The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright. It's about a young girl who finds a beautiful dollhouse in her aunt's attic. But then she discovers the dolls have been moving somehow, and it seems like they're trying to tell her something.

Even now as an adult, I feel creeped out reading it. Though parts of it haven't aged that well. It came out in the 80s, and the girl's sister has a mental disability, but she's described as "brain damaged." Yeah, that would never fly now. Regardless, still a creepy, exciting book! I think my mom got it from a garage sale, and I still have it to this day.

Wow, those fish magnets/stickers on your bed. Somehow, this picture predicted Finding Nemo??

Funny to see this when I'm currently on a Grady Hendrix binge! Been reading Final Girl Support Group, now I'll have to check out this one sometime!

So little fun memory: A few years back, Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler did a Q&A on Tumblr (essentially their version of an AMA). I tried asking what was really in the Sugar Bowl, but he didn't answer. I knew he probably wouldn't, but I thought I'd just throw it out there. And I'm guessing I wasn't the only one who asked that either.

>!Count Olaf dies in the last book,!< and the kids do survive, but I don't know if I'd describe the ending as "happy." It wasn't bad either, but it seemed more open-ended. If I remembered it better, I'd be able to describe it better.

I adored the book, so I’m curious about your interpretation! Could you message it to me when you can?

Tbh, I was a little confused by that too. I may want to read it again sometime.

I LOVED this book. I thought I would just start it before going to bed, but I ended up reading the whole thing and not sleeping until the early morning hours.

I worked in a bookstore at the time, so I recommended it to all my coworkers. And one of them had a really interesting observation. Sometimes when mothers are overwhelmed/stressed, they might express, >!"I wish there was two of me." And this book takes that literally. !<I don't know if that was the author's intention, but it's a neat parallel.

This book was a HUGE seller when I worked at Barnes & Noble. We had to keep ordering copies cause so many people wanted it. I kind of read it once, and I remember not being that moved. I can't even remember what it's about. I'm assuming most people just wanted to give the book as a gift because they heard it was "inspirational."

There's Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger. And then there's The Lovely Bones, but that's about the narrator's experiences in Heaven.