“Shades and shadows slithered over and around her, trailing wisps of damp air, sticky-sweet honeysuckle, and the acrid smell of rotting leaves.”
#Nightmare
#HauntsAndHexes
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
“Shades and shadows slithered over and around her, trailing wisps of damp air, sticky-sweet honeysuckle, and the acrid smell of rotting leaves.”
#Nightmare
#HauntsAndHexes
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickKids from a neighborhood play a game of Hide and Seek and break the rules therefore allowing this malevolent god of Hide and Seek to take them to this shadowy upside down version of their world where it tortures them with with their deepest fears. Some of these kids had fears that were so sad. It‘s reminiscent of those kids on bikes novels from the 90s and 80s with the power of friendship. It‘s middle grade and a pick!
After a more or less sleepless night (don‘t know why… Am I too excited for stuff happening right now?) I came across this book. Curious about it. Kinda tired but at the same time not. 🫣 Let‘s see how today goes… Might take a nap later or try going to bed early… #sleepless #thursday #have a good day #bookfind #bychance #wanttoread #teamnosleep #couldnotsleep #anybodyelsecurrentlytoo? #hopethisdoesnotcontinue #agoodnightssleepisessential
pickI listened to this one while down with a particular bad cold. The cold happened to go perfectly with this fever dream of a novel where lived trauma becomes literal horror. Thanks #netgalley for access to this audiobook.
pickNightmares are real. Secrets, violence, parental neglect & sibling rivalry unspool in a black family. Racism makes the terrible more terrifying. And dark humor keeps the reader laughing at unexpected times. 4.5 stars for this scary, funny horror novel & sibling drama. #horror #familydrama
pick(2025) Here's one of the better horror stories I've read in a while, about a sister and two brothers in a difficult family situation. When one brother gets into trouble with the law, they escape to a cabin in the woods where family history, present reality, and the sister's nightmares blur together. It's a suspenseful, surreal, and very smart story about family trust and family trauma, and resonates with experiences of my own extended family
pick(2023) It's a middle-grades supernatural thriller about a basketball player who is recovering from a serious accident while dealing with a monster from his nightmares. I'm not the target audience, but it's fun for what it is. I picked it up for its terrific cover.
Best. Opening. Paragraph. Ever. I love it! 😹
“Calla was wearing the wrong bra. This sort of confrontation called for her sports bra, the one with the six non-nonsense hooks anchoring her down and all the sex appeal of old goulash. Instead, she was in her limpest bra, the one with the missing underwire, making her right breast pop over the cup like a gopher.”
My library literally just barely put the contact paper on when I checked this out!🫶🏼
pick4.25⭐
•I loved the fast pace, the craziness, the Gotham-like city setting. It started with a bang and kept on going. I could‘ve done without the rant about romanticizing abuse or whatever she went on about, to be honest, I tuned it out.
•Saskia Maarleveld…lately, I‘ve not been vibing with her husky voice, but I can admit that she is good at narrating.
