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Lauranahe

Lauranahe

Joined January 2019

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The Teacher | Freida McFadden
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I could not put this down. It was addicting and fast-paced and twisty. But the last like 2-3 pages…what? How? It made flip back to previous chapters, trying to figure stuff out, and I still have questions.

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Go Hex Yourself | Jessica Clare
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I loved this! It‘s a fluffy romance that made me laugh out loud but also made me swoon. I can‘t wait to read the next one (hopefully it has more spice!). Ben is 😍😍😍

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Favorite book of November!

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The Queen: A Novel | Nick Cutter
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It‘s odd, because this book checks so many boxes for horror I like. Body horror, creepy characters, monster/ghost, mystery. But I really struggled to keep reading this. All the way to the end, I did not care about any of the characters. Nobody‘s death made sad, I didn‘t feel anxiety over anyone‘s survival. Yet, the book is well written. I loved The Troop and Little Heaven. So I‘m not sure what happened here.

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A Whisper in the Dark, by Elizabeth S. Devecchi. Ben harbored a secret with his wife, an evil creature he protected. But now that his wife has died and a new family has moved in the neighborhood, Ben realizes something wants that family‘s son. Something he thought was gone. Review in comments.

Lauranahe I wasn‘t really sure what to expect, and I was pleasantly surprised. It‘s very well-written, with fleshed out characters and a great creature. I do wish there was some closure on several storylines, like the back story of Sam and his family and what happens to Tyler. I feel like a lot was hinted at with why Sam‘s family had to move, but we never get the story. Still, a very enjoyable slow burn, and I‘ll definitely read more by this author! 2w
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My heaving breaths that brought my tittays up to my chin caused this long woman to shudder in anticipation when I received this book in my Books of Horror box. Was my round, lush ass ready for it?? Yes it was!

I loved everything about it. Was it offensive? Sure. Were there unnecessary descriptions of female anatomy? Yes. Lots of dongs? You bet. Gratuitous violence? Of course! And I am here for ALL OF IT. Cont in comments…

Lauranahe I also appreciated all the shout-outs to horror authors. The whole book is a great ride, and everyone needs to go out and get it. 3w
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Good ending to a fun trilogy! Meghan March books are always a good time (pun intended).

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Broth House, by Robert Essig. People are going missing around Broth House, the new soup kitchen for the homeless. Including Jeffrey and his boyfriend. As the mayor and a news reporter both look in to the kitchen and it‘s gourmet soups, will anyone get out alive? Review in comments…

Lauranahe What in the world?? How, HOW do you have an extreme horror but STILL make the characters so likeable and flesh-outed?? (Pun intended). I was really rooting for Jeffrey! I find so often that characters are sacrificed for the extreme and splatter, but not here. Not only were the people in the story well-written, but the plot was great and world building legit. This was such a fun read. 4w
dabbe Wowza! What a cover! 😱 4w
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Cutting Teeth: A Novel | Chandler Baker
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So, I‘m unsatisfied with the ending. I felt like all the action in the book was off-screen. There was build up and build up and then…time jump, stuff happened and now here are the consequences. And I would have liked more closure for, well, everything. I enjoyed it enough, I just wish there was more to it.

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I mean, how could I not go right into this after the cliffhanger of the first one? I did like the first one more, but this was fun. Hopefully there‘s a HEA in the final story.

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What a beautiful little book. It‘s all conversations between the author and Gilda Radner, who were best friends for years. I love the glimpse into the mind of Gilda, what it was like talking to her. She was an amazing comedienne.

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Dirty Billionaire | Meghan March
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Of course I loved it, it‘s a Meghan March book! Lots of 🌶️🌶️🌶️, plus I actually like the story. It does end on a cliffhanger, which isn‘t my favorite, but I‘ll get around to reading the other two books. Hopefully soon.

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This was a hard read. Chris‘s life is told through quotes from people who knew him through every phase of his life. Almost all of it is heartbreaking. You see his family, particularly his father, enabling him at a young age. Chris‘s love and personality and generosity really shine though; I almost feel like I know him at this point. So then reading his descent to death kind of felt like I was losing him all over again, if that makes sense? Cont…

Lauranahe I remember when he died, and how horrible it was. But reading about all his volunteer work, his spirituality, his insecurity, and need for love while putting so much out there for others…it‘s heartbreaking. I felt down a lot while reading this. (edited) 1mo
TheBookHippie I cried through this whole book. 1mo
Lauranahe I did feel like crying several times. When I finished it last night and went to bed, my husband was like “what‘s wrong?” Nothing, except I just finished the Chris Farley book. 😭 So devastating. 1mo
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We Used to Live Here | Marcus Kliewer
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My favorite of October!

