18.5 Adding to your TBR/W: Spooky Reads and Watches
Literature & Libations
In this week’s bonus episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss their favorite spooky reads and watches!
Books, shows, and movies discussed in this episode:
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling
The October Country by Ray Bradbury
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz; drawings by Stephen Gammell
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Netflix)
Fear Street: 1994; Fear Street: 1978; Fear Street: 1666 (Netflix)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
Midnight Mass (Netflix)
American Horror Story
Paranormal Activity
The Blair Witch Project
The Ring
The Conjuring
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Join us next week as we discuss Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Here is the cocktail recipe for next week’s episode if you want to drink along with us!
Black Widow Smash via Half-Baked Harvest
INGREDIENTS
8 fresh blackberries, plus more for topping
1-2 tsp fresh rosemary, plus a sprig for serving
Juice from half a lemon
1-2 TB honey
1 ½ - 2 oz tequila or Mezcal
Couple dashes orange bitters
Sparkling water, for topping
INSTRUCTIONS
- In a cocktail shaker or glass jar, add blackberries, rosemary, lemon juice and honey. Muddle all of the ingredients together, squishing everything to release the juices. Add the tequila and orange bitters.
- Add ice to your glass and strain the drink over the ice. Top the glass with a little more ice, pour the sparkling water over, and gently stir to combine. Garnish with fresh rosemary. DRINK!
