#heather sager

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Sprinkled with Sunlight We painted on the hilltop overlooking the sandy beach, as the slanting bluffs nearby nosed over a lapping azure sea. We sprinkled with sunlight our canvases gooey with oil paints. The voices of other people who joined us radiated with busy cheer. Later, the sun blurred my eyes when we stood for a photo, just you and I, our pictures finished. What a pleasant, relaxing day. I can’t find the photo anywhere. It’s inside me. by Heather Sager

[heatherfield]

I can't believe this random Riley Sager book put Cruella and Archie in closer contact than "Once Upon a Time" ever did.

[theglutedoctor]

SAGER-FIT! LOOK GREAT NAKED FITNESS GODDESS HEATHER!

[haveamagicalday]

My top ten reads of 2022

10. Into the Heartless Wood by Joanna Ruth Meyer

This is a unique retelling of The Little Mermaid. Here the mermaids are switched out with deadly forest sirens who harvest the soul’s of those they lure into the witch’s wood. Owen lives at the edge of the wood and one day he is shockingly saved by one of the sirens instead of killed by her. Owen and the siren grow close as an enchanted war threatens to boil over. I really enjoyed this dark fairy tale and loved the forest sirens lore.

9. Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

After surviving an attack by a strange creature, Rory finds herself transforming in a frightening way and what follows is a journey of self discovery. This comedically dark love story is full of fun werewolf goodness!

8. House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

Marion lives in a world where the wealthy consume human blood. In order to do so, they employ bloodmaids, esteemed servants who are treated with respect and given a hefty sum after their service ends. Marion jumps at the chance to become a bloodmaid for the House of Hunger and finds herself entranced with her employer, the beautiful countess Lisavet. But something sinister is happening within the house and Marion may be in danger. Creepy and gothic, this book was a perfect halloween read. I also thought it was interesting that Henderson didn’t go down the vampire route but created a strange world with another motive for drinking blood.

7. The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

Sager has quickly become one of my favorite thriller authors. This book starts off with a tired trope; a widowed woman copes by drinking and secluding herself in her family’s lake house. Casey spends her days spying on her neighbors through binoculars. The couple across the lake seems perfect until Casey sees something she thinks she shouldn’t and shortly after, the wife vanishes. We’ve seen this before but Sager flips things upside down and takes it in a direction that hasn’t been seen before. It almost seems like he was trying to parody the trope in a way but it is not goofy or anything. This book was thrilling and fun with plenty of twists.

6. A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

When Chloe was 12, girls started disappearing in her town and her father was arrested for it. Now an adult, Chloe works as a therapist and engaged to a wonderful man. Finally Chloe feels as if she has moved on from her past but then girls around her start to disappear again. This was a solid debut novel with a pretty surprising twist at the end.

5. Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

Friends is my favorite show and Chandler my favorite character so I was stoked when this book was announced. Of course, Friends is not the focus of this book, Matthew’s history of addiction is. I’ve always admired his honesty when talking about his addiction in the past but wow was I not prepared for how much he went, and continues, to go through. Matthew is still in recovery for his addiction. He almost died in 2021 and started writing shortly after. This is not a look back on addiction and his triumphant recovery. This book IS his recovery. You can feel it through his words. This book was painful and bleak but also hopeful with a dry sense of humor sprinkled throughout. 

4. When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O’Neill 

This book is not for everybody but it was for me! This book follows the life of two friends, spoiled Marie and devilish Sadie, during the late 1800s. While Marie grows to inherit her father’s sugar empire, Sadie disappears into the gritty underworld of Montreal and within the working class a revolution is brewing. This is written with a strange whimsy that makes some of the darker aspects in it feel dreamlike. TW: Rape 

3. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

I’m the same age as Jeanette and was in high school when icarly first aired. I never considered myself a fan but looking back, I watched a lot of it and it was a genuinely funny show. McCurdy’s memoir is a honest, funny but also heartbreaking look into the world of a child actor that never wanted to be one. What she went through was horrible and her ability to write this book with such wit and grace is incredible. She’s a very talented writer and I’m glad she finally got to tell her story and pursue what I think is her real passion: writing,

2. Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid

This was marketed as a Juniper Tree retelling but it really has nothing to do with the fairy tale. Marlinchen and her two older sisters live with their wizard father in a world where magic is a thing of the past as industry booms. As witches, the three sisters are used as a tourist trap to earn money. They are rarely allowed to leave their home and one night they sneak out to the ballet and Marlinchen falls in love with the talented leading hero. Marlinchen continues to disobey her father as dead bodies around town suddenly start to turn up. This book was eerie and wholly original. It was dark but in some of the best ways. TW: Gore and Sexual Assault

1. Nocturne by Alyssa Wees

This book as being marketed as a Beauty and the Beast retelling, I think it needs to be looked at as its own story. I'd say it's more of a Beauty and the Beast inspired story than a true retelling. The writing style is gorgeous. The imagery it conjures is both dreamlike and haunting. Our main character Grace has lived a tragic but fascinating life. The flashbacks of a childhood during the Great Depression mixed into a strange fairytale setting was one of my favorite aspects of the book. The combination of fantasy and historical is always a genre I like and I thought this was very well done. As for the plot, I don't want to give too much away but one thing that really resonating with me was the theme of death throughout. It comes up in many different and unsuspecting ways. I can't say too much but the outlook on death was a refreshing one that we don't see to often in media and it really made me think about life and morality. This book is for readers who enjoy dark fantasies and enchanting prose. And for any ballerinas out there as well!

