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May 4, 2020

Typical Books 100th Episode: Fun with the Booktube Oldie Tag!

Today on Typical Books with Lydia we have the Booktube Oldie Tag as created by Monica Kim This is a good pick for 100 booktube…


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Published on May 04, 2020 09:57

WOW: 100 Episode Fun with the Booktube Oldie Tag – Typical Books EP100 #booktubeoldie

Today on Typical Books with Lydia we have the Booktube Oldie Tag as created by Monica Kim This is a good pick for 100 booktube videos! Find the original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtZEY... Questions: 1. how long have you been part of the booktube community? 2. what was your biggest misconception before starting booktube? 3. how …


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Published on May 04, 2020 09:57

May 3, 2020

Review: The Monster Of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

Not since Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker have I read something so inspired and terrifying as The Monster Of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht. And not terrifying in the horror sense but terrifying in how this book gets under your skin immediately. Another good comparison would be Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick …


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Published on May 03, 2020 08:58

Working from home as a writer, full-time employee and adjunct professor

Working from home; is that not what we’ve all been striving for? I remember as a child the tongue-in-cheek scenario of robots stealing all of our future jobs. When it started creeping up on some people, the actual terror set in; technology would be the death of us all. Without being too philosophical about it …


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Published on May 03, 2020 08:30

May 1, 2020

Bookshelf TOUR Part 7 – Writer’s Craft – Books about writing and horror authors – typicalbooks EP99

via https://youtu.be/QxVz56GQjpQ Today on Typical Books with Lydia we have books about writing horror! There are two shelves of writer’s craft books here, but we start with a few leftover anthologies and collections first… Dreams Of Terror And Death The Dream Cycle Of H.P. Lovecraft Matt Shaw Presents Masters Of Horror Dark Love Edited by …


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Published on May 01, 2020 07:09

April 23, 2020

typicalbooks EP98: NEW HORROR Catch-up for April HWA Releases

via https://youtu.be/bNGPSy_3J30 Today we have some New Horror Fiction Releases for April! See more at https://ift.tt/327fvLn The Cuckoo Girls – Patricia Lillie Velocities: Stories – Kathe Koja Walk In The Dark – G.A. Miller Fractured Tide – Leslie Lutz Pauper King – E Stuart Marlowe Dead Trouble & Other Ghost Stories – Aidan Chambers Stage …


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Published on April 23, 2020 16:55

April 21, 2020

The HORROR Life TAG : typicalbooks EP97

via https://youtu.be/6cL670oVyOg Today we have The Horror Life Tag created by Marie McWilliams! I would love to see more of this tag so let me know if you do this. As mentioned, there are quite a few interviews of me out there talking about horror, the best being the one from Speculating Canada, but there …


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Published on April 21, 2020 07:59

April 19, 2020

typicalbooks EP95 – An Exquisite Corpse – Horror Icons threaded into an ABSURD Tale of Terror(ish)

via https://youtu.be/_eRUbGxtPTE Today we have an Exquisite Corpse – Horror Icons threaded into an ABSURD Tale of Terror(ish). The ‘ish’ is key here. With 30 dear and darling horror icon’s names on little strips of paper from a previous video, I thought I’d have a little dark fun. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/sp0okych... Suggest a book! I like …


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Published on April 19, 2020 12:59

April 16, 2020

Bookshelf TOUR Part 6.2 – Miscellania – Zines and Public Domain Chapbooks – typicalbooks EP96

via https://youtu.be/pTswpfWoHkI Today we have those little books that were hidden behind the shelf in the previous video! Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/sp0okych... Suggest a book! I like violent and visceral horror. Comment here on #booktube or at http://lydiapeever.ca Curious about using ProWritingAid? I’m a fan and affiliate- try it here : https://ift.tt/2Yo20Z1 If you are reading something …


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Published on April 16, 2020 10:42

April 8, 2020

Bookshelf TOUR Part 6 – Antiques and Horror Essays- typicalbooks EP94

via https://youtu.be/DlX7VE5WLrQ Today we have part six of the bookshelf tour! There a few antiques on this shelf, and a few collections of horror essays. The High Road Of Song – Book 1 The Best Known Works Of Robert Louis Stevenson Black Beauty by Anna Sewell First Course In Biology Chambers Etymological English Dictionary Rip …


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Published on April 08, 2020 11:25