Women in Horror Month (2022)!

March is Women in Horror Month, a celebration of women's contributions to the Horror Genre. A few of the bookstagrammers and bloggers I've been following are highlighting works by women in the horror genre during the month of March. This includes the Ladies of Horror Fiction, who is hosting a readathon, which functions as a pretty good "to-read" list. 

Another great way to find some goods books to read in the spirit of this month is to follow the  #WomenInHorrorMonth and #WiHM hashtags on twitter or Instagram. You could als follow Ladies of Horror Fiction on Instagram & Twitter and Mother Horror/Sadie Hartmann on Instagram or Twitter for good recommendations. Hell, those accounts should be followed regardless if you happen to enjoy horror.

For my part, I've got a review posting here on Wednesday (03/09), of an excellent, spooky novel I recently enjoyed as an audiobook. I may have one more audiobook review of a book I just started enjoying recently; a non-audio book review of another recent favorite writer, and perhaps an author profile going live over the course of this month. Life outside the pages (and earbuds for the audiobooks) may dictate what happens 'round here. Could be more, could be less.

All that said, here's a picture of my puppy, Dusty, sitting with me while I read the excellent Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes (a.k.a. Stacey Kade), which I reviewed for SFFWorld.

The Blog o' Stuff is Still Alive

Well, I know I’ve made similar announcements in the past about the direction of this blog, so I suppose it can’t hurt to do so again. 2016 was the last time there was anything resembling consistent posting here at the good old o' Stuff. Many of those posts were the books in the mail posts, which felt redundant after so many years and a bit showy off after a while. 

I still post reviews very, very regularly at SFFWorld, with the majority of the books I review being sent to me by publishers specifically to be reviewed. I put on a slightly different hat when I’m reading a book for review purposes vs reading a book without the intention of reviewing. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy the majority of those books, but there’s a slightly different sense of commitment. 

Christmas 2021 Book Haul

That leads to what I intend to do here at the Blog o’ Stuff – post book thoughts. What a novel concept for this blog, right? Well, the books I intend to feature here will be books I haven’t received for review: books I’ve purchased on my own or books I’ve received as gifts. I’m not sure how regularly I’ll do this, because I’ve often gone 4 or 5 books in a row that are review books. That said, I have one post ready to go this week, a “review” of a book I recently finished that I thoroughly enjoyed. 

I’ll leave you all with a photo collage of Dusty, the dog my wife and I welcomed into our home this past summer after Sully passed in the Spring. Dusty is a sweet, smart, silly, derpy dog who has her own Instagram, if you believe that: Dusty the Derp. Amazing how she can type with those paws, but she manages to post something about once per week. Dogs are the best.