#clare foley

[six-demon-bag]

SINISTER (2012) dir. Scott Derrickson

[vikaq]

Pamela this week 030823

[twittercomfrnklin2001-blog]

She Came From the Woods

Erik Bloomquist’s Tubi Original SHE CAME FROM THE WOODS (2022, Tubi) generates a burst of goodwill at the start, only to squander it later one. It’s closing day at Camp Briarwood in 1987, and you get all the standard tropes of a teen sex comedy — the ne’er-do-well (Spencer List) on an endless gap year, the over-aged counselor/horndog (Matthew McConnau…I mean, Adam Weppler), the lovelorn counselor (Bloomquist) trying to get up the nerve to make a move on the girl he’s been crushing on all summer. Most of it is old hat, but it’s well performed and energetic enough to keep you involved. There’s also a gay drama coach (Dan Leahy), some funny theater jokes, and a very funny bit with the owner (William Sadler) trying to lead the campers in singing taps with a young bugler who can’t quite stay in the same key.

Then List gets the counselors to perform a ritual to summon Agatha, the camp nurse driven out for practicing witchcraft four decades ago. Given the comic spirit prior to that, we’re prepared for tongue-in-cheek horror. But things don’t get scary. They just get ugly. They also, as in too many films, get rather stupid. People make inane choices, and at one point List blames his family for not telling him the whole truth about Agatha…and they apologize, because they obviously should have realized that with all the info at hand he would have suddenly grown up and not wanted to kid around summoning the demon nurse.

I’d be tempted to say calling this a horror comedy was just bad marketing on Tubi’s part, but after the resolution, we suddenly start making jokes again. There is one decent scare. After List’s mother (Cara Buono) tells the counselors not to go anywhere alone, List’s girlfriend (Clare Foley) goes into an attic for first-aid supplies (because that’s the logical place to store them at a summer camp, since young campers would never need them right away or anything). As she walks past a foosball table, the players start moving on their own. It’s creepy, and it leads absolutely nowhere.

This is all a pity because a) the film is otherwise professionally shot and edited and b) it has a good cast. Most of the young actors know what they’re doing, and you have reliable older players like Buono, Sadler and Michael Park, as a police officer who was a camper there when Agatha first turned up. They perform the serious stuff with full conviction, but ultimately the script does them dirt.

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 27 August:

1695 – The second Irish parliament of William III is called in Dublin; Robert Rochfort is unanimously elected Speaker. 1798 – General Humbert appears outside Castlebar. The Government forces are deployed to cover the direct route and Humbert unexpectedly appears on their flank. Humbert attacks. French advance causes Militia to run. Government defence collapses and Humbert takes the town.…

[mewhenifreakit]

Just saw All of us Strangers

[mxmoth]

FAVORITE HORROR FILMS | SINISTER (2012) Blumhouse, Dir. Scott Derrickson Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone, Clare Foley

[brokehorrorfan]

Lionsgate and Bloody Disgusting are teaming up to release Wolf Creek, Hannibal Rising, I Spit on Your Grave, You're Next, Sinister, Texas Chainsaw, and Leatherface on Steelbook Blu-ray + Digital exclusively at Walmart.

Featuring artwork by Bond, all seven titles will be released on August 20 for $24.99 each. Existing special features are included.

Be sure to check your local Walmart now for a Bloody Disgusting shelf in the electronics section, where you'll find an exclusive edition of Broke Horror Fan's Terrifier 2 VHS.

2005's Wolf Creek is written and directed by Greg McLean. John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, and Kestie Morassi star.

2007's Hannibal Rising is directed by Peter Webber and written by Thomas Harris, based on his own novel. Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans, and Dominic West star.

2010's I Spit on Your Grave is directed by Steven R. Monroe and written by Stuart Morse. Sarah Butler, Jeff Branson, Daniel Franzese, Rodney Eastman, Chad Lindberg, Tracey Walter, and Andrew Howard star.

2011's You're Next is directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett. Sharni Vinson, A.J. Bowen, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn, Joe Swanberg, Barbara Crampton, and Rob Moran star.

2012's Sinister is directed by Scott Derrickson from a script he co-wrote with C. Robert Cargill. Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Fred Thompson, James Ransone, Clare Foley, and Michael Hall D'Addario star.

2013's Texas Chainsaw is directed by John Luessenhop and written by Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan, and Kirsten Elms. Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Tremaine Neverson, Tania Raymonde, Thom Barry, Paul Rae, and Bill Moseley star.

