\n\u2665 Lights, Camera…<\/a> by Marcin Piotrowski (2.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 Mon Amour<\/a> by Cat Voleur (3\u2605)
\n\u2665 Rural Decay<\/a> by Jason Nickey (5\u2605)
\n\u2665 The Haunting of Hill House<\/a> by Shirley Jackson (5\u2605)
\n\u2665 The Year of the Witching<\/a> by Alexis Henderson (5\u2605)<\/p>\n
Anime Reviews<\/strong> Game Reviews<\/strong> Manga Reviews<\/strong> Other Posts<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n Books<\/strong> Manga<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n \u2665 Millennium Actress \u2665 Hunie Cam Studio I got a few packs of Sanrio cards for Christmas and it lit a spark in me to get back into card collecting!<\/p>\n eARCs (NetGalley)<\/strong> Book Boxes<\/strong> Gifts<\/strong> Ebook Purchases<\/strong> Kickstarter<\/strong> Physical Purchases<\/strong> Amazon First<\/strong> Catching up still, more games, recovering from the flu!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Posts Book Reviews \u2665 Lights, Camera… by Marcin Piotrowski (2.5\u2605) \u2665 Mon Amour by Cat Voleur (3\u2605) \u2665 Rural Decay by Jason Nickey (5\u2605) \u2665 The Haunting of Hill House…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3217],"tags":[],"book-author":[],"book-illustrator":[],"book-series":[],"book-publisher":[],"book-genre":[],"book-source":[],"book-format":[],"class_list":["post-27915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monthly-blog-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogreview_dec2025-header.png?fit=1080%2C540&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27915"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28847,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27915\/revisions\/28847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27915"},{"taxonomy":"book-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-author?post=27915"},{"taxonomy":"book-illustrator","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-illustrator?post=27915"},{"taxonomy":"book-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-series?post=27915"},{"taxonomy":"book-publisher","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-publisher?post=27915"},{"taxonomy":"book-genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-genre?post=27915"},{"taxonomy":"book-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-source?post=27915"},{"taxonomy":"book-format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-format?post=27915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2665 Angel’s Egg<\/a> (3\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Sticky Business<\/a> (4\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Bread & Butter Vol. 1<\/a> by Hinako Ashihara (3\u2605)
\n\u2665 Deep Sex<\/a> by Kasane Katsumoto (.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 Maria<\/a> by Naoko Takeuchi (2\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Interview with Helen Scheuerer, author of Heart of Mist<\/a>
\n\u2665 January 2025 New Release Horror Books<\/a><\/p>\n
\nBooks Read<\/h2>\n
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\n\u2665 Lights, Camera… by Marcin Piotrowski (2.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 The Crocodile Bride by Ashleigh Bell Pedersen (3.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke (2.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 Yeehaw Junction by Kayli Scholz (4\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Deep Sex by Kasane Katsumoto (0.5\u2605) re-read<\/em>
\n\u2665 Kare First Love Vol. 1 by Kaho Miyasaka (4\u2605) re-read<\/em>
\n\u2665 Maria by Naoko Takeuchi (2\u2605)
\n\u2665 Prologue \u2013 Gymnop\u00e9dies \u2013 (2\u2605) re-read<\/em><\/p>\n
\nShows Watched<\/h2>\n
\n\u2665 Perfect Blue<\/p>\n
\nGames Played<\/h2>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 No, I’m Not Human
\n\u2665 Pineapple on pizza
\n\u2665 Sticky Business
\n\u2665 Vampire Survivors<\/p>\n
\nLife and Other Things<\/h2>\n
Books Hauled<\/h2>\n
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eARCs (Author\/Publisher)<\/strong>
\n\u2665 Just the Tip by Rob Nelson
\n\u2665 Perverts by Mac Crane<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Apocalyptic Abolitionism by Kevin M Burton
\n\u2665 Artificial Truth by J.M. Lee
\n\u2665 Black Dahlia by William J Mann
\n\u2665 Brain Fruit by Stephen Oram
\n\u2665 Burns by David Polfeldt
\n\u2665 Currencies of Cruelty by Danielle Bainbridge
\n\u2665 For Human Use by Sarah G. Pierce
\n\u2665 Hell Heist by Robert J. Peterson
\n\u2665 It Will Last Longer by Tara Sanders Brooks
\n\u2665 Kin by Tayari Jones
\n\u2665 Losing Our Religion by Russell Moore
\n\u2665 Slow Guillotine by Teo Rivera-Dundas
\n\u2665 Superstars by Ann Scott
\n\u2665 The First Witch of Boston by Andrea Catalano
\n\u2665 The Lacemaker’s Fortune by Andrea Catalano
\n\u2665 The Privileged by Wu Xiaole
\n\u2665 The Ravine by Maia Chance
\n\u2665 The Seventh Sister by Dawn Kurtagich
\n\u2665 Yeehaw Junction by Kayli Scholz
\n\u2665 You Won’t Forget Me by Mazey Eddings
\n\u2665 Your Data Will Be Used Against You by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
\n\u2665 Yours Always by Corinne Sullivan<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Sleeping Among Wolves by Robert Royal Poff (Twisted Retreat)
\n\u2665 Spider to the Fly by J.H. Market (Twisted Retreat)
\n\u2665 The Burning Class by Luisa Col\u00f3n (Twisted Retreat)
\n\u2665 The Dollmaker by Morgan Shamy (Twisted Retreat)
\n\u2665 The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey by Kathleen Kaufman (Twisted Retreat)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Red Rising (Deluxe Slipcase Edition) by Pierce Brown
\n\u2665 Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Epiphany by J.V. Gachs
\n\u2665 I’ll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker
\n\u2665 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
\n\u2665 Veil by Jonathan Janz
\n\u2665 Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Try Not to Die: In This Damned House by Robert Essig
\n\u2665 Try Not to Die: In Arcranium by Daemon Manx & Mark Tullius
\n\u2665 Try Not to Die: At Dethfest by Glenn Hedden & Mark Tullius<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 In Mad Hands by Jon Athan
\n\u2665 Unhappy New Year by Judith Sonnet<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Tea & Alchemy by Sharon Lynn Fisher<\/p>\n
\nNext Month<\/h2>\n