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Want a quick and weird read? THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM by Victor Lavalle is perfect. It has magic, sleeping old gods, music and lots of tension. It follows Charles Thomas Tester as he does whatever he can to keep he and his father safe with food and shelter. When he takes an odd job from a secretive sorceress, he starts something he has to see through to the end. He is noticed by some powerful people and some other things that are much more powerful....

By: Ashley aka @bookishmommy

Audiobooks were always hit and miss for me UNTIL I discovered true crime audiobooks. I mean, what took me so long? I'm a huge true crime podcast fan and I love all the true crime documentaries (hello, Gayle Hinman???).

I host a monthly true crime book club over on Instagram (we use #bookishtruecrime to document our monthly selections) and I've been doing a hybrid of reading/listening and lemme tell ya, it's been the best thing ever.

If you've been iffy about audiobooks but you want...

Happy Friday the 13th Night Worms! Today is supposed to be an unlucky day and it seems we’ve all been having some terrible luck lately. But while we’re all holed up in our homes, we could try reading some good books to pass the time. THE OTHER INSIDE by J.M. White is one of those books. It’s a great modern monster tale that is sure to keep you interested and entertained with every turn of a page. I love reading about a character’s internal struggle and Billie, the main character in...

I don't always read horror… sometimes I read… YA horror.

By: Ashley aka @bookishmommy

Do you ever need a break from the truly terrifying (and oftentimes disgusting) topics? Well, I do... so I've got a solution. Add some YA* horror to the mix. Here are 7 books categorized as YA horror that I absolutely loved and 3 that I'm dying to read:

*YA = young adult.

7 YA horror books I’ve read and loved (in no particular order):

Happy Friday Night Worms! Let me ask you a few questions. How do you feel about ghosts? How about pirates? What about sea monsters? Do you like them? If you answered yes to these questions then LORDS OF THE DEEP by Tim Meyer and Patrick Lacey is for you. This book flies by and is flooded with creativity and fun. It’s a solid book with a very Hopper-like cop. At least, I pictured him like Hopper *swoon* Pick this book up if you want an amazing read that is sure to entertain....