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Gothic Reads – My February TBR
Gothic horror is the key to my heart, it’s my forever favourite genre. For February, I decided I wanted to do a deep dive into some of the gorgeous Gothic goodies I have sitting on my shelves (physical or digital). I want haunted houses, slow-burning dread, obsession and secrets that refuse to stay buried. This year, I really want to read for myself, things that make me happy and go beyond trends, so my plan is to deep dive into gothic literature. I’d love to go back and read the classics, find all the books that created the genre I love so much, but for today and this month, I…
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Summer Slashers: Gory Horror Reads for the Hottest Days of the Year
January in Australia is the perfect time for Slashers. The days are hot (it’s 37 degrees today, or 98.6 for my American friends), the drinks are cold, and everything feels like it’s coming apart at the seams, and that engery that off-kilter, unhinged vibe is exactly what I want from my first TBR of the year. Summer Slashers is my January TBR, its a collection of gory, fun unputdownable (I hope) horror reads packed with masked killers, summer camps, cabins in the woods, bad decision’s and some serious final girl energy and who doesn’t need some of that in their life. My hope is these books will feel like watching…
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Book Review – Victorian Psycho by Virgina Fieto
Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor house to be governess to Drusilla and Andrew. She’s determined to play the role perfectly, bedtime stories play games but being confined within Ensor House and subjected to the petty whims of the Pounds family Winifred finds herself struggling to stifle her violent compulsions. Patience, all she needs is patience Christmas is coming and such special gifts planned for the family, shockingly special gifts. This is one of the best things I read in 2025, the whole novel is just one thing after another and by the end of it you are slightly left feeling what the hell did I just read and ist’t that…
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