Hi! Welcome to Bookie Brunch: Trick or Treat! The first blog hop was a Bookie Brunch special event for Halloween, and it was a lot of fun, so we're just continuing the tradition.
On each blog stop from now through Halloween, a blogger or vlogger will have a handpicked Halloween treat to share with you - it might be a video clip, or a feature about great spooky films, a playlist of great, creepy songs, a recipe for treats, or a gallery of witches.
It might be anything! But it's sure to be something fun, so feel free to drop by each day from October 23-31, to pick up some cute treats to put you in the Halloween mood. All the treats will be added into the linky at the end of this post, so feel free to browse.
My treat for you is: A choice (ebook, paperback) of one my spooky reads this year!
I picked this treat for anyone wanting to try a spooky read Tina style..fill out the Rafflecopter at the end of this post for your chance to win.
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So your looking for a great spooky read to match a rainy day or a dark cold night? Well here is the list for you. I tend to love the more physiological thrillers, imagination type of creep fest rather than a full out slash and dice type of horror. While these books have chill appeal they are certainly safe for my reader friends who prefer less gore and less fright.
Mackie Doyle is not one of us. Though he lives in the small town of Gentry, he comes from a world of tunnels and black murky water, a world of living dead girls ruled by a little tattooed princess. He is a Replacement, left in the crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. Now, because of fatal allergies to iron, blood, and consecrated ground, Mackie is fighting to survive in the human world. Mackie would give anything to live among us, to practice on his bass or spend time with his crush, Tate. But when Tate's baby sister goes missing, Mackie is drawn irrevocably into the underworld of Gentry, known as Mayhem. He must face the dark creatures of the Slag Heaps and find his rightful place, in our world, or theirs.
Still Waters by Emma Carlson Berne
Hannah can't wait to sneak off for a romantic weekend with her boyfriend, Colin. He's leaving for college soon, and Hannah wants their trip to the lake house to be one they'll never forget. But once Hannah and Colin get there, things start to seem a bit...off. They can't find the town on any map. The house they are staying in looks as if someone's been living there, even though it's been deserted for years. And Colin doesn't seem quite himself. As he grows more unstable, Hannah worries about Colin's dark side, and her own safety. Nothing is as perfect as it seems, and what lies beneath may haunt her forever.
Blue Aspen by Tenaya Jayne
When seventeen-year-old Dulcee Elders' mother embarks on a road trip from their home in California, Dulcee knows something odd is about to happen. Her suspicions are confirmed when they arrive at Uncle Jack's house outside of Durango, Colorado. Without another word, Dulcee's mother is gone, and Dulcee faces life with her reclusive and wealthy uncle in a looming rural mansion. Dulcee has suffered from insomnia ever since her father died more than ten years ago. But once at home at Uncle Jack's, inexplicably Dulcee now can sleep; sleep brings not only strange and intricate dreams, but a dream lover. For now, Vincent Sands is only the silhouette of a man, but when Uncle Jack leaves town for business, Dulcee's dream world and reality collide. Once she is alone, the silhouette is no longer content to remain only in her dreams.When Dulcee is asleep, Vincent can give her anything she wants, even the ability to talk to her dead father. Inevitably, Vincent must leave when Uncle Jack returns. Dulcee experiences the high price of loving Vincent-an addiction rivaling that of any hard-core drug. Desperate to bridge the gap between them, Dulcee faces a crucial decision that carries irreversible consequences.
Nightmare by Robin Parrish
Ghost Town is the hottest amusement park in the country, offering state-of-the-art chills and thrills involving the paranormal. The park's main ride is a haunted mansion that promises an encounter with a real ghost. When Maia Peters visits during her senior year of college, she's not expecting to be impressed. Maia grew up as the only child of a pair of world-renowned "ghost hunters," so the paranormal is nothing new. In fact, the ride feels pretty boring until the very end. There, a face appears from the mist. The face of Jordin Cole, a girl who disappeared from campus a year ago. Convinced what she saw wasn't a hoax and desperate to find answers to Jordin's disappearance, Maia launches into a quest for answers. Joined by Jordin's boyfriend--a pastor's kid with very different ideas about the spirit realm--Maia finds herself in a struggle against forces she never expected to confront.
Here are the other nice folks joining you to come up with fun treats.
