Sundial | 
so-soI don't know how I feel about this one. The entire time I never really understood what was going on, like I missed something. I think maybe it was Ward's writing style. I guess overall it's about family and mothers and daughters. It was weird and unsettling. TW for abuse, both people and animals.
pickI finished this six months ago but it still creeps up on me out of nowhere. Short term impact I had a couple of jumpy moments around our two dogs. Longer term, I‘m looking at people and feeling like I can dee the roadmap of scars that got them to the present, while having absolutely no concept of scale or quality. Messed me up.
bailedI couldn‘t get past the domestic abuse to get to the heart of the book. Just not my taste.
pickI didn't care for the experimenting on dog parts (and skimmed over them), but other than that it was a great piece of storytelling that hooked me from the start, had some twists and was a quick read.
DISCLAIMER....the abusive relationship is difficult to read at times.
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I am so glad I joined in #LittenListen I just got into audiobooks over the last 12 months and have not looked back. It's a great way to whittle thru the tbr while busy with other tasks.
Outstanding listens were The Little Snake, Geneva, Mother Daughter murder night, The Devil and Harper Lee and The magic of mushrooms. The tagged was a favourite
pickStephen King described this book as "authentically terrifying," and he was not kidding. Rob, an unhappily married mother of two daughters, fears her oldest, Callie, may be dangerous. Her fears are rooted not just in Callie's unnerving behavior, but also in Rob's own past. She takes Callie back to her childhood home, Sundial, to end the danger once and for all. Chilling, riveting and deeply disturbing, this was an unforgettable horror story.
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My planned reads for the weekend. I am not ready for October to be over. Can we just rewind to the 1st and do it all over again, please? 🖤🎃🖤🍄🍁🍄
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1. Sundial!!! 🐕🧪🩻💉💊🩸🐺
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First horror of the season!
@Larkken your stuck on this weird creepy island, you find a crate, and in that crate are 10 books. You also find a note, "Read me if you want to get out alive."
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so-soA weird & creepy read, but one that ended up just okay. I disliked the protagonist's attitude toward her daughter from the start. Dark & weird, playing with boundaries of reality & left me confused several times...in a good way. Definitely disturbing & had times when I was absolutely interested & intrigued, but then the plot would take a tangent or return to the oddly inserted book with in a book & I would be back to not caring. Frustrating.
pickSundial by Catriona Ward is a tale that pushes the question, “How far would you go for those that you love?” to the most extreme limit. Filled with family dysfunction, scientific testing, and love, this story will take readers on quite a dark trip!
Sundial is a must read for fans of stories with really twisted and dark dysfunctional families.
https://www.ericarobynreads.com/book-review-sundial-by-catriona-ward/
pick5 beautiful amazing stars for this masterpiece. Very slow build that has you wondering where it‘s going for a big part of the journey. However, once the pieces start to fall in place it‘s a one two punch in the gut. Quite possibly a contender for one of my all time faves.
pickWow, this was rough but very engaging! I couldn't stop listening and went back and forth on liking and hating Rob. But in the end, I liked her despite all her faults and I guess that's the point of the book.
Sundial sounds like it was probably pretty cool in its heyday, sans the dog experiments I mean.
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pick🎧 The Last House on Needless Street meets … dogs 😢
Psychological thriller. At one point I thought … is this an unreliable narrator? LOL it was good & weird & had a satisfying ending.
There‘s trigger warnings, this is a horror story. Read at your own risk.
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so-soI LOVED Needless Street but was underwhelmed by this one. That's not to say it's bad, I just didn't find it as engaging, but I was invested enough into the story that I wanted answers!
I didn't find this tale about a dysfunctional family particularly scary, but rather disturbing and quite gross (Maggots!). The fictional story within the story seemed unnecessary and the cliffhanger ending was annoying. Trigger warnings for child/animal abuse.
Oh reading slumps, how I loathe thee. I had a digital ARC of this through NetGalley but didn‘t get to it before pub date so I got the audiobook from my library. I was really excited for it. 2% of the way into a 13 hour audiobook and I hate all of the characters and am bailing. 😭😭😭 I know it‘s because I‘m super grumpy but now I‘m also super sad. Maybe I‘ll go see if the library has any fluffy audiobooks available now
Recap #20in4 #Readathon
Read Darkness Outside Us, Destroyer of Light, and Sundial. I made the 20+ chapters in 4 days goal.
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pickCatriona Ward is fast becoming one of my go-to authors for modern horror. Creepy and well-written.
Day 2 of #20in4 #Readathon: I haven't been able to read much due to weather migraines, but I did read 90 pages of Sundial last night.
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pickMy first thought when I finished this was, "Holy crap that was disturbing, but so good."
This book took a turn I wasn't expecting at all, but it was such a wild ride that messed with my head in all the ways I love a good psychological horror book to.
Ward delivers a great story with some truly great characters. I will be looking for more books by this author now.
bailedThis has been such a weird reading month…I‘m either loving books or DNFing them (which is new for me…I‘ve never really DNF‘d books before). I really enjoyed The House on Needless Street and was so excited for this one. But I‘ve made it halfway through and find myself making myself keep reading. I‘m sure there are big twists just around the corner but I‘m not in the mood for waiting anymore. Maybe I‘ll give this one a shot at another time 🤷🏼♀️
pickSUNDIAL by Catiorina Ward
When Rob discovers her young daughter Callie has homicidal urges, she takes her to Sundial, the private estate in the desert where Rob grew up. There Rob tells Callie her life story—and how they may have more in common than Callie realizes . . .
Bluntly put, this a powerful, heartbreaking story. It reads in such a way that you feel like you know what‘s to come—which makes all the twists & turns that much more impactful.
Happy Pub Day! 🥳🎉
Book Review- https://www.boleybooks.com/2022/01/17/sundial/
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pickI enjoyed this much more than The Last House on Needless Street.
A book about the monsters that live inside us. A book about family and the sins of the past. Can someone be “born bad”? And can you fix them? Just when you think you know what‘s going on, new information comes out that changes everything. I loved discovering the truth with Rob and Callie.
The Arrowood book inside the book was unnecessary and a bit boring.
A big squeal of delight happened when I opened my email to see I was approved for Sundial. #netgalley
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What are you reading? 😊
I have got to stop opening email from NetGalley. I‘m so behind and I‘ve now added two more! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
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