First of all, I absolutely love your enthusiasm! Secondly, I love that you include clips of the books you’re talking about. It makes your videos so immersive and cozy to watch. PLEASE keep doing this! 🙏🏼🖤
i LOVED mexican gothic, it really blew my mind and got me even more obsessed with mushrooms. i've had a lot of these books on my tbr like slewfoot, the changeling, what moves the dead, and kindred, but you really sold me on silvia moreno-garcia's silver nitrate since cults are prob my favourite trope and i loved her prose. Also !!!! i am the millionth comment saying this but i love your passion and energy. glad i clicked this from my recommendations but as a fellow torontonian english major, i have to stop myself from bingeing the rest of your vids rn instead of studying for exams 😭
I will sound redundant, but your passion and enthusiasm is so refreshing. Thank you for being true to who you are … and thanks to you, I just ordered 5 new books. lol.
Hey!! Great to see a video from you! Not heard of some of these, I'm going to have to go back through and save some to my TBR lol! I loved Jackal so much!! Such a great read! Camp Damascus is one of my favourite reads of the year so far!
DUDE I've clearly been gone for so long I didn't realize you changed your channel name! It's always very validating to know my fellow horror lovers *haven't* heard of some of these books before haha
OK, I'm so happy you are back ! One of your videos was in my recomendations and I loved it, but when I wanted to follow you, I saw you had not post in a long time, and thought you juste quit ? i guess But seeing a new video got me to follow you directly !
Some great cover art on those books. Psych horror gets me more than the gory stuff and I am way past zombie scenarios. A couple of those reads move me. Good channel, liked and subscribed
WELCOME BAAAAAACK Not me immediately requesting Boys Weekend on Libby while you were still talking. Nope. Also, The Z Word was SO much fun, that's my kind of horror!
Great reviews and suggestions!! I've read several of these and based on the ones you liked, I thought I'd share a recommendation: Schrader's Chord by Scott Leeds. 💀
Ok, so you're a fan of Octavia Butler and T. Kingfisher, you love Nettle and Bone and Slewfoot and mushroom stuff and gothic horror.. We seem to have very similar taste , so I definitly have to check out some of these books that I haven't read yet! :D
hahah ugh so I started this book and it grossed me out so much (and I hated the main guy SO MUCH) that I put it on the backburner but I might finish it just because you said this
Re: mushroom horror - I always assumed “A Voice in the Night” by William Hope Hodgson was the oldest story in this genre, but are there any that pre-date the 20th century? Anyway, cool to see this niche but creepy sub-genre getting more coverage - the research project sounds cool!
Yes! So "Voice in the Night" is the oldest explicitly body horror mushroom book (at least that I could find), but the mushroom motif in horror and gothics goes back a lot further. I was surprised to see explicit references in "The Yellow Wallpaper," but you can also go back to the late 18th century and look at books like _The Beggar and the Benefactor_ where the villain's name is Sir Mushroom lol, it's really interesting!
Another weird mushroom horror I recently read was Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman. Not necessarily a great book by any means but an interesting take on the afterlife.
This was a good list, and I got plenty of recommendations from it. I agree with you about Frankenstein. I too loved Mexican Gothic and Slewfoot. Slewfoot in particular matters to me because I love witches but there's not range in witch stuff anywhere. From book to movies and tv shows to games, you have a really small selection and many of them are really similar. I am glad I read this book, because the final act in particular is what I am looking for when it comes to witches. I will like to mention two books I read this year. One really shouldn't be here because I recognise it wasn't that great but it deeply worked for me. You do not need to read it and that is a YA horror called Extasia, and it is also not easy to explain. This is a post apocalyptic book following the last ...town? in existence. This is a puritan cult. Our main character and her family is in disgrace because of the actions of her late mother. She though is about to become a saint of the town which will redeem her family in their eyes and gives a purpose and a place in the town. It is not a forever thing, but this is deeply important to her. Men though around her start to die in strange ways. With the discovery of witches around her, she makes a decision to make a deal with the devil to protect her town from these intruders. But there is more to the world than she knows, and maybe the witches have a point. The second book is actually a new favourite. It is a short story collection of weird lesbian horror called Eyes Guts Throat Bones by Moira Fowley. Next I hope to pick up Things We Lost in the Fire and Lucy Undying once I finish Never Whistle at Night.