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Scream Factory has revealed the specs for its Funeral Home Blu-ray. Originally due out on January 30, it will now be released on February 6. The 1980 Canadian slasher film is also known as Cries in the Night.

William Fruet (Killer Party) directs from a script by Ida Nelson. Lesleh Donaldson, Kay Hawtrey, Jack Van Evera, Alf Humphreys, and Harvey Atkin star. Mark Irwin (Scream, The Fly) serves as director of photography.

Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by film historians Jason Pichonsky and Paul Corupe (new)

Isolated score selections & audio interview with music historian Douglass Fake (new)

Audio interviews with actor Lesleh Donaldson, first assistant director Ray Sager, and production assistant Shelley Allen (new)

Interview with director of photography Mark Irwin (new)

Interviews with art director Susan Longmire and set assistant Elinor Galbraith (new)

Interview with Premier Drive-In Theatres president Brian Allen (new)

Original filming location footage (new)

Theatrical trailer

Video trailer

TV spots

Radio spots

Still gallery

Young and easily frightened Heather (Lesleh Donaldson) is called to stay with her grandmother in the hopes of helping her turn an old funeral home into a bed-and-breakfast. But strange happenings and unexplained murders around the home quickly make this vacation spot a “dead-and-breakfast.” It is up to Heather to investigate the eerie and creepy corners of the former funeral home to unlock a decades-old secret. Will she survive long enough to solve the mystery?

Pre-order Funeral Home.

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My 2023 reads:

January

1. The song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

01/01/23 - 08/01/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

2. Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo

09/01/23 - DNF

⭐️⭐️⭐️

FEBRUARY

3. Scythe - Neal Shusterman

27/01/23 - 28/02/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

March

4. The death cure - James Dashner

03/03/23 - 09/03/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

5. The mirror man - Lars Kepler

09/03/23 - 15/03/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

6. Medusa - Jessie Burton

16/03/23 - 17/03/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

April

7. The inheritance games - Jennifer Lynn Barnes

24/03/23 - 02/04/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

8. Survive the night - Riley Sager

10/04/23 - 12/04/23

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9. The house across the lake - Riley Sager

12/04/23 - 17/04/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.8

10. The hypnotist - Lars Kepler

17/04/23 - 25/04/23

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11. Twisted Games - Ana Huang

26/04/23 - 28/04/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

12. Twisted Love - Ana Huang

30/04/23 - 30/04/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.9

May

13. The Alpha and his mate - B E Wakeford

01/05/23 - 02/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

14. The Alpha’s Saviour - Reece Bardon

02/05/23 - 03/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

15. Distance - Luna Mason

03/05/23- 04/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

16. The Alpha’s Mate - Ava Gray

05/05/23-06/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

17. Mated to the Alpha - J.M Clarke

06/05/23 - 07/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.3

18. Silent Luna - Sabrina Noury

07/05/23 - 08/05/23

⭐️⭐️.5

19. Throne of deception - Adrianna Brinne

08/05/23 - 09/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

20. Shift - Heather Mackinnon

11/05/23 - 13/05/23

⭐️⭐️.5

21. The wolf’s wild mate - Ava Gray

14/05/23 - 15/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

22. Saving his mate - Ava Gray

15/05/23 - 15/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

23. Taken By a sinner - Michael Heard

16/05/23 - 16/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

24. Keeping my girl - Angela Snyder

17/05/23 - 19/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

25. Taken by the Pack - Laura Wylde

20/05/23- 20/05/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

26. Ruin - Samantha Towle

21/05/23 - 24/05/23

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27. Fighting for his mate - Ava Gray

27/05/23 - 30/05/23

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28. Her defender bear - Scarlett Grove

03/06/23 - 03/06/23

⭐️⭐️.5

29. The fine print - Lauren Asher

01/06/23 - 04/06/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

June

30. Cold blooded alpha - Eva Bale

09/06/23 - 09/06/23

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31. Her two alphas - Julia Sparks

10/06/23 - 10/06/23

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32. Saving his fated mate - Marie Mason

10/06/23 - 12/06/23

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33. Kidnapped by my mate - Elle Adams

12/06/23 - DNF

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34. Broken rules - I.A Dice

18/06/23 - 25/06/23

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35. Done and Dusted - Lyla Sage

25/06/23 - 28/06/23

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36. Against the clock - Brittany Kelly

30/06/23 - 02/07/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

July

37. Local woman missing - Mary Kubica

02/07/23 - 06/07/23

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38. Owned by a sinner - Michelle Heard

06/07/23 - 08/07/23

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39. Scoring wilder - R.S Grey

10/07/23 - 13/07/23

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40. Sleet kitten - S.J Tilly

20/07/23 - 23/07/23

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41. The haunting of Lannister hall - Amy cross

24/07/23 - 30/07/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

42. Tis the damn season - Kimi Freeman

31/07/23 - 01/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

August

43. Thin Ice - Ava Gray

01/08/23 - 04/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

44. Shatter me - Tahereh Mafi

03/08/23 - 04/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

45. Destroy me - Tahereh Mafi

07/08/23 - 07/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

46. Buddy reads - Dhara Shah

01/08/23 - 15/08/23

⭐️⭐️

47. Unravel me - Tahereh Mafi

08/08/23 - 16/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

48. Good girl for the bikers - Stephanie Brother

21/08/23

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49. Secret Baby for the bikers - Stephanie Brother

