Well_Worth_A_Read

stina_marie, 6 months ago to horrorbooks

Emily Hughes' gigantic, super thorough, and anxiety-and-excitement-inducing

📚☠️ LIST OF 2024 HORROR BOOKS ☠️📚

https://readjumpscares.com/2024-new-horror-books/

#horror #books @bookstodon @horrorbooks @horror #NewReleases #Readers #BookLovers #HorrorLovers #HorrorFam #SoManyBooks #BooksBooksBooks

Well_Worth_A_Read, 6 months ago to bookstodon

Once in a while, I take a break from horror to read something different. It takes a gifted storyteller to pull my attention out of my horror novels so it doesn't happen often. https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-bedmakers-by-chad-lutzke-and-john.html #bookstodon #bookreview @bookstodon

Well_Worth_A_Read, 6 months ago to horrorbooks

A quickie review because I'm on a little break. The Fright Before Christmas by Jeff Belanger is a fascinating look at the darker side of Christmas and the origins of Santa, Krampus, the Yule Cat, and more. #holidaybooks #folklore @bookstodon @horrorbooks #bookstodon https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-fright-before-christmas-by-jeff.html

Well_Worth_A_Read, 6 months ago to horrorbooks

My picks for best horror of 2023 are posted. If you're in need of a book recommendation, visit me at https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/12/best-horror-of-2023.html

#wellwortharead #horrorreaders #horroraddicts #horrorcommunity@[email protected] @horrorbooks @horror

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Well_Worth_A_Read, 6 months ago to horrorbooks

I saw this gorgeous cover and expected some terrifying tales. Had I read the description down to the bottom, I would have noticed the "family friendly" part at the end. I believe that may be the reason this book has so few reviews. The cover may have caught the eye of horror fans like me while turning off its target audience, which would be people of all ages who like ghost stories.
Full review posted at https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/11/appalachian-winter-hauntings-weird.html @horrorbooks @bookstodon

stina_marie, 6 months ago to horror

📽️ What's a horror movie that you feel is so: striking, unique, disturbing, profound, &/or beautiful that it transcends to the level of ART?
(Not for just a scene, or moments, or even a performance, but for the ENTIRE film.)

Four that immediately occurred to me:

The Shining
The Devils
The Wolf House
There Will Be Blood

I can think of more but I'm curious what YOU all think...

I have to go eat & do stuff but I'll be back on later to see what you all said!

#horror @horror #HorrorMovies #Art

Well_Worth_A_Read, 6 months ago to horrorbooks

Cursed is a fairly straight forward horror novella debut from Leigh Kenny.
Review posted at https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/11/cursed-by-leigh-kenny.html
#Cursed #horrorfam @horrorbooks @bookstodon @horror

Well_Worth_A_Read, 7 months ago to horror

Well Thanksgiving is over...so it's time to watch Christmas movies 🎄
#currentlywatching #themeanone #christmashorror #horrormovies @horror

stina_marie, 7 months ago to horror

Have a glorious day, Spooky People- whatever you do and wherever you go (or DON'T go.) 🖤

#meme #monsters #feast #food #Frankenstein #Thanksgiving #horror @horror
#holiday #MotherSuspiriasMorningMeme

Well_Worth_A_Read, 7 months ago to horrorbooks

How's your week going so far? Mine kind of sucks but at least I've had a good book to keep me company. My review of Nightmare Abbey 4 is posted at https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/11/nightmare-abbey-4-edited-by-tom-english.html
#horror #shortstories #bookstodon @horrorbooks #horrorfam

Well_Worth_A_Read, 7 months ago to bookstodon

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror Volume 4 is an exceptional anthology that makes me want to search out and read the previous volumes because apparently, I have been missing out on something special. My review is posted at https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-years-best-dark-fantasy-horror.html #horrorbooks #horrorfam #bookreview @horrorbooks @bookstodon

stina_marie, 7 months ago to horrorbooks

BEFORE YOU WAKE and BEFORE YOU SLEEP by Adam Nevill are FREE on Kindle right now. Regular Kindle, not unlimited or anything. Just an FYI if you want some free spooky tales by a really good author. (Six stories in total.) 🤘🏼

#AdamNevill #horror #HorrorBooks #HorrorStories #ShortStories #BeforeYouWake #BeforeYouSleep #ebook #Kindle #Free @horrorbooks
@horror

Cover for BEFORE YOU SLEEP by Adam Nevill: THREE HORRORS A skull head with horns is on the cover

