Episode 6: There's Always Time for Chocolate Cake: The Curse of the Blue Figurine by John Bellairs

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Carey and Marie talk about a classic of middle-grade horror, The Curse of the Blue Figure by John Bellairs. The latest installment of Spooky Month involves Egyptian magic, evil priests, and chocolate cake. Will the ghost trains finally take Cohost Rie away? What, exactly, was Carey doing involving arcane rituals with a hoard of musicians? And where does Catholic mysticism fit in? Find out in this episode!

The Curse of the Blue Figurine (A Johnny Dixon Mystery #1) by John Bellairs: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Indiebound

John Bellairs: Website

Content Warning: Gaslighting, medical drugging, various emotionally and physically threatening things happening to pre-teen Johnny via villain, discussion of Catholicism and Satanic ritual

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Episode 5: It's Always the Redhead: Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan

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The third episode of Spooky Month! Carey and Marie read Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan and never sleep again. Ghosts, possessions, boarding schools, neglected teenagers and mysterious (terrible) boys?  A perfect Halloween read! And a perfect income stream if done consensually!

Content Warnings: Possession, Neglectful/Abusive Parents, Boys with Bad Boundaries, 70s ideas about mental health and loss of it

Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan:  Goodreads, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Indiebound

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Readalikes:

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Tell Us Your Secret by Barbara Cohen

Current Reads:

As I Descended by Robin Talley

I Hate Everyone but You by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin

Bad With Money by Gaby Dunn

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Episode 4: The Thing in the Chicken House: The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia McKissack

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Carey and Marie discuss the classic collection of African American  supernatural tales, The Dark-Thirty by Patricia McKissack. Chicken coop monsters and wise, loving Bigfoots, the horrors of slavery and oppression, and the inspiration for a lifetime studying folklore--all in one book! We share some ghost stories from our childhood and hometowns, and share readalikes and what we're currently reading to follow up on this amazing, award-winning book.  In this episode, the 11:59 comes for us all. 

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The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia McKissack: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Indiebound

Patricia McKissack: Website

Brian Pinkney: Website

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Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves

The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste

Motherwit: An Alabama Midwife's Story by Onnie Lee Logan as told to Katherine Clark

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Episode 3: Just Another Creepy Doll: The Museum of Mary Child by Cassandra Golds

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It's Spooky Month! Carey and Marie kick things off with The Museum of Mary Child by Cassandra Golds. Within, all your creepy doll, Anglican allegory, talking bird, Regency Gothic and mysterious orphan needs. In this episode, you tell yourself it was just a dream, but the Society of Caged Birds tells us otherwise.

The Museum of Mary Child: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, Better World Books, Libraries/WordCat

Cassandra Golds: Website

Clair de Lune: Goodreads

The Three Loves of Persimmon: Goodreads

Pureheart: Goodreads

Content Warnings: Emotional Abuse, Religious Abuse, Mental Illness, Abuse of the Mentally Ill, Abuse through the Carceral System

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My Friends Dolls

Ghost of the Doll: 

Ghost Of The Doll is an ID website dedicated to toys of the 1980's and 1990's (plus a few 2000's thrown in for good measure)! Here you can reminisce whilst browsing through an extensive selection of toys, view commercials and chat in the forum.

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Sunshine Family

Julie's Fondue Set

Marie's Readalikes:

Wishing for Tomorrow: A Sequel to A Little Princess by Hilary McKay

Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassidy

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken

Carey's Readalikes:

John Bellairs

Mary Downing Hahn

The Bears' House by Marilyn Sachs

Currently Reading:

Doll Bones by Holly Black

The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez

Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsey

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