A Review of I Found the Boogeyman Under My Brother’s Crib: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-i-found-the-boogeyman-under-my-brothers-crib/
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Look who has come knocking for Halloween...
Fascinating and most informative, this detailed and deeply researched biography draws on previously unavailable correspondence to present a fuller picture of the life of Edgar Allan Poe.
https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/10/31/book-review-edgar-allan-poe-a-life/
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #EdgarAllanPoe #EAPoe #Biography #Literature #Goth #Gothic #Horror #Halloween @bookstodon
Book Review: The Witch of Prague by J.M. Sidorova
An intriguing magical realism novel set in the run up to the Prague Spring of 1968.
@Princejvstin has the review at the NOAF blog
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/book-review-witch-of-prague-by-jm.html
New #BookReview on my #blog: "The Secret History of Bigfoot."
https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-secret-history-of-bigfoot.html
Author seeks to answer why Bigfoot and the lore and legends about it remain so appealing.
I’ve written a few thoughts on Lolly Willowes, 1926, by Sylvia Townsend Warner, a wonderful story of female empowerment im which Lolly strives to gain her independence, with surprising results! #bookstodon #BookReview #reading #Storygraph #audiobook #Backlisted @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/90691226-b43b-4e0b-937a-ef29c90366f8
I’ve written a few thoughts on The Flight of the Maidens by Jane Gardam, 2000, an excellent coming of age story about three girls growing up in post war Yorkshire. When Jane Gardam died earlier this year I thought I really need to read her and this was the only book by her available in hardcopy Braille in the RNIB Library… #bookstodon #BookReview #Braille #reading #Storygraph
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/5d03df95-31e0-4daf-b26d-f5db4b4a59de
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A Review of A Visit From Naughty Claus: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-a-visit-from-naughty-claus/
How can an honest #BookReview be a bad thing? Well, this. . .
New on my #blog: "Books reviewed: October 2025."
https://itinerantlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/books-reviewed-october-2025/
My monthly wrap up of #reviews.
#BookReview #books #reading #AlchemicalThoughts #Bookstodon
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A Review of For the Rest Of Us - 13 Festive Holiday Stories to Celebrate All Seasons: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-for-the-rest-of-us/
JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN (😭), my latest review went up at Grimdark Magazine. Joe R. Lansdale totally is your favorite horror writer’s favorite horror writer, and this is a solid retrospective.
(As always, boosts are appreciated!)
https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-the-essential-horror-of-joe-r-lansdale-by-joe-r-lansdale/
A Review of Amina: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-amina/
A Review of Refuge: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-refuge/
finished reading The Art of Uncertainty: How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
by David Spiegelhalter.
A fairly readable overview of probability & uncertainty, from the straightforward games of chance through to the deep uncertainty of future risks such as climate change & AI. Not sure who it's aimed at: some of it is too complex for the layman, but not deep enough for the technically minded. Has some good examples, especially from covid. Would have liked some worked examples of how to apply its principles to real life decision-making.
finished reading The Lebs 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
by Michael Mohammed Ahmad.
A deeply uncomfortable portrayal of Lebanese teenage boys in western Sydney as dumb, racist, misogynistic, sex-obsessed fundamentalists. The last third was more interesting, as the protagonist struggles with the foreignness & ugliness of the White world that he has always idolised.
finished reading Playground 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
by Richard Powers.
The glorious wonder of the ocean, the fraught love of competitive friends, our tangled dependence on both extraction & love of the natural world, the tempting appeal of AI. Felt like there was too much to wrap up in so short a space, but he pulls it off remarkably, leaving an uncertainty as to what was real and what imagined or simulated.
finished reading Contact 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
by Carl Sagan.
A message from outer space is detected, and humanity sets about decoding it, then attempts to make contact with the originators. Delves into the nexus of science & religion, the complexity of international collaboration, and the social upheaval of such a paradigm-shifting discovery. Some excruciating elite-level gaslighting. Surprising ending!
On my reading blog, I review Turns of Fate by Anne Bishop. A new urban fantasy series with a similar atmosphere to her The Others series, with an interesting world and a compelling story that kept me hooked.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2025/11/turns-of-fate-by-anne-bishop-review.html
finished reading The Scar 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
by China Mieville.
An exuberant, barely believeable steampunk world with cactus & mosquito people, underwater & floating cities, and mysterious powers. Very very long, and rather too serious.
Here’s my review of Frankie and Stankie by Barbara Trapido, her excellent 2003 Booker Prize longlisted novel based on her childhood in Apartheid era South Africa #bookstodon #reading #BookReview #audiobook
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/00cfe17d-ddc2-4750-a8ed-37d51d6dd483
In The Defense, Nabokov’s language is, as always, rich, sharp, and full of vivid imagery and wordplay.
The characters, however, feel strangely soulless and do not inspire sympathy. It even seems that the author treats them with a kind of superiority bordering on contempt.
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finished reading The World We Make 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
by NK Jemisin.
New York finishes the job against the Multiverse, despite the conservative reticence of the Old Cities. Clunkier and without the freshness of the original. But fun to see more city avatars. I think Mamdani could easily be a character in these books!
On my reading blog, I review Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade by Mizuki Shigeru. A delightful collection of Mizuki's gorgeous, folkloristic yokai art.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2025/11/yokai-shigeru-mizukis-supernatural.html
New on my YouTube channel: "White Poverty: an Under 5 Review."
https://youtu.be/Q5GaCMtT10I?si=4286PX-AxfI5efAF
#Under5Reviews: where I tell you about a book and help you decide if you want to read it or not in under 5 minutes.
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I review Blind Date with a Werewolf by Patricia Briggs. A delightful in-between book in Alpha & Omega series. Five short stories about Asil on blind dates set by his friends, none of which go as expected.
https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2025/12/blind-date-with-werewolf-by-patricia.html