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Dead End Tunnel | Nick Roberts
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Great story! The supernatural creatures were creepy, and it was short enough that the action never let up. Fun horror book.

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I loved my box so much! The chocolate may already be halfway gone…THANK YOU!! ❤️❤️ @JessieKB @wanderinglynn #hauntedhollowswap #HHS2024

julieclair Is that a disco ball spider?! 😂🕷️ 1mo
wanderinglynn Awesome! 🧡🎃🖤👻 1mo
Lauranahe Yes! I love it. 🕷️ 1mo
JessieKB Yay!!!‘ I am so glad you love it and that the spider made it intact🖤🧡🖤🧡 1mo
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Hello, Molly!: A Memoir | Sean Wilsey, Molly Shannon
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I have always loved Molly Shannon. When I was in college, around 2001-ish, my roommate dressed up as Sally O‘Malley for Halloween and I was Mary Katherine Gallagher. We loved that generation of SNL. So when I saw this book on a list of best SNL novels, I had to read it.

I found this very readable. The chapters are dedicated to deferent periods in Molly‘s life, and the chapters are broken up into smaller anecdotes. Cont in comments…

Lauranahe The early chapters, Molly‘s youth, gave me all the feels. The SNL chapters took a while to get through, since I kept stopping to watch the sketches she discussed.

I would recommend this for not only fans of SNL, as you do get some behind-the-scenes info, but for someone looking for an authentic, quirky, touching story.
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Ghostland | Duncan Ralston
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This is for book 3, Infinite!

The mistake I made was not reading this one right after Afterlife. There were several months between readings, enough to where I started this like “wait who‘s that? What happened?” Infinite starts right where Afterlife left off, with no “last time in Ghostland” or anything. I tried searching a synopsis online and couldn‘t find anything. So, I caught up as best I could with my fuzzy memory. (Cont in comments)

Lauranahe Aside from that, I think it‘s the weakest of the three. Ghostland was just amazing. Loved it SO much. Afterlife was good; spooky moments, fun ghosts. This one though was not spooky or scary at all. There were a lot of people that needed to come together for the showdown, and it took almost 600 pages to do. The ending was satisfying, however, and I will read the Ghostland prequel when it comes out! 1mo
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We Used to Live Here | Marcus Kliewer
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Loved it! The building dread and anxiety and bleakness had me hooked. The idea of everyone around you telling you you‘re someone else, that you never existed, is horrifying. Can‘t wait for a sequel!

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Super fun collection of short horror stories. They‘re taken from the nosleep reddit, but I don‘t ever read those, so they were new to me!

dabbe That cover! 😱 2mo
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I got my package today!! Can‘t wait to open!! @wanderinglynn #hauntedhollowswap #HHS #HHS24

wanderinglynn Yay! 🧡🎃 2mo
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Lust Killer | Ann Rule
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I have yet to read an Anne Rule book that isn‘t great. I love how keeps the focus on the victims. Some of the language and ideas around transgenderism was pretty cringe, otherwise is another fantastic Anne Rule hit.

JenlovesJT47 I‘ve only read the Ted Bundy one but now I own all of them. Which should I read next? 2mo
Lauranahe You own all of them?? 😳 It‘s fine, I‘m not jealous at all. Bitter Harvest was really good, it happened here in Kansas City. 2mo
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Great collection of short stories. Some were more sad than scary, but then the saddest times in our lives are the scariest, aren‘t they?

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@wanderinglynn Got my #hauntedhollowswap package mailed today! #HHS Please ignore my hand, I don‘t know why it looks so weird.

wanderinglynn Yay! 🧡🎃 (edited) 2mo
julesG It's a haunted hand? 🤪 2mo
Lauranahe Bahahaha! Yup. I don‘t know what was happening, it just looks so weird in the pic! Is it like in those horror movies where they take a pic, and their faces are all warped? Am I gonna die in 7 days?! 😱 2mo
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Mean Spirited | Nick Roberts
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This was my favorite book of September! Definitely one of the scariest books I‘ve read in a while.

