tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52133307265232831482024-03-13T05:05:16.785-07:00Sadie Lou WhoSadie Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329534584133930005noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213330726523283148.post-20153381612238901672021-12-17T06:18:00.003-08:002021-12-17T06:20:11.250-08:00Best Books of 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxlvppYrcBltpWY8WPEuclc74ghZlgiNM_fDnsUFbxHBIsOESkzw2641807MnVE0QCmdhYoM82M2qPEqpRki9KL8Ub8z-55_aOeHY_yLMiIY8j9gwstMlXaXdII4OBGkXYKN4gH20YOmLKgBuokV2susSGJaablg6OdSt7G-fP76GOYzoSufGHdEwQrw=s1350" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxlvppYrcBltpWY8WPEuclc74ghZlgiNM_fDnsUFbxHBIsOESkzw2641807MnVE0QCmdhYoM82M2qPEqpRki9KL8Ub8z-55_aOeHY_yLMiIY8j9gwstMlXaXdII4OBGkXYKN4gH20YOmLKgBuokV2susSGJaablg6OdSt7G-fP76GOYzoSufGHdEwQrw=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="text-align: left;">Best Books of 2021</h1><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Let me explain the graphic-the first 37 books starting with Queen of Teeth and ending with When Things Get Dark are my favorite reads of 2021. My highest recommendations. The rest of the books are ones that are on my priority stack and so I felt they should be included because I can only read so much. I read 156 books this year, but I read a bunch of previously released titles too. You can find my favorite backlist books I read this year <a href="https://sadiehartmann.blogspot.com/2021/12/previously-released-books-i-read-in.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">I'm currently in the middle of reading The Ghost Sequences by A.C. Wise and Cunning Folk by Adam Nevill and enjoying them so much, they have to be on this list. I have three Josh Malerman titles on here because he's a favorite author, but I did not have time to read Ghoul in the Cape--but for sure it makes my noteworthy releases for 2021--so that's how I'm playing it this year. Without anymore prefacing, the 37 in no particular order:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper (LBGTQ+ feminism horror)</b></span></p><div><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Immortelle by Catherine McCarthy (Gothic lit)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Malignant Summer by Tim Meyer (coming of age/epic summer)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (GHOSTS, Haunted)</b></span></p><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (coming-of-age/final girl/murder/book about movies)</b></span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Children of Chicago by Cynthia Pelayo (police procedural/mystery/urban legend)</b></span></span></div><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>LOLA ON FIRE by Rio Youers (crime thriller)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>The Turnout by Megan Abbott (weird sisters/lust/dance)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Come With Me by Ronald Malfi (murder mystery/grief horror)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Hearts Strange and Dreadful by Tim McGreggor (historical fiction horror)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Shards by Ian Rogers (this is a free read on <a class="_3t5uN8xUmg0TOwRCOGQEcU" href="https://tor.com/" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" style="border: 0px; color: var(--newCommunityTheme-linkText); font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Tor.com</a>) (found footage)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>48 Hours to Kill Andrew Bourelle (crime thriller)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>With Teeth by Brian Keene (VAMPS!)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Dark Across the Bay by Ania Ahlborn (domestic thriller)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>And The Devil Cried by Kristopher Triana (fucked up crime noir)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Human Tenderloin by Craig Wallwork (short stories)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen (antebellum era horror)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>The Secret Skin by Wendy Wagner (LBGTQ+/1920/Haunted/creepy kid)</b></span></p><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig (family drama/horror)</b></span></span></div><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Later by Stephen King (coming of age/supernatural)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Body Shocks edited by Ellen Datlow (body horror antho)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Cackle by Rachel Harrison (feminism/witch lit)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>GOBLIN by Josh Malerman (novellas/shared universe)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Elements of My Anatomy by Hailey Piper (LBGTQ+/Short story collection/versatile)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>RED X by David Demchuk (LBGTQ+ murders/human monsters)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn (Dark Fantasy/Feminism)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>The Strange Thing We Become and Other Tales by Eric LaRocca (short stories/queer horror/LBGTQ+)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Goddess of Filth by V. Castro (feminism/cultural/coming-of-age/possession)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>ROVERS by Richard Lange (VAMPS!)