Lydia's Books of Terror: Horror Booktube Weekly

DId the master of modern horror Robert Bloch write for the Devil? What do Brian Keene and H.P. Lovecraft have in common? What is reekly wead anyway? These questions hardly answered and more, this week at Typical Books of Terror. Since two books does not constitute a haul, here is a small variety episode. Monthly catchps or reading tallies are usually what I've done, but a weekly approach may work better this summer. So, weekly reads; or reekly weads it is! Mergers and Acquisitions of what I am reading at the moment, what has come in to my kindle, and what I've picked up recently. Let m eknow if you have read Cold Chills by Robert Bloch!  / cold-chills  ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

Typical Books 348 - Reekly Weads

So far this month I've read quite a few advance reading copies of good books. One was a real fit for me with some writing style snags, and one was not a fit at all, but I read it anyway to see how the creatures fared. One book bought, TED Klein's Reassuring Tales; and one book gifted, Pieces of Madness by Kasey Pierce. Coming up I'll be reading Senseless by Ronal Malfi and a few more books off thebackward shelf. Speaking of which, I'll be tracking all of this a lot better using a new spreadsheet method. I've been looking for a better way to track my reading and this may just be the thing! Follow ‪@NovelteaCorner‬ for a very thoughtful booktube channel and a wonderful quarterly stat check-in    • first quarter stats check-in . 2025   ~ they made the very wonderful spreadsheet that I adapted. ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com Typical Books EP346 - April ReadingAs an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

14 books caught my eye for the coming month. Two I have review copies lined up for, and one more will hopefully be added to the list... and I still want to buy another. A fine problem to have! Also, you will learn a little about Trajan Pro...Some new names in horror and some books from trusted names in the genre:Freakslaw by Jane FlettThe Thorns by Dawn KurtagichYour Own Dark Shadow: A Selection of Lost Irish Horror Stories by Jack FennellCold Eternity by S.A. BarnesThe Cut: A Novel by C. J. DotsonTheir Monstrous Hearts by Yigit TurhanSenseless by Ronald MalfiThe Map of Lost Places - Various authorsThe Sundowner's Dance by Todd KeislingWhen the Wolf Comes Home by Nat CassidyThe Rotting Room by Viggy Parr HamptonBat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee BakerPolybius by Collin ArmstrongThe Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

Victorian Psycho was a book that I noticed while compiling the new release list for February 2025. The yellow colour of the cover jumped out at me with the use of a fitting scalloped font and the oil painted girl’s face. You may recall that I likened this to the cover of the film Incident in a Ghostland. The book and film are very different but have a similar tone because in both there is someone completely unhinged rampaging around a gorgeous cluttered Victorian mansion.For readers that have sought the darkest of dark Victorian literature I think this would be a superb addition. The research and attention to detail about 19th century life are Illuminating and interesting. Of course it has modern element like a sophisticated worldview, modern pacing uses fairly genre language. This dance between dark disturbing and outright grotesque is something you would only find in contemporary literature. While it can be compared to a strange blend of Turn of the Screw, The Yellow Wallpaper and American Psycho, I think that there are also some film comparisons to be made with The Haunting of Hill House, the series Penny Dreadful and Crimson Peak. I absolutely enjoyed this book and it will seek previous books and forthcoming work from Virginia Feito. I listened to her interview on Talking Scared podcast, which was an interesting chat this Spanish-born author where we learn this is being made into a film right this very minute. A dark joy to read in a very cool tone, Victorian Psycho has been the most refreshingly sick books I’ve read so far this year. Victorian Psycho by Virgina Feito208 pagesHorror / Psychological HorrorFebruary 2025Liverighthttps://amzn.to/3FIJsdm Fonts used on cover appears to be ‘Table Wood’As mentioned, I have that AI experiment using NotebookLM up for your perusal! The post is here:   / uncanny-valley-125510550   and the audio is here: https://notebooklm.google.com/noteboo...Uncanny valley time!✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

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There are 18 new horror books this month that caught my eye. Some of these covers are truly perfect, and we have everything from collections, gothics, and eco-horror to choose from.There is a mini-trend of using thorns on the covers this month, and only one with yellow text (insert sad trombone noise of lore and infamy here). Duotone covers remain a trend, though we see more photographic entries this time around. The most often used font is Helvetica, and that can't be a surprise as it is the most often used font in the entire world. I should say that anytime I say Helvetica, I do mean a grotesk type of font; a sans-serif Helvetica-like font. I don't do the research needed to name each one exactly. Arial, Grotesk, Impact, Proxima, who knows! What I call a bellbottom or bootleg or bootcut font is probably better described as a psychedelic or hippy font.As ever in horror, a lot of books feature black and houses on the covers, and this month is no exception. There are at least three I need to read, how about your picks?Typical Books EP343 - March New Horror Books✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

Over the last month I was able to get into a few review copies, a potential Bram Stoker nominee, some of the books on the backward shelf, and plan my reading to come. Two if the most popular books I got to - and loved - were Victorian Psycho by Virginia Fieto and This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer. No wonder so many people had these on their reading list over the last few months! Really great work, on both counts. Reviews will be up on typicalbooks.com shortly. I read the wonderful MrBallen graphic novel which was very fun and wonderfully illustrated. If you've not watched his channel and like the 'strange, dark and mysterious' I'd check it out. After finishing an Eric LaRocca book I was not that keen on, I am looking forward to another. At Dark I Become Loathsome has had mixed reviews as well but there is nothing I like better than seeing a book out for myself. Coming up I have Pressure by Jeff Strand and with luck, Little Eve by Catroina Ward as well. Typical Books EP342 - February catchup✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

Back to regular books! 17 of them! There are quite a few books coming as if there were not enough last month and they are making up for it. So many covers this month feature a black background and bright yellow text. Lithograph or woodcut style is in vogue, as is madness and folk horror. Sure, we have some outliers like books about snuff films (yes, please) and books bucking the trend with black text on a slime green background, but it seems the stamped or inked look is in. We have quite a few debut authors here. If December and January had a lot of heavy hitters, in February we see a lot of new names on the front pages.So, enjoy this list! I have Victorian Psycho on my kindle as an eARC already. Have you read anything here or plan to?This is Typical Books EP340 - New Books February✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm decor is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials, the shop and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Read books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

Extreme horror books speckled my shelf for years, but now that I put them all together, there is quite the collection! It turns out I have read most of the books on the Starter Pack post, thoughtfully curated by Klaus Kinion user over at r/extremehorrorlit. While not a list of must-reads, it serves as a helpful guide to those new to the genre or simply looking for their next read that is not too far off the beaten path.

Another year, another top ten, and yet another where I did not make my goal of 52 books. Close! But not quite.

For the 2025 version of the Read What You Own Challenge, I decided to flip the script. And flip the books. Literally. I chose 26 books that I have not read from my shelves and turned them around to create a fore-edge shelf. This is an aesthetic style of shelving that many people dislike... and you know... it kind of looks neat when it is just one shelf like this.