Hello and welcome to my penultimate post of 2025, my top ten(ish!) books of the year. ‘Ish’ because, as in previous years, I hope you can’t count. (I say that, but at the time of writing, I have no idea how many books are going to end up on this list! 😂🤭) What a fantastic … Continue reading The damppebbles Top Ten(ish!) of 2025 #Bestof2025 #BestBooksof2025 #FavouriteBooks2025 #BookRecommendations #bookblogger #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel. When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their … Continue reading #BookReview: The September House by Carissa Orlando @berkleypub.bsky.social #TheSeptemberHouse #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"On an otherwise ordinary street in Chicago, there is a house. An abandoned house where, once upon a time, terrible things happened. The children who live on this block are told by their parents to stay away from that house. But of course, children don’t listen. Children think it’s fun to be scared, to dare … Continue reading #BookReview: The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry @titanbooks.bsky.social #ThePlaceWhereTheyBuriedYourHeart #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"In Lock Haven, a quiet little town in Washington State, there is a very special street. Bird Street. The residents of Bird Street are all successful, wealthy, healthy and happy. And their children are all well-mannered and smart and high achievers. At least they are for eleven months of the year. In November, however, the … Continue reading #BlogTour | #BookReview: Darker Days by Thomas Olde Heuvelt @bantambooksuk.bsky.social @annerandomthings.bsky.social @RandomTTours #DarkerDays #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookSky #damppebbles
"Can you be a final girl and survive your own horror movie - twice? Almost a year after the horrors of Harrogate, Charley is slowly regaining some semblance of a normal life in a small village called Briar's Hill, AKA 'The Devil's Punchbowl'. Then she befriends the local misfits and learns of her new home's ties … Continue reading #BookReview: How to Survive a Horror Sequel by Scarlett Dunmore @LittleTigerUK @littletigeruk.bsky.social #HowtoSurviveaHorrorSequel #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"FOLLOW HIM OR DIE. When The Speaker posts, his followers must listen ... no matter the consequences. Exposed as the masked social media influencer The Speaker by shy misfit Crystal, Aaron Fortin embarks on an insidious campaign to erase her - permanently. Having already committed multiple brutal murders to try and feel some form of … Continue reading #BookReview: Influencer by Adam Cesare @HodderBooks #Influencer #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"Willow is in need of an escape. A former sitcom star, she’s been publicly shamed on the internet after posting something she really shouldn’t have. She checks in to Camp Castaway, an adults-only retreat based at an old campground in the woods. It’s the first night and the campers gather round the fire to tell … Continue reading #BookReview: Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning @PenguinUKBooks #HeadsWillRoll #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"A pulse-pounding and blood-soaked tale of survival on the highway as a hitchhiking teenager is thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse with a brutal serial killer. Perfect for fans of Grady Hendrix, Rachel Harrison and Keith Rosson. Eighteen-year-old Harper has decided to run away from home after she has another blow-out argument … Continue reading #BookReview: Killer on the Road by Stephen Graham Jones @TitanBooks #KillerontheRoad #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"If their new home doesn't break them, their secrets will... When Emily wakes from a coma following an accident that nearly kills her, she finds herself agreeing to move from London to the wild moors of Devon with her husband Freddie. A fresh start is exactly what their marriage needs. As their car pulls up … Continue reading #BookReview: We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough @orionbooks #WeLiveHereNow #20BooksofSummer2025 #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
"A chilling historical horror set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. Perfect for fans of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab and Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice. Etsy Beaucarne is … Continue reading #BookReview: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones @TitanBooks #TheBuffaloHunterHunter #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
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