so-soFirst read of 2025 done! This is horror about a woman determined to stay in her dream home that‘s haunted, even when her husband goes missing and her adult daughter unaware of the hauntings comes to visit. This started out strong, but petered off when the haunted house as a metaphor got really heavy handed, and it felt like the author was worried I wouldn‘t Get It. I think I wanted this to lean into the campier aspects more than it did. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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I adored the movie as a teenager. The dialogue of the saucy sea captain was a delight to read, as was the relationship that develops between Mrs. Muir and her captain ghost. The movie followed the book fairly well and is a quick read at < 200 pages. If you love an impossible romance, this one more than suffices. Yet, I might prefer the 1947 movie just a bit over the book--probably because of #sexyrexy. 😀
I had a lot of fun with the 2024 book bracket! Thank you to @catsandbooks for the template! 🎉 #bookbracket #2024bookbracket
pickRead this for my kids. Really cool story, and would definitely recommend!
pickI loved this book! Dysfunctional family drama, queer and Jewish identities, mediumship: it‘s all here. The characters and events reminded me so much of the HBO series 6 Feet Under, but even better. I would so love to see this adapted on the big screen! This is a story about love but it‘s also heavily about grief—the many ways it shows up and how we navigate it. Our main character is a trans man who finds himself deep in family drama, but he⬇️
pickWhat a spooky wonderful read! Love all the characters.
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This was so fun! It kind of made me want to re-watch Dead Like Me...
pick3 ⭐ A ghost loves being in the meadow, making friends collecting flowers, etc. Their dream job is to take over the haunting of a very important castle. Upon landing their dream job they do it and they love it until they realize that they‘re losing part of themselves. They need to go back to the meadow. I understand the allegory of this book. That sometimes what you dream of doing is not actually right for you. But I‘m not sure if it‘s the phrasing
so-soFinished this one the other night. It was fine - a little disappointing, but I can‘t quite articulate why. Most of the stories felt a bit undercooked, if that makes sense. There were three that I‘d say I enjoyed: The Eel Singers by Natasha Pulley; The Chillingham Chair by Laura Purcell; and The Hanging of the Greens by Andrew Michael Hurley. The others had potential but somehow fell flat for me.
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