2017's Leatherface is directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo and written by Seth M. Sherwood. Stephen Dorff, Vanessa Grasse, Sam Strike, and Lili Taylor star.

[asian-heart-92]

Street Fighter fancast (part 4)

Shioli Kutsuna as Kei Chitose

Jensen Ackles as my choice #1 for Cody Travers

Garrett Hedlund as my choice #2 for Cody Travers

Kaede Aono as Maki Genryusai

McKenna Grace as Ingrid

Kairi Sane as Rainbow Mika

Ruka Matsuda as Karin Kanzuki

Raffey Cassidy as Juli

Clare Foley as Juni

Ester Expósito as Enero

Anamaria Vartolomei as Février

Camren Bicondova as März

Benedetta Porcaroli as Aprile

Lyrica Okano as Satsuki

Lovie Simone as Santamu

Alexa Loo as Xiayu

Wenwen Han as Jianyu

Blu Hunt as Noembelu

Lorenzo Richelmy as Maggio

Manu Bennett as Rolento F. Schugerg

Emilien De Falco as Remy

Kaho Takada as Makoto

Miles Teller as Ace

Tyler Hoechlin as Vulcano Rosso

Sho Kosugi as Gouken

Adeline Rudolph as Juri Han

Ahmed Mesallati as Rashid

Xochitl Gomez as Lily Hawk

Timothy Dalton as JP

[jules-lu]

sbg fancast

in honor of my growing obsession with school bus graveyard and the news that a live-action adaptation is in the making, i thought about who I'd cast as the gang:

esmé creed-miles (top left), clare foley (top right), emma myers (bottom left) or madison wolfe (bottom rigth) as ashlyn banner

aidan arthur (left) or ayden mekus (right) as aidan clark (lots of aidans)

ariana greenblatt (top left), dylan conrique (top right) or alison fernandez (bottom) as taylor hernández

xolo maridueña (left) or malachi barton (right) as tyler hernández

asher angel (left) or oakes fegley (right) as ben clark

and jacob tremblay (left) or morgan davies (right) as logan fields

[vanteguccir]

hi hi! anon that asked about books here! I meant paper books :) I’m very intrigued, I would LOVE the long list! (I really need more books to read even tho my tbr is already crazy long 😭) plus I’m sure whatever you suggest will be great so please go right ahead! tysm!!💗💗��

hi baby!!

this made me super happy, I'm a reader by heart, and getting to talk about books makes me so excited 😭

okay, so, I read anything, literally any genre (even tho I'm a whore for true crime/thiller), so I'm gonna try and indicate a little bit of everything between some of the ones I read this year:

1. Say You Swear by Megan Brandy (emotional romance) (4/5)

2. How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie (thriller / humor) (4.5/5)

3. Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool (adventure / romance) (4/5)

4. Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky (horror / suspense) (4/5)

5. Love & Gelado by Jenna E Welch (romance) (4.8/5)

6. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (sci-fi) (5/5)

7. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (romance) (5/5)

8. The Burning Girls by CJ Tudor (thriller) (4.5/5)

9. The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (thriller / romance) (4/5)

10. The Enigma of Room 622 by Joel Dicker (true crime) (5/5)

11. The Sweetest Oblivion by Danielle Lori (dark romance) (5/5)

if you want more, I have an infinity list LMAO 😭

[brookston]

Holidays 8.11

Holidays

Alcatraz Day

Annual Medical Check-Up Day

Border Guard Day (Turkmenistan)

Brother's Day

Builder’s Day (Former USSR Nations)

Burry Man Parade Day (Scotland)

Cheech and Chong Day (San Antonio, Texas)

Chris Hemsworth Day

Constitution Day (Anguilla)

Day of the Latvian Freedom Fighters (Latvia)

Deimos and Phobos Discovery Day (Moons of Mars)

Dog Days of Summer end

811 Day

Fair Day (Puck Fair, Day 2; Ireland)

Festival of Happy Feet

Fiesta de Santa Clara (New Mexico)

Flag Day (Pakistan)

Freethinkers Day

Gay Uncles Day (a.k.a. Guncles Day)

Global Kinetic Sand Day

Green Bay Packers Day

Health Center Staff Appreciation Day

Heroes' Day (Zimbabwe)

Hip Hop Celebration Day

Hug a Tiny Day

Ingersoll Day

Inula Day (French Republic)

Koomu Alezer’i (Elder Scrolls)

