Itβs the best time of year: spooky season!! The stretch of the year from Halloween through Christmas is always my favorite, and, coincidentally, I also think itβs the perfect time of year to dig into a great Scandinavian crime novel. While we may gravitate towards the chilling, snowy atmosphere of Scandinavian crime fiction during the winter months, the genre also has a lot to offer when it comes to sinister, supernatural-ish books that make for great Halloween reading! In todayβs blog post, I wanted to combine two of my favorite thingsβNordic Noir and Halloweenβinto one reading list perfect for spooky season. All the books featured in todayβs blog post have an element of supernatural-ish chills to them, whether hints of ghosts and hauntings or elements of the occult and more. If youβre a fan of dark, brooding, slow-burning crime fiction and are looking for a book that ups the chill factor for your Halloween reading list, these books will be right up your alley. Read on for my picks for Nordic thrillers perfect for your spooky season to-read pile!
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7 Spooky Books to Binge-Read Before Halloween
Halloween is nearly hereβ¦ and if youβre in the market for a chilling read to help set the mood for your Hallo-week, todayβs post is for you! Weβve got two days to go until the 31st, so youβll want something quick - and scary - to get you in the Halloween spirit fast. In this post, youβll find a few of my personal favorite spine-tingling, binge-worthy scary stories that you can devour in a couple sittings. From straight-up horror fiction to psychological thrillers with an edge and more, thereβs a little something for everyone in this postβand you can always find even more creepy books by perusing my Quick Reviews page. Happy reading, and happy (almost) Halloween!
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Itβs the most wonderful time of the yearβ¦ October! October also brings with it the perfect opportunity to inject your reading list with some seriously chilling crime novels in preparation for Halloween. If youβre in the market for some βSpooktoberβ reading recommendations, youβve come to the right place. Todayβs blog post will highlight a number of my favorite thrilling, chilling Halloween reads. Some are standard crime novels, some are crime novels with a supernatural twist, and some are true horrorβno matter your bookish preferences, youβll find a Halloween read to add to your TBR here. Match yourself to the category that most describes you, and find your perfect Halloween read! Plus, as an added bonus for my readers whoβve asked for TV and movie recommendationsβbelow each book recommendation listed in this post, you will also find a quick little blurb for a TV show or film that is likely to appeal to you, too!
Read MoreBook Review: I REMEMBER YOU by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Yrsa Sigurdardottir is a just-plain-incredible talent. Sigurdardottir is known as Icelandβs Queen of Crime, and every single book of hers that I read reinforces just how well-deserved this title really is. A hallmark of Yrsaβs crime writing is her ability to blend strong mystery writing with truly dark, almost horror-inspired plotlinesβand in I REMEMBER YOU, she puts her dark imagination on full display. I REMEMBER YOU is, in fact, better described as a ghost story than a crime novel, though at its heart it certainly has a compelling mystery for readers to unravel. In this hair-raising story of suspense, a group of friends set out to a remote Icelandic village in order to renovate a house they have recently purchased. But as they settle in and begin their work, it becomes clear that something on the island doesnβt want them to stay... I REMEMBER YOU is slow-burning, immersive, utterly chilling suspenseβI was glued to this book from the first page to the last. You know that feeling when youβre loving a book so much, you just want to savor every single page? That was me with I REMEMBER YOU.
Read MoreJune 2018 Wrap-Up
June was arguably my personal favorite month in reading so far this yearβI read a number of highly-anticipated summer releases and also made time for an older novel Iβve been hoping to read for quite a while now! Not only did I find myself reading at a good pace this month, but (even more importantly) I loved the majority of the books I read. To me, that really is the best mark of a great reading month: not how many books you read, but how much you enjoyed the books you did read. All in all, June was a distinct successβand Iβm looking forward to seeing what July has in store for me next. But first, a wrap-up of my June reads!
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