Matthew Craig (Reader Dad)
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Books, movies and life in general. Lover of all things Stephen King, Star Wars, LEGO, Doctor Who, Foo Fighters. Reviews at https://readerdad.co.uk
Happy Boxing Day! Which means it’s time for the last #FridayReads of 2025, so what are you reading?
📗: THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION by qntm
📱: THE FINAL PROBLEM by Arturo Perez Reverte
🎧: THE BLACK DAHLIA by James Ellroy
📗: THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION by qntm
📱: THE FINAL PROBLEM by Arturo Perez Reverte
🎧: THE BLACK DAHLIA by James Ellroy
December 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Happy Boxing Day! Which means it’s time for the last #FridayReads of 2025, so what are you reading?
📗: THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION by qntm
📱: THE FINAL PROBLEM by Arturo Perez Reverte
🎧: THE BLACK DAHLIA by James Ellroy
📗: THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION by qntm
📱: THE FINAL PROBLEM by Arturo Perez Reverte
🎧: THE BLACK DAHLIA by James Ellroy
Happy Friday! It's time for #FridayReads, so tell us all what you're reading. It's a fresh slate for me this week:
📗: STAR WARS: MASTER OF EVIL by Adam Christopher
📱: THE FINAL PROBLEM by Arturo Perez Reverte
🎧: THE BLACK DAHLIA by James Ellroy
📗: STAR WARS: MASTER OF EVIL by Adam Christopher
📱: THE FINAL PROBLEM by Arturo Perez Reverte
🎧: THE BLACK DAHLIA by James Ellroy
December 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Happy Friday! It's time for #FridayReads, so tell us all what you're reading. It's a fresh slate for me this week:
📗: STAR WARS: MASTER OF EVIL by Adam Christopher
📱: THE FINAL PROBLEM by Arturo Perez Reverte
🎧: THE BLACK DAHLIA by James Ellroy
📗: STAR WARS: MASTER OF EVIL by Adam Christopher
📱: THE FINAL PROBLEM by Arturo Perez Reverte
🎧: THE BLACK DAHLIA by James Ellroy
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Publishers Weekly says, "Stephen King fans will be enthralled." Preorder THE MONSTER IN THE CLOSET and find out why in February. books2read.com/u/3RrRzx?for...
December 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Publishers Weekly says, "Stephen King fans will be enthralled." Preorder THE MONSTER IN THE CLOSET and find out why in February. books2read.com/u/3RrRzx?for...
As in Oolon Colluphid of WHERE GOD WENT WRONG fame, @adamchristopher.me ? #StarWars #MasterOfEvil #H2G2
December 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
As in Oolon Colluphid of WHERE GOD WENT WRONG fame, @adamchristopher.me ? #StarWars #MasterOfEvil #H2G2
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Happy Friday! Halfway through the advent calendars now…
What books are you hoping to get through by the end of the year? - Michael
What books are you hoping to get through by the end of the year? - Michael
December 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Happy Friday! Halfway through the advent calendars now…
What books are you hoping to get through by the end of the year? - Michael
What books are you hoping to get through by the end of the year? - Michael
Hey hey! It's #FridayReads time. Only 1 more before Christmas, and 2 more before 2026! So, what are we all reading as 2025 winds to a close?
📗: BLOOD LIKE OURS by Stuart Neville
📱: THE WRITING IN THE WATER by John Ajvide Lindqvist
🎧: TIGERMAN by Nick Harkaway
📗: BLOOD LIKE OURS by Stuart Neville
📱: THE WRITING IN THE WATER by John Ajvide Lindqvist
🎧: TIGERMAN by Nick Harkaway
December 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Hey hey! It's #FridayReads time. Only 1 more before Christmas, and 2 more before 2026! So, what are we all reading as 2025 winds to a close?
