NOVEMBER SCIFI MONTH 2026

Coming November 1!

HIGH SUMMER AUGUST 2026

Titles Read August:

1. The Incredible Adventures of Casper the Cat Who Got Lost In Africa: Book 8 The Warthogs by Jennifer Ussi.

2. Sherlock Holmes and A Question of Madness by Ben Stevens. (Dr. Watson)

3. Sherlock Holmes and the Dead Man's Squeeze by Ben Stevens.

4. The Spider Silk Scarf by Ana Reyes.

5. How To Survive Camping: Lady In Chains (Book Two) by Bonnie Quinn.

6. The Dog: An Ennin Mystery by Ben Stevens.

7. The Footballer: An Ennin Mystery By Ben Stevens.

8. Mound Dwellers by P. C. Thorndyke.

9. How To Tell If Your K-9 Is A Demon by Trista Ricketts.

10. The Ruins by Dervla Mctiernan.

11. Sherlock Holmes and the Templar Treasure by Ben Stevens.

12. The Black Death: An Ennin Mystery by Ben Stevens.

13. Carry Me To My Grave by Christopher Golden.

14. Love, Mom by Iliana Xander.

15. Three Reasons For Revenge by Dervla Mctiernan.

16. The Sixth Buddha: An Ennin Mystery by Ben Stevens.

17. The Sisters/the Roommate by Dervla McTiernan.

18. Little Beast by Abie Longstaff.

19. Mama Cat Is Missing by Lola M. Schaefer.

20. Agatha Christie's Midsummer Mysteries (collection).

21. The Jaguar's Ghost (The Sacrificed Ones, Book One) by Ian Fortey and Ron Ripley. Scarestreet.com.

22. The Bookshop of 99 Doors by Jamie Jo Wright.

23. The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan.

24. The Demon King: An Ennin Mystery by Ben Stevens.

25. Witch Hat Atelier 1.

26. The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan.

27. The Haunting of Harmony House by Michelle Wright. 28. Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson.

29. The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson. Reread.

30. Bonsai: An Ennin Mystery by Ben Stevens.

31. Marple: Twelve New Mysteries by Various Authors.

32. The Thorn House Haunting by Amy Bearce.

33. Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker.

34. Don't Turn Out the Lights; A Tribute Anthology to Alvin Schwartz' Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark, edited by Jonathan Maberry.

35. A Neighbor's Guide to Murder by Louise Candlish.

36. Shredders by Michael Cole. reread from 2022.

37. The White Deer by Karen Shugart.

38. Death in Devon (Coppin's book 3) by Lucinda D. Davis. 39. Late Checkout by Alex Walters (DCI Ken Murrain Book 1).

40. DARK CORNERS (DCI MURRAIN #2)

41. SNEAK PEEK OF MONSTERS IN OHIO by John Scalzi.

42. A BEARY HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.

43. OUR GREAT LAKES.

44. SNOW FALLEN. (DCI MURRAIN #3).

45. LOST LIES (DCI MURRAIN #4).

46. THE TASTING MENU by Stuart McBride. Reread from 2024.

47. THE FESTIVAL KILLER: AN ENNIN MYSTERY by Ben Stevens.

48. SCAREDY MONSTER by Matt Coyne and Brendan Kearny.

49. BAD DOG (DCI Robert Kett #2) by Alex Smith.

50. UNHOLY SAINTS (DCI Robert Kett #14) by Alex Smith.

51. MURRAIN'S TRUTH by Alex Walters (DCI MURRAIN Series, Short Stories)..

JUNE SCIFI SUMMER 2026

JUNE SciFi TITLES Read:

1. THE JUNKMAKERS by Albert Teichner 🚀 6/01.

2. NEPHILIM: A MONSTER AMONG US. Hoopla Virtual. 6/01. 🛸

3. DAVID STARR SPACE RANGER. (1952: 2026 Republication). NetGalley ARC new. 6/01-6/02.🚀

4. SHILO AND THE NOT-SO-SCARY GIRL ABOVE HIS BED. NetGalley ARC new Childrens's. 6/02.

5. THE SOUND OF AN ENGINE. 🚀 NetGalley ARC new. 6/02.

6. WOMB CITY SNEAK PEEK. own, new. SF Dystopia. 6/02.🚀🏳️‍🌈

7. 🚀THE DELIVERY. AI/SF. Kindle First Reads June. 6/03.

