The Illiterate Book Club

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager - First Half

The Illiterate Book Club

Show Notes

For this months book of the month, we have decided on a spooky paranormal book to get in the halloween spirit. Home Before Dark by Riley Sager follows Maggie whose father wrote a best selling book about their haunted house. Maggie has returned to the house shortly after her father's death and finds that what he wrote might not have been entirely true. Or was it? Join us as we discuss our thoughts and feelings about the first half of the book. Don't forget to join us at the end of the month where we will discuss how everything ended.

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