Julia Smith
@juliakate32.bsky.social
Youth Books Editor at Booklist, Bird Rescuer, Horror Appreciator. No rhyme or reason here.
I just finished listening to Pagan Kennedy's "The Secret History of the Rape Kit" (read beautifully by Claire Danes) and absolutely loved it. Though topically different, it reminded me of another fav: "To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse."
June 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I just finished listening to Pagan Kennedy's "The Secret History of the Rape Kit" (read beautifully by Claire Danes) and absolutely loved it. Though topically different, it reminded me of another fav: "To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse."
2) Bog (1979): Dynamite fishing done stirred up something prehistoric in the bog. Insect? Fish? Walking cancer?! #31HorrorFilms31Days
October 3, 2024 at 4:22 PM
2) Bog (1979): Dynamite fishing done stirred up something prehistoric in the bog. Insect? Fish? Walking cancer?! #31HorrorFilms31Days
Leaning into this account's cobwebs by returning for #31HorrorFilms31Days
1) Arcadian: Can Nic Cage save his sons from post-apocalyptic monsters? What do you think?
1) Arcadian: Can Nic Cage save his sons from post-apocalyptic monsters? What do you think?
October 2, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Leaning into this account's cobwebs by returning for #31HorrorFilms31Days
1) Arcadian: Can Nic Cage save his sons from post-apocalyptic monsters? What do you think?
1) Arcadian: Can Nic Cage save his sons from post-apocalyptic monsters? What do you think?
Grab your butterfly net & achieve true weirdo status by running after birds in downtown Chicago! It's the best! Repost from X. Visit the CBCM website for info: www.birdmonitors.net/Volunteer.php
#birds #birdrescue
#birds #birdrescue
February 15, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Grab your butterfly net & achieve true weirdo status by running after birds in downtown Chicago! It's the best! Repost from X. Visit the CBCM website for info: www.birdmonitors.net/Volunteer.php
#birds #birdrescue
#birds #birdrescue
The 2024 Summer Scares books are looking sharp! As knives. And werewolf teeth. Get the deets at tinyurl.com/5n6vx7hh
All hail the @summerscares.bsky.social team:
@heykellyjensen.bsky.social @yikesyaika.bsky.social sky.social, @papersquared.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social @raforall.bsky.social
All hail the @summerscares.bsky.social team:
@heykellyjensen.bsky.social @yikesyaika.bsky.social sky.social, @papersquared.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social @raforall.bsky.social
February 14, 2024 at 4:39 PM
The 2024 Summer Scares books are looking sharp! As knives. And werewolf teeth. Get the deets at tinyurl.com/5n6vx7hh
All hail the @summerscares.bsky.social team:
@heykellyjensen.bsky.social @yikesyaika.bsky.social sky.social, @papersquared.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social @raforall.bsky.social
All hail the @summerscares.bsky.social team:
@heykellyjensen.bsky.social @yikesyaika.bsky.social sky.social, @papersquared.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social @raforall.bsky.social
And here's the Booklist Editor's Choice list of the year's best adult books for teens!
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bit.ly/482imH7
December 6, 2023 at 3:15 PM
And here's the Booklist Editor's Choice list of the year's best adult books for teens!
bit.ly/482imH7
bit.ly/482imH7
Happy to finally be able to share the Booklist 2023 Editor's Choice youth list! 2023 Books for Youth list: bit.ly/47D69c2
December 6, 2023 at 3:13 PM
Happy to finally be able to share the Booklist 2023 Editor's Choice youth list! 2023 Books for Youth list: bit.ly/47D69c2
Inspired by @allyoutthere.bsky.social’s Insta post, I found that I like my horror pink & purple like a bruise.
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November 28, 2023 at 3:45 PM
Inspired by @allyoutthere.bsky.social’s Insta post, I found that I like my horror pink & purple like a bruise.
www.instagram.com/p/C0LBFyOrfC...
www.instagram.com/p/C0LBFyOrfC...
31) The Burbs: An all-time fav. Happy Halloween!
#31HorrorFilms31Days
#31HorrorFilms31Days
November 1, 2023 at 2:42 AM
31) The Burbs: An all-time fav. Happy Halloween!
#31HorrorFilms31Days
#31HorrorFilms31Days
My internet went out mid-Autopsy of Jane Doe yesterday & hasn’t been heard from since, which is a shame b/c I was enjoying it. So, I’ve resorted to a DVD I got for free.
30) Static: Shockingly okay home-invasion flick that takes a sappy turn.
#31HorrorFilms31Days
30) Static: Shockingly okay home-invasion flick that takes a sappy turn.
#31HorrorFilms31Days
October 31, 2023 at 7:50 PM
My internet went out mid-Autopsy of Jane Doe yesterday & hasn’t been heard from since, which is a shame b/c I was enjoying it. So, I’ve resorted to a DVD I got for free.
30) Static: Shockingly okay home-invasion flick that takes a sappy turn.
#31HorrorFilms31Days
30) Static: Shockingly okay home-invasion flick that takes a sappy turn.