21/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

49. The thief - Tara Crescent

19/08/23 - 22/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

50. Alpha Wolf - Rune hunt

22/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

51. Rejected wolf - Rune Hunt

22/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

52. Goddess Wolf - Rune Hunt

22/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

53. Finding somewhere to belong - C.C Masters

22/08/23 - 23/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

54. Finding Anna - C.C Masters

23/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

55. Finding the fire within - C.C Masters

23/08/23 - 24/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

56. Finding the power within - C.C Masters

23/08/23 - 25/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

57. Vicious saint - L.C Wilcox

25/08/23 - 26/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

58. Annie’s valentine Bikers - Alys Fraser

26/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

59. Will - Juli Hill

26/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

60. Fourth wing - Rebecca Yarros

26/08/23 - 30/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

61. Puppy Love - Katelyn Beckett

30/08/23

⭐️⭐️.5

62. Fracture me - Tahereh Mafi

30/08/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

September

63. Her second chance shifter romance - L. MacNourghton

02/09/23 - 03/09/23

ARC READ!!

⭐️⭐️

64. Unlikely mate - Candace Ayers

03/09/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

65. Fated to the alpha - Skye Alder

03/09/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️

66. Prom Queen - Laura wolfe

04/09/23 - 08/09/23

ARC READ!!

⭐️⭐️

67. A curse of blood and wolves - Melissa McTernan

03/09/23 - 13/09/23

ARC READ!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️

68. The housemaid - Freida McFadden

13/09/23 - 14/09/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

69. Brothers of blood - J.T patten

17/09/23 - 17/09/23

ARC READ!!

⭐️

70. Merciless - Tracy Lorraine

16/09/23 - 20/09/23

ARC READ!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

71. A court of thornes and roses - Sarah J. Maas

23/09/23 - 28/09/23

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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2023 reading catalog

January

a million to one by adiba jaigirdar 💜

Iron widow by xiran jay zhao 💜

An encore of roses by st gibson 💜

Im a therapist and my patient is going to be the next school shooter by Dr. Harper 💜

I’m a therapist and my patient is in love with a pedophile by Dr. Harper 💜

I’m a therapist and my patient is a vegan terrorist by Dr. Harper 💜

The disturbing incident at lonesome woods boarding school by dr. harper 💜

One dark window by rachel gillig 

February 

The twisted dead by darcy coates 

The house across the lake by riley sager 

Renegades by marissa meyer 🤍

Archenemies by marissa meyer 🤍

Supernova by marissa meyer 🤍

Daisy darker by alice feeney 

March 

The lost apothecary by susan penner 

MHA 37 by kohei horikoshi 

The pronoun lowdown by nevo zisin 

The queen's english by chloe o davis

MHA team up 1 by kohei horikoshi and yoko akiyama 

To make monsters out of girls by amanda lovelace 

MHA team up 2 by kohei horikoshi and yoko akiyama 

JJK 0 by gege akutami 

MHA team up 3 by kohei horikoshi and yoko akiyama 

Hell bent by leigh bardugo 

Spice road by maiya ibrahim 

The stardust thief by chelsea abdullah 

The london seance society by susan penner 💜

All the dangerous things by stacy willingham 

April 

The fae princes by nikki st crowe 

Carnage by sarah bailey 

Final offer by lauren asher. 

