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Reading Rainbow
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items Unlocking the inner bookworm in all of you. Here are some of my favorite stories to get lost in.
Sections
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Delightfully Dark
Classic Corner
Weird Books For Weird Girls
Hidden Gems
Getting Culty With It
Delightfully Dark
The medieval horror novel of my nightmare. It follows the journey of a disgraced knight, a drunken monk and a mystical little girl through plague torn France. In the pursuit of the redemption of the world they encounter redemption within themselves.
Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman | eBook
Another addition to my Medieval Horror addiction. Within the confines of a castle the peasants and royalty are on the verge of starving. What will this desperation lead them to believe when some unworldly entities arrive at their gates promising salv...
The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
Steven Graham Jones has officially been the only successful author to make me scared to sleep. When a band of boys embark on a hunting trip gone wrong, they find more than elk that follows them out of the woods.
The Only Good Indians: A Novel - Books
After a world ending disaster dozens of women within the confines a convent partakes in ritualist behavior to keep the evils of the outside world at bay. Written in the diary of one woman questioning the true nature of her home, this novel explores t...
The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica
Before there was Dracula there was Carmilla. Lose yourself in a sapphic nightmare that inspired the vampire fandom to follow. One girl is haunted by another girl while she sleeps. But what will be revealed when the ghoul becomes a houseguest?
Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu: 9798567847039
Classic Corner
My absolute favorite novel. Follow the retelling of the Book of Genesis through the lenses of farming families in the sun belt of California. This is truly the magnum opus tale of morality and free will that absolutely re-wired the way I view the wor...
East of Eden (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
The book that is the inspiration for so much art and culture. The dark classic that sucks you in and seduces you as much as the Count attracts his victims. Seee who escapes and succumbs to the forces of evil.
Dracula: 9781503261389: Stoker, Bram: Books
A tale of love, no. A tale of the two worst people you have ever known that are in love and make it everyone else's problem, yes. Extra points because the story is told in the form of a complete gossip session. A messy tale of desperation and obsessi...
Wuthering Heights (Wordsworth Classics)
Three women navigate life in New York City. On three separate paths, the women endure the challenges of what it is like to be a woman in a man's world. But will the pressure be too much and will their reliance on pill, “dolls” be their undoing or sav...
Valley of the Dolls 50th Anniversary
Weird Books For Weird Girls
A shimmer appears and once you go in you never come out. An alien invasion envisioned in a way my brain could barely comprehend that will have you questioning who is the real or who is outsider.
Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy Set
A couple arrives in a small town and catches the attention of the local baker's wife. A tale of one woman's obsession with people who she convinces herself she can trust. A sapphic daydream with a twisted ending that feels more like a nightmare.
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
Mona Awad is notoriously known for her “weird girl” novels. But as a huge fan of cult classic Death Becomes Her this is her novel that stole my attention. A young woman mourning the loss of her mother embarks on a mysterious journey to a spa that her...
Rouge by Mona Awad
Are you ready for the acid trip of a lifetime? Follow the lives of eccentric women fighting to live life on their own terms. Tom Robbins takes you on a wild ride the only way he knows how.
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues: A Novel - Books
Hidden Gems
Four siblings visit a fortune teller seeking to reveal the time of their deaths. This fable follows each sibling as they live their life to the fullest, or in fear, of their eminent dooms. A gripping tale that will have you way too emotionally invest...
The Immortalists: Benjamin, Chloe
"Incompetent Men & Women Who Slay": my bid to re-name this novel. My first ever read novel by Crichton that made me absolutely fall in love with his writing. This book will keep you hooked until the end with action, gore, and suspense. I finished it in a single day
Jurassic Park: A Novel by Michael Crichton
My first ever attempt at reading a western and it was the best decision I have made. Following the journey of a cattle company on their journey from Texas to Montana, this novel will have you invested in the intimate lives and futures of the resident...
Lonesome Dove: A Novel by Larry McMurtry
Getting Culty With It
Do you love a heavy dose of 60s nostalgia? Do you want to question if the government is telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Well, then this is the book for you. An independent investigation that breaks away the layers of the Manson mur...
Chaos: Charles Manson, CIA & Sixties History
Before the Secret Live of Mormon Wives there was this book; and so, began my obsession with learning about the Mormon religion. A deep dive into the history of the Mormon faith and the dark underbelly that prompted two prominent Mormon faith brothers...
Under the Banner of Heaven: Violent Faith
A break from real stories into a dark fairy tale; this novel came as a charming time filler in-between my obsession with non-fiction. It follows the journey of a young girl that goes missing into the woods near a known secret community and the investigator that follows after her. Open your mind to the just how influential a leader can be and the un-worldly consequences that follow.
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw