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7 Circus-themed Books

Posted on 28/05/202122/05/2021 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

I can’t explain why books featuring circuses draw me in. Is it the mystery? Is the magic? Is it plain escapism? Is it because of the endless possibilities? I don’t know, but I do know the books listed below are ready to show you all sides of circus life. The good, the bad, and the Read More

Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Posted on 30/06/202030/06/2020 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

I just finished reading Gods of Jade and Shadow when Mexican Gothic was added to Netgalley. I requested it, thinking I won’t be approved, but I was! So thank you to Netgalley, Milly Reid, and the publisher for letting me read this ARC. Even though I don’t read gothic stories, I knew what the genre Read More

My favourite Witchy Books

Posted on 18/10/201919/10/2019 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

October, the month of spooky reads. I don’t do well with horror and only read it when a book really interests me. But I have to be in the mood. So instead of talking about super scary reads, I want to highlight my favourite witchy books. All of the include witches, but none of them Read More

My Comfort Reads

Posted on 06/09/201906/09/2019 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

Three comfort reads for the bad days. Easy to read, lovely stories, and enchanting worlds by authors Cate Tiernan, Erin Morgenstern and Clive Barker. Read More

Review: The Diviners – Libba Bray

Posted on 31/08/201829/08/2018 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

I found The Diviners on a shelf at the back of the library. A place where I usually don’t go but will visit now more often. It’s the children’s department, but the young adult section is there as well (still classified as children’s literature). There are also a few shelves that house the foreign language Read More

Review: To The Devil – A Diva by Paul Magrs

Posted on 09/02/201809/02/2018 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

I often go to book fairs where old, rejected, unsellable books are. They’re cheap and the variety is great. Stephen King will be surrounded by many unknown writers, cookbooks next to science books, books about crafts, children’s books, but most of them are Dutch. The last time there was only one long table of English Read More

Shifty

Posted on 31/10/201701/11/2017 by Tessa Hastjarjanto

A few weeks ago, part of this story came to me. I wanted to write it and publish it on Halloween, because it seemed appropriate. There wasn’t much time left, with everything else going on, but we did it. I wrote it and Raven edited it into a better story. We had fun creating this Read More

On My Mind: That Which Unnerves

Posted on 26/05/201726/05/2017 by Raven van Dijk

There’re countless methods to provoke dread and unease in an audience, but today Raven talks about three key things that unnerve him and why – the things that feel inherently wrong, that get under his skin in all the right ways. Read More

Disjuncture: An Excerpt by Raven van Dijk

Posted on 10/03/201731/03/2017 by Raven van Dijk

As some of you know, I am currently working on what is technically a horror novel, but has grown into a cross between a ghost story, a spy novel, and psychological thriller. I, Raven, humbly present an excerpt from my upcoming novel: Disjuncture. Read More