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One of the most unique takes on a haunted house was Smithy by Amanda Desiree. It hits on vintage vibes (set in the 70s), found footage courtesy of journal entries, letters, transcripts, and the feeling of dread and tension was incredible. It's long but it reads fast. Mers over at Harpies in the Trees turned me onto it and she is the only person I've ever heard talk about it. It's high on my list.

My go to recommendation for anyone looking for ghost stories is the silent companion's by Laura Purcell very dark and creepy. She is a great author who's work needs more love

Oh my gosh! I wish that place was near me! I am not that into normal book stores but I love the goodwill and the LFL ones! That's my personal preference. Love the eye look in this video too. The colour palette you chose was 👌

House of Leaves, The Ghost Writer by John Harwood, Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand, The Dead House by Billy O'Callaghan, The Haunting of Leigh Harker, Nazareth Hill by Ramsey Campbell, The Shining, and of course, The Haunting of Hill House are some of my favorites. But I've honestly always found the haunted house story is better served by the short story format. A lot of my favorite short horror stories have centered on haunted houses. The writers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries did this especially well.

I recently read Diavola and I think it’s a great twist on the classic haunted house story as it’s set in a vacation rental in Italy. I love that it is a discussion of toxic family dynamics with a touch of the supernatural. Similarly to how you spoke about September house I really enjoyed it for reasons other readers didn’t like because it got me thinking about my own life and things that felt relevant.

this video popped up in reccommended the list was extremely solid but, what made you an auto sub is seeing the three investigators book on your shelf :-) btw, im adding quite a few of these the hacienda was a decent haunted house book

Salem's Lot by Stephen King is so scary, and there is a house in the book.

adding all that were not already on my tbr! What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher and The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell both had me gripped and spooked!

Great video! I was never interested in The September House but now I am! Have you read Diavola? I loved it and the author mentioned being inspired by The Haunting of Hill House!

So many good books that I still have on tbr 😫. I own must of the ones you mentioned from previous recs. I recently read The Patient by Jasper Dewitt, it’s not a haunted house however it did creep me so much. I was so scared that i literally had to put the book down.

And she is back ladies and gentlemen, my girl Mikala, this video was amazing and i love how you share books that othhers arent talking about. I am currently listening to the Adirondack witch and i am not far imto it but its good so far ❤❤❤

The Shining….. what could be more creepy than being trapped in a giant hotel that is haunted in the middle of a blizzard

Amityville Horror Story really scared me. I read it when it first came out and I had just moved into my first apartment. Scared the crap out of me

Look at you playing with clips 👏🏼 what a fun addition

I love your shirt omg ❤

The clips edited in!!!! Ahhhh. Loved it! It really added to the video. ❤

Do you like twin peaks and did you see that trailer for the front door

I would of been shocked if you didn't add the haunting of hill house

Such a great video, Mikala. It must have taken forever to edit this together. I hope it gets a lot of views for you. I might have added Stephen King' The Shining, Poe's Tell Tale Heart, and Lovecraft's The Rats in the Walls to the list. A couple of these are short stories though and The Shining is about a haunted hotel like his short story 1408.

I agree with The Haunting of Hill House. Read it last year and need to read We've Always Lived in the Castle.

Horrorstör, Episode Thirteen and The September House are some of my all time faves!! Another favorite is actually about a haunted sunken ship, From Below by Darcy Coates... that one definitely gives the creepy vibes!

Love this video!!

I subscribed bc I saw Buffy and hexed in the background.

Yesssss a haul!!! I’m excited to see how your goosebumps ~journey plays out! I’m currently reading through all 15 of the BSC spinoff series California Diaries. The ~angst~ is so real lol. So great to see you coming back into your booktube groove! 💜

I love this! Oh my gosh! Is that a cat scratch house behind you. So cute! I DNFed A Slow Fire Burning. It was very dry. I've never read The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books. They sound very nostalgic and cozy. Mary's Monster signed is fantastic!!!! Glad you are in your healing journey! <3

Hello lovely! Such a fun book adventure filled video. You could see your excitement when you found the antique books. You are too cute! 😊You are so intentional with your purchases. I love to see it!

The Deep is one I've been interested on picking up as well. Omg yess Mary's Monster is so good, such a fantastic book. Glad you are feeling better

Sorry to hear you’ve been sick. So glad to see you’re getting better. Love your videos and take good care of yourself.

I like that cover for the remaking a lot more than the other one I see!

Please tidy the books! Good grief, you’re just jumbling everything up and making them look terrible!

One of my friends is collecting Goosebumps, but she's specifically trying to find the ones she liked growing up! I've similarly sought out books from my childhood, but I haven't really gone for a series. I still own all my Princess Diaries books and Anne of Green Gables, but I spent a while trying to find books by Robin McKinley in the same editions I read. I also want to expand my collection of Dear America/Royal Diaries books because I have at least a few, but I need to figure out what I actually have in storage before I start buying everything up, haha. Also, I read Florida by Lauren Groff (because Florence references it in Florida!!!), and I think it was my first 1 star of the year, lol. I didn't realize it was a collection of stories, but I did not vibe with the writing so hard (aka the lack of quotation marks) and I immediately removed the author from my TBR.

Great unhaul and haul 📚🧋

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You're doing so great in this challenge! Don't be too hard on yourself!

Loving all the unhaul and read your TBR content you and a few of my other favorite booktubers are doing lately. It’s been giving me inspiration to unhaul and also read through some of my own physical TBR.

Glad you are back on track again and wish I could read Goosebumps series for the first time again. Hope you are feeling a little better. I know too well how to go through dark days.

I’m glad that you’re getting better! I’ve missed your videos but please don’t pressure yourself too much ❤

Loved the video! You’ve inspired me to consider collecting some of the books I loved as a child- “Cam Jansen”, “Nancy Drew”, “The Babysitters Club”, and the Ramona and Beezus books to name a few:) I def need to check out your Frankenstein video. This is one of my favorite stories! Have you ever watched the “Frankenstein Chronicles” show featuring Sean Bean. It’s honestly a masterpiece🙌🏾

I'm sorry you've been having a rough time lately, but glad you are doing better 💜

Did you see the trailer for the A24 horror movie heretic

Ha, I was so close to buying that Mary Shelley book on pango. You're welcome! 😂

It took me a min and a half to figure out what why you looked so different today lol. It's the eyes....you don't have eye shadow on lol 😅😅. (You don't have to wear make up, I'm not one of those girls. I'm just dumb for not realizing you weren't wearing your usual make up lol. Please don't take this as you need to wear makeup🫶🏻. Now I'm over explaining because people can be trolls on the internet)

I have the same apothecary shoppe sign 😊

I liked the artwork on the side of that green LFL, the place with the dog. I completely understand why you didn't stay long at that one, Mikala. I would have bailed, too. It's a shame though because there were so many books there. Maybe there was a lot of books there because that dog keeps on scaring people away! Thank you for showing us the park and the Detroit River. What a beautiful place! I'm glad you found some treasures to take home from the LFLs, but I'm not gonna lie. I'm kind of traumatized by seeing "The Boy in the Suitcase." 😳