Glitch by briana michaels 

Never lie by frieda mcfadden 

The locked door by frieda mcfadden 

The inheritance by cassie cole 

Emily wildes encyclopedia of faeries by heather fawcett 

 The stolen heir by holly black 

May 

Chaos by sarah bailey 

Corrode by sarah bailey 

Cataclysm by sarah bailey 

Howl's moving castle by diana wynne jones 

Fourth wing by rebecca yarros 

Cursed crowns by catherine doyle + katherine webber 

Girls of fate and fury by natasha ngan 💜

We free the stars by hafsah faizal 

A war of two queens by jennifer l armentrout 

The crown of gilded bones by jennifer l armentrout 🤍

Malice by heather walter 💜

Misrule by heather walter 💜

June 

MHA vol 38 by kohei horikoshi 

Sofi and the bone song by adrienne tooley 

jjk vol 21 by gege akutami 

jjk vol 22 by gege akutami 

lore olympus vol 4 by rachel smythe 

the fiancee farce by alexandria bellefleur 💜

the only survivors by megan miranda 

what lies in the woods by kate alice marshall 

the last word by taylor adams 

you’re invited by amanda jayatissa 

ward d by freida mcfadden 

once returned by darcy coates 

double pucked by lauren blakely 

mated to the monster by sarah spade 

July

the thicket by noelle w ihli 

the good lie by ar torre

a naughty lesson by mika lane 

love creekwood by becky albertalli 💜

the heartstopper yearbook by alice oseman 💜

demon in the wood by leigh bardugo and dani pendergast 

the young elites by marie lu 

nick and charlie by alice oseman 💜

a haunted road atlas by christine schiefer and em schulz 

the rose society by marie lu 

the midnight star by marie lu 

a wicked education by mika lane 

a sinful classroom by mika lane 

the girl from the sea by molly knox ostertag 💜

August

how to sell a haunted house by grady hendrix 

the foxglove king by hannah whitten 

seven faceless saints by mk lobb 💜

divine rivals by rebecca ross 

sing me to sleep by gabi burton 

silver in the bone by alexandra bracken 

foxglove by adalyn grace 

assistant to the villain by hannah nicole maehrer 

September

a broken blade by melissa blair 

bonesmith by nicki pau preto 

the angelmaker by alex north 

the family across the street by nicole trope 

October 

the sun and the star by rick riordan and mark oshiro 💜

lore olympus vol 5 by rachel smythe 

the chalice of the gods by rick riordan 

fangs by sarah anderson 

throne of the fallen by kerri maniscalco 

kingdom of the wicked by kerri maniscalco 🤍

kingdom of the cursed by kerri mansicalco 🤍

kingdom of the feared by kerri maniscalco 🤍

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon 💜

catwoman soulstealer by louise simonson, samantha dodge and sarah j maas

starling house by alix e harrow 

November 

savage hate by amanda richardson 

a curse for true love by stephanie garber 

forged by blood by ehigbor okosun 

if i have to be haunted by miranda sun 

heart trick by kristen granata 

the legacy by elle kennedy 

odd man rush by kristen granata 💜

that one night by emily rath 

pucking around by emily rath 💜

pucking ever after vol 1 by emily rath 💜

iron flame by rebecca yarros 

my hero academia team up missions vol 4 by yoko akiyama and koehi horikoshi 

December 

spin the bottle by stephanie alves 

as good as dead by holly jackson 

the lightning thief by rick riordan 🤍

the sea of monsters by rick riordan 🤍

i am not your final girl by claire c holland 

the titans curse by rick riordan 🤍

the battle of the labyrinth by rick riordan 🤍

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Books! 14 20 28 42 43

thank you! these were such thoughtful questions. 10/10 ask game.

14 - a book that made you trip on literary acid

lullabies for little criminals by heather o'neill. it's a heart-wrenching novel about a 12-year-old girl who's raised by her mentally unwell, addict father and later groomed and trafficked by a next-door neighbour. the prose is otherworldly and guiltless and everything i aspire to make a reader feel.

20 - a book that got you out of a reading slump

back in 2017, i hadn't picked up a physical book in over a year. six of crows by leigh bardugo broke me out of that slump. i don't care for the shadow and bone trilogy, but the soc duology has so much whimsy and character focus. imo, it's a great study on multi-pov done exceptionally well.

28 - a book you wish you could read as a beginner again

circe by madeline miller or autobiography of red by anne carson. i owe everything to these women for making me believe there was a place for namesake in this world. i love the style and prose they weave to make each retelling stand on its own. anything they write, i'll devour in a heartbeat.

42 - a book that made you want to scream by the time you got to the end

lock every door by riley sager. the protagonist makes the most foolish, incomprehensible decisions in order to advance the plot. utter letdown for me. i was so relieved to finish this book and write off this author completely.

43 - a book that you have read more than three times

i reread books all the time! i think my go-to comforts right now are fangirl by rainbow rowell, the princess bride by william goldman, poison study by maria v. snyder, and sharp objects by gillian flynn.

🌷 ask me about my book recs 🌷

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lightning bolts, Heather Sager