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Orphans of the Atercosm, by C.F. Page. This is a collection of short stories, and it‘s a quick read. The writing is beautiful, if weird and whimsical. It‘s more a feeling of horror and dread than actual gore or jump scares. It‘s up for being in the Books of Horror Indie Author Short Smack Brawl.

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I‘M SO SORRY FOR THE JUMP SCARE COVER! Let Me In: 30 Tales of Terror by Blair Daniels. Super fun short stories compiled from the author‘s stories on nosleep on Reddit. The Strange Grocery Store was the reason I read it, and that story was awesome. One of the creepiest short stories I‘ve ever read. Also, again, I‘m so sorry for the jump scare of the cover!

dabbe Holy guacamole! 😱 2mo
Bookwormjillk Yikes! 2mo
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Spawn | Shaun Hutson
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This was a hot mess. Clearly written in response to row v wade, Harold works as a porter at a hospital. Not wanting to throw aborted fetuses in the furnace, he takes them and buries them. They get electrocuted and come back to life, with telepathic abilities and a taste for blood. Zombie babies. This was wild, and gross, and just…a mess. Don‘t regret buying for $1 at a thrift store.

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Mean Spirited | Nick Roberts
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Y‘all. YALL. This book was scary! I read a lot of horror and don‘t get scared easily, but I was legit creeped out reading it. Saying it‘s about a haunted dog sounds like it‘s dumb, or even silly, but it‘s not. I loved this so much.

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My Halloween aesthetic! Horror movies, Halloween decor on/in my house, my favorite cereal that only comes out once a year, all the horror! #hauntedhollowswap @wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn Fantastic! 💀🖤 3mo
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Ghost Station | S.A. Barnes
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Interesting book. It‘s a fun space thriller (I think calling it a horror is pushing it). It definitely went in a direction I was not expecting. The last 100 pgs are super tense.

Ruthiella Agree that “horror” isn‘t quite accurate. 3mo
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It‘s not as good as the first one, but I enjoyed it. I found Jonathan frustrating, but I know if characters just communicated there wouldn‘t be a story. Still, cut story, and some great 🌶️🌶️🌶️. It‘s nice to see the woman take control in these period romances!

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This was definitely my favorite book of August. Loved it so much! Suuuuuper fascinating.

CoffeeK8 I‘m reading this right now, so fascinating! 3mo
Lauranahe Isn‘t it?? I got through it so fast because I couldn‘t put it down. 3mo
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Pen Pal | J. T. Geissinger
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So…it‘s The Others. I knew this book has a mind-blowing ending, so I went into it knowing it probably wasn‘t a scooby-do ending (it was the neighbor the whole time!). Unfortunately, I figured out what was going on almost immediately. As soon as Kayla mentions the knocks on the door, lights going off when she turns them on, tv doin the same thing, I was like “oh, she‘s dead.” It was a quick read, but anti-climatic. And very sad.

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Gone to See the River Man | Kristopher Triana
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Books of Horror Indie Author Brawl! This was great. I wasn‘t quite sure what to expect; it has some extreme horror elements, but I don‘t think it really qualifies as such. Definitely son TWs though. GREAT ending.

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I loved this! I think it was an ARC book, just based on the mistakes inside. But the story was delightful! I love dragons, and this was just what I wanted. Could‘ve used more smut, but I really liked this story.

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Books of Horror Indie Author Brawl! Through the Eyes of Desperation: The Red Version, by Aron Beauregard. Red is so far in debt he doesn‘t know how to climb out. To save his mother and to find his daughter, he has to brave Shadows, an underground casino where violence, drugs and flesh are worth more than money. Will he survive?
This is an extreme horror novel, so TW for everything. All. The. Things. More in comments…

Lauranahe This was…a time. Absolutely vile in places, enough to turn my stomach. But also an interesting story, with characters you can‘t help but feel for. I recommend it, but with extreme caution. There‘s another one, The Black Version, by Daniel J Volpe that tells the flip side of the story. 3mo
Reggie I‘m gonna go look for this. I work at a casino and we have some not so obvious crazies. There‘s this one woman who doesn‘t know when to quit. She one $9000 one night and within an hour she was back at the cashier cashing a check because she blew through it. A friend I work with told me she did that with a $20k jackpot she won on my day off. 3mo
Lauranahe Holy crap! I can‘t fathom playing with that much money. 😳 3mo
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I loved this! It‘s a perfect blend of sciency stuff with the poisons and true crime. Absolutely fascinating. And I appreciate how the author managed to make a lot of the science understandable to a non-science person like me.

