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- Typical Books EP158 - Nonfiction November Wrap-Up
With scant time for a few books this month, I planned on three and skimmed a fourth for Nonfiction November
Behind the Horror by Dr. Lee Mellor https://amzn.to/2Vh622t
The origin stories behind our favourite horror films.Sons of Cain by Peter Vronsky https://amzn.to/2HWVX7K
A study on the origin of our sadistic urges and just how prevalent serial killing has been... and is.I'll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara https://amzn.to/2JmV9d0
Written over years in near-obsessive fashion, the author died not long before this infamous killer was caught. Surreal, all around.Providence After Dark by T.E.D. Klein https://amzn.to/2Vh5TMt
A fantastic take on the work of H. P. Lovecraft and reflections on others work, be it in the form of interviews, recollections, or essays.This makes me want to read the old guy’s letters more than anything! I can earn from affiliate links, via amazon books or bookshop.
Welcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel TypicalBooks.
Thank you to Anchor for hosting! Feel free to comment and let me know what you are reading during your ooky spooky day, and for now, on with the show!
If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer’s perspective, I hope you enjoy this little show.
Feel free to check out the youtube version by searching typicalbooks, or visit me at lydiapeever.ca
12 min - Typical Books EP157 - Spooky Scary Booktube Tag
This was highly interesting to me, thanks to the thoughtful answers given by my peers here on Booktube; Dane Reads, Jason’s Weird Reads, Spooky Noodles, and Elizabeth Sagewood. I encourage you to seek out and follow their shows. There is a real conversation here and while I may not offer the most poignant insight, they do. There are glimpses into our personalities here, and different facets of 2021 captured. A very interesting tag, even if I am a month late from Halloween.
Welcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel TypicalBooks.
Thank you to Anchor for hosting! Feel free to comment and let me know what you are reading during your ooky spooky day, and for now, on with the show!
If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer’s perspective, I hope you enjoy this little show.
Feel free to check out the youtube version by searching typicalbooks, or visit me at lydiapeever.ca
11 min - Typical Books EP156- Top 5 - Influential Horror Books
My top five horror books are some I've talked about before. Maybe this is your top 5 or Mount Rushmore of horror literature from to 70s too! This will be a recurring thing ~ as it was hard to pick five, and so many other books naturally make lists of their own so if there is something you'd like to see let me know :)
Buy the books ▹ https://bookshop.org/shop/typicalbooksI have a story in Local Haunts! The Booktube Anthology! http://getbook.at/localhaunts✮ Music by... aenorex ▹ https://aenorex.bandcamp.comWelcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel TypicalBooks.
Thank you to Anchor for hosting! Feel free to comment and let me know what you are reading during your ooky spooky day, and for now, on with the show!
If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer’s perspective, I hope you enjoy this little show.
Feel free to check out the youtube version by searching typicalbooks, or visit me at lydiapeever.ca
9 min - Typical Books EP155 - Bessie Kyffin-Taylor
Want new weird fiction?
How about old and obscure weird ghost stories from 1920 by Bessie Kyffin-Taylor in her only collection, From Out of the Silence.I picked this up at the Merrickville used book store and loved every page. It is a wonder that I've not heard of her before, so I am pleased to have found this. It is a Typical Book that you can find a copy of here: https://gothictexts.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/from-out-of-the-silence-1920-by-bessie-kyffin-taylor/ Buy the book ▹ https://bookshop.org/shop/typicalbooksor via Amazon Affiliate: https://amzn.to/2UABXur
From the back jacket: A rare and highly regarded collection of the ghostly and strange "The author of this collection of tales of the supernatural, Lady Bessie Kyffin-Taylor, undertook few forays into the realms of the fiction of the ghostly and other worldly and the result is this book of seven short stories, From out of the Silence. Originally published in an undated edition, but believed to have been released around 1920, the collection appeared just two years before the author's death. Kyffin-Taylor's style is judged by some to be reminiscent of the acclaimed writer of supernatural tales E. F. Benson, and must therefore be of interest to any aficionado of the genre, because the comparison elevates the quality of these tales into heady company. That said, one might mourn the fact that Kyffin-Taylor's output was so small. So concise a volume, published so long ago and with such an uncertain history must be a rare find indeed on the antiquarian market, and so the Leonaur editors are doubly pleased to make it more widely available by including it in the Leonaur Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction series. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket."
