Library of Madness
A Cosy Literature Blog
Welcome to the Library of Madness! A blog that is dedicated to the cosy Autumn and Winter months and all the stories they inspire.
Here, we read everything from fantasy to Gothic and Horror to Whimsical. Everything in literature is connected, it is up to us readers to cultivate these connections.
I hope you find something that you love, I hope you find something new. But most of all, I hope you make some friends!
Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
A Gothic book about books that will shuttle you from beginning to end before you’ve even realised you’ve started
Carmilla - Vampire Novel Review
Carmilla - Gothic Literature Vampire Novel Review
This novel reminds me of eating sweets as a child. At first, it’s lovely and sweet and tasty, and then all of a sudden the sweetness tips into sickly and the pleasure is all but gone…
Carmilla is the same, dark and brooding yet oh, so sweet. Until she isn’t
My Swordhand is Singing | Vampire Novel Review
My Swordhand is a masterful piece of Gothic Literature. Simple and effective is is legitimately scary and, in places, feels almost movie-like
Midnight Hour | Eve Chase
Midnight Hour - Eve Chase | Read 1st - 2nd January
Midnight Hour is a unique thriller, effortlessly weaving a bohemian 90’s chic with a bone-chilling mystery.
Think you know Notting Hill? You don’t have a clue what lies beneath its simple streets or behind its town houses grand doors.