Mountain Day (Japan)

National Align Your Teeth Day

National Canine Companion Graduation Day

National Day of Civic Hacking

National Face Mask Day

National Hip Hop Day

National Minority Day (Pakistan)

National Safe Digging Day

Navy Day (Bulgaria)

Nutritionist Day (Mexico)

Play in the Sand Day

Presidential Joke Day

Roller Rink Day

Son’s and Daughter’s Day

SOS Day

Veterinary Workers Day (Ukraine)

Watts Riots Anniversary Day (Los Angeles)

WIT Brag Day

World Krill Day

World Steelpan Day (Trinidad & Tobago)

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Fufu Day

National Bakewell Tart Day (UK)

National Instant Coffee Day

National Panini Day

National Raspberry Bombe Day

National Raspberry Tart Day

Independence & Related Days

Balochistan (from UK, 1947) [unrecognized]

Chad (from France, 1960)

Ebenthal (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Penang (Ceded to the British by Rajah of Kedah; 1786)

2nd Sunday in August

Bagel Day [2nd Sunday]

Children’s Day (Chile) [2nd Sunday]

Day of Cantabria (Spain) [2nd Sunday]

Father’s Day (Brazil, Samoa) [2nd Sunday]

Gay Uncles Day [2nd Sunday]

Melon Day (Turkmenistan) [2nd Sunday]

National Day [2nd Sunday]

Spirit of ’45 Day [2nd Sunday]

Victory Day (Rhode Island) [2nd Sunday]

V-J Day (a.k.a. Victory Day) [2nd Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning August 11 (2nd Full Week of August)

Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week (thru 8.17) [2nd Week]

National Health Center Week (thru 8.17) [2nd Week]

National Resurrect Romance Week (thru 8.17) [2nd Full Week]

National Smile Week (thru 8.17) [2nd Full Week]

Festivals Beginning August 11, 2024

Beacon Sloop Club Corn Festival (Beacon, New York)

Bludfest (Milton Keynes, United Kingdom)

Carytown Watermelon Festival (Richmond, Virginia)

Comiket [Comic Market] (Tokyo, Japan) [thru 8.12]

Czech Heritage Festival (Bechyn, Minnesota)

Hugo Awards (Glasgow, Scotland)

Italian American Festival (Akron, Ohio) [thru 8.13]

Kadayawan Festival (Davao City, Philippines) [thru 8.18]

Montrose Blueberry Festival (Montrose, Michigan) [thru 8.18]

Oslo Jazzfestival (Oslo, Norway) [thru 8.17]

Feast Days

Alexander the Charcoal-Burner (Christian; Martyr)

Alex Haley (Writerism)

Ancestor Day III (Pagan)

Andre Dubus II (Writerism)

Athracht (a..k.a. Attracta or Araght; Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Blaan (a.k.a. Blane; Christian; Saint)

Byron (Positivist; Saint)

Clare of Assisi (Christian; Saint)

Clare Foley Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Claude Joseph Vernet (Artology)

Day Honoring Oddudua (a.k.a. Mother of All Gods; Santeria)

Don Freeman (Artology)

Enid Blyton (Writerism)

Equitius (Christian; Saint)

Fiacre (Christian; Saint)

Gaugericus (a.k.a. Gery; Christian; Saint)

Gerard of Gallinaro and His Companions (Christian)

Great Quackini (Muppetism)

Jim Lee (Artology)

John Henry Newman (Church of England)

Leila (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Mick Foley Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Morris Weiss (Artology)

Philomena (Christian; Saint)

Puck Fair (Irish Fertility Festival; Everyday Wicca)

Rakish Bandhan 2022 (Hindusim) [Last day of Śrāvaṇa]

Rum Quaffing Day (Pastafarian)

Sidhe (Place of Peace; Celtic Book of Days)

Susanna (Christian; Saint)

Taurinus of Évreux (Christian; Saint)

Tiburtius and Chromatius (Christian; Martyrs)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [32 of 53]

Prime Number Day: 223 [48 of 72]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

The Abyss (Film; 1989)

Advise and Consent, by Allen Drury (Novel; 1959)

After Dark, My Sweet, by Jim Thompson (Novel; 1955)

Almost Human (TV Series; 2013)

American Graffiti (Film; 1973)

Atypical (TV Series; 2017)

C’est Chic, by Chic (Album; 1978)

Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke (Novel; 1953)

Corduroy, by Don Freeman (Children’s Book; 1968)