I have a story in Local Haunts! The Booktube Anthology! http://getbook.at/localhaunts
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Welcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel TypicalBooks.
Thank you to Anchor for hosting! Feel free to comment and let me know what you are reading during your ooky spooky day, and for now, on with the show!
If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer’s perspective, I hope you enjoy this little show.
Feel free to check out the youtube version by searching typicalbooks, or visit me at lydiapeever.ca
13 min - Typical Books EP154 - New Horror Books for November
Here are some picks from new releases for November. All should be out now too!
The Low Low Woods y Carmen Maria Machado from DC Hill House
Dollhouse by JC Bratton from Blue Milk PublishingThe Underclass by Dan Weatherer from Demain PublishingLife Among the Tombstones by H.R. Boldwood from Third Street PressDaphne Byrne by Laura Marks, illustrated by Kelley Jones from DC ComicsThe Pizza Deliveryman's Tale by Ronan Barbour from Green Gingerbread PressThe Five Turns of the Wheel by Stephanie Ellis from Silver Shamrock PublishingAnoka: A Collection of Indigenous Horror by Shane HawkA Tale of Hell and Other Works of Horror: Stories of Wizards, Werewolves, Serial Killers, Alien Worlds, and the Damned by Phil SlatteryUnknowing, I Sink by Timothy G. Huguenin from Independent Legions PublishingDark was the Night by Angel Leigh McCoy from Wily WritersRoseneath by Dana McSwain from Webb House PublishingBurials by Jessica Drake-Thomas from Clash BooksSevered Wings by Steven-Elliot Altman from Wordfire PressBuy the books ▹ https://bookshop.org/shop/typicalbooksI have a story in Local Haunts! The Booktube Anthology! http://getbook.at/localhaunts
✮ Music by aenorex ▹ https://aenorex.bandcamp.com ✮
thunder by acclivity, light flicker by scotchio
✮ My books and support links ✮
My site ▹ http://lydiapeever.ca
My Amazon page ▹ http://amazon.com/author/lydia
Twitch ▹ https://www.twitch.tv/typicallydiaTubeBuddy ▹ https://www.Tubebuddy.com/typicalWelcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel TypicalBooks.
Thank you to Anchor for hosting! Feel free to comment and let me know what you are reading during your ooky spooky day, and for now, on with the show!
If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer’s perspective, I hope you enjoy this little show.
Feel free to check out the youtube version by searching typicalbooks, or visit me at lydiapeever.ca
14 min - Typical Books EP153 - Nonfiction Booktube Tag - Horror Edition!
I am heading into Nonfiction November and thought a little tag will work and an explanation as to why. These are certainly Typical Books. Original tag by ABookOlive: https://youtu.be/fnv6OwURHZIas noted on Triumphal Reads: https://youtu.be/I9xJP88RoxM
1. How much nonfiction do you read?
At least one book a month, sometimes more2. What kind of nonfiction videos do you make/do you WANT to make on Booktube?
More true crime, and more writers craft books3. What’s your favorite sub-genre of nonfiction?
Bio and true crime4. Do you have a favorite nonfiction book?
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi5. What do you think keeps people from wanting to read more nonfiction?
Holdovers from school perhaps, or the idea that it offers no escapism6. Why do you like nonfiction?
It offers as much as fiction and more with secondary or tertiary reading links7. What’s a nonfiction book you read because of Booktube?
Story by Robert McKee8. What’s the best nonfiction book you’ve read lately?
Behind the Horror by Lee Mellor9. What are some of your nonfiction reading goals?
More modern true crime since most of what i have is encyclopedic or old.10. What’s your advice for incorporating more nonfiction into your reading diet?
Consider the true stories behind your favourite films and books and read the associated biographies. Reading about the history of your area may prove as fascinating as events like the Franklin Expedition or Titanic.BONUS: Give some recommendations of nonfiction Booktube channels that you love!
Triumphal Reads
Roseanna Sunley - Business Book ReviewsBookishBooks mentioned:
Story by Robert McKee
Danse Macabre by Stephen KingOn Writing by Stephen KingThe Universe in a Single Atome by the Dalai LamaEverything you Know About God is Wrong edited by Russ kickThe Professor in the Cage by Jonathan gotshallRue Morgue magazineOttawa Notre Dame Cemetery by jean-yves PelletierSpook by Mary RoachThe Dream and the Underworld by James HillmanBehind the Horror by Lee MellorGhost Towns of Ontario by Ron BrownThe Hard Facts of the Grimm's Fairy Tales by Maria TatarThe Lady and her Monsters by Rosanne MontilloHelter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt GentryWelcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel TypicalBooks.
