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This year's Halloween read. Creepy!

Only on Chapter 5 but any novel that mentions R.E.M.'s Life's Rich Pageant as a must-have record has my heart...

Halloween week mandatory ghost story!

Three chapters in.
Nice characters, intriguing story and writing and I rather like the cover. I'm spotting a few typos here and there and my spider sense is tingling (it reacts to typos...), but so far the novel looks promising!

When I was a young boy, if I was sick or in trouble, or had been beaten at school, I used to remember that on the day I was born my father had wanted to kill me.

What an amazing opening! <3

He doesn’t make it the background of his phone or anything, he’s not a masochist and he’s not that far gone, but in the days that follow, he finds himself pulling his phone out to look at it. It feels a little like pressing on a bruise, but it feels good, too, and eventually the bruise fades and Mike’s just left smiling at how goddamn happy he looks.

...and Mike follows, because he can’t do anything else.

Part 2: Blowing It Wide Open (2016-2020)

I can see an immediate reread coming my way. Undoubtedly, one of the best narrative voices I've come across this year.

Wonderful, wonderful writing. And I can feel the tension mounting line after line...

Wonderful, wonderful writing! And I can feel the tension mounting line after line...

Quirky characters and a lovely setting. I'm really enjoying this novel!

Sid was giving me something from his soul and that was even more tingly-awesome than a gift of his time.

Just five chapters in but I'm totally adoring this. <3 <3

I'm truly enjoying this. It's a great blend of historical accuracy, fictional events and some very eerie supernatural occurrences. Really good!

Re-reading this in paperback and what a wild ride it is! ❤️

ARC through NetGalley

Never heard of this author before, but I'm in the mood for a long historical and the storyline of this novel intrigued me. Let's see how it goes!