Happy October everyone! We hope your classes are going well! For this month’s Reading Revelry, we have three sinisterly scary books to get you in the mood for Halloween.
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Happy reading!
Our picks for October:
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
ISBN: 9780321398925
Publication Date: 1764
This book is often considered the first “gothic” novel.
Despite its short length, Walpole expertly crafts an uncanny and unforgettable story about a wedding gone wrong.
Tender Is The Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
ISBN: 9781982150921
Publication
Date: 2017 (English translation 2020)
In a world where animals carry a virus that makes them
poisonous and deadly for human consumption, society has moved on to a new protein source…humans.
This book is NOT for the faint of heart.
The Harpy by Megan Hunter
ISBN: 9780802148162
Publication Date: 2020
This book follows Lucy, a loving wife and mother to two children.
When her husband, Jake, is found to be having an affair,
Lucy decides to stay with Jake on one condition:
she gets to have her revenge three times.