Spooky Summer Horror Book Haul 🥀💀
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2022
- Because I have no patience to wait for Halloween
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🕸 BOOKS MENTIONED✨
Exquisite Corpse
Remina
Shiver
Smashed
Comemadre
It
The Rim of Morning
The Things We Lost in the Fire
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
The Monk
Ghost Stories
The Only Good Indians
A Head Full of Ghosts
The King in Yellow
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M R James was a master of ghost stories. None of his tales have "explainable" ghosts - they are really there and they are usually malevolent. "Oh whistle and I'll come to you, my lad" is an absolute classic of the genre.
Stephen Graham Jones and Paul Tremblay are both brilliant.
I love Poppy Z. Brites writing style. Check out Swamp Foetus too. King in Yellow is a classic too
What a title for a book 😂
Her deadpan way of saying "yo ho ho" gets me every time. Anyways, keep up the good work.
I love when you upload! Your reading suggestions are always spot on! I will be reading A Head Full of Ghosts and IT this summer break.
Thank you! Best of luck with both the books, hope you enjoy them! 💜
M R James's ghost stories may have been written 100-odd years ago, but the majority of them leave a dark, cold impression on you long after the book is closed 👻😈 "Oh Whistle and I'll Come To You" takes most of the glory, but my favourite is "Lost Hearts" 🧟♂️🧟♀️
Lavender Town from Pokémon just chilling in the background
The king in yellow is excellent, wonderfully surreal at times. M R James is the master of short ghost stories.
I love Enriquez! I wish I'd held out for the cover re-design of Things We Lost in the Fire though because it is gorgeous and matching 😭
My editions don't actually match 😭 For some reason The Dangers of Smoking in Bed is 2cm taller than Things Lost in the Fire. But still very pretty, interesting covers!
I love you. where have you been until now?
Yes!! I’m loving this!!
The first story of The King in Yellow, The Repairer of Reputations, is a masterpiece. The absolute epitome of an unreliable narrator.
I can't wait to hear what you think of A Head Full Of Ghosts!! It's one of my favourite books and I loved it so much!
I loved it too, it wasn't exactly what I was expecting but I felt like it's a book made for horror fans.
Love your book suggestions and summaries!
Several books I’m going to check out thanks for the recommendations
I really enjoy the book hauls and there can never be enough horror recommendations
Brilliant, thank you so much for your feedback! Really appreciate it 😊
The Monk has been on my radar for ages!
Definitely worth the read, even just to have it as a reference point
not the rim of morning!! what!! I came across that one somewhere on goodreads I think and have been looking around ever since for it but haven't seen it anywhere nor heard anyone talk about it! So exciting so see it here!
Oh my god you're reading it!! It's like one of my all-time favourites, and definitely my favourite Stephen King. It's just so creepy from page 1. After the very first bit, the first 200 pages are a bit slow, but still quite easy to read, and after that it really pays off!
That's mad because I genuinely thought no one would have heard of The Rim of Morning either! Thanks for letting me know about It, I love knowing the pacing before getting into a book because I can kind of strategise my reading 😂
I looove your outfit and look in this video! So fitting for the theme. 🥰
I'm still in full blown emo mode after MCR 😂
Yay! You're back! The Dangers of Smoking in Bed was amazing, and I think it will suit your taste too! The other one is on my TBR now too.
That's so good to know because I haven't heard that much about it. Hope you enjoy the second one just as much!
Nice video! Quite a few that are in my collection too, so, yeah: recommended reading!
Ah that's good to know, thank you! 😊
Your reviews are amazing, reading takes away all the the bad shit you are feeling and opens your mind, I thank you , keep reading x
Thank you, you're absolutely right about it opening your mind
Stay cool my friend x
A good haul! I hope you like the MR James. Not your typical ghost stories, much more weird. Had a similar take on Remina. A lot of the ideas are great and stick with you, but some of it doesn't work, as you say the ending in particular. Shiver and Smashed have some so-so stories but also some really good ones. Have fun!
Thanks for the heads up on M. R. James, I'm all for weird so the more unusual the stories the better
I absolutely loved A Head Full of Ghosts, Shiver, and Smashed! I really need to pick up Exquisite Corpse and Things We Lost in the Fire! Awesome haul, I love hearing you talk about books that I’ve never heard of! 🥰🖤
I'm still reading A Head Full of Ghosts but I finished Shiver and Smashed and really enjoyed them both too! Thanks so much love! 🖤
I get all excited whenever you post girl!! 😭😭 Your recommendations are always so unique and interesting. I've literally discovered so many awesome books because of your channel, so thank you!!! Also your makeup here is stunning, love it 💖💖
I really appreciate your comment, it's made my day! Thank you so much 💜✨
I read "A Head Full of Ghosts" twice and understood more of the story on the second read. Really enjoyed it and recommend it.