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Moon Lake by Joe Lansdale (crime thriller)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>PEARL by Josh Malerman (creature feature)</b></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Queen of the Cicadas by V. Castro (feminism/cultural/urban legend/revenge)</b></span></span></div><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (thriller/mystery/horror)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca (queer horror/LBGTQ+/internet)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar (meta/crime/murder/small town horror)</b></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>YOU Love Me by Caroline Kepnes (Murder/human monsters/Series)</b></span></p><div><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b>When Things Get Dark edited by Ellen Datlow (Shirley Jackson inspired short stories)</b></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></div><div><b><u><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Must read on my TBR for 2021</span></u></b></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">The Ghost Sequences by A. C. Wise</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Cunning Folk by Adam Nevill</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Beneath A Pale Sky by Philip Fracassi</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Getaway by Zoje Stage</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Where They Wait by Scott Carson </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Dangers of Smoking in Bed by<span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="caret-color: rgb(232, 234, 237);">Mariana Enríquez</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(232, 234, 237);"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(232, 234, 237);"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Billy Summers by Stephen King</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(232, 234, 237);"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(232, 234, 237);">The Blacktongue </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(232, 234, 237);">Thief by Christopher Buehlman</span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(232, 234, 237);"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix (final girl/book about movies)</span></span></div><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">The Push by Ashley Audrain</span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">The Ghosts of Who You Were by Christopher Golden</span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling</span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno</span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">The Ghoul in the Cape by Josh Malerman</span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">The Glassy, Burning, Floor of Hell by Brian Evenson</span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby</span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Shelter for the Damned by Mike Thorn</span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente</span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi</span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></p><p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM" style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 27); color: #1a1a1b; font-family: "Noto Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.8em 0px 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p></div>Sadie Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329534584133930005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213330726523283148.post-52472948723891721712021-12-08T06:30:00.005-08:002021-12-08T06:48:47.271-08:00Previously Released Books I read in 2021 with My Highest Recommendation <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-XdnTyCWOu7JY9S3-B1tTXhYwDe_e-J9qyzHKHdJ2EV9DWYXc_D9NIr9H9LXgdXA83KNHdjw5id8BeJMl_wwGB3YIhuh7GPPIFkDb3YRRr2oa5j3IXMRy-DU_9vH5__63JJpk5pUGdvBL/s1350/2021.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-XdnTyCWOu7JY9S3-B1tTXhYwDe_e-J9qyzHKHdJ2EV9DWYXc_D9NIr9H9LXgdXA83KNHdjw5id8BeJMl_wwGB3YIhuh7GPPIFkDb3YRRr2oa5j3IXMRy-DU_9vH5__63JJpk5pUGdvBL/w512-h640/2021.png" width="512" /></a></div><br /> RED STATION by Kenzie Jennings (Splatter Western/Strong Women Characters)<p></p><p>CRADLELAND OF PARASITES by Sara Tantlinger (Horror Poetry)</p><p>THE ROTTING WITHIN by Matt Kurtz (Human Monsters)</p><p>TAKE YOUR TURN TEDDY by Haley Newlin (Psychological Horror/Coming of Age)</p><p>THE THIRTEENTH KOYOTE by Kristopher Triana (Extreme Splatter Western)</p><p>I WISH I WAS LIKE YOU by S. P. Miskowski (Murder Mystery/Ghost Noir)</p><p>THEY ALL DIED SCREAMING by Kristopher Triana (Extreme Horror)</p><p>BETTY by Tiffany McDaniel (Coming of age/family drama/grief)</p><p>MIDNIGHT IN THE PENTAGRAM edited by Kenneth W. Cain (Demonic, Folk, Cult Horror Anthology)</p><p>TRIBAL SCREAMS by Owl Goingback (Author collection)</p><p>THE NIGHT SUN by Zin E. Rocklyn (short horror story)</p><p>MY DARK VANESSA by Kate Elizabeth Russell (psychological, relational, drama)</p><p>FREEZER BURN by Joe R. Lansdale (Mystery, suspense, drama)</p><p>TENDER IS THE FLESH by Augustina Bazterrica (dystopian horror/cannibalism)</p><p>OFF SEASON by Jack Ketchum (cannibalism/human monsters)</p><p>EDGE OF DARK WATER by Joe R. Lansdale (coming of age, mystery, suspense, drama)</p><p>ROSEMARY'S BABY by Ira Levin (psychological, demon possession, motherhood, horror)</p><p>PSYCHO by Robert Bloch (psychological horror/human monsters)</p><p>BABY TEETH by Zoje Stage (psychological