Blog Updates
Not much to report this month, though I did change up the three featured recommendations for a new theme – female horror! I hope you’ll check all three books out! ♥
Posts
Book Reviews
♥ Equoid by Charles Stross (4★)
♥ Hot Musket by Judith Sonnet (4★)
♥ Lies She Told by Cate Holahan (3★)
♥ Maggie’s Grave by David Sodergren (5★)
♥ Mile 81 by Stephen King (4★)
♥ Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin (2★)
♥ The Perfect Victim by David Sodergren (5★)
♥ The Scholl Case: The Deadly End of a Marriage by Anja Reich-Osang (5★)
♥ The Vines by Christopher Rice (2.5★)
♥ The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor by Robert Kirkman & Jay Bonansinga (5★)
♥ UR by Stephen King (2★)
Graphic Novel Reviews
♥ Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image by Siobhán Gallagher (5★)
Other Posts
♥ November 2024 New Release Horror Books
Books Read
I doubled the amount of books I read this month, even knocking out several new releases!
Books
♥ Disseverment by Z.C. Krol (3★)
♥ Dollface by R.J. Powell (2★)
♥ Hello, Old Friend by Elizabeth Bedlam (4★)
♥ Hot Musket by Judith Sonnet (4★)
♥ Motel Styx by Michelle von Eschen & Jonathan Butcher (4★)
♥ The Perfect Victim by David Sodergren (5★)
Games Played
And here I thought I was going to play a story game, and instead got completely sucked into TCG Card Shop Simulator after seeing a few folks play it on streams with Pokemon mods. I’ve racked up 80 hours in a month which is impressive even for me. Maybe I’ll write a review once I have 100% all of the achievements, which I’m just 4 away from! Besides that I played a smattering of mobile games and I played a little bit of Cook Serve Delicious 2, my favorite of the CSD games which I have yet to 100%.
♥ Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
♥ TCG Card Shop Simulator
Life and Other Things
Not much to say this month, I’ve been sick as all get out with the flu and it was awful. I stayed inside during Halloween to avoid getting anyone else sick. My oldest daughter invited her (first!) boyfriend over to watch movies, but he showed up after trick or treating and only stuck around for a bit before leaving. My best friend came over with her boyfriend and it was nice to catch up. Youngest had a blast trick or treating, and my husband and a few of his junior sailors had a blast handing out candy. All in all a nice and calm Halloween.
Books Hauled
I put myself on a book buying ban after this month to save up for holiday shopping in November for Christmas. I got a bunch of books I pre-ordered at the end of September however, which is part of why the book list is so big! I by chance ran into the Tor Nightfire HumbleBundle and couldn’t resist!
I also ordered a pile of books from Tilted Axis Press, an indie publisher that specializes in translated literature, especially from countries less likely to make it to the West. They have a Crowd Funder going currently to help fund their initiative and expand their distribution. They are a wonderful little press that I hope more people will check out!
Now I have an ABUNDANCE of books to read over the Christmas holiday into next new and I’m so excited!
eARCs (Author/Publisher)
♥ Sycamore by Ian Rogers
eARCs (NetGalley)
♥ The Antidote by Karen Russell
♥ The Manor of Dreams by Christina Li
♥ The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig
♥ White Line Fever by KC Jones
Book Boxes
♥ Antenora by Dori Lumpkin (Twisted Retreat)
♥ Do What Godmother Says by L.S. Stratton (Twisted Retreat)
♥ An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson (Evernight)
Ebook Humble Bundle
♥ Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi
♥ Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
♥ Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
♥ Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
♥ Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne
♥ Little Eve by Catriona Ward
♥ Maeve Fly by CJ Leede
♥ Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
♥ Mary by Nat Cassidy
♥ Night’s Edge by Liz Kerin
♥ Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
♥ Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian
♥ Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder
♥ Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
♥ The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw & Richard Kadrey
♥ The Spite House by Johnny Compton
♥ What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
♥ Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine
Ebook Purchases
♥ Seek Shelter Now by Stellan Dickerson
Physical Purchases
♥ Abandon by Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay
♥ Arid Dreams by Duanwad Pimwana
♥ dd’s Umbrella by Hwang Jungeun
♥ Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park
♥ Memorials by Richard Chizmar
♥ Moving Parts by Prabda Yoon
♥ Panty by Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay
♥ The Yogini by Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay
♥ Women Dreaming by Salma
Amazon First
♥ An Age of Winters – Gemma Liviero
♥ Ushers – Joe HIll
Next Month
I’m not sure what I’ll be reading in the month of November yet! Currently my Kindle Unlimited subscription goes until the 14th, so I’m going to knock out as much indie horror using that as I can. After that I’ll be diving into my backlist ARCs and physical purchases. The flu had drained my energy completely and made it difficult to write. I’m still recovering and have a lingering cough, so it’s going to be a bit until I can catch up on writing reviews, especially for all of the books I finished this month.
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