Dangerous Minds (Film; 1995)

Danny Deckchair (Film; 2004)

Doug (Animated TV Series; 1991)

Down to Earth, by Jimmy Buffett (Album; 1970)

Food for Feeding’ (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Free Ride, by The Edgar Winter Group (Song; 1973)

A Hard Day’s Night (Beatles US Film; 1964)

The Harmony of the World, by Paul Hindemith (Opera; 1957)

Henpecked (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)

Hey, Soul Sister, by Train (Song; 2009)

His Better Elf (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1958)

His Hare Raising Tale (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

Hypnotic Eyes (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)

Le Freak, by Chic (Song; 1978)

I Left My Heart in San Francisco, by Tony Bennett (Song; 1962)

In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World (Anime Film; 2017)

The Life of Emile Zola (Film; 1938)

The Magicians, by Lev Grossman (Novel; 2009)

Need You Know, by Lady Antebellum (Song; 2009)

Orphan’s Benefit (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Party in the U.S.A., by Miley Cyrus (Song; 2009)

Pete’s Dragon (Film; 2016)

Popeye Makes a Movie (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1950)

Puppet Love (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1944)

The Psychedelic Experience, by Timothy Leary (Science Book; 1964)

The Ren & Stimpy Show (Animated TV Series; 1991)

The Replacements (Film; 2000)

Rugrats (Animated TV Series; 1991)

Runaway Brain (Disney Cartoon; 1995)

The Screwdriver (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1941)

Step Up (Film; 2006)

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, by Pam Adams (Children’s Book; 1973)

3:47 EST, by Klaatu (Album; 1976)

Two-Headed Giant (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

The View (TV Talk Show; 1997)

A Walk in the Clouds (Film; 1995)

What If…? (Animated TV Series; 2021)

You Beat Me To the Punch, by Mary Wells (Song; 1962)

Today’s Name Days

Klara, Susanna (Austria)

Jasminka, Jasna, Klara, Suzana (Croatia)

Zuzana (Czech Republic)

Herman (Denmark)

Sanna, Sanne, Susanna, Suusi (Estonia)

Sanna, Sanni, Susanna, Susanne (Finland)

Claire, Gilberte, Suzanne (France)

Klara, Susanne (Germany)

Efpious (Greece)

Tiborc, Zsuzsanna (Hungary)

Chiara, Lelia, Susanna (Italy)

Liega, Olga, Zita (Latvia)

Klara, Ligija, Visalgas, Visvilė, Zuzana (Lithuania)

Tarald, Torvald (Norway)

Aleksander, Herman, Ligia, Lukrecja, Włodzimierz, Włodziwoj, Zula, Zuzanna (Poland)

Zuzana (Slovakia)

Clara, Susana (Spain)

Susanna (Sweden)

Susanna (Ukraine)

Laila, Layla, Leila, Leilani, Lela, Lelia, Nayeli (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 224 of 2024; 142 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 32 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 9 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Ren-Shen), Day 8 (Ding-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 7 Av 5784

Islamic: 5 Safar 1446

J Cal: 14 Purple; Sevenday [14 of 30]

Julian: 29 July 2024

Moon: 41%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 27 Dante (8th Month) [Byron]

Runic Half Month: As (Gods) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 53 of 94)

Week: 2nd Full Week of August

Zodiac: Leo (Day 21 of 31)

[fictionadventurer]

For the book ask: 5 and 17

5. What genre did you read the most of?

Aside from fantasy, probably the category I call historical/classic. Things that are either set in the past, or were contemporary when they were written and are now historical to us.

17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

As far as indie books go, I was surprised by how much I ended up loving the fairy tale atmosphere and plotting of Yours, Constance by Emily Hayse. I was also surprised by how much I was pulled into the fairy tale atmosphere of The Swan King by Nina Clare. The depth of worldbuilding and some of the character relationships in The Painted Queen by Monica Boothe and Chase the Legend by Hannah Kaye surprised me. And I was surprised that the slow start by Land of Hills and Valleys by Elizabeth Grace Foley was setting up an unexpectedly twisty plot.

[vikaq]

Pam this week 020823 1

[sondheims-hat]

Some pre-transformation Witches.