horror, creepy children, family drama)</p><p>BLOOD RELATIONS by Kristopher Triana (family horror/extreme/Short story collection)</p><p>BAD CHILI by Joe R. Lansdale (Hap & Leonard Series, drama, crime fiction)</p><p>MINOTAUR by C. S. Humble (author collection/horror/drama)</p><p>THE MASSACRE AT YELLOW HILL (Book 1 Survivors Trilogy) by C. S. Humble (cosmic/occult/horror/western)</p><p>A RED WINTER IN THE WEST (Book 2 Survivors Trilogy) by C. S. Humble (cosmic/occult/horror/western)</p><p>*BETWEEN TWO FIRES by Christopher Buehlman (medieval horror)</p><p><i>*currently reading & loving</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Sadie Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329534584133930005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213330726523283148.post-8087303517218311632021-11-24T12:35:00.001-08:002021-11-24T12:35:26.728-08:00Sadie Hartmann's Best of The Books I Read in 2020<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovsVDuxeIYbfqCzaUrnC_NfYPIVtwx__BJJWYUbv15sq3QVSSvCkhXAyDHJjT0C6GbCxImTswyJHN6dkZu_nt4YHRQ3od0u1HXWK8xm-St4x0ERpZ42p5VdTvjb8Avj3hJ-iRtGL6FKZ5/s1350/2020.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovsVDuxeIYbfqCzaUrnC_NfYPIVtwx__BJJWYUbv15sq3QVSSvCkhXAyDHJjT0C6GbCxImTswyJHN6dkZu_nt4YHRQ3od0u1HXWK8xm-St4x0ERpZ42p5VdTvjb8Avj3hJ-iRtGL6FKZ5/w512-h640/2020.png" width="512" /></a></div><br /> In no particular order:<p></p><p>The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson</p><p>The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones</p><p>True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik</p><p>Touch the Night by Max Booth III</p><p>Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana</p><p>Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia</p><p>The Worms and His Kings by Hailey Piper</p><p>Tome by Ross Jeffery</p><p>Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark</p><p>Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay</p><p>Ghost Summer Tananarive Due</p><p>Bad People by Craig Wallwork</p><p>You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes</p><p>Into the Forest and All the Way Through by Cynthia Pelayo</p><p>North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud</p><p>Slay edited by Nicole Givens Kurtz</p><p>Cascades by Craig Davidson</p><p>The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson</p><p>Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby</p><p>Children of the Fang by John Langan</p><p>Devil's Night by Curtis Lawson</p><p>Black Cranes edited by Lee Murray and Geneve Flynn</p><p>Miscreations edited by Doug Murano and Michael Bailey</p><p>Midnight in the Graveyard edited by Kenneth W. Cain</p><p>The Magpie Coffin by Wile E. Young</p><p>The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories Vol. 1 edited by James D. Jenkins & Ryan Cagle</p><p>Go Down Hard by Ali Seay</p><p>Along the Path of Torment by Chandler Morrison</p><p>Best of Both Worlds by S. P. Miskowski</p><p>Devils Creek by Todd Kiesling</p><p>When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole</p><p>Red Hands by Christopher Golden</p><p>Hairspray & Switchblades by V. Castro</p><p>Crossroads by Laurel Hightower</p><p>Wormwood by Chad Lutzke & Tim Meyer</p><p>Cirque Berserk by Jessica Guess</p>Sadie Hartmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10329534584133930005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5213330726523283148.post-60953965906951653252021-11-04T07:51:00.004-07:002021-11-04T08:54:42.950-07:00Reviews, Listicles, Articles, Podcasts & Bylines<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5ipkTLZsunZctwLmymGXdX1aMzgKLTfjUw416tEuCbOq-XhZ5llZNKZorGmkmsFxYBavxd0Nx7PmstggRQ00nr-gVpl5dVv9pkh1BbEecf4ZnGj4bKMVe9DiOJApiWxoN68bmlPN6VD5/s1544/IMG_0728.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="1158" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5ipkTLZsunZctwLmymGXdX1aMzgKLTfjUw416tEuCbOq-XhZ5llZNKZorGmkmsFxYBavxd0Nx7PmstggRQ00nr-gVpl5dVv9pkh1BbEecf4ZnGj4bKMVe9DiOJApiWxoN68bmlPN6VD5/w300-h400/IMG_0728.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><header style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(43, 43, 43); color: #2b2b2b; text-align: start;"><h2 class="post_title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">Sadie Hartmann</span></span></h2></header><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(43, 43, 43); color: #2b2b2b; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">Sadie Hartmann is known as Mother Horror on social media. She writes horror fiction reviews and other content for <a href="https://www.cemeterydance.com/extras/" style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #71a97a; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: rgba(247, 222, 49, 0.6) 0px 0px 2px; transition: 0.15s; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Cemetery Dance</a> and <a href="https://www.screamhorrormag.com/" style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #71a97a; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: rgba(247, 222, 49, 0.6) 0px 0px 2px; transition: 0.15s; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">SCREAM Magazine</a> as well as <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/28225370-sadie-hartmann-mother-horror" style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #71a97a; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: rgba(247, 222, 49, 0.6) 0px 0px 2px; transition: 0.15s; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Goodreads</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AENVBXCJXETSN5KHYP57M7MF33JQ?preview=true" style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #71a97a; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: rgba(247, 222, 49, 0.6) 0px 0px 2px; transition: 0.15s; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mother.horror/" style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #71a97a; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: rgba(247, 222, 49, 0.6) 0px 0px 2px; transition: 0.15s; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Instagram</a> and other social media platforms & publications.