 11mo
AllDebooks It was a reread for me, too. I found it a lot more sinister this time 🕯👻🕯 11mo
IndoorDame @AllDebooks sinister is the perfect word for it! 11mo
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Deblovestoread
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Bailedbailed

Sorry #MidWinterSolace peeps I‘ve reached my limit. While I don‘t mind a little bit of creepy I am a big old wimp. I got to a certain point in the 4th story and had to tap out. It was not increasing that cozy hygge feeling I‘m striving for. #HailtheBail

TheBookHippie 😅🤪 I hear that 🤪I‘m a big 🐓 I do suggest 11mo
Deblovestoread Yes, that would be a better fit! ❄️ @TheBookHippie 11mo
Read4life I‘m with you. I bailed, too. I tried but I need to be able to sleep at night. 😂 11mo
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Bookwormjillk
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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This was daylight only listening! As with any short story collection some stories were better than others, but at least one was 5 ⭐️ and another made me scream out loud at the end.

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StaceGhost
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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At last, the tree is up! Decorating can wait until Tuesday, though 😅

For now, breathing deeply & thinking of “The Hanging of the Greens”— love this #hyggehourreadathon

#naturalitsy #midwintersolace #hyggehour

@AllDebooks @Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie @jenniferw88

TheBookHippie Me too! What a lovely looking tree! 11mo
BookwormAHN Gorgeous tree 💚 11mo
AllDebooks Beautiful, I bet it smells amazing, too x 11mo
Chrissyreadit 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 11mo
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kspenmoll
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Starting this today. On the advice of most participants, I am reading a couple of chapters this afternoon, rather in the dark of night. #naturalitsy #midwintersolace #buddyreads

IndoorDame Oooh, good call! This is a reread for me and I still got freaked out starting the second story in the dark last night. 11mo
TheBookHippie Yes says me the big chicken, daylight only!!! 11mo
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Bookwormjillk
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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I‘m finally getting started with my cookie baking. Listening to the tagged book which is strictly daylight only 👻🎅🍪☃️❄️

Tamra What are you using the pretzels for? I‘m making eggnog muffins this morning. 😄 11mo
Tamra @Bookwormjillk oh, I love salty so this is perfect and so easy! The kids would have fun with this - thank you. 😃 11mo
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AmandaBlaze
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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I enjoyed this collection of short stories. They read rather quickly,, but there was content. A few were Victorian, which I enjoyed a lot. 4 stars. 2,290 = Word Search.
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DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 11mo
Julsmarshall Great #wordsearch score! 11mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 11mo
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BookmarkTavern What a creepy cover! 🩵🩵 11mo
AllDebooks Glad you liked it x 11mo
TheBookHippie It is creepy at times!!!! Did you get the book in the mail yet??? 11mo
AmandaBlaze @TheBookHippie I got it yesterday. Thank you! 11mo
Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️ 11mo
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AmandaBlaze
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Libby has me changing up my reading schedule. Next up!

mcctrish Oooo 11mo
dabbe #stacked! 🤩🤩🤩 11mo
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AmandaBlaze
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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OutsmartYourShelf
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Mehso-so

A collection of short stories with a ghost/haunting theme. The Chillingham Chair is the best of these stories & was written by Laura Purcell. The others are all really strange & not really very well developed & they left me with an odd sense of disappointment as if there was something missing from all of them. 2.5 ⭐

TWs: mental illness, domestic abuse, sexual content, death of a child, confinement, pregnancy, childbirth, animal cruelty/death.

MidnightBookGirl The cover is gorgeous at the very least! 11mo
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TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 11mo
brittanyreads The Silent Companions is one of my favorite creepy books. It's by Purcell. If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it. It's so eerie 👀 11mo
BookmarkTavern A lovely cover! 💚❄️💚 11mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 11mo
OutsmartYourShelf @BrittanyReads Yes I‘ve read it - very good. I also enjoyed The Shape of Darkness. 11mo
Andrew65 Brilliant 🎄🎄🎄 11mo
brittanyreads Oh! I haven't gotten to that one yet! I own The Poison Thread so that may be the next I read from her. 😁 11mo
Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️ 11mo
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DebinHawaii
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Spending my #HyggeHour finishing my cards for the #NaturalLitsy #MidwinterSolace card swap while listening to one of our #buddyreads ❄️💙❄️

#HyggeHourReadathon

AllDebooks Perfect 😍 11mo
TheBookHippie Oh how lovely! 11mo
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StaceGhost
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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“…the fire was reliable and the teapot was full.”

