Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A look back at recent reads and forward to my current TBR/pile of possibilities.

Books mentioned include
The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, Katie Lumsden @katiejlumsden
Quantum of Menace, Vaseem Khan
Illusions of Presence: Lost Christmas Ghost Stories ed. Johnny Mains
The Wimborne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories 12, ed. Alistair Gunn
Mugby Junction, Dickens and the gang
Devil Dinosaur, Jack Kirby
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Amy Reeder
Commando pub. DC Thomson
The War that Time Forgot pub. DC Comics
Holmes for the Holidays, ed. Anne Perry
Morlock Night, K W Jeter

Events mentioned:
DINOvember hosted by
Andreea (Infinite Text): youtube.com/@InfiniteText
@InfiniteText
Bryan (Bad Taste Books): youtube.com/@BadTasteBooks
@BadTasteBooks
Jim (Mystery and Mayhem): youtube.com/@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn
@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn
Richard (SF Vintage): youtube.com/@vintagesf
@vintagesf
Rob (L Space Archives): youtube.com/@L-SpaceArchives
@L-SpaceArchives
Virgil (Literally Books): youtube.com/@literallybooks
@literallybooks

Dr NO-vember
Hosted by ‪
Mark @BookTimewithElvis
@bookstalgic‬book ‪ @bookstalgic
@emreads25‬ ‪ @emreads25
@RiffRaffReads‬ ‪ @RiffRaffReads
@saintdonoghue‬ ‪ @saintdonoghue
@ramblingraconteur1616‬ ‪@ramblingraconteur1616
@anotherbibliophilereads‬ ‪ @anotherbibliophilereads
@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn‬ ‪@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn
@AlansReads‬ ‪@AlansReads
@LiterateTexan‬ @LiterateTexan

Ghosts of Christmas Past
created by Vin ‪@revenantreads‬ @revenantreads
and co-hosted by
Debs‪@RaynorReadsStuff‬ @RaynorReadsStuff
Elaine ‪@Cobaltdragon‬ @Cobaltdragon
Pat ‪@BookChatWithPat8668‬ @BookChatWithPat8668

Channel mentioned
@CriminOllyBlog
@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn


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