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Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

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alternatively, 'be mean to me', etc.

as someone whose media diet is 99.9% horror it takes a lot to make me cringe or flinch or even say 'ew'. this book chilled me to the bone and left haunting images in my mind. enjoyed it a lot. i understand the rumfitt hype now. also nicky my BELOVED. one of THE best narrators i've had the pleasure of listening to.

medium: audiobook (narr. Nicky Endres)
The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons

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this is a re-read. coming back to this from my first read (where i assumed it was like, a 2000s airport paperback) with more context and appreciation for Siddons herself made this very enjoyable. very re-read worthy. and massive props to the narrator who put her entiiire pussy into this

medium: audiobook (narr. Barbara Rosenblat)
Serious Weakness by Porpentine Charity Heartscape

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HOW did i forget i read this this year. serious weakness forever <3

medium: ebook
A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin

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very very mediocre, not boring but it just couldn't didn't lean into any of its elements hard enough to be scary or funny or anything

medium: audiobook (narr. george newbern)
Usher's Passing by Robert R. McCammon

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fun to read, a pageturner, really forgettable. would love this in paperback.

medium: ebook
Books of Blood: Volume One by Clive Barker

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what an introduction to barker (though i've watched hellraiser). absolutely not for everyone, but personally found it fucking satisfying. 

clive barker stories are so wet and horny and gross (highly complimentary)

these are three adjectives i can get behind

medium: audiobook (narr. Jim Zeiger)
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

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this book took me almost a month to read because it was so much more heavier than i expected going in. i hesitate to re-read or even recommend it because it gets brutal and graphic especially towards the end. certainly an experience.

medium: audiobook (narr. Wanda McCaddon--a moving obit of her https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/articles/remembering-narrator-wanda-mccaddon/)
The Round House by Louise Erdrich

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read for Warrior's class, admittedly skimmed; need to re-read to really immerse myself into the world and process

medium: ebook
Home by Toni Morrison

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*definitely* to re-read and revisit soon. 

medium: ebook