Well_Worth_A_Read, 7 months ago to horrorbooks

Angry spirits, swarms of bugs, strange lights that lead people astray, Bigfoot, and more are featured in these 22 new tales of Dread. Most take place in wild and dangerous outdoor settings because like they say, write what you know, and the author certainly has lots of experience with such places. My review of Dread by Kevin Bachar is posted at https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/11/dread-22-tales-of-terror-by-kevin-bachar.html #horrorbooks #dread #horrorfam #bookstodon @horrorbooks

Well_Worth_A_Read, 7 months ago to horrorbooks

I am having the best ever book mail week. I love short horror stories so much! On Monday I received The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror from the publisher for review consideration and Last night I received a gifted copy of Nightmare Abbey Volume 4. I feel like Christmas came early for me. #bookstodon #bookmail
#horrorfam #horrorbooks @horrorbooks

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stina_marie, 7 months ago to horror

Started thinking about physical media, ended up ordering a bunch of Shudder originals on DVD & Blu-ray 😂
Apparently the Internet is a dangerous place for me late at night
But at least I'm getting some badass movies!

#Oops #INeedToGoToBed #PhysicalMedia #Shudder #Horror #HorrorMovies #RLJE
@horror

Well_Worth_A_Read, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie’s journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South. My review of The Reformatory by Tananarive Due is posted at https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-reformatory-by-tananarive-due.html
#TheReformatory #HistoricalFiction #Bookreview @bookstodon

kimlockhartga, 7 months ago to bookstodon

You know the drill, @bookstodon Whatcha reading this weekend? ❤📚👀

I finished WE ARE THE CRISIS, the excellent second installment of Cadwell Turnbull's Convergence Saga. NO GODS, NO MONSTERS was the first book.

I'm currently reading Ed Park's bizarro SAME BED DIFFERENT DREAMS.

Next up: THE FUTURE, by Naomi Alderman, author of THE POWER.

stina_marie, 7 months ago to horror

I'm up, it's Friday, and I get to go to the dentist later. Um... Yay?! 🙃

#meme #Friday #Coffee #horror #GoodMorning @horror
#MotherSuspiriasMorningMeme

Well_Worth_A_Read, 7 months ago to bookstodon

I've been wanting to read this for years and I'm so glad I finally did. If you like short horror stories with a Halloween theme this is for you. My brief review of This Is Halloween by James A Moore is posted at https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/10/this-is-halloween-by-james-moore.html
#thisishalloween #storycollection #halloweenhorror #horrorfam @horrorbooks @bookstodon

Well_Worth_A_Read, 8 months ago to horror

Have you seen Spell? I liked it a lot. It's streaming free in the Pluto app.
#horrormovies #free #Pluto #spell #lorettadevine @horror
A man crash lands in rural Appalachia and awakens in the attic of a traditional Hoodoo practitioner. He desperately tries to break free from her dark magic and save his family from a sinister ritual

Well_Worth_A_Read, 8 months ago to bookstodon

I can't let October go by without a pic of my favorite trilogy of all time. Have you read the Pine Deep Trilogy? If not you really need to. It's so good.
#ghostroadblues #deadmanssong #badmoonrising #JonathanMaberry #horrorallthetime #horrorfamily @bookstodon @horrorbooks @horror

Well_Worth_A_Read, 8 months ago to bookstodon

Ghoulish Books has started a new horror magazine called Ghoulish Tales and the first issue is available now. The debut issue of Ghoulish Tales features stories by Robert Nazar Arjoyan, Barbara Castro-Rojas, Clay McLeod Chapman, Chloe Harper Gold, Rae Knowles, Angela Liu, Nina Maar, and Betty Rocksteady. Also includes articles by Nicholas A. Battaglia and Lor Gislason. Review posted at https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/10/ghoulish-tales-issue-1-various-authors.html #ghoulishtales #horrorfam @horror @bookstodon

Well_Worth_A_Read, 8 months ago to horror

This is absolutely the weirdest movie I have ever seen. and believe me that is weird AF! This is neither a recommendation nor to warn you away. Just a statement of fact. This was so weird! Infinity Pool starring Alexander Skarsgård and Mia Goth is available on Hulu
#horrorfam #horrormovies #weirdmovies #huluween @horror

Well_Worth_A_Read, 8 months ago to bookstodon

Not since The Sentinel or Rosemary's Baby has an apartment building had such an unsavory past or housed such sinister tenants. My review of Nestlings by Nat Cassidy is posted at https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/10/nestlings-by-nat-cassidy.html
#nestlings #horrornovel #horrorfam #bookstodon @bookstodon @horror

