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LizAndra

LizAndra@books.theunseen.city

Joined 1 year ago

I enjoy a wide variety of genres. I am surrounded by hundreds of dead tree books, but am mostly listening to audiobooks right now.

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2023 Reading Goal

Success! LizAndra has read 194 of 60 books.

The Haunting of Hill House (AudiobookFormat, 2010, Blackstone Audio, Inc., Blackstone Audiobooks) 4 stars

The Haunting of Hill House is a 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley …

Lives up to the hype

5 stars

I'm tired of haunted house books that focus on the house and the characters are just afraid. The thing that I love about this book is that it is a complex psychological portrait of a character, which includes more than just her reaction to the house. From the first that we meet her, Eleanor is a compelling character. What makes her fascinating is that you just can't quite figure out what is going on with her. And that makes the ending, although heavily foreshadowed, shocking.

Ink Blood Sister Scribe (2023, Penguin Random House) 4 stars

Joanna Kalotay lives alone in the woods of Vermont, the sole protector of a collection …

Excellent debut novel

4 stars

It's hard to believe that this is a debut novel. I was captivated by worldbuilding and characters. I especially loved how what seemed like several separate stories all came together at the end in surprising ways. If you enjoy fantasy set in a modern world, you should give this one a try.