Halloween is so soon! To celebrate, please enjoy the opening to The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson which might be my personal favorite opening to a book ever. #ShirleyJackson #ReadingHorror

Rereading this classic 'cause I'm in the mood for some good horror.

"They won’t accept reasonable things with their minds but the fantastic things they’ll swallow whole when their emotions are brought into play. Because the emotions have no limits on belief."
―R. Matheson, A Stir of Echoes

What are you reading today?

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Michael Shotter's review of Grad Night

4/5: Horror novels are tricky to pull off. In much the same way that many horror films struggle to justify their length beyond 90 minutes, horror novels have a tall order to live up to, providing enough thrills and chills to be engaging and satisfying without becoming tiresome or too one-note in their execution. So, when I come across a lengthy horror book that really works as a whole, I always get a little excited about it. "Grad Night," for me, is one such book. In truth, the parts of this book I found most interesting were the more introspective moments where the author really gives good lon...

I personally recommend reading them all at once without pausing for breath 😍
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