Recent Updates | December 31

I'm going to do my currently reading updates a little different next year. Since I already include links to my recent posts with my It's Monday update, I've decided to start linking up with The Sunday Post. In addition, I'd like to start adding recent review copies to my updates à la Stacking the Shelves. This means my schedule will be a bit different this year with my updates posting on Saturday or Sunday each week. I'm looking forward to branching out.

Posted Last Week

I posted my review of Stephen King's dystopian novella The Long Walk: Book Review | The Long Walk by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)

I also posted my master list of all of the 2017 I'm looking forward to reading. Check it out. It's huge! Upcoming 2017 New Releases in Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction 

And finally here are My Favorite Reads of 2016.

Books Read Last Week

The Long Walk by Richard Bachman (Pseudonym), Stephen King

The Thief of Always by Clive Barker - Thanks for the recommendation, Bonnie! It was the last book I needed for my Goodreads challenge!

Review Copies

Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling edited by Jaym Gates and Monica Valentinelli - Apex Publications sent me an ecopy of Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling. This has an awesome lineup so I will be checking it out soon.

The Argus Deceit by Chuck Grossart - Chuck Grossart sent me a signed ARC of The Argus Deceit. (Thanks, Chuck!) I'm looking forward to this "genre-bending psychological thriller". The Argus Deceit is dedicated to "to all believers". I'm definitely intrigued.

Little Heaven by Nick Cutter - I've had an ecopy for a while, but a finished copy appeared in my mailbox this week. Little Heaven is slated as my first read for 2017. (It's definitely one of my most anticipated!!)

Current Distractions

I have been off of work for the holidays. It has been amazing.

I finally got to see Rogue One. It was really great. My take away is Kylo Ren will never measure up to Vader.

What about you? What are you reading this week? Let me know in the comments or leave me a link!

My Favorite Reads of 2016

I've been on the fence about whether I was going to post a list this year, but my last two reads of the year were really worthy of being on this list so it made the decision for me. In the order I read them in 2016, here are my favorite reads of the year:

Savage Season (Hap and Leonard #1) by Joe R. Lansdale

Shallow Graves by Kali Wallace

The Last One by Alexandra Oliva



The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Fireman by Joe Hill



The Secret Life of Souls by Jack Ketchum, Lucky McKee

The Long Walk by by Richard Bachman (Pseudonym), Stephen King

The Thief of Always by Clive Barker

Upcoming 2017 New Releases in Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction

These are the upcoming 2017 speculative fiction book releases I'm most looking forward to reading in the coming year. I will continue to update this page with new fantasy, horror, and science fiction as the year goes on. I've linked each image to the book's page on Goodreads.

January 2017

Battle Hill Bolero (Bone Street Rumba #3) by Daniel José Older
Expected publication: January 3rd 2017 by Roc

The Dead Seekers (Dead Seekers #1) by Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee
Expected publication: January 3rd 2017 by Ace Books

Siren Sisters by Dana Langer
Expected publication: January 3rd 2017 by Simon & Schuster/Aladdin



Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, Megan McDowell (Translator)
Expected publication: January 10th 2017 by Riverhead Books

Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire
Expected publication: January 10th 2017 by Tor

The Last Harvest by Kim Liggett
Expected publication: January 10th 2017 by Tor Teen



Frostblood (Frostblood Saga #1) by Elly Blake
Expected publication: January 10th 2017 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Windwitch (The Witchlands #2) by Susan Dennard
Expected publication: January 10th 2017 by Tor Teen

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Expected publication: January 10th 2017 by Del Rey



Little Heaven by Nick Cutter
Expected publication: January 10th 2017 by Gallery Books

Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
Expected publication: January 17th 2017 by Katherine Tegen Books

The Wolf of Allendale by Hannah Spencer
Expected publication: January 17th 2017 by HarperLegend



Department Zero by Paul Crilley
Expected publication: January 24th 2017 by Pyr

Harrow County, Volume 4: Family Tree (Harrow County #4) by Cullen Bunn
Expected publication: January 25th 2017 by Dark Horse Books

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
Expected publication: January 31st 2017 by Flatiron Books



Home (Binti #2) by Nnedi Okorafor
Expected publication: January 31st 2017 by Tor.com

Caraval (Untitled #1) by Stephanie Garber
Expected publication: January 31st 2017 by Flatiron Books

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
Expected publication: January 31st 2017 by Orbit

February 2017

The Devil Crept In by Ania Ahlborn
Expected publication: February 7th 2017 by Gallery Books

Ubo by Steve Rasnic Tem
Expected publication: February 14th 2017 by Solaris



Winter of the Gods by Jordanna Max Brodsky
Expected publication: February 14th 2017 by Orbit

Gilded Cage by Vic James
Expected publication: February 14th 2017 by Del Rey Books