Delicious tea, a spine tingling winter tale, & my oldest reading buddy ❤️ what a perfectly lovely evening

@AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @jenniferw88 @Chrissyreadit

#naturalitsy #midwintersolace #hyggehourreadathon

TheBookHippie Awe.🧸🩶❄️ 11mo
dabbe 💙❄️💙 11mo
AllDebooks That's so sweet x 11mo
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AllDebooks
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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#Naturalitsy #Midwintersolace

All welcome to join our December buddyread. You don't have to sign up for the #MWS event.
Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist. 🕯⭐️📖👻❄️

AllDebooks #Naturalitsy December read, if you'd like to join in. https://litsy.com/p/WVlFaUd4YmxO Please comment on the original post to avoid confusion 🙂 11mo
kspenmoll Please add me I am hoping to start this book next 11mo
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AllDebooks
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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#Naturalitsy

Welcome to #Midwintersolace 23/24. ❄️🌲❄️
Come say hi and let's get to know each other. What do you love most about this time of year? I'll be posting several times a day, so keep checking the hashtag.
Our #buddyread starts today, tagged book. This is a chilled, own pace read with a discussion at the end of the month. 📖💬😊
I'm ridiculously excited for this. I hope you are too. x

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

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BookwormAHN The weather, I hate the heat 🤍 11mo
IndoorDame School vacation! I‘m counting the days! It usually shows up as everything is starting to feel seriously out of control and I use the time off to do a house reset. 11mo
Bookwormjillk Hello! I‘m looking forward to all of the lights. I love walking around after dark and looking at what everyone has up. 11mo
TheBookHippie The cold weather, school vacation, cooking differently and getting snowed in! I always do a January cure reset the house clean organize. Generally I read more in winter. 11mo
Cazxxx I love the cold weather, I cannot cope with the heat or even when it‘s a bit warm 😂 I have read this on NetGalley, you are all in for a treat! 11mo
Cuilin I live in New England and the snow is so pretty. I love watching the snow fall from the comfort of my home and reading by the fireside. 11mo
peaKnit From the Midwest and I just don‘t like the cold, but I enjoy the forced slow down of it, more tending to ourselves, our home, quiet nights of movies and card games. It is a restorative time of year ❄️ 11mo
Librarybelle I am a cold weather person…cannot stand the heat! 11mo
TheSpineView It has finally cooled off and smells like fall. I also love the decorations in downtown and several neighbors have quite the display! 11mo
julieclair I love the lights! And also just the general feeling of cozying in. 11mo
quietjenn I love that cozy nights in are the default. Long dark nights when everything is still. Smooth expanses of snow before it it tromped through. Crispness. Layers and layers of everything. 11mo
LocalTXLibrarian i love watching the holiday lights pop up around town. it makes driving home after work a lot more enjoyable. 🫶🏼 11mo
dabbe Given that Phoenix experiences over 300 days of bright sunlight (and enough people have seen me complain about it on Litsy, especially this summer), when the days do grow shorter and the nights do grow darker and the temperature actually does go below 70 degrees, I am in my happiest place. I love things dark and cozy. The picture on my desktop is not just of snow in the forest, but a DARK snow in the forest. Channeling my inner pagan. 🩵❄️🩵 11mo
AllDebooks @BookwormAHN yep, me too x 11mo
AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk they're all so pretty 😍 11mo
AllDebooks @TheBookHippie sounds perfect x 11mo
AllDebooks @Cazxxx I'm the same. I was born for #sweaterweather despite being a July baby 😅 11mo
AllDebooks @Cuilin Heaven 😍 11mo
AllDebooks @peaKnit you're quite right, it really is restorative. I really struggled in winter months until I flipped my thinking to see it as a time to hibernate and give me and my family some tlc x 11mo
AllDebooks @Librarybelle I think we've found our tribe 😍 11mo
AllDebooks @TheSpineView the lights and decorations really do lift the spirits x 11mo
AllDebooks @julieclair absolutely x 11mo
AllDebooks @quietjenn 💯 crisp, frosty mornings with clear blue skies are my favourite ❄️🧣🧤😍 11mo
AllDebooks @LocalTXLibrarian it really does, makes the journey seem quicker too x 11mo
AllDebooks @dabbe a dark witchety wood covered in snow is so otherworldly beautiful 😍 11mo
Deblovestoread We‘ve had some cold, crisp sunny days which are my favorite. Now it‘s windy and rainy so snuggled under my heated throw with a book and my morning coffee. 11mo
Faranae My favorite part of winter is the quiet. It is very snowy where I live, so even though I'm in a city, all the sound is at least muted. It's a relief from the cacophony of the rest of the year.