8. 🚀TWISTOR. reread from 2022. Hoopla Virtual and Mount TBR. 6/03.

9. 🛸THE THINGS, Peter Watts. Mount TBR. doc.

10. COOKIES OF SPACE AND THE CREAM-FILLED CATASTROPHE..NetGalley ARC new Childrens's. 🚀🛸

11. 🛸🚀BLINDSIGHT. KU and NetGalley ARC Mount TBR.

12. 🚀🛸 Echopraxia by Peter Watts

13. 🚀🛸 Firefall by Peter Watts

14. 🏳️‍🌈 Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

15. 🚀 Sherlock Holmes & the Iron of the Sky by Ben Stevens.

16. Cool Dog, School Dog by Deborah Heiligman, Illustrated by Tom Bowers. Children.

17. 🚀🛸👻NecroTek by Jonathan Maberry (NecroTek Book 1) (Trilogy)

18. 🚀 Life in 2050 (Sample) by Jim Musgrave.

19. 🚀 It Started With the Eyes by James Yates.

20. 🚀🛸 Ghosts Among the Stars: A Sci-Fi/Horror Short Read by Sam Whittaker. 21. 🚀 Space Girl : An Astronaut's Dream Takes Flight by Suzanne Buzby Hersey

22. Buttercup: The Queen of Kindness by Kristie Zoller

23. Millhouse the Christmas Mouse by Frank Cerio.

24. Mabel's Mitzvah by Lisa Cloherty.

25. Cold War by Jonathan Maberry (NecroTek Book Two). 🚀🛸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

26. 🚀🛸 "The Butcher of Anderson Station," by James S. A. Corey (THE EXPANSE).

27. 🛸🚀LEVIATHAN WAKES (THE EXPANSE #1) by James S. A. Corey.

28. 🛸🚀 All Cats Are Gray by Andre Norton.

29. All My Relatives Are Big Cats by Alice Cussler.

30. Cats Are All That by Meg Lambourne.

31.🚀🛸 Caliban's War by James S. A. Corey (The Expanse #2).

32. 🚀Star Wars Saved Me: Be the Hero of Your Own Life by Steven Barnes. Juneteenth Readathon

33. 🚀Dream Park (Dream Park #1) by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes. Juneteenth Readathon.

34. 🚀🛸 Remote Control by Nnedi Okarafor. Juneteenth Readathon.

35. .🚀 Devil's Wake by Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due. Apocalyptic SF. Juneteenth Readathon.

36. 🚀🛸🚀 SCREAMS FROM OUTER SPACE Anthology, Multiple Authors.

37. 🚀🛸ICE VEGAS by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes. Juneteenth Readathon.

38.🚀 The Outside Voice by C. S. Zolondek.

39. Haunted Secrets: Tales of Frank Benedict volume Four. Scare Street ARC.

40.🚀 When We Were Real by Daryl Gregory. Post-Apocalyptic SciFi.

41. The House of Gardenias by Isabel Canas Latina Gothic/Magical Realism.

42. Always By Your Side by Jonny Lambert. Children.

43. Nyasha and Daliso at the Smoke That Thunders. Children

44. 🚀🛸🚀 NETHER STATION (The Nether Series #1) by Kevin J. Anderson. Space Opera.

45. 🚀🛸🚀 NETHER VORTEX (The Nether Series #2) by Kevin J. Anderson. Space Opera.

Titles Read = 45

Science Fiction/Speculative Fiction = 33

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?

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