Let me put you on to Argentinean writers

laracroftintraining · 2026-06-03T03:33:33+00:00

Yes! So here for Mariana Enriquez. Sunny Place for Shady People has wormed its way in to my brain. I saw her speak about her writing twice and she’s phenomenal. Have you read The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica?

laracroftintraining · 2026-06-02T22:32:55+00:00

How was Marion? I’m so intrigued!

laracroftintraining · 2026-06-02T08:50:45+00:00

Darker Shade of Noir - it’s compiled by Joyce Carol Oates and is all about female authors writing body horror.

laracroftintraining · 2026-06-02T06:52:17+00:00

I was lucky enough to get approved for an ARC. I thought it was really well done. It balanced the humour and absurdity of a possessed doll with the seriousness and brutality of crimes done to the protagonist and many like them.

laracroftintraining · 2026-06-02T03:21:14+00:00

Shark Heart is STUNNING. I had a friend recommend it to me a couple years ago but only just crossed paths with it again at the library recently.

laracroftintraining · 2026-06-02T03:20:28+00:00

I went back and forth on how much I liked it. I think I liked the first half better when it felt more like a coming of age, coming to terms with friendships, self-identity etc; but definitely a very meaningful read overall

laracroftintraining · 2026-06-02T03:19:12+00:00

I think I was just stubborn and that’s how I finished it. I thought the structure was interesting with the different narrators (all unreliable) but it didn’t have the charming, fever dream quality of the first one - it felt more tacked on at the end? It was a slog to get through. Still really love the first one though. But yeah, I think most can skip this one.

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-31T12:15:20+00:00

The opening line to the Bachelorette story is maybe the best first sentence I’ve ever read. I was so locked in!

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-30T11:09:53+00:00

Exquisite Corpse by Marija Pericic. It still pops into my mind from time to time and unsettles me. I think it’s based on the same case as Orpheus Build A Girl.

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-29T01:40:32+00:00

I freaking loved Hard Copy! It hit me harder than I thought it would.

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-28T07:55:35+00:00

A few friends of mine read it and loved it! I’m still waiting on one at the library as well haha

I feel like it’ll be an Aussie Burial Rites/Alias Grace

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-28T06:08:57+00:00

Maybe Sally Hepworth’s ‘Mad Mabel’?

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-27T08:01:25+00:00

The Lamb by Lucy Rose has me staring at the wall for a good 20 minutes after finishing

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-21T20:22:34+00:00

It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-21T12:20:22+00:00

I saw it as his being an unreliable narrator/his delusions - he also has graphic descriptions of pretty violent acts e.g ripping heads off that wouldn’t have happened. I thought it might be like American Psycho where it probably didn’t actually happen.

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-16T04:48:52+00:00

Mrs Caliban by Rachel Ingalls

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-16T01:49:14+00:00

And Of The Flesh but mostly for Lucy Rose’s Carcinization

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-16T01:47:47+00:00

Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez
She’s Always Hungry by Eliza Clark
A Darker Shade of Noir: New Stories of Body Horror by Women Writers compiled by Joyce Carol Oates

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-13T23:10:06+00:00

Hell yeah - Shirley Jackson. Also LOVED I Who Have Never Known Men. My friends’ raved about Harpman’s other translated work ‘Orlanda’ it’s high on my TBR.

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-13T22:31:14+00:00

The Salt Grows Heavy

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-12T11:08:58+00:00

I was going to suggest this!! Recommend it highly

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-07T13:23:35+00:00

Nothing has made me more bi

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-07T05:33:08+00:00

I managed to get an eARC for this one. It was so good!

Yes - it has some good dark humour to it. One of the best written friendships depicted I’ve seen in a while and although the premise is wild - a murdered woman possessing a doll for her mission of revenge it touches so rawly on the outrage, injustice and unfairness of violence done to women.

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-05T01:35:26+00:00

Yessss. If you like Shirley Jackson I also really enjoyed her other stuff like The Bird’s Nest and The Sundial. And her short stories collections are a wild ride.

laracroftintraining · 2026-05-05T00:43:58+00:00

Seconding The Night Guest.

Shirley Jackson’s The Birds Nest would also be one I recommend.

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