Hi - I am a high school student wanting to understand the workload of English majors! Can you help? How many hours of homework do you have, is it manageable, etc. Is it really stressful?
Hey! I'm always happy to help talk about being an English major, feel free to DM me on Instagram if you want to talk more in depth or ask more questions :) I think university in general is pretty stressful, especially as an undergrad, it's designed that way imo. I do find the writing to be mostly manageable (if you stay on top of it but I'm a chronic procrastinator), staying on top of the reading can get difficult if you are doing a bunch of classes where you're reading novels though. I really have to schedule out my reading, and at a certain point, you just have to accept you're not going to read everything and decide to skim less important pieces. I probably spend 20-30 hours a week on class work? Depending on the length of the books and if I have an essay coming up or not. I find it really rewarding though, especially when I pick classes that I truly love, so if you're looking for a degree pathway in uni and you do pick English, make sure to try and access as many fun classes as you can! Try a lot of different periods and things you haven't heard of before because it really enriches the experience :)
cool body horror rec... Bad Graces by Kyrie McCauley. reminds meca bit of Wilder Girls by Rory Power. also House of Hollow and The Invocations both by Krystal Sutherland have some cool body horror elements... and gross... they're pretty gross lol
the synopsis to Bad Graces is "Yellowjackets meets House of Hollow" and I saw Yellowjackets and said abso-freakin-lutely so thank you for the even more recommendations 🖤
Hi, I just sub to you, I'm an indy horror writer, and I was wondering if you do ready indy horror. My book has a few booktube reviews, and they all love it. Also if you are looking for more horror to read I recommend anything from James Herbert, he's my fave horror writer.
Just stumbled on your video and I love your energy. Your video would be more engaging and impactful if you were looking at us when talking instead of looking at yourself :)
@@Horrorbabe4 wow, her community is sure very charming. I was just providing feedback, I like it better when RUclipsrs look straight at the camera, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. That’s all.
your enthusiasm is infectious!!!! downloading so many of these right now
First of all, I absolutely love your enthusiasm! Secondly, I love that you include clips of the books you’re talking about. It makes your videos so immersive and cozy to watch. PLEASE keep doing this! 🙏🏼🖤
thank you so much for the feedback! it was the first time I tried that so I'm so glad you liked it 🖤
@ Of course! I think it’s a creative idea and I wish more creators did that!
Some great recommendations. Thanks for sharing. I'll definitely check some of these out.
i LOVED mexican gothic, it really blew my mind and got me even more obsessed with mushrooms. i've had a lot of these books on my tbr like slewfoot, the changeling, what moves the dead, and kindred, but you really sold me on silvia moreno-garcia's silver nitrate since cults are prob my favourite trope and i loved her prose.
Also !!!! i am the millionth comment saying this but i love your passion and energy. glad i clicked this from my recommendations but as a fellow torontonian english major, i have to stop myself from bingeing the rest of your vids rn instead of studying for exams 😭
omg that’s so real lol this was so nice to see as I’m marathoning essays 😭 god speed to my fellow English major I hope you like silver nitrate 🥰
Soooo happy you're back!!! 🥹 we missed your wonderful energy! I can't wait to read some of these books. 🫶🏻
OMG The Word sounds amazing lol And that cover is lush
I will sound redundant, but your passion and enthusiasm is so refreshing. Thank you for being true to who you are … and thanks to you, I just ordered 5 new books. lol.
oh my god well I really hope we have similar taste so you didn't buy 5 books for nothing hahaha
Subscribed immediately for the mushroom horror reading vlog coming up. I’m thrilled I’m not the only one who LOVES that subgenre 😍
I have discovered from comments that SO MANY PEOPLE are into this subgenre and it makes me so pleased that I'm not the only weird mushroom girl
@ we are so here with you!!