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book log - 2017

tampa by alissa nutting

turtles all the way down by john green

vegas girls by heather skyler

class mom by laurie gelman

anne of green gables by l.m. montgomery

the identicals by elin hilderbrand

quidditch through the ages by j.k. rowling

the breakdown by b.a. paris

final girls by riley sager

audition by ryu murakami

gray wolf island by tracey neithercott

the stranger beside me by ann rule

one of us is lying by karen m. mcmanus

the call by peadar o gullin

a thousand nights by e.k. johnston

the library at mount char by scott hawkins

tender morsels by margo lanagan

rings by koji suzuki

the good daughter by karin slaughter

because you love to hate me by amerie

the party by robyn harding

primates of park avenue by wednesday martin

you by caroline kepnes

someday, someday, maybe by lauren graham

the hating game by sally thorne

eleanor oliphant is completely fine by gail honeyman

shine by lauren myracle

when dimple met rishi by sandhya menon

you can have a dog when i'm dead by paul benedetti

it's always the husband by michele campbell

princeless: raven the pirate princess by jeremy whitley

princeless: free women by jeremy whitley

goodbye, vitamin by rachel khong

sabine's notebook by nick bantock

always and forever, lara jean by jenny han

talking as fast as i can by lauren graham

three wishes by liane moriarty

behind closed doors by b.a. paris

dark places by gillian flynn

behind her eyes by sarah pinborough

baby proof by emily giffin

american gods by neil gaiman

confessions of a domestic failure by bunmi laditan

wedding night by sophie kinsella

you suck by christopher moore

night film by marisha pessi

the subtle art of not giving a fuck by mark manson

let's explore diabetes with owels by david sedaris

the here and now by ann brashares

it started with goodbye by christina june

murder games by elisabeth crabtree

the enchantress returns by chris colfer

down the rabbit hole by holly madison

women who run with the wolves by clarissa pinkola estes

goons n' roses by donna joy usher

the silent wife by a.s.a. harrison

cocoa and chanel by donna joy usher

secondhand souls by christopher moore

the seven steps to closure by donna joy usher

stranger than fanfiction by chris colfer

you are here by jenny lawson

killing mr. griffin by lois duncan

a dirty job by christopher moore

joyland by stephen king

irrestible by adam alter

small great things by jodi picoult

stranger with my face by lois duncan

the vegas diaries by holly madison

the potluck club by linda evans shepard

the girl with the dragon tattoo by stieg larsson

the wishing spell by chris colfer

one less problem without you by beth harbison

saving ceecee honeycutt by beth hoffman

in the country we love by diane guerrero

the last anniversary by liane moriarty

i woke up dead at the mall by judy sheehan

remembrance by meg cabot

girl in translation by jean kwok

very good lives by j.k. rowling

milk and honey by rupi kaur

my grandmother asked me to tell you she's sorry by fredrik backman

the screwtape letters by c.s. lewis

reconstructing amelia by kimberly mccreight

how to fall in love by cecelia ahern

wild by cheryl strayed

NOS4A2 by joe hill

year of yes by shonda rhimes

troublemaker by leah remini

the summer we read gatsby by daniella ganek

the miraculous journey of edward tulane by kate dicamillo

sorry not sorry by naya rivera

the circle by dave eggers

the woman in cabin 10 by ruth ware

boneshaker by cherie priest

time cat by lloyd alexander

the color purple by alice walker

all the light we cannot see by anthony doerr

the princess bride by william goldman

when breath becomes air by paul kalanthi

the wangs vs. the world by jade chang

mischiling by affinity konar

sarong party girls by cheryl lu-lien tan

nine woman, one dress by jane l. rosen

the light between oceans by m.i. stedmaan

magonia by maria dahvana headley

the restaurant critic's wife by elizabeth laban

the couple next door by shari lapena

the wedding sisters by jamie brenner

how to be a bawse by lilly singh

where am i now? by mara wilson

scrappy little nobody by anna kendrick

double cup love by eddie huang

little girl gone by gerry schmitt

truly madly guilty by liane moriarty

something in between by melissa de la cruz

rich people problems by kevin kwan

modern romance by aziz ansari

yes, my accent is real by kunal nayyar

the girl on the train by paula hawkins

we should hang out sometime by josh sundquist

love ltters to teh dead by ava dellaira

what alice forgot by liane morairty

bringing it home by tilda shalof

the maintenance man by michael baisden

charlie and the great glass elevator by roald dahl

the princess diaries by meg cabot

[televinita]

Reading Triage (??)

I'm in a whirly-twirly-IDK-what-to-read mood and am throwing out TBR plans practically on the daily, so what if I simply made an enormous post full of titles that caught my eye in the last week and which I may or may not read soon.

1. Lock Every Door and/or The House Across the Lake - Riley Sager: I loved Home Before Dark (my thoughts are still percolating; I haven't forgotten your note, @kateschechterxthorwasmyfirstotp!), and I think that one will stay my fave, but these two look almost as appealing.

2. A Paris Apartment - Michelle Gable: because I keep thinking that Lucy Foley's mystery-thriller with almost the same title is based on that iconic real-life news story about the apartment that was left untouched since WWII full of beautiful art and heirlooms, and it's not, but this one is.

(it's not the only one either, but it's the one that got to me first and/or looks best. whether it actually is the best...hm, don't love this MC having a cheating husband whom she retaliates against by also cheating. why can she not be 34 and single instead)

3. The Paris Apartment - Kelly Bowen: this one is also about that! it looks like it is probably better but also. I am just So Tired of dual-timeline WWII novels in Europe.

4. The Apartment - S.L. Grey: I don't know a damn thing about this one or the author. It popped up when I searched Foley's book in the library catalog, because this apartment is also in Paris, but this one appears to be a horror/thriller and I immediately said "hell yeah place request." (update: I peeked at Goodreads. Ratings appear Bad. So...we'll see.)

5. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt: idk what randomly put this book back into my brain, but it's one I remember seeing everywhere in used books for a while, and might even actually remember seeing in the 90s/early 2000s due to its iconic cover. I always dismissed it because "eh, adult book," but today I realized, oh yeah, I like adult books now sometimes, so I read the synopsis and it sounded pretty intriguing actually, and then I learned for the very first time it's actually nonfiction and not a novel?? So...maybe. Seems a good October read.

6?. The Work of Art - Mimi Matthews: I started the ebook assuming I could get the paperback from the library the next day, since it was checked in and reading on a screen sucks, but IT WASN'T ON THE SHELF WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. I placed a request to make them find it, and yet its status remains unchanged since 9/24, which I can only conclude means they have well and truly misplaced their only physical copy. >:( So fingers crossed they find it, because I simply will not make further progress on a computer screen with a book of this length.

7. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - Heather Fawcett: I keep forgetting about this and then being randomly reminded about it in BookTube videos. I tend to like this style of book (very A Natural History of Dragons), and it's one of the few ways a book with a faerie element can appeal to me.

8. The Echo of Old Books - Barbara Davis: Beautiful cover, antiquarian bookseller, sold.

All right, I think that's everything I've just collected or am in the process of calling in from the library...

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24-HOURS-LATER UPDATE: would you believe that only books #2-4 are available to me right now? "Parisian apartments or NOTHING for you, Televinita," says the library, as all the other books are checked out right now (or lost), except #5, whose dense text and snoreful writing style immediately put me to sleep so that's gonna be a no. And I've already read the last book (about Tara) from yesterday's library triage post. I guess I still have Good As Gold... and the hundreds of unread books I own?? nah

48-HOURS-LATER UPDATE: that said... Lock Every Door is now on its way in, as are two books I put on hold ages ago and also two books I just found out about and immediately decided to read.

[nariraereads]

First Book to Review

So... the first book I'm going to review is going to be The Blue Hour by T. Jefferson Parker- I'm only about halfway through and it's a yikes so far for me but I have to keep reminding myself that it was published in 1999.

