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Easy peasy.

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A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. This edition is 2 1/2 inches tall, published by Del Prado in 2003.

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I’m going to make an effort to set some time aside to relax, unwind & read more holiday books this season 😍🎄❤️

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‘One must always be careful of books,’ said Tessa, ‘and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.’

my photograpy, please don’t remove caption or alter credits.

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Part of my paperback horror collection

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THE LIBRARY IS HAUNTED!

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Staff recommends: This book is to die for.

And yes, I am wearing a mask under the mask. The costume needed some pink.

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the crunch of leaves, the medium browns, smell of pumpkins, halloween vibes, coffees, harry potter marathons, sweaters, the new seasonal personality. it’s autumn🍂🍁

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Autumn candles at homesense

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Some Tolkien in a quiet Oxford park. After moving to the UK I have much better understood the inspiration behind a lot of British writing, and Tolkien is no exception - just look at the trees. They look like they Know Things but won't tell you because you're in too much of a hurry.

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Classic Horror Novels That Are NOT Frankenstein Or Dracula

The Vampyre by John William Polidori

Carmilla by J. Sharidon le Fanu

The Flowers Of Evil by Charles Baudelaire

Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer by Patrick Suskind & translated by John E. Woods

The Strange Case Of Doctor Jekyll & Mister Hyde by John Louis Stevenson

Complete Stories & Poems by Edgar Allen Poe

The Picture Of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wild

The Turn Of The Screw by Henry James

The Island Of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells

The Hounds Of Baskerville by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan le Fanu

Melmoth The Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin

The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins

*Note these are all novels published BEFORE the 1900s -- I've got a whole other list of those. If you're interested, hmu.

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