A House With Good Bones

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Call Number: Fantasy / Kingfisher, T., Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Kingfisher, T.
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fantasy / Kingfisher, T.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fantasy / Kingfisher, T.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fantasy / Kingfisher, T.	4-week checkout	Due 05-19-2024
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fantasy / Kingfisher, T.	4-week checkout	Due 05-09-2024
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Kingfisher, T.	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Kingfisher, T.	4-week checkout	Due 05-01-2024
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Kingfisher, T.	4-week checkout	Due 05-14-2024

"A Tom Doherty Associates Book."
"T. Kingfisher's A House With Good Bones is a contemporary Southern Gothic from a master of modern horror that explores the deep, dark roots of family and in which grandma's ghost haunting your house may be the least of your worries. In this ordinary North Carolina suburb, family secrets are always in bloom. Samantha Montgomery pulls into the driveway of her family home to find a massive black vulture perched on the mailbox, staring at the house. Inside, everything has changed. Gone is the eclectic warmth Sam expects; instead the walls are a sterile white. Now, it's very important to say grace before dinner, and her mother won't hear a word against Sam's long-dead and little-missed grandmother, who was the first to put down roots in this small southern town. The longer Sam stays, the stranger things get. And every day, more vultures circle overhead... "I was compelled to read the book in one breathless, white-knuckled sitting. Vultures, ladybugs, and underground children, oh my!"-Paul Tremblay, author of The Pallbearers Club "Wickedly witty, intensely scary, and a thoroughly modern take on the Southern Gothic, about thorny family secrets that refuse to stay buried."-Rachel Harrison, author of Cackle Also by T. Kingfisher Nettle & Bone What Moves the Dead"-- Provided by publisher.

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Another super creepy but somehow still delightful winner from T. Kingfisher submitted by apknapp on July 26, 2023, 11:10am She just writes her POV characters so *well*. This was seriously creepy, like don't-read-before-bed creepy, but still full of smiles and chuckles. As usual with T. Kingfisher, it was a joy getting to know this character and to see her interact with others. I honestly didn't care for the very last bit, things went from creepy-weird to almost over the top, so it's 4.5 stars from me instead of the usual 5.

Witty and imaginative horror submitted by srlorand on August 18, 2023, 11:02am I don’t usually read horror, but I make an exception for T. Kingfisher, who leavens the creepiness with wit and the occasional social commentary. As with several of her other books, I hope to meet these delightful characters again. (Questions left unanswered at the end give me some hope of that.)
I found this book marginally less creepy than The Twisted Ones. I actually was able to read parts of this before bed, but once you get to about the eighth day of the story, I recommend daylight.