Frank Skornia Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Skeleton Crew: Stories
Stephen King
Keeping with the Spooky Reads, I'm also listening to 'Fairy Tale' by Stephen King on audio. King has gone back to the well of stories that he excels at with this one. I keep trying to figure out if there are any Black Tower Easter eggs. Bowditch's pistol may be one! #FridayReads
Paperback, 2016
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Monster: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 3
Naoki Urasawa
@MidniteLibrary It sounds totally plausible. When I was a big anime fan, I had a person rule to not watch anything that ran longer than 26 episodes, because it just seemed like too much work. The exception was the first 2 arcs of Kenshin and the Monster series based on Naoki Urasawa's manga
Paperback, 2015
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The Remaking
Clay McLeod Chapman
For #FridayReads this week, I just started 'Ghost Eaters' by Clay McLeod Chapman as probably my final spooky read for 2022. I really enjoyed the metanarrative nature of 'The Remaking', so I'm excited to see what's in store here.
Hardcover, 2019
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Ghost Eaters
Clay McLeod Chapman
For #FridayReads this week, I just started 'Ghost Eaters' by Clay McLeod Chapman as probably my final spooky read for 2022. I really enjoyed the metanarrative nature of 'The Remaking', so I'm excited to see what's in store here.
Paperback, 2023
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Devil Takes You Home
Gabino Iglesias
Fourth book for #LibFaves22 (alphabetical by author) is THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME by Gabino Iglesias Horror-noir at its finest. A rollercoaster of a book that shows us the darkness of the world around us.
Paperback, 2023
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To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
For the first #FridayReads of the year, I'm reading, 'To the Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf. It's for our staff book discussion next week, but I've always been a big Woolf fan and haven't read this yet. Really enjoying the deep introspection into little moments.
Paperback, 1989
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The Grey King
Susan Cooper
@MissSusie66 I aged out of children's reading really early, so any examples I have for stuff like this is usually very old stuff. I also really identified with Will Stanton in 'The Grey King' by Susan Cooper (another Will, I wonder if means anything?)
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The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
Ooh. Adding this to my Spooky Reads plan this year. Maybe I should also reread 'The Haunting of Hill House' too. I remember adoring that book when I read it long ago. Haunted houses are my real horror jam. https://t.co/DWp71pqB37
Paperback, 2006
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Siren Queen
Nghi Vo
@Joe_Jones Nghi Vo has been BUSY! The Chosen and the Beautiful, The Siren Queen, and now another one? *Adds it to his TBR list*
Paperback, 2023
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Ithaca
Claire North
@eileen53 The Margaret Atwood book? If you liked it, I highly recommend 'Ithaca' by Claire North. It's the story of Penelope on Ithaca while Odysseus is away narrated by Hera.
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book