Tali Reads

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'How are we going to keep ourselves awake?' I asked. 'For the midnight feast?'

Isadora Moon has a sleepover by Harriet Muncaster

Books I read in 2021 12/100

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13 Days of Horror Day 3

Things we lost in the fire by Mariana Enriquez review at talireads.com.

“Court employees whispered that she was “well-preserved” for her age. She detested those murmurings; she wasn’t flattered, they offended her. She didn’t want to be beautiful, she wanted to be strong and razor-sharp.”

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Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen in the discworld. Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant 'idiot'.

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Books I read in 2021 7/100

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Love cannot be won or lost; a relationship doesn't have a scoring system. We are partners, paired against the world. We cannot succeed if we are at odds with each other.

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Books I read in 2021 3/100

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13 Days of Horror - 4 Stars

See the full review for My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite here.

“That’s how it has always been. Ayoola would break a glass, and I would receive the blame for giving her the drink. Ayoola would fail a class, and I would be blamed for not coaching her. Ayoola would take an apple and leave the store without paying for it, and I would be blamed for letting her get hungry.”

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Phil swollowed. 'It was sitting up. Staring at me.

The Ritual by Adam Nevill

Books I read in 2021 4/100

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Day 13 of 13 Days of Horror

This World is full of Monsters by Jeff Vandermeer review here.

“As I slept, the story gnawed its way into my belly and then the story crawled up through my body into my head.”

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That's the worst thing, isn't it? .... Thing's that act alive but aren't

Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Silver Eyes by Scott Cawthorn and Kira Breed-Wrisley

Books I read in 2021 1/100

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Five Nights at Freddy’s mood board

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Of course I'm sane, when trees start talking to me, I don't talk back.

The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett

Books I read in 2021 8/100

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13 Days of Horror

Final Girls by Riley Sager, see the full review at talireads.com.

“That’s not your choice. It’s already been decided for you. You can’t change what’s happened. The only thing you can control is how you deal with it.”

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Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix

13 days of horror book review at talireads.com

“There are enough people running around in here. It’s starting to feel like an episode of  Scooby-Doo.”

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Horror Classic, The Tell-Tale Heart

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“And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?”

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13 Days of Horror - Graphic Novel review

Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez

“Nothing can hurt you when you’re dead. Nothing bad happens to you.”

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13 Days of Horror, Day 10

The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones

“Final girls have names that go both ways, AC/DC, and maybe that’s a social shield or something, keeps them virgins longer than the rest of us. Ripley, Blake, Mandy.”

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13 Days of Horror, Graphic Novel Review

Victor LaValle’s Destroyer, a Frankenstein retelling. 

“The monster has returned. That’s why we’re here.”