Current reading: WIZARD AND GLASS: THE DARK TOWER IV by @stephenking.bsky.social

IT'S TIME! I've been looking forward to reading this one since it was first announced by @briankeene.bsky.social just over 11 months ago on October 24th, 2024! Current reading: THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND (Various)

One of my favorite things is receiving new books in the mail (and my bank account can attest to such!), and the latest additions include @jonathanjanz.bsky.social's newest novel, VEIL, & @urbancik.bsky.social newest biographical-fiction, URBANCIK: A MEMOIR! Two cool books, from two cool authors!

Current reading: UNDER COVER OF NIGHT by @marysangiovanni.bsky.social

Current reading: LA CASA DEL DIABLO by @urbancik.bsky.social

Current reading: INSPECTION by @joshmalerman.bsky.social

Current reading: STRANGE WEATHER by @joe-hill.bsky.social

Current reading: GHOST MEDICINE by @marburyjack.bsky.social

Current reading: THE LIVING BLOOD by @tananarivedue.bsky.social

I. AM. EXCITE! I've been sitting around jealous watching everyone crow about receiving their copy of END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT, but it was well worth the wait as mine is personally signed by two of the coolest guys on the planet, @jonathanjanz.bsky.social & @joshmalerman.bsky.social!

Current reading: RECALLED TO LIFE by Weston Ochse

Current reading: A LONG DECEMBER by @richardchizmar.bsky.social

Current reading: THE BRETHREN by John Grisham

Current reading: LAST OF THE ALBATWITCHES by @briankeene.bsky.social

Current reading: THE EXIT AT TOLEDO BLADE BOULEVARD by Jack Ketchum (And yes, it's typically one of the two in the background for these photos.)

Current reading: CASTLE OF SORROWS by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social

Current reading: NEVER FLINCH by @stephenking.bsky.social

Current reading: THE SORROWS by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social

Guess what came in the mail the other day just for me: STRETCH NECK, A VEIL STORY by the one and only @jonathanjanz.bsky.social! If you want to be special too, go pre-order his upcoming novel VEIL, right now! (Did I mention that it's signed by the man himself?)

Current reading: THE JUNGLE BOOK by Rudyard Kipling

Current reading: MIDNIGHT UNDER THE BIG TOP (edited by @brianjamesfreeman.bsky.social)

Current reading: KILLER CHRONICLES by @somercanon.bsky.social

Current reading: SLAVES TO GRAVITY by @wesleysouthard.bsky.social & @somercanon.bsky.social

Current reading: BLACK MAD WHEEL by @joshmalerman.bsky.social

Current reading: 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS by @joe-hill.bsky.social

Current reading: IN THE PATH OF FALLING OBJECTS by @marburyjack.bsky.social

Current reading: MY SOUL TO KEEP by @tananarivedue.bsky.social

Current reading: SCARY REDNECKS AND OTHER INBRED HORRORS by Weston Ochse & David Whitman

Current reading: PRIMITIVE by J.F. Gonzalez

Current reading: MEMORIALS by @richardchizmar.bsky.social I've been looking forward to reading this one since I pre-ordered it last February!

Current reading: THE BOYS FROM BILOXI by John Grisham

Current reading: A GATHERING OF CROWS by @briankeene.bsky.social

Current reading: JOYRIDE by Jack Ketchum

Current reading: BLOOD COUNTRY by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social (Book 2 in THE RAVEN series)

Current reading: The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands by @stephenking.bsky.social

1st book of 2025! Current reading: THE SCARLET LETTER by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Current reading: FLIGHT OR FRIGHT (Edited by @stephenking.bsky.social & @bevvincent.bsky.social) Book #50 for the year!

Current reading: GHOST HEART by Weston Ochse & Yvonne Navarro

I have 1,040 books including 141 signed copies, but of my 112 @stephenking.bsky.social books I didn't have a single one signed by him...until now (Shown with a Brodart mylar cover and with a custom slipcase from The Casemaker): #MyNewPrizePossession

Current reading: CHOOSE YOUR DOOM by @urbancik.bsky.social (This is officially my first work by John Urbancik, and I'm very much looking forward to it.)

Current reading: GOBLIN by @joshmalerman.bsky.social

Current reading: FULL THROTTLE by @joe-hill.bsky.social

Current reading: PASSENGER, by @marburyjack.bsky.social (Sequel to THE MARBURY LENS, which I rated as 5 Stars on Goodreads.)

Current reading: "The Reformatory" by @tananarivedue.bsky.social (This one was initially recommended by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social, but I ended up reading "Ghost Summer" first.)