Oh that It book cover is nice 👀😭
Loving the vibes of this video. Great books. At this point I'll be reading my tbr books until I'm 85.
Ah thanks! Yeah I'm basically in the same situation tbr wise 😂
So much books I haven't heard of, thanks for the list! Definitely going to pick some of them, especially Sloane.
IT reads surpisingly well even after the movies and spoilers, it's just a nice combination of summer, small american town and nostalgia for childhood. Guess it's one of those situations where the journey itself matters more than the destination.
And man, I really hope to pick up this edition of Remina at some point. Sure, the plot is wonky and the ending is eh, but the artwork is worth it 100%!
It's definitely the perfect time to start reading It then, we're in full blown Summer mode in Ireland now. Remina has some of my favourite artwork from Ito so far, well worth it for that aspect for sure!
Girl you need to read A head full of ghosts! I kinda had a reading slump after lol I did the audio version and it was great
I just started reading it and so far so good!
I love your voice. Its a very buttery, relaxing voice, I could fall the fuck asleep to it every night lol
Ah thank you 😅
@@RGsDevilship you should do voice work, you'd be a damn good narrator. 😁
Wow...
I know, right?
Shiver is great for Hanging Blimp and The Long Dream but, personally, my favorite Junji collection is Venus In The Blind Spot. It has The Human Chair, Billions Alone, Venus In The Blind Spot, The Licking Woman and The Enigma of Amigara Fault. All fantastic.
The Long Dream was fantastic! I wasn't planning on getting Venus, just because some of the short stories are starting to get repeated, The Enigma of Amigara Fault was included in Gyo. But that said I'll probably end up getting it at some point
I have been lacking in the reading department, I have been distracted by Breath of the wild. But I recently picked up a Head full of Ghosts in a charity shop, so hopefully I will pick up soon. I also got Tender is the Flesh & Little eyes and Goth by Otsuichi, which all sound so interesting! So hopefully July will be a better reading month for me. Also you looks stunning and I love the little set up you have in the back 🖤
Well that's a good enough reason for not reading, I started playing it a little while ago too but need to get back to it. Hope you enjoy your books, especially Tender is the Flesh, that was one of my favourites of last year. And thank you so much! 💜😊
I missed u! 🖤🥺
Only one I’ve read of those is A headfull of ghosts which is pretty good but I’d say avoid Cabin in the woods as it’s very poor, it’s crap actually IMO but his Growing Pains anthology is pretty good too 😎
I have The Monk, but I'm yet to read it. I can, however recommend a relevant song: Epysode - Venom. 😉
Oh, that William Sloane double is GOOD. They're more like each other than it perhaps sounds on the surface, but well worth reading. I was really disappointed after finishing them that these were his only novels (there's a handful of stories but I don't know if they're collected anywhere).
The Monk is kind of nuts. So pleased you got a copy after all these years.
IT is one of the few Stephen King books I've read, and that was a VERY long time ago (some time in the late 80s or 1990, I don't know exactly). I don't really remember much about it except the length.
I've always been meh about King in Yellow. I do think "Repairer of Reputations" is a great story and the other KIY-related tales are good, but I never had any use for the unrelated ones.
Haven't read Only Good Indians but have seen it recommended. I picked it up cos the ebook was going cheap on Amazon. Have been meaning to read some of Tremblay's stuff, too, just not sure what to start with. I also share your pet peeve about books that reference really modern things like Facebook. I know it's just the same as if a book written in the 50s referenced the characters watching TV, and that doesn't bother me when I come across it, but for some reason it irritates me reading about things like Twitter...
I've read M.R. James' first volume of stories and I like individual stories, but I find reading too many of them in one go (even considering how short his collections are) makes for kind of monotonous going.
I think the pet peeve thing for me is that it kind of comes off as breaking the 4th wall, even though I know that's not what it is. I don't know, it always just comes off a a bit cringy to me when websites or apps are referenced. I'm glad I'm not alone there anyway!
