Shelf Indulgence Book Club

We were so lucky today to have David Bell    here with our book club to join us for our discussion of Kill All Your Darlings. He was such a delight to talk with. We wanted to share the discussion with those that couldn't make it but may have loved the book as much as we did:    Watch the Video

Synopsis:   ABOUT  KILL ALL YOUR DARLINGS A Most Anticipated Summer Read by SheReads * Motherly * Palm Beach Daily News * Frolic * Crime Reads and more!  “Fans of Jean Hanff Korelitz’s  The Plot  may want to check this one out.”– Publishers Weekly   “With hints of Patricia Highsmith’s  The Talented Mr. Ripley , this is a riveting thriller.”– Palm Beach Daily News   “Grabs you by the throat and never lets go…with a twist you’ll never see coming.”   –Liv Constantine, bestselling author of  The Last Mrs. Parrish “Sounds like  Wonder Boys  times Patricia Highsmith. Yes please!”–Crime Reads   When a student disappears and is presumed dead, her professor passes off her manuscript as his own—only to find out it implicates him in an unsolved murder in this new thriller from the  USA Today bestselling author of  The Request .    After years of struggling to write following the deaths of his wife and son, English professor Connor Nye publishes his first novel, a thriller about the murder of a yo

    You know you are talking to Grady Hendrix when questions like ‘how long would it take to die by broom stomping?’ or ‘could I really win in scarecrow combat?’ come up. Note: there is neither in Grady Hendrix’s newest book,   How to Sell a Haunted House , but why not ask Grady the big questions when you can?     This review is going to spoil the book, because there is just too much to talk about and I'm not great at subtlety, so if you haven’t read the book yet, wait until you can get your claws on it, read it while listening to some spooky music, and come back!   Right off the bat, we wanted to discuss Pupkin, the homicidal puppet featured in the book. Pupkin was inspired by Grady’s wife’s childhood doll, who is absolutely terrifying. He's been living with this doll all this time, and it explains so much. Grady has some Valentine’s cards with a conception of Pupkin, and I’m pretty bummed I don’t have a set of those cards to hand out next Valentine’s Day. Although if I did, I

  How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix is the perfect mix of dark humor, creepiness, and suspense. I found myself flying through this book, I couldn’t put it down.  Louise unexpectedly must return home to Charleston after her parents tragically die in a car accident. She meets up with her estranged brother at their childhood home to get it ready to go on the market. Strange, skin crawling incidents begin to occur. Is Louise sleep deprived? Stressed? Or is this really happening?    Fans of The Poltergeist and Stephen King movies/books will love this story. I would love to see it made into a movie or scripted series!   - Bailey Sickeler What happens to a brother and sister who have a strained relationship when both parents die suddenly together?  Will their relationship become mended, or stay broken?  When the siblings find out from the reading of their parents will that one gets nothing except for haunted puppets that were created by their mom and the other gets everything else,

We were so honored to get our hands on Grady Hendrix's book before it releases on January 17th, 2023. We can tell you it's one you certainly don't want to miss!! Here is our playlist to get you pumped up to read it:    Play on Spotify              Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles (Covered by Kiesza)             Come as You Are – Nirvana (Covered by Alison Newman)             Mama, I’m Coming Home – Ozzy Osbourne              Dollhouse – Melanie Martinez     Riot – three days grace             Watching You Without Me – Kate Bush             Misguided Ghosts - Paramore             Rainbow Connection – Jim Henson (Covered by Sarah Mclachlan)             Bad Blood – Taylor Swift (Covered by Kina Grannis feat. Clara C)             Positively 4th Street – Bob Dylan              Wolves – Ryan Bingham             Tell Me it’s a Nightmare – Kim Petras             Little Lies – Fleetwood Mac              Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell              This Haunted House – Loretta Lynn