Why am I reviewing a book that is 24 years old? I thought it would be good practice as I get started and also because it is a bit of a shit show...

Now, as it is the first of February here is the list of books I read last month:

Narwhals: Artic Whales in a Melting World: Todd McLeish

Network Effect: Martha Wells

Lore Olympus: Volume One: Rachel Smythe

Throne of Glass: Sarah J. Maas

Welcome to Night Vale: Jeffrey Cranor & Joseph Fink

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Jules Verne

The Dragonet Prophecy: Tui T. Sutherland

They Both Die at the End: Adam Silvera

A Land of Permanent Goodbyes: Atia Abawi

Dark and Deepest Red: Anna-Marie McLemore

The War of the Worlds: H. G. Wells

Escape from Aleppo: N. H. Senzai

The Overnight Guest: Heather Gudenkauf

The Wolf Den: Elodie Harper

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives: Dashka Slater

Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science: Erika Engelhaupt

Want: Cindy Pon

This Savage Song: Victoria Schwab

Books TBR in February:

The Blue Hour: T. Jefferson Parker

Altered Carbon: Richard K. Morgan

The Maid: Nita Prose

Heart of Iron: Ashley Poston

Divine by Mistake: P. C. Cast

The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life: Anu Partanen

The House Across the Lake: Riley Sager

Liches Get Stitches: H. J. Tolson

Marcus' Misadventures: Jeremy Moore

[fearsomeandwretchedandwrong]

My reading goal for 2022 is to read at least 100 books. I will post each book I've read here:

1. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones (1-04-22)

2. Henry VI Pt.1 by William Shakespeare (1-06-22)

3. Henry VI Pt.2 by William Shakespeare (1-07-22)

4. Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert* (1-08-22)

5. Henry VI Pt.3 by William Shakespeare (1-10-22)

6. This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson* (1-11-22)

7. The Shadows by Alex North (1-11-22)

8. Richard III by William Shakespeare (1-13-22)

9. Why Didn't They Ask Evans by Agatha Christie (1-16-22)

10. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones (1-19-22)

11. Radio Silence by Alice Oseman* (1-21-22)

12. The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix (1-22-22)

13. King John by William Shakespeare (1-23-22)

14. Anne of Kleves: The Princess in the Tower by Alison Weir (1-29-22)

15. A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham (2-04-22)

16. Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly* (2-05-22)

17. The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins (2-07-22)

18. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (2-09-22)

19. Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall* (2-11-22)

20. The Whisper Man by Alex North (2-12-22)

21. The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian* (2-14-22)

22. 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard (2-16-22)

23. The Invited by Jennifer McMahon (2-19-22)

24. Katheryn Howard: The Tainted Queen by Alison Weir (2-23-22)

25. Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena (2-28-22)

26. Tudors: The History of England Vol. II by Peter Ackroyd (3-04-22)

27. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (3-08-22)

28. Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall* (03-10-22)

29. No Exit by Taylor Adams (03-11-22)

30. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (3-13-22)

31. Murder Most Actual by Alexis Hall* (3-15-22)

32. The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James (3-17-22)

33. The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley (3-18-22)

34. One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston* (3-20-22)

35. The Replacement Wife by Darby Kane (3-21-22)

36. The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf (3-25-22)

37. All The Missing Girls by Megan Miranda (03-29-22)

38. The Verifiers by Jane Pek* (4-02-22)

39. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena (4-05-22)

40. Emerett Has Never Been in Love by Anyta Sunday* (4-09-22)

41. I Kissed a Girl by Jennet Alexander* (4-10-22)

42. Cameron Wants To Be a Hero by Anyta Sunday* (4-17-22)

43. They Never Learn by Layne Fargo* (4-19-22)

44. Leo Loves Aries by Anyta Sunday* (4-22-22)

45. Bennet, Pride Before the Fall by Anyta Sunday* (4-24-22)

46. A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena (5-02-22)

47. Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall* (5-07-22)

48. Finley Embraces Heart and Home by Anyta Sunday* (5-10-22)

49. The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould* (5-11-22)

50. Elliot, Song of the Soulmate by Anyta Sunday* (5-18-22)

51. The Lying Game by Ruth Ware (5-19-22)

52. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee* (5-25-22)

53. The Charm Offensive by Allison Cochrun* (6-02-22)

54. Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake* (6-05-22)

55. Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky* (6-07-22)

56. Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar* (6-10-22)

57. Summer's Edge by Dana Mele* (6-12-22)

58. Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales* (6-15-22)

59. Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur* (6-17-22)

60. Simon Vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli* (6-21-22)

61. All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O'Donoghue* (6-25-22)

62. The Gentleman's Guide to Getting Lucky by Mackenzi Lee* (6-26-22)

63. She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard* (6-28-22)

64. The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager (7-3-22)

65. I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston* (7-6-22)

66. Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins (7-09-22)

67. The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas (7-13-23)

68. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty (7-19-22)

69. This House is Haunted by John Boyne (7-20-22)

70. You're Invited by Amanda Jayatissa (7-24-22)

71. First Born by Will Dean (7-28-22)

72. Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey (7-29-22)

73. My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix (8-04-22)

74. Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney (8-07-22)

75. Lock the Doors by Vincent Ralph (8-23-22)

76. Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell (8-25-22)

77. Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix (8-30-22)