Yaaay! She has returned!
Hey!! Great to see a video from you! Not heard of some of these, I'm going to have to go back through and save some to my TBR lol!
I loved Jackal so much!! Such a great read!
Camp Damascus is one of my favourite reads of the year so far!
DUDE I've clearly been gone for so long I didn't realize you changed your channel name! It's always very validating to know my fellow horror lovers *haven't* heard of some of these books before haha
@@itsbells I ended up changing it twice this year because I'm indecisive as a person hahahahaha!!!
OK, I'm so happy you are back !
One of your videos was in my recomendations and I loved it, but when I wanted to follow you, I saw you had not post in a long time, and thought you juste quit ? i guess
But seeing a new video got me to follow you directly !
Oh yay I'm so glad! Yeah life got challenging there for a bit but RUclips is too fun for me to quit completely 😊
Some great cover art on those books. Psych horror gets me more than the gory stuff and I am way past zombie scenarios. A couple of those reads move me. Good channel, liked and subscribed
Upon your recommendation I just bought Black River Orchard. Sounds right up my alley
I hope you like it!! It was truly so much fun.
AHHHHH MUSHROOM HORROR SIGN ME UP!!!! No stop now I wanna read The Reformatory so badly!!!
I’ve read Slewfoot twice. It is so good.
Hi Bells, I hope you are doing well! I'll definitely check some of these out!
WELCOME BAAAAAACK
Not me immediately requesting Boys Weekend on Libby while you were still talking. Nope.
Also, The Z Word was SO much fun, that's my kind of horror!
yessssssss you will LOVE Boys Weekend !!
🍄 A Botanical Daughter 🍄
THANK YOU for recommending this I hadn't heard of it and immediately got it from the library for my project
Slewfoot was absolutely incredible. And if you haven’t read Alexis Henderson I highly recommend those! Similar vibes in my opinion!
I'm soooo behind on reading Alexis Henderson I think I have every one of her books on my TBR
Great reviews and suggestions!! I've read several of these and based on the ones you liked, I thought I'd share a recommendation: Schrader's Chord by Scott Leeds. 💀
Ooooh YES! That one was just SO FUN! Totally agree with the recommendation!
Looking gorgeous in this vid babes
omg thank you 🖤
Ok, so you're a fan of Octavia Butler and T. Kingfisher, you love Nettle and Bone and Slewfoot and mushroom stuff and gothic horror.. We seem to have very similar taste , so I definitly have to check out some of these books that I haven't read yet! :D
Thank you for the 20 awesome books 📚 I must read to see what I think ❤❤❤love your Aussie family friend John ❤❤❤
Mushroom horror?? Try the Woodwitch by Stephen Gregory
hahah ugh so I started this book and it grossed me out so much (and I hated the main guy SO MUCH) that I put it on the backburner but I might finish it just because you said this
Add Graveyard Shift by M L Rio to your mushroom horror list.
You're a gem, thank you! I hadn't heard of that one!
Re: mushroom horror - I always assumed “A Voice in the Night” by William Hope Hodgson was the oldest story in this genre, but are there any that pre-date the 20th century? Anyway, cool to see this niche but creepy sub-genre getting more coverage - the research project sounds cool!
Yes! So "Voice in the Night" is the oldest explicitly body horror mushroom book (at least that I could find), but the mushroom motif in horror and gothics goes back a lot further. I was surprised to see explicit references in "The Yellow Wallpaper," but you can also go back to the late 18th century and look at books like _The Beggar and the Benefactor_ where the villain's name is Sir Mushroom lol, it's really interesting!
i highly recommend Sorceress Comes to Call by T.Kingfisher
THAT is a kingfisher I have not read yet, you are a gem 🖤
Another weird mushroom horror I recently read was Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman. Not necessarily a great book by any means but an interesting take on the afterlife.
ooh I haven't heard of that one, thank you!!
