I am one of those boringly predictable people who love to read holiday books in the summer, Christmas books in the winter and spooky books leading up to Halloween. There was one time when I made a habit of re-reading Bram Stoker's Dracula in the last few days of October, but I'm hoping I'm past that now. When you get to the point where you can quote large chunks of text from a book, its probably time to move on!
But I've had a rummage through my Kindle and found lots of long-forgotten gems - old favourites as well as books I'd downloaded and then forgotten about - and I'm planning on working my way through they over the coming weeks. They will not necessarily be straight-forward tales of horror; some might only have the slightest hint that not all is as it appears, some won't be frightening at all! But gather around the fireside my friends, for something wicked this way comes ...
Book Reviews
The Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore
Melody Bittersweet and the Girls' Ghostbusting Agency by Kitty French
The Travelling Bag and Other Ghostly Stories by Susan Hill
Related Posts:The Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore
Melody Bittersweet and the Girls' Ghostbusting Agency by Kitty French
The Travelling Bag and Other Ghostly Stories by Susan Hill
10 Books Which Chilled Me (on my personal blog)
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