JUNE SCIFI SUMMER 2026

2025 HIGH SUMMER READATHON

HIGH SUMMER 2025

LET THE READING GAMES BEGIN!!📚📚📚

TITLES READ:

1.BAD DATE by Ellery Lloyd (September 1) 5*
2. THE TOY CAR by Rose Tremain (August 1) 4*
3. FEAST OF THE FALLEN (RAVENOUS SPIRITS BOOK 2) by Ron Ripley. Scare Street ARC (August 4) 5*
4. WEREWOLVES DON'T KEEP DIARIES. Edelweiss ARC Children.
5. DOWN IN THE BLUE OCEAN. Edelweiss ARC Children.
6. IZZY'S DRAMA DISASTER. Edelweiss ARC Children.
7. CONE: A DEEP SEA THRILLER by Michael Cole. Marine Horror. KU.
8. WHEN THE CLOUDS CAME. Edelweiss ARC Children.
9. IF YOU MAKE A MOSOM TEA. Edelweiss ARC Children.
10. CHI MIIGECH, BIG THANK YOU. Edelweiss ARC Children.
11. GOTCHA DAY. Edelweiss ARC Children.
12. GRIS GRIMLY'S FRANKENSTEIN. (Illustrated). KU.
13. EREBUS DAWNING (SEVEN STARS SAGA BOOK ONE). SF. Space Opera.
- - - DNF: Not My Type, E. Jean Carroll. Libby Virtual- -
14. SPRINGTIME IN KITKATLA. Edelweiss ARC Children.
15. RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER. STC. Classic.
16. "THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO," EAP. Mount TBR. Classic.
17. THE COLD VISITOR by Jonathan Butcher. New. Cosmic Horror/SF [Lovecraftian].
18. DARK CRIB by Matthew Tait. new. Australian Horror.

19. THE CANNIBAL KING (RAVENOUS SPIRITS BOOK 3) by Ron Ripley. Scarestreet.com ARC (August 18)
20. THE BIRDS by Daphne Du Maurier.
21. BUMPY PUMPKIN by Natalie Horseman. NetGalley ARC Children. Halloween/Diversity.
22. I BOUGHT A HAUNTED CHURCH by Sam Whittaker. Horror. KU 5*+
23. BURY YOUR DEMONS by Timothy King. Horror Short Story. KU.
24. THE 7 SHE SAW (Blake Wilder FBI Mystery Thriller Book 1) by Elle Gray. KU.
25. EREBUS by Michael Palin. Historical Nonfiction.
26. "The Idol House of Astarte" by Agatha Christie.
27. "The Herb of Death" by Agatha Christie.
28. BEAST OF DEATH CAVERN by Michael Cole. SF/Cryptid Horror/MilSciFi.
29. MINE BURNED LIVES by D. B. Borton
30. HOW TO SURVIVE A HORROR STORY by Mallory Anderson. Locked-room Horror. 5*+++
31. FIVE FOUND DEAD by Sulari Gentill 5*++
32..HOME: HABITAT, NICHE, RANGE, TERRITORY (Murderbot) by Martha Wells
33. IT'S WATCHING by Lindsay Currie. MG Horror 5*++
34. REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier. Classic. Gothic Suspense. Female Protagonist.
35. TO BE A CHALLENGE by Joanne C. Hillhouse. Children. Hoopla Bonus Borrow.
36. BLOOD TIDE by Brent McGregor. Marine Cryptid Horror. 5*+. Release September 15. 37. SPINE CHILLERS Volumes 1-5 by Scare Street. Horror Anthology.
38. NORTHANGER ABBEY FREE SAMPLER by Val Mcdermid.
39. RUN ZOHRAN RUN by Theodore Hamm. NF. Current Events.
40. A GALLERY OF CATS by Ruth Brown. Children: Cats, Museum, Art.
41. "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Arthur Conan Doyle. (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes).
42. MRS. CHRISTIE AT THE MYSTERY GUILD LIBRARY by Amanda Chapman. Cozy Contemporary Golden Age Mystery.

[24-HOUR MINI: AUGUST 23-24
Titles Read: REBECCA Chapters 13-15, by Daphne du Maurier HOME: HABITAT, NICHE, RANGE, TERRITORY by Martha Wells

IT'S WATCHING by Lindsay Currie . MG Haunted HHorror. REBECCA Chapters 16-18.

SCIFI SUMMER READATHON

I literally wait Eleven months of every year for this! Seriously! Even though I am reading Science Fiction constantly, pondering Science Fiction, discussing Science Fiction, seeking out new and new to me Science Fiction....

This month, a special shoutout to author Charles Yu, for the book title that most gives me hope to survive the Regime Actuel and the global pandemonium:

because if we're not currently living in a Science Fictional Universe....then this must be

Proposed:

Titles Read (SF):
(Please Note: this list is my SF Reading only!)

Read: 40✅ SF Read: 20!💎

WINTER'S RESPITE 2025!

My proposed focus: Classic Feminist Science Fiction (Octavia Butler; Ursula K. LeGuin; Pamela Sargent; Andre Norton; Julian May; et. al.)

