Tag Archives: RIP-worthy

Callback: Good Omens

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Amanda

I am currently obsessed with Good Omens. Here’s the thing: I listened to the audiobook way back in 2010. It was one of the first audiobooks I’d ever tried, and I enjoyed it immensely, but I didn’t get obsessed. I … Continue reading →

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A House with Good Bones, by T. Kingfisher (audio)

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Amanda

Between work assignments, Sam goes to spend a few months with her mother in the house where she grew up. Sam’s brother has expressed concern about their mother’s recent behavior, and Sam is equally alarmed when she arrives. Her mother … Continue reading →

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Every Gift a Curse, by Caroline O’Donoghue

Posted on June 19, 2023 by Amanda

In this third and final edition to this series, Maeve is struggling with the knowledge that a curse is growing inside her. Her friends are equally distracted by their own troubles. When they realize that their preoccupation has allowed a … Continue reading →

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Hide, by Kiersten White

Posted on May 31, 2023 by Amanda

I’m not going to give a real description of this book because the more you don’t know, the better it will be. Here are the bare minimums: horror genre without tons of gore, social commentary, a competitive hide-and-seek tournament, and … Continue reading →

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She is a Haunting, by Trang Thanh Tran

Posted on May 22, 2023 by Amanda

From Storygraph: When Jade Nguyen arrives in Vietnam for a visit with her estranged father, she has one goal: survive five weeks pretending to be a happy family in the French colonial house Ba is restoring. She’s always lied to … Continue reading →

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The Last Remains, by Elly Griffiths (audio)

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Amanda

In the fall of 2019, I discovered the Ruth Galloway series and quickly binged my way through the first 11 of them. Each year since, a new book has published, and The Last Remains is the 15th and final volume … Continue reading →

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The London Séance Society, by Sarah Penner

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Amanda

Lenna is a scientist at heart, but after her sister’s murder, she travels to Paris to meet with a renown spiritualist, Vaudeline. Vaudeline has fled London due to the danger posed by unscrupulous fraudsters there. With Lenna at her side, … Continue reading →

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City of Nightmares, by Rebecca Schaeffer

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Amanda

From Goodreads, because this is hands down one of the most intriguing descriptions for a book that I’ve ever laid eyes on: Ever since her sister became a man-eating spider and slaughtered her way through town, nineteen-year-old Ness has been … Continue reading →

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The Book Eaters, by Sunyi Dean

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Amanda

Excerpt from the book jacket: Out on the Yorkshire moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book’s content after eating it… Devon is part of the Family, an old … Continue reading →

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Horrorstör, by Grady Hendrix

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Amanda

The Cuyahoga branch of Orsk – a knockoff Ikea – has never performed as well as other branches. Now, damage is occurring overnight, and Amy is roped into a night shift to catch whoever is prowling the store when closed. … Continue reading →

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