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\n\u2665 D\u00eda de Los Slashers<\/a> by V. Castro (3\u2605)
\n\u2665 Goddess of Filth<\/a> by V. Castro (4.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 Reed\u2019s: A Tale of the American Spirit<\/a> by Douglas Cook (4\u2605)
\n\u2665 Spread Me<\/a> by Sarah Gailey (5\u2605)
\n\u2665 The Harvesting<\/a> by Timothy King (3.5\u2605)<\/p>\n
Film Reviews<\/strong> Graphic Novel Reviews<\/strong> Manga Reviews<\/strong> Video Game Reviews<\/strong> Other Posts<\/strong> Manga<\/strong> \u2665 Blippo+ Now that I’ve been in recovery for a month I’m finally out of my surgery wrap and have switched to a boot. I’m still very weak and struggle to walk without the assistance of a walker, but at least my scars are healing well though my leg still swells regularly. The highlight of my month has been that I can fully wash again. My husband and I got showers down to a science, mainly with me sitting on the edge of the top while he waterboards me, haha. But I’m relieved to be able to do a few things more easily. I’m also doing well getting back on track with work and am so blessed to have a boss that is okay with letting me stay home while I recover. I started going to physical therapy and it’s helped quite a bit with getting some of the flexibility back in my legs.<\/p>\n eARCs (NetGalley)<\/strong> Book Boxes<\/strong> Ebook Purchases<\/strong> HumbleBundle Ebooks<\/strong> Amazon First<\/strong> I’ve done well with kicking my reading slump and I hope to continue the trend next month. I’ve also been wanting to watch a few movies again, so I might do that next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Posts Book Reviews \u2665 D\u00eda de Los Slashers by V. Castro (3\u2605) \u2665 Goddess of Filth by V. Castro (4.5\u2605) \u2665 Reed\u2019s: A Tale of the American Spirit by Douglas…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3217],"tags":[],"book-author":[],"book-illustrator":[],"book-series":[],"book-publisher":[],"book-genre":[],"book-source":[],"book-format":[],"class_list":["post-30896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monthly-blog-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogreview_jul2026-header.png?fit=1080%2C540&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30896","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=30896"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33216,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30896\/revisions\/33216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30896"},{"taxonomy":"book-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-author?post=30896"},{"taxonomy":"book-illustrator","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-illustrator?post=30896"},{"taxonomy":"book-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-series?post=30896"},{"taxonomy":"book-publisher","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-publisher?post=30896"},{"taxonomy":"book-genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-genre?post=30896"},{"taxonomy":"book-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-source?post=30896"},{"taxonomy":"book-format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-format?post=30896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2665 The Craft<\/a> (4\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Be Not Afraid<\/a> by Jude Ellison S. Doyle & Lisandro Estherren (4\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Fraction<\/a> by Shintaro Kago (3\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Dead by Daylight<\/a> (4.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 Strange Antiquities<\/a> (5\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 August 2026 New Release Horror Books<\/a>
\n\u2665 Top 5 Books from my Teen Years<\/a><\/p>\n
\nBooks Read<\/h2>\n
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Books<\/strong>
\n\u2665 Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum (5\u2605)
\n\u2665 Meatship by Sam Rebelein (5\u2605)
\n\u2665 Reed’s: A Tale of the American Spirit by Douglas Cook (4\u2605)
\n\u2665 Dia de Los Slashers by V. Castro (3\u2605)
\n\u2665 Left to You by Daniel J. Volpe (3\u2605)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Days of Love at Seagull Villa Vol. 2 (3.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 Days of Love at Seagull Villa Vol. 3 (3.5\u2605)
\n\u2665 Fraction by Shintaro Kago (3\u2605)<\/p>\n
\nGames Played<\/h2>\n
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My most anticipated game of this year, Hell Maiden<\/em>, was released! I’ve been getting my ass kicked in the game, but it has been so fun, and I can’t get enough of the nostalgic 90’s style animation style! I played a handful of other games that were pretty good, and Strange Antiquities<\/em> blew me away.<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Hell Maiden
\n\u2665 Plush Parade
\n\u2665 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
\n\u2665 Sticky Business
\n\u2665 Strange Antiques
\n\u2665 This War of Mine<\/p>\n
\nLife and Other Things<\/h2>\n
\nBooks Hauled<\/h2>\n
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\n\u2665 All Creatures Living Beneath the Sun by C. S. Fritz
\n\u2665 Something Followed Us Home by Cynthia Pelayo
\n\u2665 Sorrow Like Sour Candy by Chandler Morrison
\n\u2665 The Things That Haunt You by E.A. Griffith<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 The Curse of Hester Gardens by Tamika Thompson (Twisted Retreat)
\n\u2665 The Sea Hides It Dead by Megan Bontrager (Evernight)<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Dark Dance by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Elric of Melnibon\u00e9 by Michael Moorcock
\n\u2665 Mortal Suns by Tanith Lee<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 A Heroine of the World by Tanith Lee![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/book_elricofmelnibone.png?resize=198%2C300&ssl=1\")
\n\u2665 Anackire by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Companions on the Road by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Cyrion by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Day By Night by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Dark Castle, White Horse by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Days of Grass by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Death’s Master by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Delirium’s Mistress by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Delusion’s Master by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Electric Forest by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Hunting the White Witch by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Kill the Dead by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Lycanthia by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Night’s Master by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Night’s Sorceries by Tanith Lee![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/book_nightsmaster.png?resize=184%2C300&ssl=1\")
\n\u2665 Redder than Blood by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Sabella by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Shadowfire by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Sung in Shadow by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Tamastaa by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 The Storm Lord by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 The White Serpent by Tanith Lee
\n\u2665 Volkhavaar by Tanith Lee<\/p>\n
\n\u2665 Fields of Asphodel by Callie Rowland
\n\u2665 John Grebble Is Gone by Peter James<\/p>\n
\nNext Month<\/h2>\n