Oh god I love this format

Given how mean-spirited so many of these “what your favourite X says about you” videos can be, this was a nice, wholesome change of pace. Also as a massive fan of Lovecraft’s works, the dread of being asked about him as a person is real.

@cj1986x

29 күн бұрын

They do tend to be mean, don't they? Like, some people out there need to work out some issues. I like how Willow is doing this, it's fun and friendly. Also I nearly spit out my drink when she got to the "called a big fat racist" part.

Lovecraft and Poe fan here... Existential dread is my constant companion. Haha

@AnaClaudiaBertiniCiencia

Ай бұрын

Same here. Let’s be friends - or maybe not, we definitely are in crisis. 😂

@MsPixieD

Ай бұрын

Sadly, I can relate. I loved Willow's encouraging words to Poe fans, very sweet and soothing 💙

Yes, spot on! I adore Grady Hendrix and his deep understanding of women, and I was a teenager in the 80s so guilty on the nostalgia front. 😂

@Readatrix

26 күн бұрын

I've been reading him since he was an indie author and he is one of two people I always thought would do well. The other is an author named Jeff Menapace, I believe. I enjoy GH humor. A while back Riley Sager made a snarky comment implying GH was stealing from him. While I love every premise of Sager's books, he always fumbled the execution for me, so that comment made it easy to decide I was done with him.

Pet Sematary is and has been my favourite horror book for years. 💜 But Exquisite Corpse is lurking close by in the shadows ... 👀

Ha ha ha, nailed the Grady Hendrix reader, that’s meeeeeeeee 🤣

I DID NOT NEED TO BE CALLED OUT LIKE THAT WITH FRANKENSTEIN 😂😭😂😭😂😭

These are so much fun! Thank you Willow. I am not sure if it is considered horror or just ghotic, but my favorite is "The Yellow Wall-Paper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

@MsPixieD

Ай бұрын

I was thinking of mentioning that one. She did such a great job. By the end I was left with a true feeling of horror.

@HAngeli

Ай бұрын

Very good

@Readatrix

29 күн бұрын

I suppose it's neither here nor there, but she was a huge racist and eugenicist.

Love reoccuring the "my number is" joke. I haven't read any horror novels yet but I really like Junji Ito 😅

These videos are a lot of fun! I'm glad you are creating a series for them. 😊

a head full of ghosts, and I'm guilty of loving SK even old and cranky 😅 the part about uk politics made me shiver for real btw.

Read for filth by the Alison Rumfitt bit lol

@ChicaneryBear

Ай бұрын

I mean, I'm Irish not British but essentially...

So good I watched it twice! And now have a longer TBR. 😂

This was so fun and entertaining to watch 😆

This series is definitely a new favorite of mine and really brightens up my days 😊

I actually really do love Lovecraft... I like Poe as well.

I love this format sooo much❤

I'm a T. Kingfisher fan, and I still am not quite certain what that means....

@Silverraine1

Ай бұрын

same 😂

@GentleReader01

Ай бұрын

It means you’re a really nice person who just happens to watch autopsies. You likely have both cats and dogs, if it’s feasible.

@WillowTalksBooks

Ай бұрын

Pretty sure I made myself clear when I said DJFKGLGMRBWHFIGOKF

Love this video, thanks Willow! My favorite is Exquisite Corpse.

@WillowTalksBooks

Ай бұрын

It’s a lot of people’s fave and I’ve still not read it 😬

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I think my favourite horror novel is "We Sold Our Souls" by Grady Hendrix. I love a book with a good 'revenge-fantasy' plot, and a good fast paced thriller vibe. Not sure what this says about me. lol. I also can see that each of the books you mention probably have a little of Willow reflected in each of them. Great video. :)

@MsPixieD

Ай бұрын

Is that the one with someone crawling through a cave? All the Hendrix books blend together for me, but that scene - no spoilers but you know what I'm talking about about - was as intensely claustrophobic and horrifying as Pit and the Pendulum for me. For a contemporary guy horror writer who is at least equal to Hendrix, my pick is "David Wong"'s John Dies at the End series.

@karidru5272

Ай бұрын

That book was fantastic. The thing about horror is, to me, it's okay if things are not okay, but I want people to complete their quest, whatever it should happen to be. And that book is specifically about that. Sometimes life waylays you, and you lose your, well, soul, and forget what you're even FOR. But it's never too late to remember what you're supposed to be doing, right now. To reconnect with who you are.

@omalleysmith9100

Ай бұрын

@@MsPixieD Yes, there was that scene, and a few others that I cannot think about .. lol... I LOVE Grady Hendrix, and have read most of his books. Thanks for the rec! Cool, I'll check it out.

@omalleysmith9100

Ай бұрын

@@karidru5272 Yes, I agree. I enjoyed how thought-provoking it was too, and was satisfied with the ending.