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(43, 43, 43); color: #2b2b2b; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">Sadie is a horror fiction advocate and an Active, voting member of the <a href="http://horror.org/" style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #71a97a; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: rgba(247, 222, 49, 0.6) 0px 0px 2px; transition: 0.15s; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Horror Writers Association</a> and the co-owner of a curated, horror fiction, monthly subscription package called <a href="http://nightworms.com/" style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #71a97a; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: rgba(247, 222, 49, 0.6) 0px 0px 2px; transition: 0.15s; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Night Worms</a>. <span style="background-color: #e1ddd9; caret-color: rgb(38, 30, 26); color: #261e1a;">She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, kids and Frenchie.</span></span></p></div><br /> <a href="https://www.cemeterydance.com/extras/tag/mother-horror/" target="_blank">All Reviews & Interviews at Cemetery Dance</a><p></p><div><a href="https://litreactor.com/search/node/Sadie%20Hartmann" target="_blank">All Reviews, Articles, Interviews, Features, and Listicles at LitReactor</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://tornightfire.com/author/sadie-hartmann/" target="_blank">All Reviews, Features, Interviews, and Listicles at Tor Nightfire</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.screamhorrormag.com/category/scream-horror/" target="_blank">Every Issue of SCREAM Magazine as a listed contributor of horror book reviews since Issue #50</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.fangoria.com/authors/mother-horror-sadie-hartmann/" target="_blank"><b>FANGORIA</b> article:</a></div><h2 class="article-item__title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Montserrat, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue Light", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit;"><a href="https://www.fangoria.com/authors/mother-horror-sadie-hartmann/" target="_blank">Splatterpunk for Dummies, Or Defining the Genre For Those Who Love Horror Fiction</a></span></h2><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.rue-morgue.com/product/rue-morgue-197-nov-dec-2020-issue/" target="_blank">Rue Morgue Issue #197 Nov/Dec 2020 Book Review for CASCADE by Craig Davidson</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://shop.ttapress.com/collections/black-static/products/black-static-72-nov-dec-2019" target="_blank">BLACK STATIC #72 (Nov-Dec 2019) Book Review OUT OF WATER by Sarah Read</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tih-340-sadie-hartmann-mother-horror-on-night-worms/id599755380?i=1000471414885" target="_blank">THIS IS HORROR Podcast: <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 29, 31); color: #1d1d1f; font-family: "SF Pro Display", "SF Pro Icons", "Apple WebExp Icons Custom", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.5519999861717224px;">Sadie Hartmann ‘Mother Horror’ on Night Worms, Conventions, and Reviewing Books</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 29, 31); color: #1d1d1f; font-family: "SF Pro Display", "SF Pro Icons", "Apple WebExp Icons Custom", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.5519999861717224px;"> </span></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sadie-hartmann-mother-horror-on-bookstagram-movie-triggers/id599755380?i=1000470703841" target="_blank">THIS IS HORROR Podcast (Part 2) <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 29, 31); color: #1d1d1f; font-family: "SF Pro Display", "SF Pro Icons", "Apple WebExp Icons Custom", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.5519999861717224px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sadie Hartmann ‘Mother Horror’ on Bookstagram, Movie Triggers, and Social Media</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 29, 31); color: #1d1d1f; font-family: "SF Pro Display", "SF Pro Icons", "Apple WebExp Icons Custom", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.5519999861717224px;"> </span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://pseudopod.org/people/sadie-hartmann/" target="_blank">PseudoPod- Sadie Hartmann reviews audio short stories</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Episode-013-Night-Worms-With-Sadie-Hartmann-Podcast/B08VG81V13" target="_blank">AudioBooks From Hell with Sean C. Duregger</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/46-The-State-of-the-Horror-Nation-with-Sadie-Hartmann-and-Emily-Hughes-Podcast/B098S93Q8T" target="_blank">TALKING SCARED Podcast with Neil McRobert: </a></div><ul class="bc-list
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