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“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray.
What’s up, beautiful people, and welcome or welcome back to the blog. I hope you are doing well, staying hydrated, getting plenty of rest, and allowing yourself some grace.
It’s that time, ladies and gentlemen. Time to get your Good Reads Challenge on! My 2024 Good Reads Challenge was incomplete by two books, and I’ll take the “L” on that one. I won’t beat myself up about it, but I move on in the hopes of completing my 2025 challenge. I have decreased my list to only 35 and will request fewer ARCs this year. If I can read a few more, I’ll add them as I go …but enough yacking, here’s what’s on my list this year.
2025 Good Reads Challenge List
Titles are in no particular order, so let’s go!
Key
🎧 = Owned Audible
💵 = Will purchase
📘 = Owned hardcopy
💻 = Owned Kindle
Murder Road, Simone, St. James (READ) 🎧
The House at the End of Lacelean Street, Rupert Holmes 💵
When Darkness Loves Us, Elizabeth Engstrom 💵
The Cursed Among Us, John Durgin 🎧
The Mary Shelley Club, Goldy Moldavsky 🎧
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Don’t Fear The Reaper, Stephen Graham Jones 📘
Bury Your Gays, Chuck Tingle 💵
Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Movies, Hadley Freeman 📘
Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to ’80s Teen Movies, Kevin Smokler 💵
AHH! That’s What I Call Horror: An Anthology of ’90s Horror, Chelsea Pumpkins 💵
Witchcraft For Wayward Girls, Grady Hendrix 💵
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This Delicious Death, Kayla Cottingham 📘
Sign Here, Claudia Lux 💵
The Midnight Showing, Megan Shephard 💵
The Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo 📘
Black Girls Must Die Exhausted, Jayne Allen 🎧
Their Vicious Games, Joelle Wellington 💵
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The Devil and Mrs. Davenport, Paulette Kennedy 💵
80s Ghosts, V.S. Lawrence 💵
The Body, Stephen King 💵
So Thirsty, Rachel Harrison 🎧
Heads Will Roll, John Winning 🎧
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CONTINGENCIES (MAYBE)
The Angel of Indian Lake, Stephen Graham Jones 💻
Maggies Grave: A Horror Novel, David Sodergrin
A House With Good Bones, T. Kingfisher
I Was A Teenage Slasher, Stephen Graham Jones
A Cut Below: A Celebration of B Horror Movies, 1950s-1980s, Scott Drebrit
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ARC TITLES
A Grim Reapers Guide to Catching a Killer, Maxie Dara (READ) 💻 🎧
Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread, Leila Taylor 💻 🎧 (READING, Available February 11, 2025)
The Staircase in the Woods, Chuck Wendig 💻 🎧
The Summer I Ate The Rich, Maika Moulite 💻 🎧
Tell Them You Lied, Laura Leffler 💻 🎧
I’ve also (when I’ve had the time) started creating a new take on book cover art. Check out what I’ve made so far from the titles I’ve completed and/or that I’m still reading.
This list is constantly morphing and changing due to the availability of the titles. I’ve been stacking my library via holiday gifts, kindle, and audible titles.
I realize that book challenges can seem unimportant or even silly in the bigger scheme of things. But I’ll take silly over an MS Teams meeting and work bullshit (any day), LOL. Books are an escape for me, and I can read whatever genre I like when I want and with no judgment. Reading (really) is fundamental…if you know about that phrase …then you know…LOL
Thanks so much for hanging with me today. I know you could be doing other things with your time, so I appreciate every one of you. Don’t forget to subscribe and like, as it helps my site. Many thanks. Peace