@MsPixieD

Ай бұрын

@@karidru5272 yes, it had that powerful emotional through-line. For me, a lot of the most successful "horror" stories have heart, and make you really care about the characters. Imo it elevates those stories beyond "genre fiction." 💙

Willow, you are both brilliant and very funny! And I am very much looking forward to more installments in this series.

Frankenstein and daddy issues, queer, neurodiverse and feel like a monster, I check all 4! The fact that it's a classic that many love and somehow I fit that, is fascinating. I get it. Still fascinating lol.

@LiteraryStoner

Ай бұрын

I loved Brother to and i'm currently reading Hell Followed With Us!

Bwahaha - the ending of IT! This was brilliant! 😂

You always call me out with those videos and I love it ❤️

You are so great i loved this😂❤

I loved the dark humour in this! Made me laugh out loud, always welcome on a Monday :) My favorite are Mariana Enríquez's tales :D

Love the Chuck Tingle mention

@MsPixieD

Ай бұрын

I looked up that book on Storygraph, put it on my tbr, then looked up his other books and got big smiles from the titles and covers. So many! 😄

Indeed. Pet sematery is my favorite horror novel. And I like things with no hope. Devilman cry baby is one of my favorite anime.

I legitimately laughed out loud several times! My favorite horror novel is The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker.

@WillowTalksBooks

Ай бұрын

Agh I forgot to do Clive Barker. Saving him for Part 2 😈

Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones is my favorite horror novel. 💙 Love your channel!

I love these videos 😂😂 and yes. I'm a "no hope, no joy, nothing" kind of person 🐈‍⬛

I escaped judgment with The Haunting of Hill House

@WillowTalksBooks

Ай бұрын

For now 😈

As a huge Eric LaRocca fan girl, yeah...that tracks. Cause like, The Trees Grew Because I Bled There messed me up for a few days.

Can you make a collab with Books 'n' Cats? They just made a brilliant video about Frankenstein and I kept thinking that these two channels must somehow get together! Lovely new format! ❤

@kapattpaul

Ай бұрын

I have been thinking the same thing. They would be brilliant and so entertaining together!

😅😅 Love this format.

Willow you are so much fun. I liked several on this list but Pet Sematary ❤️

This series is so fun! I patiently await the sci-fi edition.

@WillowTalksBooks

Ай бұрын

Oh it’s coming 😈

LOL Manhunt was my favorite description

Love this ❤

Our favorite books say alot about who we are. Tarot? Tasseography? I think we have a new venue here 😃

What a joy to wake up to this 🖤💜🖤💜🖤

@charlottedavies5461

Ай бұрын

Couldnt agree more

Every now and then I feel as though I have all my ducks in a row. Like I've finally managed to understand all the little twists and turns of life and I can finally see the world for what it is. Then someone says something like "Chuck Tingle wrote Camp Damascus" and I feel my grip on things slipping away again.

The Poe one... 🥺❤‍🩹

House of Leaves - You read philosophy papers for fun Exquisite Corpse - You can easily name your favorite serial killer

My favorite horror novel is “What Moves the Dead.” Creepy.

Big smiles. Almost belly laughed a couple of times. 💙 And got some new book recommendations.

My favorite is Frankenstein 🖤

Who can resist the NOS4A2 audiobook read by Kate Mulgrew? Not I! I'm not particularly interested in picking one true favorite, but I've read and enjoyed many of the books on the list, and I enjoyed the roast. ♡ Plus, I got a couple new recommendations from this. Sneaky bonus!

@WillowTalksBooks

Ай бұрын

NOS4A2 is one of my favourite horror novels and I NEED the Janeway audiobook SO bad!

@MsPixieD

Ай бұрын

Always looking for great audiobook readers, so glad to find out about Kate. Thanks for the recommendation!

@MsPixieD

Ай бұрын

@@WillowTalksBooks Did you ever see Throw Momma from the Train? A younger Kate Mulgrew has a brilliant smaller but important role, and the movie is hilarious.

As soon as I saw the Lovecraft cover, before you said anything, I thought, "yes but I spend a lot of effort processing the racism that was directed at my own family who lived nearby him for a time". And then you got me. Also, Shirley Jackson "The Haunting of Hill House" is a solid runner-up and I think she could overtake him in my own estimation -- and in some ways she definitely has.

My favorite so far is the haunting of hill house, but i'm currently reading Our Share of Night thanks to your recommandation!

Giggling away at this 🤣🤣🤣🤣

What about "Exquisite Corpse" and/or "Our Share of Night"?

