Fave Books by Year
- 2021 - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- 2022 - The Diviners by Libba Bray
- 2023 - Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
- 2024 - Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson
- 2025 - Bye Forever, I Guess by Jodi Meadows
- 2026 - House of Cotton by Monica Brashears
Current year may change as I read more!
Things I've Been Meaning to Read for a While, but Haven't Yet
- Hellbent by Leigh Bardugo
- King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
- Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
- Nappily Ever After by Trisha R. Thomas
- The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher
- Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
Books That Genuinely Gave Me the Creeps
I don't get scared from reading often, so this is a necessary category for me
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (along with a GREAT number of her short stories, Shirley Jackson, how I love thee)
- The Doll: The Lost Short Stories by Daphne du Maurier (I don't even think this is considered horror, but I had chills reading)
- What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher (note: it does have mold and mushrooms and tbf anything with mold will freak me out)
- The Rosemary Spell by Virginia Zimmerman (and this isn't even a horror book!)
- The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich
- Eerie Tales from the School of Screams by Graham Annable
Honorable mention: In the Shadows of Black Birds by Cat Winters. I didn't get the creeps reading, but it's SUCH a good horror novel and I honestly think Cat Winters is p underrated because I never hear of her? But the horror vibes of her writing are immaculate.
Books with Good Homeschooling Rep
Unfortunately, these are few and far between, but they're out there!
- The Fuck It List by Julie Halpern - He's a minor character and only has one speaking part, but he's a love interest, not super smart or super dumb, not overly sheltered, and just a normal teenager. 17-year-old homeschooled me could not have been happier!
- Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne - THIS BOOK!!!! I got so worried when the main character mentioned being homeschooled in a kind of exasperated way, but it was worth reading all the way through. I can assure you that she stays homeschooled and it's shown to be more positive by the end. And co-ops seemed to be hinted at as well, which is nice! I love seeing an author who actually knows how homeschooling works.