Books for the TBR Pile... 'Spooky Books' Edition

Well, I'm now one tooth less than I was yesterday and while I didn't exactly cover myself in glory, I didn't embarrass myself as much as I thought I would (I'm the worst at having injections). It's all a little on the sore side but that will go so definitely better than having toothache :o) 

I'll be honest, I was feeling pretty sorry for myself yesterday so stopped off in Greenwich (on the way home) to see if there were any books that caught my eye. And... There were, of course there were ;o) I stopped in at 'Rare Books & Curios', Greenwich Market, as they had a nice spread of horror fiction the last time I was in there. As luck would have it, there was a bag of books that hadn't been put out and the owner was happy for me to have the first look. I was a little more restrained with my purchases this time, check 'em out...


I was always partial to a 'Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories' collection, as a kid (my primary school had a nice selection on the shelves which is a bit odd now I think of it...) so I thought 'The 2nd Fontana Book' might be a nice one for Halloween. Yep, I'm setting myself a little challenge to read a couple of the books here over the next few weeks. Just a couple, I fancy my chances :o) 

'The Tomb From Beyond' is the other book that I'm going to try and finish. There is nothing quite like a gory looking 70s/80s cover to pique my interest and that's all it took here; that and the fact I've never read anything by Carl Jacobi. Lets see if the stories match the cover.

I saw 'New Terrors 1' and thought to myself, 'I haven't seen that book in years, I must get it'. I got it and now I can't remember where it was that I saw it all those years ago. That's really bugging me... :o( Oh well, time for a long overdue re-read.

And one of these books is not like the others... I love the old Ballantine covers so had to grab 'Don Rodriguez'. Maybe not one for this month but I'm looking forward to reading it when I get the chance.

And that's your lot :o) Anything here catch your eye? And did your primary school/infant school etc have horror fiction, on the shelves, or was it just mine? Leave a comment and let me know.


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