Also, I forgot to add the buddy read to my wintergames TBR. Oops. I guess it's now an “impulse read“ haha.
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dabbe @AllDebooks Indeed! 🩵❄️🩵 11mo
Catsandbooks I love the cool temps and being able to wear cozy sweaters. All the twinkle lights. I also love that this time of year just feels magical like anything can happen ✨❄️ 11mo
TEArificbooks I have found my people. I love winter. I love the cold. I love walking around and looking at the lights. I love snow (even thought it rarely snows here). I love the darkness comes early. I love warm fires, cozy socks and blankets, hot drinks. I absolutely hate the summer heat. I get seasonal blues in the summer the way people usually get in the winter. 11mo
TEArificbooks Please tag me. I started the book 11mo
PaperbackPirate I like the lights and the cozy vibes and all the goofy traditions. 11mo
kspenmoll Ice stop struggling with the early darkness and seeing it as a restorative time, which has helped since the time changed. when I walk the raw and stark beauty of the leafless trees, interspersed with Evergreen reminds me that this is a time of different beauty. This season also makes the coming of spring, incredibly joyous and special. 11mo
AllDebooks @kspenmoll I feel exactly the same x 11mo
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The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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julieclair Yikes! I thought I had signed up but I can‘t find any proof that I have. And the form says it is closed. Do you know if I signed up? 🤪 11mo
AllDebooks @julieclair you did x 11mo
julieclair Phew! Big relief. I was having major FOMO! 😂🤪 Thanks for reassuring me. 💙 11mo
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AllDebooks @julieclair 😅❤️ 11mo
gossamerchild @AllDebooks I'm so sorry, I thought I had signed up for this, but must have missed the sign up form somehow. Is there any chance I could still join in? 11mo
AllDebooks @gossamerchild you did sign up. I tagged you in the first post yesterday x 11mo
gossamerchild @AllDebooks yikes thanks 🤣🤣. I keep missing the tags. Thanks for your patience! 11mo
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AllDebooks
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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#Naturalitsy

Who wants a sneaky peek at the plans for #Midwintersolace starting 1st December until 31st January? 🤔
I'm so excited to start. Are you? x 💚❄️🕯🤗💡🙌💬👋🌲💐🍾🥂🏡⭐️🧤🧣📚💚

Still time to sign up (closes 30th Nov) - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHrldSr4h5OUT73_2zc9uHOoXrRo9I4qP8v6M3...

Hosted by @AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

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PaperbackPirate
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Here‘s my Remainder of 2023 #tbr for the #WinterGames Early Bird Points.
5 books will help me finish 3 challenges.
If I read 11 of these I‘ll meet my goal to read 47 books this year.
Tagged is for a #NaturaLitsy #Buddyread.
Go team #GhostsOfXmas!

emz711 Oh wow your haunting season matches my copy of the winter spirits. The haunting season in the US does not 11mo
LocalTXLibrarian let me know what you think about Kill Joy! I have loved reading A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and have been eyeballing Kill Joy...happy reading! #ghostsofxmas 😁 11mo
PaperbackPirate Oh how funny @emz711 ! Are we really all so different that we need different titles and covers? 😂 11mo
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PaperbackPirate I recently finished As Good As Dead and felt like a year was too long of a break to remember some of the details, so I was thinking I better wrap it up soon before I start forgetting again! I can also use it to wrap up my alphabet challenge with a K title. 😂 I‘ll let you know how it goes @LocalTXLibrarian ! 11mo
emz711 @PaperbackPirate apparently. They didn't publish winter spirits in the US so I had to buy the UK version 11mo
PaperbackPirate I‘m glad you were able to get a copy then! @emz711 ! 11mo
BookwormAHN Nice 🤍 11mo
Charityann Looks like some good reads!😄 11mo
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LitsyEvents
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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AllDebooks Thank you for the share x 11mo
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The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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#Naturalitsy #Midwintersolace

Our 1st #buddyread starts Friday, 1st December. Spooky, haunted tales on long wintery nights...I can't wait! 👻 This will be a relaxed, own pace read.
All welcome to join in. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

@LitsyEvents

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Librarybelle Looking forward to reading this! 12mo
DebbieGrillo From Debbie to Debbie, Imsending you some 🍬❤️ #CandyCaneCrushers 12mo
AllDebooks @DebbieGrillo so excited. Go team #candycanecrushers 🙌 12mo
kspenmoll Please add me ! 12mo
DieAReader #CandyCaneCrushers 🍭🍬❤️‍🔥 Looks good! 12mo
Read4life I‘m joining you. 🤓 12mo
IndoorDame Please add me 😊 11mo
peaKnit Hoopla had it, ready to rest with some ghost stories. ☺️ 11mo
AllDebooks @peaknit ❤️❤️ 11mo
StaceGhost Just joined & very excited for a naturally haunted season 11mo
julieclair Please add me! 😀 11mo
DebinHawaii I don‘t think I asked to be added to the tag list for the books, but would love to be added please. 11mo
AllDebooks @DebinHawaii will do 😊 11mo
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kspenmoll
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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I am excited about this idea of a nature card swap. I had no idea I had so many cards that portrayed nature! I‘m also excited because I have not been able to hand write due to my shoulder injury and subsequent surgery. It‘s been almost a year. Let the card swap begin!💌📫
#naturalitsycardswap #midwintersolace #naturalitsy