78. These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall* (9-11-22)

79. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (9-19-22)

80. We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix (9-24-22)

81. The End of Her by Shari Lapena (9-29-22)

82. The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky (10-02-22)

83. When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey* (10-06-22)

84. Suburban Hell by Maureen Kilmer (10-08-22)

85. Curse of the Reaper by Brian McAuley (10-11-22)

86. So Happy for You by Celia Laskey* (10-13-22)

87. The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson (10-18-22)

88. Dead Flip by Sara Farizan* (10-21-22)

89. Cackle by Rachel Harrison (10-23-22)

90. The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor (10-26-22)

91. The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb (10-30-22)

92. Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of 70's and 80's Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix (11-01-22)

93. Badasstrounauts by Grady Hendrix (11-07-22)

94. Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger (11-11-22)

95. The Return by Rachel Harrison (11-16-22)

96. Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison (11-23-22)

97. Dead Leprechauns and Devil Cats: Strange Tales of the White Street Society by Grady Hendrix (11-26-22)

98. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice* (12-07-22)

99. The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice* (12-15-22)

100. The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice* (12-22-22)

101. The Last Invitation by Darby Kane (12-25-22)

102. Goddess of Filth by V. Castro (12-31-22)

*means book has LGBTQ+ representation

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[paradisetemporarilymisplaced]

Tag 9 people to learn more about their interests!

thanks for tagging me @whaleharry🤗

MUSIC

fav genre? my top genre on spotify is always "post-teen pop" which seems right

fav artist? taylor swift, 1d, bastille, of monsters and men, all time low

fav song? how do you choose just one favorite song? I'll say good as hell because that's my all-time most listened song on spotify and also what I always go to if I'm having a bad day

most listened song recently? I actually haven't had any songs on repeat lately? maybe our song (niall and anne-marie)

song currently stuck in your head? I'm listening to 1989 rn but nothing is stuck in my head

5 fav lyrics?

- "all my favorite conversations / always made in the AM" (AM, 1d)

- "the gods have forgotten the song of their love" (chant, hadestown)

- "if you had your gun / would you shoot it at the sky? / why - to see where your bullet would fall? / or will you come down at all?" (laura palmer, bastille)

- "don't say you're too tired to fight / it’s just a matter of time / up there's the finish line / so run and run and run" (only the young, taylor swift)

- "and as the world comes to an end / i'll be there to hold your hand" (king and lionheart, of monsters and men)

radio or your own playlist | solo artists or bands | pop or indie | loud or silent volume I slow or fast songs | music video or lyrics video | speakers or headphones | riding a bus in silence or while listening to music | driving in silence or with radio on

BOOKS

fav book genre? I'll read pretty much anything as long as it has good reviews. literary fiction, YA, magical realism/low fantasy, thriller, political nonfiction/current events, etc. the only thing I don't really read is science fiction

fav writer? riley sager, neil gaiman, leigh bardugo, libba bray

fav book? a tale of two cities (charles dickens)

fav book series? the raven cycle (maggie stiefvater)

comfort book? carry on (rainbow rowell), red white and royal blue (casey mcquiston), aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe (benjamin alire saenz)

perfect book to read on a rainy day? home before dark (riley sager) - a ghost story is perfect for a rainy day!

fav characters? adam parrish (the raven cycle), nina zenik (grishaverse), eugenides (the queen's thief)

5 quotes from your fav book that you know by heart?

- "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair"

- "I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul"

- "it is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known"

- "a wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other"

- "then tell the wind and fire where to stop, but don't tell me"

fuck, now I want to reread atotc🙈

hardcover or paperback | buy or rent | standalone novels or book series | ebook or physical copy | reading at night or during the day | reading at home or in nature | listening to music while reading or reading in silence | reading in order or reading the ending first | reliable or unreliable narrator  | realism or fantasy | one or multiple POVS | judging by the covers or by the summary | rereading or reading just once

TV AND MOVIES

fav tv/movie genre? sitcoms

fav movie? heathers

comfort movie? tangled, the greatest showman, the old guard, eurotrip

movie you watch every year? the princess bride

fav tv show? the good place, parks and rec

comfort tv show? parks and rec, brooklyn 99

most rewatched tv show? parks and rec

ultimate otp? ALLYDIA

5 fav characters?

- allison argent (teen wolf)

- nicky (the old guard)

- steeb rogers (marvel)

- veronica sawyer (heathers)

- louis tomlinson (this is us)

tv shows or movies | short seasons (8-13 episodes) or full seasons (22 episodes or more) | one episode a week or bingeing | one season or multiple seasons | one part or saga | half hour or one hour long episodes | subtitles on or off | rewatching or watching just once | downloads or watches online

tagging: @thesunshookwithjoy @thekinkshamepolice @laughyoudrecognize @harrysuits @crackinthecloud @jenderstudies @frogsarebxtches @chinchillinator @clockwork-silence 🕺🏻

[kantrips]

2021 Reading Log

In 2021 I read 71 books, beating my reading goal of 50! I was in two book clubs last year. For 2022 I’m dropping to one – I found the reading manageable but not the meetings.

I mainly read books that were slow paced, 300-499 pages long and reflective, emotional and dark. My top three genres were Classics, Literary and Historical.

Full list under the cut. Please recommend me things at will! For 2022 I want to read more poetry and am aiming to hit at least 70 books again.