Rusty Puppy by Joe R. Lansdale
Expected publication: February 23rd 2017 by Mulholland Books

March 2017

Etched in Bone (The Others #5) by Anne Bishop
Expected publication: March 7th 2017 by Roc

The Return by Joseph Helmreich
Expected publication: March 14th 2017 by Thomas Dunne Books

Shadow Run by Michael Miller, AdriAnne Strickland
Expected publication: March 21st 2017 by Delacorte Press



Relics by Tim Lebbon
Expected publication: March 21st 2017 by Titan Books

The Body Market (The Wired #2) by Donna Freitas
Expected publication: March 28th 2017 by HarperTeen

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Expected publication: March 28th 2017 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

April 2017

Ban Sith by Sara Bain
Expected publication: April 1st 2017 by Urbane Publications

Brimstone by Cherie Priest
Expected publication: April 4th 2017 by Ace Books



Feral by James DeMonaco, B. K. Evenson
Expected publication: April 4th 2017 by Anchor Books

Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor #1) by Mark Lawrence
Expected publication: April 4th 2017 by Ace

Off Rock by Kieran Shea
Expected publication: April 18th 2017 by Titan Books



Ararat by Christopher Golden
Expected publication: April 18th 2017 by St. Martin's Press

Skitter (The Hatching #2) by Ezekiel Boone
Expected publication: April 25th 2017 by Atria/Emily Bestler Books

The Thorn of Emberlain (Gentleman Bastard #4) by Scott Lynch
Expected publication: April 2017 by Gollancz

May 2017

The Boy on the Bridge by M. R. Carey
Expected publication: May 2nd 2017 by Orbit

City of Miracles (The Divine Cities #3) by by Robert Jackson Bennett
Expected publication: May 2nd 2017 by Broadway Books



Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
Expected publication: May 2nd 2017 by Riverhead Books

Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane
Expected publication: May 16th 2017 by Little, Brown Book Group



Dark Cities edited by Christopher Golden
Expected publication: May 16th 2017 by Titan Books

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
Expected publication: May 23rd 2017 by Tor.com

Monstrous (Savage #2) by Thomas E. Sniegoski
Expected publication: May 30th 2017 by Simon Pulse



House of Furies (House of Furies #1) by Madeleine Roux
Expected publication: May 30th 2017 by HarperTeen

Night Magic (Nightstruck #2) by Jenna Black
Expected publication: May 30th 2017 by Tor Teen

Only the Dead Know Brooklyn by Chris Vola
Expected publication: May 30th 2017 by Thomas Dunne Books

June 2017

The Evaporation of Sofi Snow (The Evaporation of Sofi Snow #1) by Mary Weber
Expected publication: June 6th 2017 by Thomas Nelson

Our Dark Duet (Monsters of Verity #2) by Victoria Schwab
Expected publication: June 13th 2017 by Greenwillow Books



Nuke Jersey by Neil Cohen
Expected publication: June 13th 2017 by Permuted Press

Shattered Minds (False Hearts #2) by Laura Lam
Expected publication: June 20th 2017 by Tor

Twelve Days by Steven Barnes
Expected publication: June 27th 2017 by Tor Books

July 2017

Nights of the Living Dead edited by Jonathan Maberry, George Romero
Expected publication: July 11th 2017 by St. Martin's Griffin

Final Girls by by Riley Sager
Expected publication: July 11th 2017 by Dutton



Raid by K.S. Merbeth
Expected publication: July 25th 2017 by Orbit

Bone White by Ronald Malfi
Expected publication: July 25th 2017 by Kensington Publishing Corporation

August 2017

The Dark Net by Benjamin Percy
Expected publication: August 1st 2017 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Urban Enemies edited by Joseph Nassise
Expected publication: August 1st 2017



One of Us Will Be Dead by Morning by David Moody
Expected publication: August 15th 2017 by Thomas Dunne Books

Wicked Like a Wildfire (Hibiscus Daughter #1) by Lana Popovic
Expected publication: August 15th 2017 by Katherine Tegen Books



In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Expected publication: August 15th 2017 by Big Mouth House

Iron Gold (Iron Gold #1) by Pierce Brown
Expected publication: August 22nd 2017 by Del Rey

Sip by Brian Allen Carr
Expected publication: August 29th 2017 by Soho Press

September 2017

Sing, Unburied, Sing by by Jesmyn Ward
Expected publication: September 5th 2017 by Scribner Book Company

Lightning Men by Thomas Mullen
Expected publication: September 12th 2017 by Atria / 37 Ink

Origin (Robert Langdon #5) by Dan Brown
Expected publication: September 26th 2017 by Doubleday Books

October 2017

John Dies at the End III by David Wong
Expected publication: October 3rd 2017 by St. Martin's Press