I read Itch by Gemma Amor. Holy body horror, Batman. This has folk horror, body horror, but man did it not work for me. Josie returns to her hometown and she finds a dead body in the woods. She spirals as she tries to solve the mystery. If bugs make you squeamish skip this one. 💙📚 #booksky 🩸📚

I read The Hong Kong Widow by Kristen Loesch. This was incredible! Historical gothic fiction set in Hong Kong 1953. Mei receives an invitation to participate in a seance competition in a crumbling manor. Something terrible happens decades later Mei must face what happened that night. 💙📚 #booksky 🩸📚

I'm more of a standalone girl. Having said that I do make an exception for a really good trilogy, but I always get anxious for how the author will finish the third book. By the way this photo is gorgeous! ✨

I read There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone. This was excellent. We follow five families in Atlanta for a three year span to look in depth at the reality of working and not being able to afford housing. Highly recommend this one. #booksky 💙📚 #nonfiction 💡📚

The Hong Kong Widow by Kristen Loesch.

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I read Bog Queen by Anna North. Historical fiction set in three voices: Agnes- forensic anthropologist, sentient moss and an Iron age druid. Agnes finds the body in the moss and is on a quest to find out how she died. This was a cool concept but I ended up wanting more from each POV. #booksky 💙📚

I read Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America by Beth Macy. Macy is a journalist and author of books Dopesick, Raising Lazarus. Paper Girl is an examination of her hometown and how her town changed over the decades politically,economically. I enjoyed this one #booksky💙📚 💡📚

I read Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, late to the party, I know. I love Butler's narrative voice. Set in 2024-2030 society has collpased and Lauren Olamina has to figure out a new path by going north. Butler manages to infuse hope into her dystopia and care. I highly recommend! #booksky 💙📚

I read The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry. Set in the 90's in Chicago this is haunted house and liminal space horror. Kids keep going missing, and the house is waiting. I loved this one, the setting, found family, how grief shapes us. Highly recommend! #booksky 📚💙🩸

I read How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold. Seven authors are invited to a manor to hear the will of a fellow horror writer who has died. But then the house becomes a trap and they have to solve riddles to escape or die. This was fun but..it just didn't quite work for me. #booksky📚💙🩸📚

I read my first book of 2026! The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights with Bridget Collins editing. This is a collection of historical gothic fiction ghost stories all set around Christmas or Advent. This one was so much fun, most of the stories I loved. I highly recommend! #booksky💙📚🩸📚

I read Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab recently, so good! Three different women: Maria in 1532 Spain, Lottie in 1827 London and Alice in 2019 Boston. This is toxic love, sapphic, vampires, 3 POVs and I loved it so much! The way she does characters is incredible. #booksky💙📚🩸📚

Recently I read We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough. Emily and Freddie buy a country house outside of London to fix their marriage. But soon there are strange things happening... This has duel POV, creepy scenes and building dread with great descriptions. For sure recommend! #booksky💙📚🩸📚

I read House of Monstrous Women by Daphne Fama. This was so good! Gothic, witchy with deep friendships, familial duty. Set in 1986 Philippines with People Power Revolution as the background Josephine must win a deadly game or lose everything. Highly recommend! @daphnefama.bsky.social #booksky💙📚🩸📚

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I read Fiend by Alma Katsu and it was so good! This follows the Berisha family, has multiple POV, it feels like a blend of Succession and Fall of the House of Usher. I love her writing and this was no exception. I highly recommend! #booksky💙📚🩸📚 @almakatsu.bsky.social

It appears to be National Black Cat Day. So here is Stella my sweet three year old girl. She loves to snuggle, is treat obsessed and loves to play.

I read Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson. Set in 1975 Portland, Oregon Duane Minor is a war vet taking care of his wife and niece. All hell breaks loose when he crosses a vampire. Soon he is on a cross country journey of revenge. Gritty, modern, dark, I recommend! 💙📚🩸📚 #booksky
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I read Play Nice by Rachel Harrison and I loved it so much! It may be my favorite one by her. She writes female relationships so well, it has haunted houses, ghosts, twisted mother daughter and sister relationships. Plus the cover!💗💜 Highly recommend! 🩸📚 #booksky @rachelharrison.bsky.social

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I read Why I love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature. Becky Spratford edited essays from different horror authors each giving an essay on why they love and write horror. Each essay is incredible and Becky's work in the horror world is essential. Highly recommend! 💙📚 #booksky @raforall.bsky.social

I finished a book for book club yesterday which is different for me. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson. Translated from Finnish it was written in 1972 about Sophie who is six and her grandmother having adventures on an island the summer after Sophie's mother dies. Nostalgic, sad, charming. #booksky💙📚

Yesterday I finished a charming nonfiction book: Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton. This is about a woman in the English countryside who finds a baby hare, takes it home to raise it and her reflections on nature and the hare. It is pastoral, poetic language and I highly recommend this one. 💡📚 #booksky

So I've read a few books lately that I didn't love, normally I DNF them but these two I finished. And to be honest I can't decide if I should review them or keep it positive reviews only? Thoughts? Also, here are my cats to make up for the lack of posting. They are sisters and littermates.

I read Thirteen Storeys by Jonathan Sims. An interesting take on a haunted apartment complex. 13 people being haunted, each chapter is their story until we reach the finale when they all come together. Ghosts, locked room murder, the building is a character too. I recommend! #booksky 💙📚🩸📚

I read this one on audiobook, Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand. A British folk band in the 70's rents a gothic manor house in the countryside to record their sophomore album. Years later they are interviewed about what happened that summer, who was that girl? This one was fun! 💙📚 #booksky 🩸📚

Yesterday I finished Overgrowth by Mira Grant. Overgrowth is an alien invasion story from the perspective of the alien, a character study on human behavior. This was fun, not as scary as her book Into the Drowning Deep (mermaid horror) but I really liked the aliens and I recommend it. 💙📚🩸📚 #booksky

It's so good!