This weekly meme was started by @Lauren’s Page Turners. It is now being hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog. To participate, choose a random book from your GoodReads TBR and show it off. Which sounds easy enough until you have to decide how to choose that book! I think I will use a different way each week, like picking a color or number of pages. I will let you know each week how I chose the book and then something interesting about it, like how it ended up on the list or why I want to read it. Got it? Okay let’s get started.
At last we are in the middle of the alphabet. This week’s pick starts with the letter ‘M’ and I think it is an interesting one. I might just save this one for October as it is a horror story, but it also looks like it might be a lot of fun.
My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Publication Date: May 2016
Summary from Goodreads:
1988. Charleston, South Carolina. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. But after an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act… different. She’s moody. She’s irritable. And bizarre incidents keep happening whenever she’s nearby.
Abby’s investigation leads her to some startling discoveries – and by the time their story reaches its terrifying conclusion, the fate of Abby and Gretchen will be determined by a single question: Is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil?
Like an unholy hybrid of Beaches and The Exorcist, My best Friend’s Exorcism blends teen angst, adolescent drama, unspeakable horrors, and a mix of ’80s pop songs into a pulse-pounding supernatural thriller.
I have read three other books by Grady Hendrix and found them all to be quite different from your typical horror books. Yes there is lots of violence, and a few people doing lots of stupid things, but these books have well developed characters and often themes of family and friendship as well. I like the 80’s vibe to this one as well, especially that cover! There are a couple of different covers for this book, but I liked this one because it reminded me of all those 80’s horror movies. I think I will be keeping this one in mind as we get closer to Halloween, it will be a good read for late at night!
Until next time…
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