The Overtstory – Richard Powers

The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller

Homesick for Another World – Ottessa Moshfegh

The American Fiancée - Éric Dupont

The Silent Companions – Laura Purcell

The New Wilderness – Diane Cook

The Driver’s Seat – Muriel Spark

Emma – Jane Austen (comfort reread)

The Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien (comfort reread)

The History of Bees – Maja Lunde

The Two Towers – J.R.R Tolkien (comfort reread)

My Year of Rest and Relaxation – Otessa Moshfegh (reread for book club)

The Return of the King – J.R.R Tolkien (comfort reread)

Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell (a new favourite!)

Such a Fun Age – Kiley Reid (a new favourite!)

The Memory Police – Yoko Ogawa

The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger

The New Me – Halle Butler

The Radium Girls – Kate Moore

The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath (reread for book club)

The Dutch House – Ann Patchett (a new favourite!)

Convenience Store Woman – Sayaka Murata (a new favourite!)

The Cost of Living – Deborah Levy

Wide Sargasso Sea – Jean Rhys

Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier (comfort reread)

Eggshell Skull – Bri Lee

Far from the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy (comfort reread)

Burial Rites – Hannah Kent (reread for book club)

Beauty – Bri Lee

The Silence of the Girls – Pat Barker

The Death of the Heart – Elizabeth Bowen (a new favourite!)

The Turn of the Key – Ruth Ware

The Thirty-Nine Steps – John Buchan (reread for book club)

The Road – Cormac McCarthy

In a Dark, Dark Wood – Ruth Ware

The Bass Rock – Evie Wyld

Starve Acre – Andrew Michael Hurley

The Labyrinth – Amanda Lohrey

The Winter People – Jennifer McMahon (contains offensive racial stereotyping)

Beautiful World, Where Are You – Sally Rooney

Useless Magic – Florence Welch

The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

High Fidelity – Nick Hornby

A Few Days in the Country and Other Stories – Elizabeth Harrower

Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh

The Last Time I Lied – Riley Sager

The Museum of Modern Love – Heather Rose

The Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The Mercies: A Novel – Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Guest List – Lucy Foley

Life Before Man – Margaret Atwood

Unsheltered – Clare Moleta

The Mysterious Affair at Styles – Agatha Christie

Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall – Kazuo Ishiguro

Mr Salary – Sally Rooney

I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World – Kai Cheng Thom

The Yellow Wall-Paper – Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Exciting Times – Naoise Dolan

Persuasion – Jane Austen (comfort reread)

The Woman in Cabin 10 – Ruth Ware

The Harp in the South – Ruth Park

Upstream: Selected Essays – Mary Oliver

Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell

Little Eve – Catriona Ward

Collected Stories – John Cheever

Before the Coffee Gets Cold – Toshikazu Kawaguchi

The Go-Between – L.P. Hartley (a new favourite!)

Lady Oracle – Margaret Atwood (a new favourite!)

Final Girls – Riley Sager (I quite disliked the previous book I read by this author but forgot and picked this up from a street library!)

The Plague – Albert Camus

And currently reading: Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardine Evaristo

[haveamagicalday]

Mystery/Thrillers Recommendations

YA Mystery/Thrillers

1-800-Where-R-U by Meg Cabot

All These Bodies by Kendare Blake

All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

The Best Lies by Sarah Lyu

Broken Things by Laruen Oliver

The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

The Creeping by Alexandra Sirowy

The Companion by Katie Alender

The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

The Counselors by Jessica Goodman

The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas

First We Were IV by Alexandra Sirowy

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Hidden Pieces by Paula Stokes 

Horrid by Katrina Leno

I Will Find You Again by Sarah Lyu

The Legacies by Jessica Goodman

Little Monsters by Kara Thomas

Lying in the Deep by Diana Urban

The May Queen Murders by Sarah Jude

The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall

Nothing more to Tell by Karen M. McManus

One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

Royal Blood by Aimee Carter

She’s Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard

The Telling by Alexandra Sirowy

That Weekend by Kara Thomas

These Deadly Games by Diana Urban

They’ll Never Catch Us by Jessica Goodman

They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman

Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus

The Window by Amelia Brunskill

You’ll be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus

Supernatural YA Mystery/Thrillers

And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender

The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich

The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy 

The Diviners by Libba Bray

Far Far Away by Tom McNeal

A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist

We’ll Never Tell by Wendy Heard

Small Favors by Erin A. Craig

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

Adult Mystery/Thrillers

All the Dangerous Things by Stacey Willingham

All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda

Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

Every Last Fear by Alex Finley 

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacey Willingham

Final Girls by Riley Sager

The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix 

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney 

I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

The Last House on Needless Street by Catorina Ward

The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

The Lost Girls by Heather Young

The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

Mirrorland by Carole Johnston

Misery by Stephen King

Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson

The Night Shift by Alex Finlay

No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall

Only if You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham

The Only One Left by Riley Sager

Out of the Ashes by Kara Thomas

Pretty Things by Janelle Brown

Sadie by Courtney Summers

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Shiver by Allie Reynolds

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young

Survive the Night by Riley Sager

The Swell by Allie Reynolds

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

You Can Trust Me by Wendy Heard

Supernatural Adult Mystery/Thrillers

The 7 and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine

The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon

The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

The Invited by Jennifer McMahon

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mister Magic by Kiersten White

My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

The Return by Rachel Harrison

The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell 

A Step Past Darkness by Vera Kurian

Tidepool by Nicole Wilson

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher