Monthly Blog Review: December 2025

Posts

Book Reviews
♥ Lights, Camera… by Marcin Piotrowski (2.5★)
♥ Mon Amour by Cat Voleur (3★)
♥ Rural Decay by Jason Nickey (5★)
♥ The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (5★)
♥ The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (5★)

Anime Reviews
♥ Angel’s Egg (3★)

Game Reviews
♥ Sticky Business (4★)

Manga Reviews
♥ Bread & Butter Vol. 1 by Hinako Ashihara (3★)
♥ Deep Sex by Kasane Katsumoto (.5★)
♥ Maria by Naoko Takeuchi (2★)

Other Posts
♥ Interview with Helen Scheuerer, author of Heart of Mist
♥ January 2025 New Release Horror Books

Books Read

I read a fair amount over Christmas, I wish I had managed to knock out a few books but overall not too bad. I also knocked out a few re-reads of manga so that I could update my previous reviews and had a lot of fun reading manga again.

Books

♥ Lights, Camera… by Marcin Piotrowski (2.5★)
♥ The Crocodile Bride by Ashleigh Bell Pedersen (3.5★)
♥ The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke (2.5★)
♥ Yeehaw Junction by Kayli Scholz (4★)

Manga
♥ Deep Sex by Kasane Katsumoto (0.5★) re-read
♥ Kare First Love Vol. 1 by Kaho Miyasaka (4★) re-read
♥ Maria by Naoko Takeuchi (2★)
♥ Prologue – Gymnopédies – (2★) re-read

Shows Watched

I actually watched some movies! I convinced my husband to watch two Satoshi Kon films with me. Satoshi Kon is my all-time favorite film directors, and I want very much to write about his films in the future.

♥ Millennium Actress
♥ Perfect Blue

Games Played

So I got less reading done this month because… I got some more gaming done! More new games than old games as well that I found very fun and I’m excited to write some more video game reviews in the future.

♥ Hunie Cam Studio
♥ No, I’m Not Human
♥ Pineapple on pizza
♥ Sticky Business
♥ Vampire Survivors

Life and Other Things

I got a few packs of Sanrio cards for Christmas and it lit a spark in me to get back into card collecting!

Books Hauled

eARCs (Author/Publisher)
♥ Just the Tip by Rob Nelson
♥ Perverts by Mac Crane

eARCs (NetGalley)
♥ Apocalyptic Abolitionism by Kevin M Burton
♥ Artificial Truth by J.M. Lee
♥ Black Dahlia by William J Mann
♥ Brain Fruit by Stephen Oram
♥ Burns by David Polfeldt
♥ Currencies of Cruelty by Danielle Bainbridge
♥ For Human Use by Sarah G. Pierce
♥ Hell Heist by Robert J. Peterson
♥ It Will Last Longer by Tara Sanders Brooks
♥ Kin by Tayari Jones
♥ Losing Our Religion by Russell Moore
♥ Slow Guillotine by Teo Rivera-Dundas
♥ Superstars by Ann Scott
♥ The First Witch of Boston by Andrea Catalano
♥ The Lacemaker’s Fortune by Andrea Catalano
♥ The Privileged by Wu Xiaole
♥ The Ravine by Maia Chance
♥ The Seventh Sister by Dawn Kurtagich
♥ Yeehaw Junction by Kayli Scholz
♥ You Won’t Forget Me by Mazey Eddings
♥ Your Data Will Be Used Against You by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
♥ Yours Always by Corinne Sullivan

Book Boxes
♥ Sleeping Among Wolves by Robert Royal Poff (Twisted Retreat)
♥ Spider to the Fly by J.H. Market (Twisted Retreat)
♥ The Burning Class by Luisa Colón (Twisted Retreat)
♥ The Dollmaker by Morgan Shamy (Twisted Retreat)
♥ The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey by Kathleen Kaufman (Twisted Retreat)

Gifts
♥ Red Rising (Deluxe Slipcase Edition) by Pierce Brown
♥ Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates

Ebook Purchases
♥ Epiphany by J.V. Gachs
♥ I’ll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker
♥ Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
♥ Veil by Jonathan Janz
♥ Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand

Kickstarter
♥ Try Not to Die: In This Damned House by Robert Essig
♥ Try Not to Die: In Arcranium by Daemon Manx & Mark Tullius
♥ Try Not to Die: At Dethfest by Glenn Hedden & Mark Tullius

Physical Purchases
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♥ In Mad Hands by Jon Athan
♥ Unhappy New Year by Judith Sonnet