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Tag: Dark Tales

Happy Halloween Reading

On October 31, 2020April 19, 2021 By bookskepticIn Thoughts1 Comment

I know that all the Halloween reading challenges have probably officially run their course today and typically I am late to the party. The reason for this is I rarely read scary books, but I decided to dig through my past posts to see how rarely really? Well, it turns out really very rarely. But …

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Q3 2020 round-up

On October 28, 2020December 14, 2020 By bookskepticIn ThoughtsLeave a comment

Yes, I know I am pretty much a month late for the Q3 round-up party. What can I say? The pandemic has messed up with my internal calendar and my brain still thinks it is July, despite the weather trying its best to bring me to reality. Another factor may be that I was lucky …

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Dark Tales – Shirley Jackson

On September 5, 2020August 9, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews5 Comments

What do you do when you're well into your fourth month of lockdown, your country had just held presidential election won by minuscule majority by a homophobic nationalist, the country you live in is run by a man who blatantly admits that decisions to reopen the economy are made against scientific advice by 'elected politicians' …

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