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The Odds | Jeff Strand
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Books of Horror Indie Author Brawl! This was super fun, kind of like if squid games had a baby with hostel. It‘s fun, well written, and keeps you invested. The ending was a bit meh, but the overall story was great.

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A Duke in Time | Janna MacGregor
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I went to a Romance Con at my local library, and Janna MacGregor was there (along with many cool authors AND Julia Quinn!). I bought this trilogy from Janna herself, and almost immediately started the first one. It‘s predictable, but in the best way. It‘s a very fluffy, fun escape.

Reggie Very cool! 4mo
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These Things Linger | Dan Franklin
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Indie Author Brawl! Alex inherits his uncle‘s trailer after his (the uncle) unexpected death. To try to make peace with his past and the man who raised him, Alex reaches out to the dead. But who, or what, will answer the call? I thought this was a great read, very suspenseful, some good gore and haunting writing. 100% recommend!

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Little Secrets | Jennifer Hillier
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Really enjoyed this! I did not know how it was all going to the end, and I loved all the twists we took to get there.

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Daughter's Drawings | Nick Botic
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It was hard, between this one and You Like It Darker. But…this one edged in front for me.

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Daughter's Drawings | Nick Botic
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Books of Horror Indie Author Brawl! I really liked this one a lot. The premise of being stalked is terrifying, and more so if it‘s your child. It‘s a creepy story that had me invested and stressed from the beginning. And up too late at night finishing it because I couldn‘t put it down.

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I was expecting WAY more smut. There was some, but it took about 3/4 of the book to get to and it was very short. Otherwise, a delightful story that I quite enjoyed.

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Soul Searchers, by Justin Boote. Books of Horror Indie Author Brawl contender. John and Cathy move into a haunted house, where the spirits want Cathy to find their killer. Susanne is a medium, and with her ability to communicate with spirits—her friends she calls the Soul Searchers—she attempts to help Cathy find the murderer. Thoughts in comments.

Lauranahe I liked the overall story. I enjoy haunted house books, and even though it was predictable it was fun. My biggest complaint is the grammar—so many mistakes, including overusing words (I‘ve never seen the word “demise” used so many times on one page). I know with indie books there are usually some mistakes, but this was bad enough I wondered if anyone proofread. Not the worst I‘ve seen, but frustrating. 5mo
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I thoroughly enjoyed this! The enemies-to-lovers trope is always fun, AND this made me laugh out loud several times. I needed a fluffy break from all the horror/thrillers I‘ve been reading, and this hit the spot.

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Jones 1963 | Devin Cabrera
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Indie Author Brawl! This is the story of a ghost from his novel Welcome to Nightmare Island. Knowing this is an origin story, I knew jones was going to murder a bunch of people then die. There wasn‘t any suspense, but it was fun seeing the birth of the ghost. HOWEVER, the author did no research on the 60s, and that took me out of the story. For instance, the first 911 call was made in 1968, yet in this book it existed. Not the only out-of-time…

Lauranahe thing in the book, but the easiest to point to and say “no, that did not exist.” I kept expecting someone to whip out a phone and google something. If only the author had googled the 60s. 5mo
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The Good Lie | A. R. Torre
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Quick read, less than 250 pages. The twist…at first I was bugged, felt a little ripped off, but the more I thought about it the more ok with it I became. I really enjoyed the psychology parts of the book; super fascinating.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this. Some of the stories have already started to fade in my memory, but some will live forever. Danny Coughlin‘s Bad Dream is hands down my favorite; I couldn‘t put it down, racing to the end to find out what happens. However, I did DNF Rattlesnakes; the grief in that one was too much for me. I haven‘t read Cujo, knowing the end, and this sequel was…sad. I hear if you stick with it, it‘s fantastic and creepy.