Great wrap up 📚🦇🎃👻☕
This was a good list, and I got plenty of recommendations from it. I agree with you about Frankenstein. I too loved Mexican Gothic and Slewfoot. Slewfoot in particular matters to me because I love witches but there's not range in witch stuff anywhere. From book to movies and tv shows to games, you have a really small selection and many of them are really similar. I am glad I read this book, because the final act in particular is what I am looking for when it comes to witches. I will like to mention two books I read this year. One really shouldn't be here because I recognise it wasn't that great but it deeply worked for me. You do not need to read it and that is a YA horror called Extasia, and it is also not easy to explain. This is a post apocalyptic book following the last ...town? in existence. This is a puritan cult. Our main character and her family is in disgrace because of the actions of her late mother. She though is about to become a saint of the town which will redeem her family in their eyes and gives a purpose and a place in the town. It is not a forever thing, but this is deeply important to her. Men though around her start to die in strange ways. With the discovery of witches around her, she makes a decision to make a deal with the devil to protect her town from these intruders. But there is more to the world than she knows, and maybe the witches have a point. The second book is actually a new favourite. It is a short story collection of weird lesbian horror called Eyes Guts Throat Bones by Moira Fowley. Next I hope to pick up Things We Lost in the Fire and Lucy Undying once I finish Never Whistle at Night.
I was reading Slewfoot while listening to Cassandra by Taylor Swift and it was an experience. Also Brom's other books are great too.
I might need to reread Slewfoot just for that experience because that sounds amazing
Girl I cannot tell you how much I missed your comments! I'm also very excited for Lucy Undying but I am 100% here for weird lesbian horror
I need Black River Orchard in my life!
YOU SO DO I love it so much
Hi - I am a high school student wanting to understand the workload of English majors! Can you help? How many hours of homework do you have, is it manageable, etc. Is it really stressful?
Hey! I'm always happy to help talk about being an English major, feel free to DM me on Instagram if you want to talk more in depth or ask more questions :) I think university in general is pretty stressful, especially as an undergrad, it's designed that way imo. I do find the writing to be mostly manageable (if you stay on top of it but I'm a chronic procrastinator), staying on top of the reading can get difficult if you are doing a bunch of classes where you're reading novels though. I really have to schedule out my reading, and at a certain point, you just have to accept you're not going to read everything and decide to skim less important pieces. I probably spend 20-30 hours a week on class work? Depending on the length of the books and if I have an essay coming up or not. I find it really rewarding though, especially when I pick classes that I truly love, so if you're looking for a degree pathway in uni and you do pick English, make sure to try and access as many fun classes as you can! Try a lot of different periods and things you haven't heard of before because it really enriches the experience :)
Why does nobody talk about Lets Go Play At The Adams. Compleatly overshadowed by The Exorcist. Definatly worth the read.
Apples???? Oh jeez 😂
🥳🥳🥳
cool body horror rec... Bad Graces by Kyrie McCauley. reminds meca bit of Wilder Girls by Rory Power. also House of Hollow and The Invocations both by Krystal Sutherland have some cool body horror elements... and gross... they're pretty gross lol
the synopsis to Bad Graces is "Yellowjackets meets House of Hollow" and I saw Yellowjackets and said abso-freakin-lutely so thank you for the even more recommendations 🖤
Hi, I just sub to you, I'm an indy horror writer, and I was wondering if you do ready indy horror.
My book has a few booktube reviews, and they all love it.
Also if you are looking for more horror to read I recommend anything from James Herbert, he's my fave horror writer.
Just stumbled on your video and I love your energy. Your video would be more engaging and impactful if you were looking at us when talking instead of looking at yourself :)
Blind people can't look at me and I still find them "eNgAgInG"
@@Horrorbabe4 wow, her community is sure very charming. I was just providing feedback, I like it better when RUclipsrs look straight at the camera, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. That’s all.
@@manon_skarsgard not a goal of mine to be charming anymore so idc
@@Horrorbabe4 that’s fair enough tbh
umm
why is she overexcited
she loves books dude
If I find a book I love, I tend to tell everyone about it while jumping and squealing with joy. So I find her relatable.🤷🏻♀️