Well_Worth_A_Read, 8 months ago to horror

When I first saw posts about this movie on social media I kind of ignored them and scrolled on by because I thought they were talking about some kind of Conan the Barbarian movie LMAO but no it is nothing to do with that and it was pretty good. If you haven't seen it yet it's on Hulu
#barbarian #horrormovies #horroronhulu @horror

Well_Worth_A_Read, 8 months ago to bookstodon

This story collection geared towards teens and tweens had such an original idea, instead of illustrations there is a short video to go with each story. My review of Too Scared to Sleep by Andrew Duplessie is posted at https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/10/too-scared-to-sleep-by-andrew-duplessie.html
#tooscaredtosleep #bookreview #readersofmastodon #bookstodon @bookstodon @horror

stina_marie, 8 months ago to horror

📽️🍿My #FridayNightMovie for tonight! Hours away, but I'm excited!

What's everyone else watching on the first Friday of Spooky Season/October?

#movie #horror #HorrorMovie #ScaryMovie #StephenKing #Friday #SpookySeason #TheBoogeyman @horror #HorrorFam

Well_Worth_A_Read, 8 months ago to horror

I watched this one last night. When I first saw the "appendage" it reminded me of that old low budget 80s movie Basket Case without the basket lol.
But this turned out better than that. It's worth a watch. #horrormovies #horroronhulu #Appendage @horror

stina_marie, 8 months ago to bookstodon

📚 #Bookmail, Part 1
A bunch of preorders & orders came in!

-OUT THERE SCREAMING: AN ANTHO OF NEW BLACK HORROR: intro by Jordan Peele, Ed by JJ Adams, feat Tananarive Due, P. Djèlí Clark, Tochi Onyebuchi + many more

-SCAREWAVES written (& illustrated, of course) by Trevor Henderson

-THE SECRET LIFE OF INSECTS by Bernardo Esquinca from #Valancourt Books

-THE SHADOWS AT THE DOOR ANTHO (HC: https://shadowsatthedoor.com/shop/ The PB is avail thru Amzn)

#horror #books @bookstodon @horrorbooks #reading

HARDCOVER BOOKS: THE SECRET LIFE OF INSECTS and the SHADOWS AT THE DOOR anthology

Well_Worth_A_Read, 8 months ago to bookstodon

This mockumentary style novella is based on an actual "extreme haunt attraction" My review of The Last Haunt by by Max Booth III is posted at https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-last-haunt-by-max-booth-iii.html #bookreview #thelasthaunt #MaxBoothIII #horrorfam @bookstodon

Well_Worth_A_Read, 9 months ago to bookstodon

It’s autumn in the town of Harrow, but something else is changing in the town besides the season. My review of Black River Orchard is posted at https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/09/black-river-orchard-by-chuck-wendig.html
#horrorbooks #BlackRiverOrchard #ChuckWendig #horrorfam @bookstodon

kimlockhartga, 9 months ago to bookstodon

@bookstodon My full review of BLACK RIVER ORCHARD, by Chuck Wendig. I've tried not to be too spoilery, but if you like to go into your horror having no idea what to expect, then probably don't read this review, or the jacket copy.

Buckle up, horror fans. This one is a crazy ride!

I've been a fan of Chuck Wendig's work for a while, especially 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 and 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅. In those novels, it was mostly the story that grabbed me. In Black River Orchard, it's both the story and the fantastic writing. The descriptions just pop with sharp definitive lines.

The book opens with two different prologues from two distinctly different times. Both introductions project a sinister mood, though the atmosphere and events in the second prologue are much more disturbing. In each we gather hints of what probably gives those black-red apples their unusual hue.

After Chapter One, I reflected to myself: 𝙄𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚? 𝙄𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨, 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙪𝙨 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜?

By Chapter Two, I realized that if the title is 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑶𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅, there must be a river. Oh God, don't let the river become sentient in my mind as well. Yet, it does appear that the river wants things. But, that's silly, right? We chalk it up to anthropomorphism, any excuse like that, when we start ascribing intent and desire to things that cannot think or feel (we hope). The only thing we can be sure of, as one corner of the map of this story unfolds, is that there's something each character isn't telling us.

