1. Best horror book you’ve read so far in 2025

PHEW, that is a hard one. I read SO many of them. I got TEN 5+ plus starred books, aka TEN favourites so far this year. Picking one is evil. Sighs. I will go for a recent one then! This one, just as expected from Adam Ellis, terrified the fuck out of me and I loved each short story.

2. Best non-horror book you’ve read so far in 2025

These questions are all evil. I have quite a few favourites this year. ARGH. OK, I will pick one. I will go with this amazing, heartbreaking, made me cry, beautiful book and gorgeous cover:

3. New release you haven’t read yet, but want to

Do you have a minute? Or twenty? I got a lot of books that I desperately need. But they are expensive/not easily found/insert another reason. But OK, here is one of them. Stinetinglers. I really loved the first 3 books and I am desperate to get my hands on this 4th book of him. I cannot wait to see what kind of weird/strange/horrifying/scary tales we get in this one.

4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year

Well, I haven’t exactly gone searching for November or December books that much, so I will pick one from October. And that is going to be this one! Mostly because of the cover, but also because of the kick-ass blurb!

5. Biggest disappointment

HA, this was easy. Well I guess the biggest disappointments would be my DNFs but I don’t keep track of those. But thankfully I do have books I did read that were a disappointment. And one of them is this one. Rated 0.5 stars and wow, what a piece of crap this one was. This year I read a ton of Junji Itou, and this has been the worst of all books. The characters were weird/horrible, the story was all over the place and enormously WTF am I reading. This was the manga that told me I should stick to Junji Itou’s short story collections instead.

6. Favourite adaptation of the year

I haven’t yet really watched any adaptations of things. I am planning on watching The Summer Hikaru Died. I read the first volume of it (and will be reading the second one soon) so I am curious if the anime is going to be as unsettling as the manga.

7. Favourite new author (debut or new to you)

Norm Konyu! Hands-down. I came across his books this years and I have been devouring them. I am now eagerly waiting for more!

8. The most-haunting book so far

This one! This one is still haunting me since I read it in June. It was a spooky tale with lots of red flags and there are plenty of moments you just want to grab the MC and get her out of there.

9. Newest favourite character

Sam Montgomery from A House with Good Bones!

10. A book that made you cry

I am sure there were a couple, but I would have to go through my reviews to know if there were any horrors that I read that also made me cry.

11. An underrated book you’d recommend

I guess I will just say any Wendy Dalrymple book! Her books don’t have a lot of ratings on Goodreads. She is an amazing author and her books are always fun, terrifying, scary, sleep what is that, and more.

12. Most beautiful book you’ve bought so far this year

I think I will have to go with a recent one!

13. What five books do you need to read by the end of the year?

Well, I got more than 5, but let’s see! These 5! Though I kinda hope to get them read during Spooktober~