Thank you to Anchor for hosting! Feel free to comment and let me know what you are reading during your ooky spooky day, and for now, on with the show!
If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer’s perspective, I hope you enjoy this little show.
Feel free to check out the youtube version by searching typicalbooks, or visit me at lydiapeever.ca
15 min - Typical Books EP151 - New Horror Books for Late October and a Tiny Haul
Here are a few books coming out but first, we visited Merrickville not long ago and found a few books in a lovely bookstore there:
Stancliffe's Hotel by Charlotte Brontë
From Out of the Silence: Seven Strange Stories by Bessie Kyffin-TaylorNeuromancer by William GibsonTwo of those will feature in my Halloweek reading!
Then, out soon or just now from HWA authors:
Behind the Midnight Blinds: with Other Devilish Things by Marty Young from Things in the WellThe Shopkeeper: Curios, Curiosities and Rarities by G.A. Miller from Dark Imagination PublicationsOnly The Broken Remain by Dan Coxon from Black Shuck BooksEight Cylinders by Jason Parent from Crystal Lake PublishingThe Sadeiest by Austrian Spencer from Darkstroke booksThe Messy Man by Chris Sorensen from Harmful Monkey PressWelcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel TypicalBooks.
Thank you to Anchor for hosting! Feel free to comment and let me know what you are reading during your ooky spooky day, and for now, on with the show!
If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer’s perspective, I hope you enjoy this little show.
Feel free to check out the youtube version by searching typicalbooks, or visit me at lydiapeever.ca
7 min - Typical Books EP150 - The Local Haunts Tag ~ A Glimpse into the Horrortube and Booktube Anthology Local Haunts
Here is a tag based on the booktube and horrortube anthology Local Haunts. Watch the original tag video by Dane Cobain - https://youtu.be/4-KHWvUkfD4
First, here are a few images of the Dionne Quints Museum. It isn’t haunted, but that never stopped people from investigating it, saying the ghost of one of their brother’s is trapped in the closet, and other myths. The attic of the house is creepy, I can assure you, as are some of the dolls and damaged artefacts they don’t display. For this one, I am going to tell you a little about a different local haunt.
0:00 Intro and About the Tag
1:52 The Questions10:01 About the Stories of Local HauntsWelcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel TypicalBooks.
Thank you to Anchor for hosting! Feel free to comment and let me know what you are reading during your ooky spooky day, and for now, on with the show!
If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer’s perspective, I hope you enjoy this little show.
Feel free to check out the youtube version by searching typicalbooks, or visit me at lydiapeever.ca
17 min - Typical Books EP149 - Do I Have That Book Tag - Horror Edition
Wow. This tag is a challenge, more than a fun tag. I failed terribly. There is a second part to this that I will attempt but I don't expect much better results! If I ever combine all of the books in the house to a proper library I will do this one again, for sure.
Watch the original : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4YnTYrGs48
The original time to beat is: 8 mins... spoiler ahead: it took me 19.
The Challenges
1. Do you have a book with deckled edges?
2. DO you have a book with 3 or more people on the cover?3. Do you have a book based on another fictional story?4. Do you have a book with a title 10 letters long?5. Do you have a book with a title that starts and ends with the same letter?6. Do you have a Mass Market Paperback book?7. Do you have a book written by an author using a pen name?8. Do you have a book with a character's name in the title?9. Do you have a book with 2 maps in it?10. Do you have a book that was turned into a TV show?11. Do you have a book written by someone who is originally famous for something else? (celebrity/athlete/politician/tv personality...)12. Do you have a book with a clock on the cover?13. Do you have a poetry book?14. Do you have a book with an award stamp on it?15. Do you have a book written by an author with the same initials as you?16. Do you have a book of short stories?17. Do you have a book that is between 500-510 pages long?18. Do you have a book that was turned into a movie?19. Do you have a graphic novel?20. Do you have a book written by 2 or more authors?Buy the books ▹ https://bookshop.org/shop/typicalbooks
I have a story in Local Haunts! The Booktube Anthology! http://getbook.at/localhaunts
✮ Music by...
aenorex ▹ https://aenorex.bandcamp.com✮ My books and support links
My site ▹ http://lydiapeever.caMy Amazon page ▹ http://amazon.com/author/lydiaTwitch ▹ https://www.twitch.tv/typicallydiaTubeBuddy ▹ https://www.Tubebuddy.com/typical✮ Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/user/sp0okychick?sub_confirmation=1
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Welcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel TypicalBooks.
