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Tag: Shirley Jackson

Posted on February 26, 2022February 18, 2022

Book review: When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson edited by Ellen Datlow

"...a solid collection of horror shorts. I really recommend this collection for horror lovers, you can enjoy it whether you're a Shirley Jackson fan or not." Read my review for When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson...

Posted on February 20, 2022February 20, 2022

Book review: Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin⁠

"Incredibly insightful, beautifully told and devastatingly tragic. At 600 pages this one is still too short, Jackson’s talent came in a flourish and was gone all too soon.⁠" Read my review for Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin⁠...

Posted on October 30, 2020October 30, 2020

Book review: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

"Bury me with this book. This was such a wonderful reading experience". Read my review for Shirley Jackson's positively wonderful classic horror novel...

Posted on October 13, 2020September 25, 2020

Book review: The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

"I love Shirley Jackson and her way of looking into normal everyday lives and turning them sinister". Read my review of this short story collection from Shirley Jackson...

Posted on March 10, 2017October 21, 2020

Review: Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson

Synopsis:  There's something nasty in suburbia. In these deliciously dark tales, the daily commute turns into a nightmarish game of hide and seek, the loving wife hides homicidal thoughts and the concerned citizen might just be an infamous serial killer. In the haunting world of Shirley Jackson, nothing is as it seems and nowhere is …

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Posted on February 21, 2017April 25, 2017

Top Ten Tuesday: books I loved more or less than I thought I would

We had the option, this week, to do either books we loved more than we thought we would, or less than we thought we would, but I wanted to make a list for both of these so I’ve decided to split this up into two lists of five! Books I like more than I thought …

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Book review: We Had To Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets, translated by Emma Rault⁠
Happy Sunday ✨⁠
I feel like I’ve posted about this book several times already this month, yes I’ve barely started it! I’m about 60 pages in 💁🏻‍♀️ I’ve finally got my currently reading stack down to just two books, so I will be focusing on this one primarily from here on out!
Recent publisher bookmail 🥰⁠
Oh how I love obnoxiously bright colours! 💚🍏🐸🌵♻️⁠
Book review: Bear by Marian Engel⁠ 🐻
New bookshelves! ✨
Not me picking up another new read when I’m already reading loads and haven’t started any of my challenge books this month yet 👀
Hiii everyone 👋🏻 I was tagged @brightonbookish to do the #namecore tag, tysm 😚⁠

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