The Fanciful Reader

Welcome to The Fanciful Reader, where I post book reviews, and do occasional feature posts!

FANCIFUL REVIEW | Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Dead Silence was my most anticipated release of 2022 (guess I need to find a new one now, huh) and I loved it as much as I hoped I would. It was a perfect combination of eerie space exploration and unsettling ghostly activity for me. In fact, recommending it to my sister I told her…
FANCIFUL REVIEW | A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s been fifteen years since Merry’s family was changed forever. Now she sits with an author to tell her story for the first time. Her story is not her story alone, but the story of her family, once perfectly ‘normal’ as…
FANCIFUL FEATURE | Goodreads 2021 Reading Challenge, Complete!

Today, Fanciful Friends, on the 16th of December, 2021, I completed my 2021 reading challenge on Goodreads! I set myself the goal to read 30 books this year, and managed to complete this a little early! I am hoping to read more this year, of course, but I wanted to share this occasion with you,…
Fanciful Feature | Chapelwaite

Hello Fanciful Friends! Today I want to quickly talk about upcoming adaptation, Chapelwaite. This is an Epix television adaptation of Jerusalem’s Lot, aka my favourite Stephen King short story (which can be found in King’s first collection of short stories, Night Shift)! I am super excited, and I can’t wait to see how they present…
Fanciful Review | Small Favors by Erin A. Craig

Small Favors by Erin A. Craig My rating: 5 of 5 stars Growing up, I’d assumed that the legends of monsters in the woods were nothing more than elaborate fairy tales, stories told to keep foolish children from getting lost in the pines. Were the stories true? Were the monsters real? Ellerie Downing and her…
FANCIFUL FEATURE | MY FAVOURITE HORROR FICTION PODCAST – BOOKS IN THE FREEZER

Are you a fan of horror fiction? Do you love listening to podcasts? Then might I recommend my favourite horror fiction podcast, Books in the Freezer! If you are also a fan of Friends, then you know that this podcast takes its name from Joey Tribbiani, who puts books that scare him into the freezer,…