Thank you to Anchor for hosting! Feel free to comment and let me know what you are reading during your ooky spooky day, and for now, on with the show!
If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer’s perspective, I hope you enjoy this little show.
Feel free to check out the youtube version by searching typicalbooks, or visit me at lydiapeever.ca
16 min - Typical Books EP148 - Autumn Vibes Tag
The Autumn Vibes Booktube Tag was great fun to watch so I was compelled to play along even though I was not tagged. Watch the original tag video by Jade of Jaded Reader - https://youtu.be/E4EzsU4bFwg ~ now, I did both the book and booktube host but only one will do in any case.
✮ The Questions ✮
Pumpkin Patch 🍁
Name a book or booktuber that gets you excited for Fall and is tons of fun!Cameron Chaney, also of Library Macabre! https://www.youtube.com/user/bookmovieguyand Blood Sugar by Daniel KrausGhost Stories 🍁
Name a book or booktuber that feels like a friend and goes deep on heavy topics.Mers at Harpies in the Trees! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_NQeOJTFaN3GCGIkzhgswwand Shirley Jackson’s Haunting of Hill HouseKnitted Sweaters 🍁
Pick a book or booktuber that brings you comfort and joy, once there you never want to leave.Alex of Hey Little Thrifter! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr8VcOuuI9F0v6IogfTzCAgand The Shining by Stephen KingDark Academia 🍁
Pick a book or booktuber that is both romantic and alluring with just a bit of edgeRoya of RGsDevilship! https://www.youtube.com/user/RGsDevilshipand Voices in the Snow by Darcey CoatesCorn Mazes 🍁
Fun by day, spooky by night, get yourself a book or booktuber that can do both!John at Books of Blood! https://www.youtube.com/user/jmountwiband Kill Creek by Scott ThomasVictorian Flare 🍁
Name a both classic and regal book or booktuber with a quirky flare!Rachel at The Shades of Orange! https://www.youtube.com/user/TheShadesofOrangeand Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurierWitchy Vibes 🍁
Name a book or booktuber with witchy vibes, an abundance of nature, the sweetness of spring and the coziness of fall!Regina of Regina’s Haunted Library! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWi9uQ2p5aporo1gU5_j1wAand Deadfall Hotel by Steve Rasnic TemAlso! The pumpkin pillow tutorial was in part found in https://youtu.be/iI2BeMd2TDg and in my own spooky, crafty little heart.
Buy the books ▹ https://bookshop.org/shop/typicalbooksI have a story in Local Haunts! The Booktube Anthology! http://getbook.at/localhaunts✮ Music by...
aenorex ▹ https://aenorex.bandcamp.com✮ My books and support links
My site ▹ http://lydiapeever.caMy Amazon page ▹ http://amazon.com/author/lydiaTwitch ▹ https://www.twitch.tv/typicallydiaTubeBuddy ▹ https://www.Tubebuddy.com/typical✮ Subscribehttps://www.youtube.com/user/sp0okychick?sub_confirmation=1✮ Thank you!#horrortube #booktube #AutumnVibesBookTag #AutumnVibesBooktuberTag #AutumnVibesWelcome to Typical books; horror fiction unbound - I am Lydia Peever, horror author and co-host of the horror film podcast Dead Air and creator of the horror booktube channel TypicalBooks.
Thank you to Anchor for hosting! Feel free to comment and let me know what you are reading during your ooky spooky day, and for now, on with the show!
If you are looking for something new to read, some insight or reviews of horror you have read, or even talk from a writer’s perspective, I hope you enjoy this little show.
Feel free to check out the youtube version by searching typicalbooks, or visit me at lydiapeever.ca
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About Typical Books of Terror: Horror Books and Fiction Discussion
From the publisher's feed
Typical Books: Horror Fiction Unbound talks about horror books each week - novels as well as anthologies, collections and novellas. From new releases to classics, Lydia pulls from being a writer and reader to bring you a digest of horror happenings.
I curate the members new release page on the Horror Writers Association website, and check in each month with other horror books coming out that I can find. I also review a book or two each month, and have polls so you can weigh in on what I'll read next.
Check out https://typicalbooks.com for more!