Sarahreadstoomuch Yay! I‘m excited too - hoping to find some great cards while shopping today ❤️ 12mo
Chrissyreadit 🎉🎉🩵❄️🩵🎉🎉 12mo
TheBookHippie Yay!!! I‘m excited too! 12mo
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Cuilin Me too!!! Let the hygge begin!!! ❄️ ☕️ 12mo
dabbe #happyhygge Can't wait! 🧡🖤💜 12mo
BookwormAHN Yay 💚 12mo
Bookwormjillk I‘m excited too! 12mo
Texreader Me too! I had surgery on my right elbow a couple of years ago now and couldn‘t write for ages. Im so excited I can write again too! 12mo
Catsandbooks Hooray! 🎉🩵 12mo
Karisa This will be fun! Have we been sent the list of names and addresses yet? 12mo
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The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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#naturalitsy #midwintersolace #buddyreads

Tagged for December, Enchantment for January.

@AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

AllDebooks Thank you for the share x 12mo
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Chrissyreadit
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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#midwintersolace will host a Dec buddy read and Jan buddy read. Feel free to join us for one or both. Sign up now if you are interested in a cozy embrace of the Season as we celebrate the natural rhythm of Winter, Nature and The Equinox.

AllDebooks Thank you for sharing x 12mo
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LitsyEvents
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Repost for @AllDebooks

Heads up on our planned #buddyreads

1st December - Short story collection (tagged)
1st January - Enchantment (tagged in comments)

All welcome to join. Please let @AllDebooks know if you wish to be added/removed from tag list.

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The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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#NaturaLitsy #MidwinterSolace @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

Heads up on our planned #buddyreads

• 1st December - Short story collection (tagged)
• 1st January- Enchantment (tagged in comments)

All welcome to join in. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

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Librarybelle I‘ll be joining in on the buddy reads for sure! 12mo
BookwormAHN Those look good 💙 12mo
IndoorDame Please tag me for these! I read Haunting last winter, but I‘d love to see what everyone else thinks. And Enchantment seems like a fitting way to start off the year. 12mo
TheSpineView 👍🤩🌞 12mo
TheKidUpstairs Great picks. I just finished Enchantment, but I'll see if I can find a copy of the other! 12mo
Bookwormjillk Those look good. Count me in! 12mo
Larkken Ooo these look so good! 12mo
AllDebooks @TheKidUpstairs ooh, did you like it? 12mo
julieclair These look so good! Great picks! 12mo
TheKidUpstairs @AllDebooks I did enjoy it, but I wasn't fully engaged with it. Which was okay, I was listening to it on my walks and the narrator's voice was lovely, so it was kind of nice to listen to and let my thoughts wander in and out. There were definitely some wonderful nuggets, and I very much related to a lot of what she described of mid- and post- pandemic malaise. I think it's one I'd like to re-listen to, so maybe I'll borrow the audio again in Jan. 12mo
AllDebooks @TheKidUpstairs that sounds lovely. 12mo
JamieArc I will be joining for the December read! 12mo
PaperbackPirate I just ordered The Haunting Season! 👻 12mo
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The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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99p on kindle at the mo. This is a good collection of short spooky stories. 👍

ju.ca.no Loved it! 14mo
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annamatopoetry
The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Mehso-so

Bought because I wanted to read more of Mori and Thaniel from Watchmaker (they appear in The Eel Singers) and also I like creepy short stories. Unfortunately meh. The only one that sticks with me a day later was Thwaite's Tenant. I think the problem is I've read Kelly Link, and no one else's creepy short stories measure up. These ones felt too on-the-nose, and the almost entirely Victorian setting felt tired.

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The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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Pickpick

Celebrating National Introverts Day with this volume of gothic stories perfect for snuggling under a warm, fluffy blanket and ignoring the world outside.

tracey38 Didn't know it had a day but I stayed in and read all day, too, on my holiday off work. 2y
FlowerFairy @tracey38 I didn‘t realize it was today until halfway through, but was already living my best introvert life, so carried on. 🤣 2y
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The Haunting Season: Nine Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights | Andrew Michael Hurley, Natasha Pulley, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Laura Purcell, Jess Kidd, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Bridget Collins, Sara Collins
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New Christmas read

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