Titles Read: 1. Brain Meets the Mes. Children SF.

2. Kindness Glows. Children Oceanic Fantasy.

3. Eleven Numbers by Lee Child. Globalpolitical Thriller.

4. The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez. Foodie Rom Com.

5. Food Fright [Rewind or Die Series] by Nico Bell. YA Horror.

6. Curse of the Shadows ARC (Shadow Hunter Book Two), Ian Fortey and Ron Ripley. Horror/Paranormal.

7. Haunted Secrets: Tales of the Anderson House volume 2. Scarestreet.com.

8. Devil in a Blue Dress, Walter Mosley 30th Anniversary edition.

9. It Came from Del Rio, Stephen Graham Jones.

10. Pressure, Brian Keene.

11. New Orleans Mourning, Julie Smith.

12. The Mardi Gras Chase, Maggie M. Larche.

13. How to Kill Your Family, Bella Mackie.

14. The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle, Steve Hugh Westenra.

15. Little Polar Bear and the Brave Hare, Hans de Beer..

16. Little Polar Bear Take Me Home, Hans de Beer.

17. Dogs of War (Dogs of War #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

18. Bear Head (Dogs of War #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

19. Farewell, Amesthystine by Walter Mosley.

20. Smilin' Sam's Corn Maze by Stephanie Scissom.

21. Floor Four by A. Lopez Jr.

22. Praesidia by Timothy Bryan.

23. Symbiote by Michael Nayak.

24. The Monkey" by Stephen King (in Skeleton Crew).

25. Shadow's Wrath by Ian Fortey and Ron Ripley. ARC

26. Within the Circle by Arne Dahl.

27. Black Lake Manor by Guy Morpuss.

28. Arkangel by James Rollins.

29. Death Wave by Ben Bova.

30. Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie.

31. The Cutest Puppies In the World by Kate Silvers.

32. Badlands by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (A Nora Kelly Mystery Book Five).

33. The Children of Eve by John Connolly (A Charlie Parker Mystery Book 22).

34. Haunted Secrets: Tales of Frank Benedict volume 3. Scarestreet.com ARC

#SCIFIMONTH 2024!

What's great about November?
Cold, Fallen Leaves, Snow, Thanksgiving?

SCI FI MONTH!🚀🛸🚀🛸 First Up: Day #1 AstroNavigation and

Review: EXODUS: THE ARCHIMEDES ENGINE (BECOME THE TRAVELER) by Peter F. Hamilton

Release September 17 2024

I am awestruck at the vast capacity of the imagination of SF author Peter F. Hamilton. The breadth and depth of his World Building, multilayered and multicultural, the depth of Far-Future Scientific achievements, Genetic Engineering, Transhumans, effective immortality through transmission of Consciousness...an amazing 928 pages, engrossing, intriguing, highly suspenseful, yet peopled with characters both comprehensible and beyond our current comprehension.

Forty thousand years into the Future: can you imagine? Peter F. Hamilton can, and brings this Future vividly to his readers.

First in a duology: so anticipating the next novel!!!

Distinctly a Best of 2024 and of this decade!

HIGH SUMMER READATHON 2024

Coming in August!

High Summer Readathon

Titles Read:
1. ON VICIOUS WORLDS by Bethany Jacobs. SF. Book Two, THE KINDOM TRILOGY.

2. MOTHER OF DARKNESS (BOOK TWO, CARNIVAL OF TERROR) by Ian Fortey and Ron Ripley. Horror. Scarestreet.com.

3. WE DO NOT WELCOME OUR TEN-YEAR-OLD OVERLORD by Garth Nix. SFF.

4. THE CHAMBER by Will Dean. Thriller/Locked Room Suspense.

5. LAKEBED. NG ARC Mount TBR. SFF/Horror. 08/04-08/05.

6. LINGERING. KU Virtual.

7. LATENCY. NG ARC Current and own Kindle.

8. THE DISSONANCE. Libby Virtual and NG ARC

9. TWO SIDES TO EVERY MURDER. Libby Virtual

10. A COSMOLOGY OF MONSTERS. NG ARC Mount TBR.

11. ANGEL OF VENGEANCE. NG ARC Current.

12. LUNACY. KU.

13. HAUNTED SECRETS: TALES OF ELOISE VOLUME 4. Scarestreet.com ARC.

14. THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON. NG Mount TBR.

15. THE NIGHT ENDS IN FIRE. Libby Virtual new F.

16. MISSING IN MISKATONIC. CLP ARC, new Release, KU

17. THE SINISTER BOOKSELLERS OF BATH. NG ARC MOUNT TBR.

18. THE FOOTAGE. KU Virtual Camp Horror.

19. THE GIRLS FROM HUSH CABIN. NG ARC Mount TBR. Thriller/Mystery

20. THE CRYPT OF THE MOON SPIDER. NG ARC. Release August 27.New Weird. SF/Fantasy/Horror/Alternative History/Bizarro.

21. CAT-A-LYST. SF/F/Metaphyysical.

22. TOWN OF SHADOWS. ARC Scarestreet.com

23.CITY OF THE BEAST, Isabel Allende. Fantasy/MagicalRealism.