Oct. 23
Reviews from my First Reads Shelf (Aimee)
Twitter: @AimeeLaValle
- Topic TBA
Assortments (Manisha)
Twitter: @Chumbwa
- Gallery (topic TBA)
Oct. 25
Splash of our Worlds (Yiota)
Twitter: @SplashOOWorlds
Topic TBA
Unconventional Librarian (Pam)
Twitter: @Pamlovesbooks
Topic TBA
Oct. 26
Snowdrop Dreams of Books (Chrystal)
Twitter: @SnowdropDreams
- Video, campfire story
- Books that spark her Halloween spirit
- Including a giveaway
Story Wings (Amanda)
Twitter: @StoryWings
- Love spell
- Including a giveaway
vvb32reads (Velvet)
Twitter: @vvb32reads
- Topic TBA
Oct. 27
Maat's Feather of Truth (Sami)
Twitter: @SamanthaYoung6
Topic TBA
Oct. 28
Elbit Blog (Meri)
Twitter: @MeriGreenleaf
Topic TBA
Beyond Strange New Words (Pepca)
Twitter: @StrangeNewWords
- Halloween shows (TV) and related books
Oct. 29
Songs and Stories (Natalie)
Twitter: @LiederMadchen
Topic TBA
Oct. 30
The Fluidity of Time (Jo)
Twitter: N/A
- Topic TBA
Random Magic Tour (RMT)
Twitter: @RandomMagicTour
- Topic TBA (most likely audio book, ghosts, or creature feature)
Oct. 31
Story Wings (Amanda)
Twitter: @StoryWings
- Topic TBA
- Giveaway rollover (from Oct. 26)
I don't have a favorite, but I enjoyed Stoker's Dracula :)
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Ooooo FUN! How creepy is the cover for Blue Aspen? I think I'll pass on that one since I value sleep:) I think my favorite creepy read ever is Stephen King's The Shining. I loved the subtle creepiness of it and how it wasn't all things jumping out at me, it just quietly messed with my mind:) Thanks so much for the giveaway Tina!
ReplyDeleteOMG! I've wanted to read The Replacement forever!! And Nightmare sounds freaking fabulous! Why have I never heard of it before????
ReplyDeleteI don't really have a favorite...I don't re-read. This month though I am really into all the witchy books that I've been reading! Listening to The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian now!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Two and Twenty Dark Retellings. I love that they were all short and somewhat spooky.
ReplyDeleteLove the books! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThe most recent spooky reads that I've read is Solstice by Donna Burgess.
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ReplyDeleteI haven't found a creepy read yet unfortunately! I have the Replacement so maybe I should try that? Thanks for the giveaway! New follower. :)
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I love Anna Dressed in Blood and Bad Girls don't Die. I'm also a fan of some of RL Stine's Fear Street books.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Haven't had a recent good creepy read, but I remember liking those compilations of ghost stories!
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ReplyDeleteMy favourite creepy read (so far!) is Pet Sematary by Stephen King. I particularly love the stories that old-timer Jud Crandall tells.
My favorite creepy read this year has to be the final book in the As the World Dies trilogy by R. Frater.
ReplyDeletenice picks! although, i have been so curious to see what is inside The Replacement and in that perambulator.
ReplyDeleteall-time favorite creepy read is Ring by Koji Suzuki. i just read 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad which is one to consider for creepiness.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Bad Girls Don't Die. It was an awesome ghost story.
ReplyDeleteI've always liked The Devouring by Simon Holt
ReplyDeleteI'd say any book by S. King!
ReplyDeleteThose all look great! My favorite creepy read would have to be... the Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay. I've just started getting into it and it's fantastic.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite creepy read will always be The Shining by Stephen King! I get scared every time I read it and spend weeks looking for the boogey man under my bed:)
ReplyDeleteI don't really have a favorite but the one that scared me most was It by Stephen King! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Anna Dressed in Blood!
ReplyDeleteI like a bit of fright, but gore not so much. These books sound good, though, especially Nightmare.
ReplyDeletehmmm...I don't really have one...Although The Takers by RW Ridley kind of creeped me out for some reason...
ReplyDeleteFavorite creepy reads...Ghost Story by Peter Straub, Duma Key by Stephen King, Hell House by Richard Matheson, Breed by Chase Novak
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The Replacement has been on my wishlist for some time. The cover is super creepy and I hope to get to it one day. The other books you mention sound totally creepy too and I'm off to check them out further. Thanks for the awesome giveaway and Happy Hallowe'en!
ReplyDeleteNightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King. I love his books, but there's something special about his short stories. I definitely recommend them!
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