#RIPxx

@clairewords.bsky.social

4 months ago

Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave by Mariana Enriquez tr. Megan McDowell #RIPxx My Cemetery Journeys Argentinian author Mariana Enríqeuz is known for unconventional and sociopolitical stories of the macabre, amid contemporary Argentina. Her stories are populated by unruly teen…

Slow reading Cemetery Journeys of #MarianaEnriquez this mth was mesmerising.

Riveting essays, a memoir-like travel diary + history via 21 cemeteries on 4 continents, recalling the past & learning cultural inclinations.

Somebody Is Walking On Your Grave #RIPxx 🪦

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Linda Hill

@lindasbookbag.bsky.social

4 months ago

Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave by Mariana Enriquez tr. Megan McDowell #RIPxx My Cemetery Journeys Argentinian author Mariana Enríqeuz is known for unconventional and sociopolitical stories of the macabre, amid contemporary Argentina. Her stories are populated by unruly teen…

Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave by Mariana Enriquez tr. Megan McDowell #RIPxx clairemcalpine.com/2025/10/31/s... via @clairewords.bsky.social

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Laura Tisdall

@lauratisdall.bsky.social

4 months ago

RIP XX: Final Days Josh Malerman, Incidents Around The House. A very simple but enormously effective horror novel, Incidents Around The House uses its young narrator to truly recapture the terrors of childhood and th…

A few final spooky reads for the season! drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/r... #ripxx #booksky

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Chris Lovegrove 💙📚

@calmgrove.bsky.social

4 months ago

“Born to be an heroine”: #ReadingAusten2025 William Beckford’s Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, 1796 to 1813, demolished 1845. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, in Northanger Abbey & Persuasion, introduction by R Bromley Johnson. J M Dent…

A review of 'Northanger Abbey' by #JaneAusten after a second visit for #ReadingAusten2025 and #RIPxx. wp.me/sezD85-nabbey

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Eva

@noveldeelights.bsky.social

4 months ago

October Miscellany! #RIPXX All my extra reading this month was linked this year’s RIP Reading Challenge, with each book offering its own unique brand of unease, from surreal horror to gothic atmosphere, but all exploring obs…

“these three novels capture different shades of darkness—from the surreal and satirical to the cinematic and haunting”

October Miscellany! #RIPXX

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Annabookbel

@annabookbel.bsky.social

4 months ago

King Sorrow by Joe Hill Even when I knew it would be a doorstop brick of a novel, I gulped and said ‘yes’ when offered a proof of Hill’s sixth novel, having really enjoyed two previously; Heart-Shaped Bo…

On my blog today for #RIPXX, my review of King Sorrow by Joe Hill @headlinebooks.bsky.social. Thanks to @bookywookydooda.bsky.social for the ARC. annabookbel.net/king-sorrow-...

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Chris Lovegrove 💙📚

@calmgrove.bsky.social

4 months ago

Dreamed cities: #RIPxx ‘Another World’ by M C Escher (1947): Escher Foundation. ‘Celephaïs’ (1922) by H P Lovecraft, in The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories, edited by S T Joshi. Penguin Tw…

Dreamed cities: comparing and contrasting short stories by Angela Carter and HP Lovecraft, not such a strange pairing of authors. #RIPxx #Booksky wp.me/pezD85-MP

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Laura Tisdall

@lauratisdall.bsky.social

5 months ago

Five 60-Second Reviews, Some Of Which Are #RIPXX Work is very busy at the moment, so I decided to do some quick-fire reviews: Kate Folk, Sky Daddy. Yep, it’s the novel about the woman who is sexually attracted to planes! I was a big fan of …

Short thoughts on what I've been reading recently: drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/f... #ripxx #booksky

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Chris Lovegrove 💙📚

@calmgrove.bsky.social

5 months ago

Inconceivable sorrow: #RIPxx Muriel Spark. The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark. Penguin Archive, 2025 (1970). ‘Oh,’ she says, ‘the inconceivable sorrow of it, those chairs piled up at night when you&#8217…

'The Driver’s Seat', the disturbing 1970 novella by Muriel Spark, reviewed for #RIPxx. #Booksky wp.me/sezD85-lise

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Laura Tisdall

@lauratisdall.bsky.social

5 months ago

RIP XX: Short Reads I’m taking part in the Readers Imbibing Peril (RIP) challenge for the fifth time this year! This challenge runs from 1st September to 31st October, and involves reading books classified as mystery,…

Kicking off October with my first #ripxx post - two short, spooky reads, both publishing in the UK on the 9th drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/r... #booksky 😱

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Chris Lovegrove 💙📚

@calmgrove.bsky.social

5 months ago