Tales with Nicole

*This is a review for the book and the Netflix Original Series of The Haunting of Hill House. There are no spoilers in either reviews.*   The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson "First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own." ( goodreads ) I always love a good ghost story, but I think this has to be my new all time favorite. Usually I am very iffy when things...

  This November is my first time participating in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). The story I will be writing is one that I have had in my head for a few years but could never get the idea to work out. Just 2 months before NaNoWriMo started, I figured it out and have been planning the novel ever since. I have been doing a lot of research and have already put so many hours of work into this project. Even if I don't finish the first rough draft of this novel in November I am very confident I will soon finish it. I have everything completely planned out including what I think is an awesome twisted ending!   I have been posting a few things about my NaNoWriMo project on my instagram ( @taleswithnicole ).   Here are some details about my upcoming project!   - Supernatural/ Horror - Historical Fiction - Salem Witch Trials - Salem, Massachusetts 1693 - Witches - Coven - Cults - Magic - The Devil   I do have a title for ...

I recently posted a message on Instagram and Twitter that explained as of September I will be taking a break from posting new reviews every Friday. This has been something I've been considering for a few weeks as my blog will be turning 3 and I've managed to keep up with it weekly for so long. I feel it's more of an obligation and my reviews are rushed and not written as well to meet the deadlines. As of September, I will be posting reviews as I finish the book and feel that the review is ready to be posted. I will still share my new posts on social media.   When I wrote this, I had full intention of continuing my blog but on my own terms. I hope that still is the case but for the time being I might take a break from my blog, read freely and not focus so much on writing reviews for social media, views and likes. If I happen to feel inspired enough to write I will but I'm not going to sit in front of a computer anymore and focus myself to wr...

This was a hard post to name, fake fiction was accurate but also sounded silly, since all fiction is fake. This TBR is a list of fiction books that appear in movies, TV shows and books that were made up for the story. The books on this TBR list are not real, just books that fictional characters wrote or talked about. 1. The Atomic County by Seth Cohen The O.C Starring The Ironist, Little Miss Vixen, Kid Chino and Cosmo Girl, fictional character Seth Cohen from The O.C creates a comic book world with super heroes based on his group of friends and the adventures they have together. 2. An Unkindness of Ravens by Lucas Scott One Tree Hill   "My Name is Lucas Scott, I'm a senior at Tree Hill High School. Tree Hill is just a place somewhere in the world, maybe it's a lot like your world, maybe it's nothing like it. But, if you look closer, you might see someone like you. Someone trying to find their way, someone trying to find their place, som...

Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played it all the time in their tiny cabin at Camp Nightingale. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and first-time camper Emma Davis, the youngest of the group. The games ended when Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out of the cabin in the dead of night. The last she--or anyone--saw of them was Vivian closing the cabin door behind her, hushing Emma with a finger pressed to her lips. Now a rising star in the New York art scene, Emma turns her past into paintings--massive canvases filled with dark leaves and gnarled branches that cover ghostly shapes in white dresses. The paintings catch the attention of Francesca Harris-White, the socialite and wealthy owner of Camp Nightingale. When Francesca implores her to return to the newly reopened camp as a painting instructor, Emma sees an opportunity to try to find out what really happened to her friends. Yet it's immediately clear that all is not right at Camp Nightingale. Already haunted by memories from fiftee...

It's no secret that I love Netflix. My boyfriend and I originally got Netflix in 2010 while living in university residence and have had it ever since. We don't have any kind of cable or TV set up, just Netflix. If I'm not reading, Netflix is on. I like the TV on when I'm alone in my apartment when I'm writing, cleaning, cooking, in the bath tub. I like having familiar voices around me which is why I usually rewatch the same few shows. Usually I watch Friends , That 70s Show , The Office (and most recently) Brooklyn Nine-Nine , and I will rewatch them about twice a year.   But this post is about Netflix Shows that I want to bring attention to because they were so amazing and want to share some of my current favorite shows with you. Since I already mentioned my core 4 shows, they will not be included in this list. *All description from the shows come from either Netflix CA or Wikipedia.     Here are my TV show recommendations on Netflix Canada:...

"Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever." ( goodreads ) This is going to be a tough review to write since I finished Joyland in May. Joyland was not what I expected from a Stephen King novel but I did enjoy it. It is one in a series called Hard Case Crime , each novel in the series wrote by various authors. The illustrations were so fun, I always like a good illustrated edition. The pictures looked like sketches which were in black and white. It gave the impression that someone was drawing from memory, moments that seemed significant to the mystery surrounding Joyland . Joyland was a coming of age story for Devin Jones. It was also a ghost mystery story. It felt very Scooby-Doo, with the kids of the park trying to solve a murder ...