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💭 what was your favorite horror read from last year?

if you’re wondering if it was hard to narrow these down, i initially tried to do a top 3. and then a top 5. and failed both times, so now we’re at a top 6 and even then i wanted to include more! it’s been a great few years for horror books.

📚 books mentioned:
- The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
- The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
- You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
- The Children by Melissa Albert
- Mexican Gothic bu Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Model Home by Rivers Solomon

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- eyeshadow is The Crawl Face & Eye Multi-Palette from Covergirl and The Lord of the Rings Middle-Earth Palette from Glamlite
- shimmer is Lucid Dream from Ourbella
- lip combo is Lip Lingerie Liner Stain (Up To No Good) from NYX Cosmetics and 3D Volumizing Lip Gloss (Cherry Cola) from Fwee
- (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!)

thank you to Saga Press and William Morrow for the gifted copies! 

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💭 what was your favorite horror read from last year?

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Reading is better in community, and I’m grateful to welcome you to mine! I’ve been a content creator most of my life & an avid reader my entire life. Celestial is our home base to celebrate imaginative stories from galaxy-wide voices. (Think: fantasy, horror, sci-fi, magical realism & beyond.) I love being playful with my recommendations, but I always read with intention – this is a discerning and deliberately diverse space. Join my chaotic community … and let’s have fun while uplifting all voices. 

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