Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
Is there anything more Halloween than a good gothic narrative? Well, maybe, but gothic is definitely a staple at our house.
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Hargrave reads voraciously and diversely — mostly antiquarian and classic books in translation. These are her book reviews.
While she reads more books than she could possibly write about, she does consistently post weekly reviews. New reviews are posted on Mondays.
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It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over
Spooky Season is Here at Last October is finally here and I have a whole bunch of spooky books saved up just for the occasion. I’m excited to start bringing out the holiday content and diving into it. However, this year with the amount of things we have packed into the month, I can admit […]
Jane & The Red Parts
It gives life to this rather harrowing story of random and brutal violence, bringing humanity to what often just becomes statistics of cruelty.
Journey to Nowhere
The first part of the book examines Jonestown itself as it sat in the political climate of Guyana, including shifts in political power and colonial history as well as the poverty present there.
Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone
When you start reading this very thick book it becomes rapidly clear that Rolling Stone threw Thompson at anything and everything in the hopes that his style would turn whatever reportage he gave them into an instant hit.
Naked City
I think I love Weegee because he is a chronicler of daily life in days gone by. He doesn’t shy away from the ugly parts, but he doesn’t deny the beauty of the ordinary moments that we all take for granted.
Unusual Fragments
I’m including Unusual Fragments as a spooky selection because all of these stories share some aspect of the unusual and arguably supernatural — or at least just plain eerily weird.
The Infamous Gilberts
I love a haunted house story, and though this isn’t a novel about actual ghosts (for the most part), it is a story about how human lives haunt the places they played out in.
Hidden Haunts
With ghostly themed tourism being so immensely popular, this is the perfect companion if you’re hankering for that road trip to end the summer.
My Men
My Men follows the life of Brynhild Storset who emigrates form Norway to the United States and eventually becomes Belle Gunness, arguably the first serial killer in American history.