Book Recs
Catherine Johnson
I don’t know about you, but I spend a lot of time on Instagram. Even more so during autumn b cozy, spooky, autumnal aesthetics. Do you know what pairs well with a cozy, spooky, autumnal So, if you’ve been looking for the perfect spooky book to read as you get cozy under your kotat seasonal reading suggestions for ya!
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado 248 pgs. A spooky read This book is a collection of short stories centered around women’s lives and the violence targeted at their bodies. An experimental work that bends horror, fantasy, legend, magical realism, and one you should definitely research before reading if violence or ED are triggering for you.The most famous story from the collection is The Husband Stitch, a retelling of the classic The Green Ribbon, which is about a woman who finally unties a ribbon around her neck after years of her husband asking to see underneath, only to reveal that the ribbon was what was keeping her severed head attached to her body all along. Couldn’t put the book down as I was completely enraptured by how it was both surreal and mythical yet a reflection of very real fears, traumas, and anxieties. If you want more Carmen Maria Machado, I recommend her memoir about an abusive same-sex relationship titled In the Dream House also written in a similar haunting voice. 88
