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Blog Updates<\/h2>\n

A quick and very late post! I have had some kind of flu for several days this week and have had zero energy to update.<\/p>\n

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Posts<\/h2>\n

Book Reviews<\/strong>
\n\u2665 A Darkness Unseen<\/a> by Matt Kurtz (5\u2605)
\n\u2665 An Eccentric Engagement<\/a> by Donna Lea Simpson (2\u2605)
\n\u2665 Bus Driver Man<\/a> by Duncan Ralston (4\u2605)
\n\u2665 Dead Men Walking<\/a> by Duncan Ralston (2.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 My Darling, My Disaster<\/a> by Amalie Howard & Angie Morgan (2.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 The Female Correspondent<\/a> by E.A. Deverell (4\u2605)
\n\u2665 The Mad Herringtons<\/a> by Jane Myers Perrine (2\u2605)
\n\u2665 The White<\/a> by Matt Micheli (3\u2605)
\n\u2665 The Prophecy of Arcadia<\/a> by M.H. Soars (2.5\u2605)<\/p>\n

Manga Reviews<\/strong>
\n\u2665 Palepoli<\/a> by Usamaru Furuya (3\u2605)<\/p>\n

Other Posts<\/strong>
\n\u2665 March 2025 New Release Horror Books<\/a><\/p>\n

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Books Read<\/h2>\n

\"\"Books<\/strong>
\n\u2665 A Darkness Unseen by Matt Kurtz (5\u2605)
\n\u2665 Against Medical Advice by Ruth Anna Evans (5\u2605)
\n\u2665 Bus Driver Man by Duncan Ralston (4\u2605)
\n\u2665 Cargo by Ruth Anna Evans (4\u2605)
\n\u2665 Dead Men Walking by Duncan Ralston (2.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 Faceless by Jeff Monday (4.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 How to Kill a Celebrity by Duncan Ralston (3.5\u2605)<\/p>\n

Manga<\/strong>
\n\u2665 Hauntress by Minetaro Mochizuki (3.5\u2605)<\/p>\n

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Books Hauled<\/h2>\n

\"\"eARCs (BookSirens)<\/strong>
\n\u2665 The Organization is Here to Support You by Charlene Elsby<\/p>\n

eARCs (Author\/Publisher)<\/strong>
\n\u2665 Food Court of the Damned by D.W. Hitz
\n\u2665 House of Harrow by Cassandra Celia
\n\u2665 Spatterpunk: She Dotted Her I’s by Jack Bantry
\n\u2665 Tethered by Kismet by Camille Danciu
\n\u2665 What Fresh Hell by Del Howison<\/p>\n

eARCs (NetGalley)<\/strong>
\n\u2665 A Hundred Years and a Day by Tomoka Shibasaki
\n\u2665 Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
\n\u2665 Hauntress by Minetaro Mochizuki
\n\u2665 Killer Potential by Hannah Deitch
\n\u2665 Sisters of Fortune by Esther Chehebar
\n\u2665 The Burning Heart of the World by Nancy Kricorian
\n\u2665 The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King
\n\u2665 The Sea Gives Up the Dead by Molly Olgu\u00edn\"\"
\n\u2665 Transplants by Daniel Tam-Claiborne<\/p>\n

Book Boxes<\/strong>
\n\u2665 Song of the Six Realms by Judy I. Lin (OwlCrate)
\n\u2665 Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao (OwlCrate)<\/p>\n

Ebook Purchases<\/strong>
\n\u2665 Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison
\n\u2665 Stork by Shane McKenzie
\n\u2665 The Fourth Whore by EV Knight<\/p>\n

Physical Purchases<\/strong>
\n\u2665 At Dark, I Become Loathsome by Eric LaRocca
\n\u2665 Eyes Guts Throat Bones by Mo\u00efra Fowley
\n\u2665 Hot Musket by Judith Sonnet (previously read)
\n\u2665 MAGICK by Judith Sonnet
\n\u2665 They Were Here Before Us by Eric LaRocca (previously read)<\/p>\n

Amazon First<\/strong>
\n\u2665 The Fall Risk by Abby Jiminez
\n\u2665 The Warbler by Sarah Beth Durst<\/p>\n

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Next Month<\/h2>\n

I have no plans for March outside of AuthorCon, knocking out more reading, and catching up on writing reviews for the books I’ve read so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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