#31HorrorFilms31Days
29) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974): Welp, I’m late to the party but I’ve finally seen it. Anyone else delighted to see that the cattle truck driver’s real name is Ed Guinn? Coincidence??? #31HorrorFilms31Days
October 30, 2023 at 12:55 AM
29) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974): Welp, I’m late to the party but I’ve finally seen it. Anyone else delighted to see that the cattle truck driver’s real name is Ed Guinn? Coincidence??? #31HorrorFilms31Days
28) Hour of the Wolf: What just happened? I think I liked it. #31HorrorFilms31Days
October 29, 2023 at 1:45 PM
28) Hour of the Wolf: What just happened? I think I liked it. #31HorrorFilms31Days
27) The Royal Hotel: 2 young women run out of money while traveling in Australia & get jobs tending bar in remote mining town. The toxic masculinity is off the charts, & that makes this terrifying. #31HorrorFilms31Days
October 29, 2023 at 1:42 PM
27) The Royal Hotel: 2 young women run out of money while traveling in Australia & get jobs tending bar in remote mining town. The toxic masculinity is off the charts, & that makes this terrifying. #31HorrorFilms31Days
26) The Empty Man: Urban legend gains steam after several teens die after blowing into glass bottles. This part was great! It lost me after turning it all into a cult thing, though. #31HorrorFilms31Days
October 28, 2023 at 2:22 PM
26) The Empty Man: Urban legend gains steam after several teens die after blowing into glass bottles. This part was great! It lost me after turning it all into a cult thing, though. #31HorrorFilms31Days
25) The Tingler: All hail Chicago's Music Box Theater, which showed this classic "In Percepto." As an obsessed scientist searches for the cause of "fear tension," shocks and tinglers were let loose in the theater itself. #31HorrorFilms31Days
October 27, 2023 at 12:59 PM
25) The Tingler: All hail Chicago's Music Box Theater, which showed this classic "In Percepto." As an obsessed scientist searches for the cause of "fear tension," shocks and tinglers were let loose in the theater itself. #31HorrorFilms31Days
24) V/H/S/85: I didn't like it! I know I'm wrong, okay? This dude was all right, though. #31HorrorFilms31Days
October 26, 2023 at 8:01 PM
24) V/H/S/85: I didn't like it! I know I'm wrong, okay? This dude was all right, though. #31HorrorFilms31Days
23) They Live in the Grey: A decent Sixth Sense riff in which a CPS worker is can see ghosts, and there's one involved with her latest case. #31HorrorFilms31Days
October 26, 2023 at 7:53 PM
23) They Live in the Grey: A decent Sixth Sense riff in which a CPS worker is can see ghosts, and there's one involved with her latest case. #31HorrorFilms31Days
22) Caveat: Man’s babysitting gig turns out to be for a mentally unstable adult. On an uninhabited island. Oh, and he has to wear a harness chained to the basement floor. Easy money, am I right? #31HorrorFilms31Days
October 26, 2023 at 1:47 PM
22) Caveat: Man’s babysitting gig turns out to be for a mentally unstable adult. On an uninhabited island. Oh, and he has to wear a harness chained to the basement floor. Easy money, am I right? #31HorrorFilms31Days
21) Chernobyl Diaries: General consensus seems to be that this movie is terrible, but you know what? It's really not bad. It used its setting well and didn't shove CGI mutants down your throat, though I did like this fish. #31HorrorFilms31Days
October 24, 2023 at 7:45 PM
21) Chernobyl Diaries: General consensus seems to be that this movie is terrible, but you know what? It's really not bad. It used its setting well and didn't shove CGI mutants down your throat, though I did like this fish. #31HorrorFilms31Days
And for younger, more sensitive readers, here's a list of Gentle Halloween picture books. #books
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October 24, 2023 at 4:19 PM
And for younger, more sensitive readers, here's a list of Gentle Halloween picture books. #books
www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Bac...
www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Bac...
For those interested in #YA lit, here's a Horror Map I made just for you: www.booklistonline.com/media/horror... #books #horror
October 24, 2023 at 4:15 PM
For those interested in #YA lit, here's a Horror Map I made just for you: www.booklistonline.com/media/horror... #books #horror
19 & 20) Aatank & Shark Exorcist: Shark double feature like no other. One is a fun Bollywood romp & the other is possibly the worst movie I’ve ever seen. #31HorrorFilms31Days
October 23, 2023 at 2:30 PM
19 & 20) Aatank & Shark Exorcist: Shark double feature like no other. One is a fun Bollywood romp & the other is possibly the worst movie I’ve ever seen. #31HorrorFilms31Days
18) Lake of the Dead: A moody little number with a sprinkling of incest in which a peg-legged ghost possesses people & lures them to their deaths. #31HorrorFilms31Days
October 23, 2023 at 2:21 PM
18) Lake of the Dead: A moody little number with a sprinkling of incest in which a peg-legged ghost possesses people & lures them to their deaths. #31HorrorFilms31Days
17) Dark Night of the Scarecrow: Vigilante justice gets it wrong, but the ghost of the man they killed gets it very right. Loved! #31HorrorFilms31Days
October 22, 2023 at 1:15 PM
17) Dark Night of the Scarecrow: Vigilante justice gets it wrong, but the ghost of the man they killed gets it very right. Loved! #31HorrorFilms31Days