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Oct 16, 2024 | 
thestate.com | Carissa Orlando
This time of year, so many of us are cozying up and telling terrifying tales around a bonfire and rewatching classic movies like Halloween,Ghostbusters or Casper. But there’s no shortage of spine-tingling books to help you get in the Halloween spirit, too! We gathered our favorite ghost books to add to your TBR pile. Want to travel back to the past? Give The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden a try.
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Nov 21, 2023 | 
iowapublicradio.org | Paul Auster |Evie Woods |Carissa Orlando |Isabel Cañas |Josie Fischels
FictionAbsolution by Alice McDermottRecommended by Jan Weismiller, co-owner of Prairie Lights"Set in both 1963 and 60 years later, Absolution revolves around Tricia and Charlene. The two met in Saigon when both were young and newly married to military men. Sixty years later, Charlene has died and her daughter reaches out to Tricia and learns of long-buried aspects of their life in Saigon. This is a masterful novel surrounding history, politics and class.
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
forcesofgeek.com | Stefan Blitz |Carissa Orlando |David Gillota |Vincent Albarano
There’s nothing like a crisp fall evening with a roaring fire, a glass of warmed apple cider, and a frighteningly good book that stirs your nervous system into a frenzy. Whether fiction or nonfiction, monsters either real or imagined, there’s something primal about fear. Here are fourteen such titles ideal to enjoy during this Halloween season.
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Oct 11, 2023 | 
shelbystar.com | Rachel Harrison |Alex De Campi |Carissa Orlando |Isabel Cañas
As you're prepping for Halloween, don't forget to read a scary book. Because nothing screams spooky season like your imagination running wild with some freaky prose. This fall offers a whole slew of horror reads and novel chillers to get in the mood. Sure, don't forget the classics (Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"? Still a banger) or the usual suspects like Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Clive Barker and their literary lot.
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
zip06.com | Carissa Orlando
The September House by Carissa Orlando Anyone highly anticipating spooky season should start here! Margaret knows her house is haunted, but she doesn't want to leave. The ghosts are unavoidable, and the worst of it happens in September. But everything is survivable, right? This book has a surprising amount of heart, an equal number of shocking moments, and the reader is never sure of what might happen next. Rhi, R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison
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Sep 15, 2023 | 
bookreporter.com | Carissa Orlando
Great tales of horror often challenge readers to consider where psychological terror ends and the supernatural takes over. Walking the tightrope between these two causes for hauntings, Carissa Orlando offers THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE, a novel whose breezy readability belies its dark themes and gross images. It’s a haunted house story for those who enjoy the genre for all kinds of reasons. Margaret and Hal dreamed of their ideal home for years.
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Sep 7, 2023 | 
apg-wi.com | Carissa Orlando
The curb appeal is pretty high. Really, the house has everything: enough bedrooms, enough bathrooms, the yard is partially-fenced, good-sized, but not too much; there’s a ton of kitchen storage, a tool shed out back, and the cutest little garden. Seriously, the place is great; the appliances are included, so are the window treatments, and, as in the new book “The September House” by Carissa Orlando, maybe even a few ghosts. kAmxE 925 366?
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Sep 6, 2023 | 
inbetweendrafts.com | Brianna Robinson |Tanya Byrne |Carissa Orlando |Cherie Dimaline
This list of the best new books of September is long. There’s just too many good books releasing this month and they all deserved to be highlighted. I especially wanted to include all of the incredible Indigenous Authors who have books releasing this month. And if you’re the type to celebrate National Awareness Days/Holidays, September 6th is “National Read A Book Day.
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
redcarpetcrash.com | Carissa Orlando
When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every September, the walls drip blood. The ghosts of former inhabitants appear, and all of them are terrified of something that lurks in the basement. Most people would flee.
Margaret is not most people. Margaret is staying. It’s her house.
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Aug 24, 2023 | 
novellives.com | Carissa Orlando
Goodreads summary of The September House by Carissa Orlando (non-spoiler review and quotes below): A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel. When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings.
