Short & Sweet Treats discussion

"Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” ― Stephen King

Welcome to our October selection where, you guessed it, we will read a book of the Horror Genre. Oh, how scary!

Just make a selection from our Horror Bookshelf and nominate your choice here.

Please refer to our Books Already Read shelf so that we don't nominate previous selections.

Nominations end on the 5th at which point the poll goes up.

I nominate

by Edgar Allan Poe

Some time ago I'm wanting to read the great Poe! And it seems perfect for October.

I've enjoyed reading Susan Hill, since her type of horror doesn't contain blood and gore. So I nominate Dolly (which you would need to add to our shelf, Laura :-)

"The remoter parts of the English Fens are forlorn, lost and damp even in the height of summer. At Iyot Lock, a large decaying house, two young cousins, Leonora and Edward are parked for the summer with their ageing spinster aunt and her cruel housekeeper. At first the unpleasantness and petty meannesses appear simply spiteful, calculated to destroy Edward's equanimity. But when spoilt Leonora is not given the birthday present of a specific dolly that she wants, affairs inexorably take a much darker turn with terrifying, life destroying, consequences for everyone."

153 pages, published 2012

I will add it Julia. thank you !

Thanks so much, Laura :-)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

I would like to nominate Psycho by Robert Bloch

"Robert Bloch's Psycho captivated a nation when it appeared in 1959. The story was all too real-indeed this classic was inspired by the real-life story of Ed Gein, a psychotic murderer who led a dual life. Alfred Hitchcock too was captivated, and turned the book into one of the most-loved classic films of all time the year after it was released.

Norman Bates loves his Mother. She has been dead for the past twenty years, or so people think. Norman knows better though. He has lived with Mother ever since leaving the hospital in the old house up on the hill above the Bates motel. One night Norman spies on a beautiful woman that checks into the hotel as she undresses. Norman can't help but spy on her. Mother is there though. She is there to protect Norman from his filthy thoughts. She is there to protect him with her butcher knife."



I just finished Season 1 of Bates Motel which is a contemporary prequel to psycho. It depicts Norman Bates adolescence and the events leading up to Psycho. I started to watch when it first aired and I became bored from week to week. I gave it another chance when season 1 came out on Netflix. It was much better, to the point where I actually liked the series, watching the whole season straight through.

Warm Bodies

some nice nominations here !!

The vampire story that predates Bram Stoker's dracula, written by the Victorian era Irishman Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu in 1871: Carmilla

polls are up!

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...

psycho wins!