So weird how you mentioned Stephen Graham Jones as I was just reading the blurb of one of his other books
Junji Ito's Greased was so gross oh gosh. I read Shiver a few months ago ^^
Greased was a story I could smell while reading it, seriously so gross
@@RGsDevilship Ewwww I love that xD
So glad to see you again!! Definitely going to check out Comemadre and I’ve been meaning to read The Monk ever since you mentioned it in an old video. I was wondering if you ever got round to reading a Confederacy of Dunces and what you thought of it??? I love it but never really see people talk about it and I’d be so interested to hear your opinion :)
I still haven't gotten to read Confederacy of Dunces yet, but will be doing it in the next month or two because I want to include it in a specific video 😅
Eres Hermosa 🥺🌹❤️
I tried to read it. Or well listen to it. It flipped back and fourth from present to past time and I couldn’t keep up ):
Yeah I guess that aspect can be jarring and off-putting
The MR James collection consists of carefully crafted non-allegorical horror stories - which apparently were written for narrative purposes so that he could tell the stories to his relatives & friends - that would probably explain their quick pace & lack of descriptive detail - but there's an immediacy to his work which seems real at times..
Generally I like more descriptive horror writers like Machen, LeFanu, & Blackwood, because I like savoring their atmosphere - but MR James was unique - nobody wrote like him.
Shiver by Junji Ito, so disgusting but I love it 😁💕
It's such a good collection of stories
Junji Ito's strong points are short stories. tho I did enjoy Remina, the short stories stand out more and are more memorable. idk if that's the name not if it's in any of the collections you showed, but I read Layers of Fear (I think that's the name of the story, but correct me if I'm wrong) that my best friend boyfriend recommended and I was left speechless by the end. the whole story is weird, but the ending... I still think about it sometimes....
ah, yes, a question before I leave: have ever read The Terror by Dan Simmons? if yes, did you like it?
great video as always! goodbye 😊
Layers of Fear isn't in any of the Ito collections I have read so far but I'll track down where I can read it based on your recommendation. I have read The Terror and I absolutely loved it, probably one of my favourite horror reads in recent years. I'm actually watching the TV series now at the moment 😅
I clicked on this so fast lol.
Hey. Am Reading IT right now in a readalong for summer with Carol Marie Reads and Brews & Binds -- chatting in Discord and Instagram. They've broken it up into manageable chunks for the whole of summer but you don't feel it's so long when reading (Kindle helps to forget too). Perhaps you could join in! We're just coming up to the second interlude now, so there's time to catch up.
I did a Gothic course and never got around to The Monk, though it was set, but I need to. I did, however, read a pretty amazing Italian set one with a dark female 'villain'-- Zofloya by Charlotte Dacre. 1806 -- so a pretty twisted female character written close to when Austen was writing hah. It really sort of messes with the Gothic genre even at that stage. It’s been compared to The Monk for more than coincidence, as a female reaction even. I don't know but I know I love this one.
Zofloya has been on my to read list for years! I'll make a point to pick it up soon, it's been so long I forgot about it. Thank you for reminding me!
13:21 I'm the same way! I don't like it when books or even shows mention modern websites or modern politics or stuff like uber.
I've been following you for years now and I can't quite recall if you have read any of Mariana Enriquez's books, but her newest one is getting an English translation and I SO WISH you can give it a try. She's amazing! Here's my shout out to South American contemporary horror 🎉🎉
I posted this before the ending of this video. and Oh my! you're in for a ride!! I really hope you like her style, and if you can read Spanish by any chance, oh boy do it! I'm excited for you!
I've read Things We Lost in the Fire since this and absolutely loved it! It was a really strong story collection and I'm going to jump into Smoking in Bed soon!
@@RGsDevilship oh yayyyyy looking forward to hearing your thoughts 🥰
Hello
Hi there, new subscriber here. Was just wondering if you have ever read THE BOOK OF MIRDAD: The strange story of a monastery which was once called the Ark by Mikhail Naimy ????
Those two William Sloane stories were decent, but I remember being unhappy with the publisher's blurb on the back cover, which described the entire plots, thereby taking all the wonder out of reading the thing!
Hopefully your copy doesn't have that - otherwise it's best to read those stories without any pre-existing knowledge of their plots...
The blurbs on the back seemed vague enough on my copy, but now I don't want to check just in case 😅
How far are you into IT?
I'll be starting It in early August
@@RGsDevilship Awesome can't wait for the review
I was disappointed by "The Rim of the Morning". NYRB publishes a lot of quirky over-looked books, that seems to be their mission. The first of the two stories included is OK but no great shakes. The second one is awful! I think one of the reasons this book was published was that the author presided over a fairly prestigious annual creative writing conference at swanky Middlebury college in Vermont for many years. These two stories show his own writing to be polished but uninspired. Another NYRB sci-fi book was stories by Anna Kavan which was also underwhelming. Another NYRB, "The Long Ships" was a Viking novel with no fighting, just a lot of domestic issues! Jakob van Gunten is a nice little book too but it is not horror. I guess I am saying you should be a little leery of NYRB books.