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I admit I originally picked this up because the family in it shares my surname. 🤣 Then I realised it is by an author I like, and since October is the spooky month, I thought it would be perfect. It was deliciously chilling and a perfect read for the lead up to Halloween 👻

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JessClark78

Demon Seed | Dean Koontz

#HauntedShelf #BookScavengerHunt

#AICGI

+16 points #BlackCatCrew

BookwormAHN, PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper Good choice! 4d

BookwormAHN Nice 💜🐈‍⬛💜 4d

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Jhullie

Gallows Hill | Darcy Coates

Since the beginning of the year I have been making mini books of each one I have read in 2025. So far there are 111 tiny tomes in the jar. 📚
Come Christmas I plan to put them in a clear bauble, with the year on the front, and hang it on my tree. 🎄

TheBookHippie This is brilliant!!! 6d

ImperfectCJ I love this! 6d

Birdsong28 What a good idea 😀 6d

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JessClark78

A Stir of Echoes | Richard Matheson

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‘Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life, until a chance event awakened psychic abilities he never knew he possessed.‘

Finished in January for #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge
#LauraPalmer

I really like the movie, which I saw before reading the book. The book has a lot of differences so it was like reading an entirely different story. This was a decent ghost story. Good for fans of ghost fiction.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#Read2025

DieAReader, Yuki_Onna

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 2w

AnnCrystal True, the book is different. While the the movie is one of my favorites, the book didn't make it as affavorite. Although, the scenes that were good, were creepy good 📚💝. 2w

Bookwomble I enjoyed both the movie and the book. I like the differences, as it meant both had an element of surprise regardless of which you first experienced. Matheson is such a good writer. 2w

JessClark78 @AnnCrystal I agree. Both are good, but I prefer the movie as well. 2w

JessClark78 @Bookwomble That‘s exactly how I felt. The book gave me an ending I wasn‘t expecting. He is a good writer. I have to read more of his books. 2w

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Eggbeater

The Mask | Dean Koontz

#WDNCW
#WeDoNotCareWednesday
@dabbe

1. We do not care if we receive dirty looks. We are wearing a mask in public now because Covid is on the rise, and the federal government isn't letting everyone get vaccinated because one foolish man doesn't understand how vaccines work. 💉

2. We don't care that it is early September. We have already started celebrating Halloween. Hence-- cute, spooky, surgical masks! 👻🎃 😝

Luke-XVX I have no words for RFK Jr, how can one man be that simple? I‘m surprised his body even remembers to breathe 1mo

dabbe I give you the right to punch anyone who gives you a dirty look. 😅 I love your Halloween mask and hug the beauty behind it. And I have no words for RFK Jr. The worm has definitely addled that sorry-ass brain. 🧡🎃💛 1mo

JenniferEgnor Just the sight of Mr. Brainworm makes me nauseous. When he starts talking, it just sends me. 1mo

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mcctrish Considering RFK jr gets a say in things, I think hazmat suits are warranted 1mo

TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🎯 1mo

TheBookHippie I wear a mask too. 1mo

Amiable I‘m going to start wearing masks again, too. Totally with you. 1mo

rubyslippersreads I never stopped wearing an N95 mask. 1mo

AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼😷👌🏼💝.

Somehow, Halloween themed would seemingly be quite befitting year-round.

My mom and I never stopped wearing our masks. 1mo

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SomedayAlmost

Come Closer: A Novel | Sara Gran

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A creepy, Satanic short horror listen that kept me under its spell. Strong voice. Stronger demon. Well narrated. it‘s a hard look at one NY professional woman‘s possession & bloody unraveling. #horrorfiction #demons #murderouswomen #audiobooks

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Michael_Gee

Suffer the Children | Craig DiLouie

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For our Christmas #childhorror selection, we read this extremely dark and pessimistic story about how parental “love” for their offspring can basically result in the genocide of humanity. In 340 pages, DiLouie covers a month and a half in a small town in the midst of a global phenomenon. This focus and the time he takes with the story makes it strong, and while it isn‘t always narratively satisfying, it is really effective: horrifying and moving.

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