SantaThingSantaThing Entry #396

LibraryThing member atipsygiraffe

Book tastes

Love horror (particularly gothic and lovecraftian horror lately), historical fiction, mythology and folklore. I enjoy most genres, but usually not a huge fan of crime.

Don't get this!

Stephen King (my fave author but I collect specific editions and probably don’t have all the ones I’ve read marked as read!).
No Colleen Hoover or JK Rowling, and nothing with clowns in please.
Also this is purely shallow of me, but I really hate movie/tv versions of book covers!

Other notes

I love Greek mythology and read a lot about it (both non-fiction and retellings), but keen to explore other ancient mythology from other areas!
The majority of my owned books are in my library

Secret Santa

atipsygiraffe's Secret Santa was Sheila1957!

Purchasing Details

Store: Blackwell's (https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/home)

Gift Amount: $30 (USD)

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Comments/suggestions

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ablachly: ordered! (dec 8, 2023, 11:40am)
jburlinson: I calculate that there's 6.68 left.

Song of Kali by Dan Simmons. 9780575083073. $5.82 (dec 5, 2023, 4:06am)
karenb: For future reference: Ruthanna Emrys plays in the Lovecraft universe. Her first novel Winter Tide (2018, ISBN 9780765398086, US$14.87) is delightful and worth checking out of the library if nothing else. (dec 5, 2023, 1:32am)
Capybara_99: Also, folk-style ghost and horror stories by Robert Aickman. I don't know the cost parameters at this point, but "Cold Hand in Mine" and "Wine-Dark Sea" are both around $12. "Compulsory Games" is a good collection from NYRB for a bit more. (dec 4, 2023, 7:01pm)
Capybara_99: Neil Gaiman's "Norse Mythology" (dec 4, 2023, 6:52pm)
thebookmagpie: Out There, Screaming is an anthology of horror short stories. Also Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez. Tam Lin by Pamela Dean and Fire & Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones are folklore retellings that might be of interest. (nov 30, 2023, 2:42pm)
KallieGrace: Ascension by Nicholas Binge ($18.31) is sci-fi horror ala At the Mountains of Madness by Lovecraft (nov 29, 2023, 11:21am)
Daphinie: Mythology based 'light' horror: Not Good For Maidens by Tori Bovalino

Lovecraftian Urban Horror: The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey

(nov 28, 2023, 4:28pm)