Most of the characters are very intriguing. Even the ones you can't stand are okay, because you're supposed to find them exasperating. I thought I was going to grind down a molar for my distaste for Meg, controlling power lesbian, until her wife Emily finally stood up to her own fears, which led to standing up for herself occasionally, and I could finally relax my jaw. Plus, meeting Joanie and Graham made getting through Meg and her awful mother Noreeen totally worth it.

Along the way, if you were keeping count, the author does a jam-up job of tackling racism, sexism, classism, transphobia, homophobia, gun culture, weaponized prudishness, book bans, factory farms, online harassment, colonialism, conspicuous consumerism, and secret societies, all within just the first 20% of the book. Wendig also ensures than non-binary, trans, and gay characters aren't simply caricatures. You know you've achieved parity when you get to be a whole person.

This early mark is also the point at which the author subtly reminds the reader to keep track of who, so far, does not eat the special apples. After carefully recalling who does not eat the fruit, we turn our attention to who does, and what stranger things begin happening when they do.

About a third of the way in, Wendig provides another tantalizing clue to the mystery of why these apples are so different, and why they might be affecting people the way they do. I dig the way he lays down these cards carefully, one at a time.

By the way, if you don't care for asides in parentheses, you may be a little irritated with their ubiquity in this novel. Personally, I am a pro-parentheses person, much preferring the aside over footnotes or endnotes. It feels like a series of miniature wrapped gifts from the author to the reader, a little candy trail of clues.

At some point, the story begins to seem a little "Invasion of the Body Snatchery" but that's fine. Honestly, I expected to make that comparison. Frankly, the deeper I went into the story, the more I was hooked. Ironic? Possibly.

The reader may wonder if the author is making a point about cult-like organizations. I think that's abundantly clear. Belonging can make a person feel more powerful, and more important, while they are under the influence of the cult, but the influence turns out to be a kind of poison, both for the cult members and for their friends and family. The thing about cults is they change us, the structure of how we think, how we function, how we move in the world, and how we react to and make decisions, and these effects can easily affect those who are not even in the cult. Any interference may well be met with verbal abuse, and threats of outright violence. Through this story, we discover that revenge is not really sweet, though it is often cold.

In the story, there is a frightening reversal of the Eucharist, in the way in which evil has been voluntarily consumed, and which in turn, consumes the body and blood of its adherents in order to proliferate. Though it goes against their self-interest, even self-preservation, the cult members will sacrifice themselves for their dear leader, who only uses them for his wicked purposes.

Lest we place all the blame squarely on the slippery leader, we should remember that the followers tended to have an open vulnerability or even affinity to the kind of evil they embraced. It was not forced upon them; it settled where it found the right shape of spaces to fit into: gaps in empathy, understanding, and goodwill. This, my friends, is the heart of the story.

I want to thank NetGalley, Penguin Random House, and Del Rey Books for providing an early copy of this novel for review. #Horror #books #BooksWorthReading

stina_marie, 9 months ago to horror

It's Monday and a good day to let yourself be possessed.

#meme #Monday #demon #possession #horror @horror #MotherSuspiriasMorningMeme

Well_Worth_A_Read, 9 months ago to bookstodon

I finished Fiends last night. I've read tons of Richard Laymon but I never knew he wrote short stories. https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/09/fiends-by-richard-laymon.html
@bookstodon #horrorstories #RichardLaymon #fiends #horrorfam

kimlockhartga, 9 months ago to bookstodon

You've heard the saying "God laughs at your plans." Well, I had planned to go shopping on Saturday, at the biggest used book emporium I could find, but I got deathly ill late on Friday night and I'm just now crawling out of it.

So, today, we have chosen a vintage book shop owned by women (bonus points) and I hope they're ready for us. They have 80,000 used books and collectibles. "Jeeves, my shopping cart!" It's like letting us loose in a candy store.

I made a list of authors whose books I still do not own. I might have gotten carried away. 😁
@bookstodon #books #BookShop #UsedBooks

Well_Worth_A_Read, 9 months ago to bookstodon

Book spotlight- Autumn Nights volume 4: Nine Stories to Nibble at Your Nape. Proceeds from this volume go to The Trevor Project. #bookspotlight #autumnnights #horroranthology #thetrevorproject @bookstodon https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/09/book-spotlight-autumn-nights-volume-4.html

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stina_marie, 9 months ago to horror

Whom amongst my US friends is ready for the long weekend? It's almost heeeeeere...

(This meme is especially funny to me because I would NOT make plans- but if I HAD, I would definitely be hiding from them.)

#horror #Halloween #LaborDay #MichaelMyers
@horror #MotherSuspiriasMorningMeme