Creepy Crawlies

Silvia Moreno-Garcia: Gods of Jade and Shadow
A (largely) modernized retelling of the Popol Vuh, the sacred book of the Mayas, set in 1920s Mexico. The beginning easily draws the reader in, Casiopeia is a likeable enough (and well-drawn enough) heroine, and the book has an — albeit somewhat sketchy — recognizable 1920s atmosphere with an initial rural Yucatán setting that likewise […]
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Bingo call: 9/3/19 – Creepy Crawlies
Reblogged from: Moonlight Murder Creepy Crawlies: this is a throw back from 2016! Books with bugs, snakes, spiders, worms and other things that slither, scuttle or crawl, includes viruses and other parasites. Book list linked here. Non-genre-specific square. Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1946342/bingo-call-9-3-19
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All 61 squares revealed: 39 through 61 (Non-Genre-Specific Squares)
Reblogged from: Moonlight Reader The remaining, non-genre specific squares – you can read anything that is horror, mystery, suspense or supernatural that otherwise fits the square prompt. 39. Thirteen (13): any book that relates to bad luck, superstition, or the number 13, either in the title/book/series/page count. Booklist linked here. 40. A Grimm Tale: any […]
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Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventure of the Speckled Band
One of my all-time favorite stories by Conan Doyle. Also one of the first-ever locked-room mysteries; if David Pirie (screenwriter of Dr. Bell and Mr. Doyle and the Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes TV series and author of the novels based on that series) is to be believed, based on the solution to the mysterious […]
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