Ellen Foley (1986), Bernadette Peters (1987), Phylicia Rashad (1988), Betsy Joslyn (1988), Nancy Dussault (1988), Cleo Laine (1988), Julia McKenzie (1990), Clare Burt (1998), Vanessa Williams (2002), Yvette Cason (2005), Beverly Klein (2007), Michele Ragusa (2009), Hannah Waddingham (2010), Lauren Kennedy (2012), Donna Murphy (2012), Jennifer Mudge (2013), Meryl Streep (2014), Tituss Burgess (2015), Patina Miller (2019), Heather Headley (2022), Nicola Hughes (2022), Montego Glover (2023).

[tigeherilane]

BOOKS 2023

Agatha Christie - Murder in the Mews (Hercule Poirot, #16)

James Patterson - Põrguväravad (Toimik, 46)

Holly Black - The Darkest Part of the Forest

Terry Pratchett - Good Omens

Sylvain Reynard - The Shadow (The Florentine, #2)

Tzu Sun - The Art of War: (Miniature book)

Charlotte Brontë - Jane Eyre

James Patterson - The Big Bad Wolf (Alex Cross #9)

Cliff Barlow - The Last Stair into Darkness

Leighann Dobbs - Halloween Party Murder

Leigh Bardugo - Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)

Fern Siegel - Uhkus ja eelarvamus

Grady Hendrix - How to Sell a Haunted House

E.L. James - Freed (Fifty Shades as Told by Christian, #3)

Christopher Berry-Dee - Face to Face with Serial Killers: My Conversations with the World’s Most Evil Men

Fredrik Backman - And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer

Natasha Pulley - The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, #1)

Emily McIntire - Hooked (Never After, #1)

Jennette McCurdy - I’m Glad My Mom Died

Danya Kukafka - Notes on an Execution

Matthew Costello - Dead in the Water (Cherringham Novels #1)

Agatha Christie - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)

Nikki St. Crowe - The Never King (Vicious Lost Boys, #1)

Sam Kean - The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science

Sylvia Day - Bared to You (Crossfire, #1)

Stephen King - Gwendy’s Button Box

Travis Baldree - Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)

Lucy Foley - The Guest List

Sarah J. Maas - House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2)

Stephen Graham Jones - My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

Robert Graysmith - Zodiac

Taylor Jenkins Reid - Maybe in Another Life

Iain Reid - I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Kiersten White - Hide

Simone St. James - The Book of Cold Cases

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death - Caitlin Doughty

What Lies Beyond the Veil (Of Flesh & Bone, #1) - Harper L. Woods

Libba Bray - The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)

Simon Toyne - The Key

Alexis Henderson - House of Hunger

Caitlin Doughty - Kas kass paneb mu silmamunad nahka?

Ann Rule - The Stranger Beside Me: The Shocking Inside Story of Serial Killer Ted Bundy

Cassandra Clare - Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices, #1)

[thelattechronicles]

J's Reading List

This is my ongoing list (with constant new additions) - this list isn't necessarily what I'm trying to finish in just 2024 alone:

A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur

The Adult by Bronwyn Fischer

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Babel by R. F Kuang

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery

The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare

Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare

The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer ​​

The Crescent Moon Tearoom by Stacy Sivinski

The Curator by Owen King

The Dallergut Dream Department Store

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Emily Wilde’s Enyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

The Endless Vessel by Charles Soule

Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson

Faebound by Saara El-Arifi

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novak

Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

I Only Read Murder by Ian and Will Ferguson

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

Into the Uncut Grass by Trevor Noah

Keeper of Enchanted Rooms (Whimbrel House Book 1) by Charlie N. Holmberg

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi

The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros

The Last Mona Lisa by Jonathan Sanofler

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke

The Lost Van Gogh by Jonathan Sanofler

The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood

Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult

The Maid by Nita Prose

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Halley

The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose

Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

The Perfumist of Paris by Alka Joshi

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

The Puzzle Box by Danielle Trussoni

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

Real Americans by Rachel Khong

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfield

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park

Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Talking at Night by Claire Daverly

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas

True Biz by Sara Novic

Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren

The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall

When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker

The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison

You Are Here by David Nicholls

Before your memory fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before we say goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi *

Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare (couldn’t finish it, dragging my feet through; ultimately returned before due)

Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi *

FINISHED SINCE JAN. 1, 2024 (and still going):

A Court of Thorns and ROSES BY Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury

A Court of Wings and Ruin

A Court of Frost and Starlight

A Court of Silver Flames

Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas

The Lost Tarot by Sarah Henstra

Circe by Madeline Miller

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

Beach Read by Emily Henry

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix. E. Harrow ***

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas

The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J Maas

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Maas

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern ***

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros *****

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros *****