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Chiara - Books and Nature are my life
@arateclathebookrat.bsky.social
Lover of rats, mother of Dora the dog, Nature worshipper and vegan. Avid reader of any genre but I prefer horror, thrillers, sci-fi and true crime.
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#BookSky 📚💙
August 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Title Reveal for a gothic horror novelette by C. S. Schiavone and published by Twenty Hills publishing

She Had Glass Eyes 👀

A chilling tale of machines, madness, and the dangerous echo of a voice not quite human.

📚💙 #booksky #arateclathebookrat
June 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Today I bring you two cosy horror novellas to listen to whilst you're going about your day.

Riley's House and The Groundskeeper's Daughter by Holly Knightley were both entertaining and mysterious.

For full review go to www.goodreads.com/user/show/15...

💙📚 #boosky #arateclathebookrat #cosyhorror
June 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Who's ready to roll the dice? 🎲

I invite you to read this bloody ride with an emotional ending!

Roll For Initiative by Lesley A. Camphouse is a satisfying extreme horror.
Be sure to check the triggers

Full review on www.goodreads.com/user/show/15...

💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #extremehorror
May 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
🚨 Author Spotlight 🚨

Ray Star is an amazing writer and human being, with a passion for the environment and animals.

If you like a dystopian coming of age story with magical realism then check out her trilogy Earthlings!

💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #earthlings #magicalrealism #dystopian
May 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you're into alien horror then this should be on your list!

Very original novellas on the alien invasion trope from some of the best horror writers out there: John Durgin, Gage Greenwood, Andrew Van Wey.

Find the full review at www.goodreads.com/userlshow/15...

💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat
May 23, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Cover reveal for the revisited edition of HIDING LIES by Stephanie Rose @deathbytbrbooks.bsky.social

Lydia Walker, is a forensic photographer, working on a gruesome murder of a camping couple. As she finds a deeper connection to the case, will she give in to explore her darker urges?

💙📚 #booksky
May 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Amazing immersive audio experience!
Skandinavien by Albion Byrd is a horror that entertains with its sounds, music and atmosphere!

5 ⭐ for me!!

💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #immersive #audiobook
May 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Bloodstains by Gaslight by Red Lagoe @redlagoe

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5

One of the most compelling vampiric novels I’ve read! It is emotionally brutal and I was invested from the first page.

Full review on www.goodreads.com/user/show/15...

💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #vampires
April 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Happy Release Day to Scurry by @seannb.bsky.social

This novel is a 5 ⭐ from me! It's a thriller with a heart, challenging and uplifting at the same time!
Go get it! 🪳🪳

Full review on www.goodreads.com/user/show/15...

📚💙 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #bookrelease #thriller
April 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I know I'm late, but forgot to post some book recs for Earth Day 🌍

💙📚 #booksky #earthday #arateclathebookrat #climatefiction #ecofiction
April 23, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Just started this and a few pages in, I'm taken!

Amidst a rise in inexplicable violence and patricide, Seth and Charlotte follow the threads of blood trying to find out the cause.
An ancient myth is the link...

The Gaia Chime by Johnny Worthen

💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #flametreepress
March 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Cover reveal for Little Horn by @adjones-author.bsky.social, packed with mystery, intrigue, and confusion.

Fleeing from domestic violence, Chloe finally signed off on the mortgage for her new home.

She may have run from one nightmare, directly into another...

💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat
March 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Cover reveal for Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson @keithrosson.bsky.social published by @blackcrowbooks.bsky.social

A Vietnam veteran and his adopted niece hunt—and are hunted by—the vampire that slaughtered their family.

Out on 9 September

💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #coffinmoon #blackcrowbooks
February 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
When an author knows how to rip your heart over and over!

If you like your horror emotional then read/listen to In The Talk Trees & In the Tall World by Angel Van Atta! 🥹

Full reviews on Goodreads www.goodreads.com/user/show/15...

💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #emotionalhorror #horrorrecs
February 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
How about a YA pink-horror novella set in the 90s?

BFFs Tina, Eve, and Lacey come together for a Sweet 16 slumber party that goes sideways when they accidentally summon more than a good time! 👿

Birthday Party Demon by Wendy Dalrymple and published by Madaxemedia is out now!

💙📚 #booksky
February 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
An intriguing story with unexplainable events and an enigmatic plot!

A hallucinogenic trip where a building Jason and Sally start exploring turns out to be something out of the ordinary but they don't have any idea how extraordinary!

Gambit by Clive Stephens.

💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat
February 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
With the biodiversity crisis talked about a lot, I wanted to highlight that it's not just wildlife that has a right to be protected and recovered:
Every Animal Is Someone!
#arateclathebookrat #everyanimalissomeone #peta #animalrights #vegan
February 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Amazed by yet another beautiful edition of the Evernight horror subscription by Illumicrate.
Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker 🦇
💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #evernightsubscrition #beautifulbooks
January 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Anyone up for a gripping thriller focused on two characters, and how their lives become interconnected after a fateful night?
#booksky 💙📚 #arateclathebookrat #thriller #roystonreeves
January 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Reading this collection of short stories set in Nigeria and loving it! Ten stories about apparent normal life that can become madness through the lenses of these characters' brains. 💙📚 #booksky #arateclathebookrat #shortstories
January 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
How about an amazing box from Para Books inspired by the SCP Foundation Universe 😍
Perfect if you like sci-fi and horror!
#booksky 💙📚 #comics #scpfoundation #arateclathebookrat
January 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
She's all snuggled up in her blanky 😍 Dora is the sweetest ☺️ #dog #mydogismylife
January 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
For those in need of some English folklore with gothic vibes, I can recommend my current read: The Stones of Landane by Catherine Cavendish. Keeping me hooked!
💙📚 #booksky #readingiseverything #arateclathebookrat
January 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM