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Oct 2021
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Books That Scared Us, Reading for the Sp...

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks
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In Episode 20 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee are talking about books that actually scared us. We share something we've been loving lately, our latest reads, a shelf addition, and have book talk about a few books that actually scared us (and one that didn't deliver). We also talk about what type of books scare us!

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Loving Lately
3:10 LuLaRich Documentary on Amazon Prime (T)
6:30 Origins Drink Up Overnight Hydrating Mask (R)

Latest Reads
9:49 Nothing but Blackened Teeth | Cassandra Khaw (T)
13:42 The Killing Kind | Jane Casey (R)
18:52 The Last Girl | Jane Casey Book 3 (mentioned)

Book Talk
20:36 I'll Be Gone in the Dark | Michelle McNamara (Honorable Mention)
Article - Types of Horror Fiction: 10 Subgenres
Article- The Psychology of Fear
30:27 A Head Full of Ghosts | Paul Tremblay (T)
33:08 The Cabin at the End of the World | Paul Tremblay (R)
39:39 The Troop | Nick Cutter (T)
42:35 The Ice Twins|  SK Tremayne (R)
46:33 The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder | Charles Graeber (T)
51:30 Intensity | Dean Koontz (R)

Shelf Additions
57:17 Children of Chicago | Cynthia Pelayo (T)
58:54 Let the Right One In | John Ajvide Lindqvist (R)

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