I'll admit, seeing the title "What your favorite horror novel says about you" immediately put my mind to House of Leaves. Though my favorite is Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer =]

Hilarious! I feel very lucky to belong to TheTwisted Kind;)))))

Once again, all too accurate and funny as fuck, I cannot wait for more of these >:)

Willow, please read something by Stephen Graham Jones and ROAST ME. till then I guess I'd have to be happy with my runner up, being woke and introspective, because Tananarive Due is my second favorite :D Also love Alison Rumfitt and Felker-Martin, but I'm just a chaotic cis bisexual trying to find light within darkness!

I am so here for these!!!!!! Next time I am taking a shot for every time you say Stephen King. Just pure!!

Loved this! nomnonomnom 😂😂

I do love T. Kingfisher (nom nom), but I read The Books of Blood by Clive Barker as a teen in the late 80’s, and they are still my favourite. My set of signed firsts with the wrap-around art covers are my prized possessions.

Great series! My favourite horror book is called “Tanners Dell” by Sarah England. It’s part of a trilogy, all are excellent but this was book 2 and it was just….perfect. Sarah’s an indie author who has an excellent catalogue of books to her name now. I adore reading Indie authors, I’ve met so many online over the past few years and they are so lovely! Just in case anyone is interested the trilogy is as follows. 1) Father of Lies 2) Tanners Dell 3) Magda There’s also a book called The Owlmen which is related to the series but isn’t specifically part of the Trilogy. Another couple of authors I’d recommend are Jim Ody and Angel Van Atta. All excellent reads.

As a Poe fan I am pleased ☺️

Why are my favourites always the ones where you give out your phone number? 🤔

@WillowTalksBooks

Ай бұрын

Guess you’re just awesome 😇

@Adeodatus100

Ай бұрын

@@WillowTalksBooks You make an irrefutable argument.

I had to dig through my ratings to check that out. Poe and Lovecraft are the highest scoring. But I don't see myself in the descriptions. Mostly because my favourite thing about Lovecraft is how the developers of Arkham Horror troll him with POC and queer protagonist. And on that note: my true love, my fave, my Fear and one of the best pieces of media I've ever consumed across genres and media: The Magnus Archives. Bonus for representation up the wazoo. And no to the homophobic vase, if you know, you know.

When u talked about Frankenstein the way u said: you have daddy issues made me laugh 😂😂. One of my favourite books is IT by Stephen King

OK yeah, if I was asked what my fav horror novel was, I'd have to say Frankenstein (which I as a SF junkie sees as first a gothic novel, then a sci fi and horror novel). And yeah I have daddy issues, I'm queer and I'm auDHD. But also, being a SF junkie, I am admittedly not that well-read in the larger horror genre so I don't have a lot to pick from!

No Thomas Ligotti. Well, we’re used to it. It’s just a microcosm of the malevolent callousness of the whole universe. :)

@WillowTalksBooks

Ай бұрын

Okay :)

This is the most adictive format

I can never pick a favorite and love several of these, so this was just an exercise in insulting me.😂

@WillowTalksBooks

29 күн бұрын

LOL

Ive tried to get into stephen kings books but i just cant. I first tried with salems lot an i couldnt get more then 100pages in before i was like i cant stand this. An im currently reading the mist an im struggling to finish it idk if horror just isnt my thing or i just cant stand stephen kings writing style

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I like Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix. My life is miserable and my flat represents that. I'm constantly thinking about quitting my job but as unfulfilling it is, i get money, so i'm circling around my issues and my social life suffers as a result. Please send help.

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IT is my favorite horror novel because of everything but the ending scene because NASTYYYYYYYYYYY

@tweegerm

29 күн бұрын

as a fellow IT-lover I knew it was coming but I was still hoping we could not talk about the train. mercy, Willow, mercy

I’m coming out as a Stephen King lover. I fought it for so long but he gets me 🖤🖤

Lmao on the IT joke... I've heard of the ending and I think im going to skip that book.

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Haunting of Hill House?

😅😅😅😅 Sooo good

Pet Sematary is on my TBR because of its exploration of grief. But maybe I should switch to Grady Hendrix for his female characters. I don't even like horror.

So funny haha

Did you mention Dracula? Did I miss it???

@WillowTalksBooks

26 күн бұрын

It was in the classics video :)

Got anything for the Kathe Koja fans?

@WillowTalksBooks

Ай бұрын

Honestly never even heard of them!

@albertosanchez6343

Ай бұрын

​@@WillowTalksBooks Oh wow! If you're curious, my favorite of hers is Bad Brains. There's also The Cipher, which won the Bram Stoker award. She writes about obsession and the horror of being too much inside your own head and unable to meaningfully connect with others. Also a very unique prose stylist. Check her out if this seems cool to you, maybe it could make it into the next video :)

Me, an avid fan of everything Andrew Joseph White writes 🥲 also not me waiting for you to drop me your full number so we can actually be friends... 👀