📗: BLOOD LIKE OURS by Stuart Neville
📱: THE WRITING IN THE WATER by John Ajvide Lindqvist
🎧: TIGERMAN by Nick Harkaway
📗: BLOOD LIKE OURS by Stuart Neville
📱: THE WRITING IN THE WATER by John Ajvide Lindqvist
🎧: TIGERMAN by Nick Harkaway
It’s finally done. It’s taken me 6 months, but what a rollercoaster ride. Brilliant, heart-breaking and - despite its length - dark and intense. Part western, part crime story with a quest, a coming-of-age tale and much more thrown in for good measure. #TomsCrossing
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It’s finally done. It’s taken me 6 months, but what a rollercoaster ride. Brilliant, heart-breaking and - despite its length - dark and intense. Part western, part crime story with a quest, a coming-of-age tale and much more thrown in for good measure. #TomsCrossing
It's #FridayReads time, so what's everyone reading? Here's my list:
📗: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski (on the home stretch!)
📱: THE WRITING IN THE WATER by John Ajvide Lindqvist
🎧: TIGERMAN by Nick Harkaway
📗: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski (on the home stretch!)
📱: THE WRITING IN THE WATER by John Ajvide Lindqvist
🎧: TIGERMAN by Nick Harkaway
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It's #FridayReads time, so what's everyone reading? Here's my list:
📗: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski (on the home stretch!)
📱: THE WRITING IN THE WATER by John Ajvide Lindqvist
🎧: TIGERMAN by Nick Harkaway
📗: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski (on the home stretch!)
📱: THE WRITING IN THE WATER by John Ajvide Lindqvist
🎧: TIGERMAN by Nick Harkaway
It's Friday! Which means it's time for #FridayReads. Here are mine:
📗: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
📱: THE WRITING IN THE WATER by Jon Ajvide Lindqvist
🎧: TIGERMAN by Nick Harkaway
What are you reading?
📗: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
📱: THE WRITING IN THE WATER by Jon Ajvide Lindqvist
🎧: TIGERMAN by Nick Harkaway
What are you reading?
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It's Friday! Which means it's time for #FridayReads. Here are mine:
📗: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
📱: THE WRITING IN THE WATER by Jon Ajvide Lindqvist
🎧: TIGERMAN by Nick Harkaway
What are you reading?
📗: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
📱: THE WRITING IN THE WATER by Jon Ajvide Lindqvist
🎧: TIGERMAN by Nick Harkaway
What are you reading?
What's everyone reading this #FridayReads? Here's what's on my stack:
📗: SLOW GODS by Claire North
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME by Donald Ray Pollock
📗: SLOW GODS by Claire North
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME by Donald Ray Pollock
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
What's everyone reading this #FridayReads? Here's what's on my stack:
📗: SLOW GODS by Claire North
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME by Donald Ray Pollock
📗: SLOW GODS by Claire North
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME by Donald Ray Pollock
It's #FridayReads time again! My favourite time of the week. So, what's everyone reading? Here's what's on rotation for me:
📗: FREEZING POINT by Anders Bodelsen
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski (will soon make the jump to the physical format)
🎧: THE DRIVE-IN by Joe R Lansdale
📗: FREEZING POINT by Anders Bodelsen
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski (will soon make the jump to the physical format)
🎧: THE DRIVE-IN by Joe R Lansdale
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
It's #FridayReads time again! My favourite time of the week. So, what's everyone reading? Here's what's on rotation for me:
📗: FREEZING POINT by Anders Bodelsen
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski (will soon make the jump to the physical format)
🎧: THE DRIVE-IN by Joe R Lansdale
📗: FREEZING POINT by Anders Bodelsen
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski (will soon make the jump to the physical format)
🎧: THE DRIVE-IN by Joe R Lansdale
The gorgeous hardback of @markzdanielewski.bsky.social’s TOM’S CROSSING has arrived in Glenavy! The StoryGraph tells me I started reading the e-galley on May 29th and that I’m 39% through. My brain can now grasp that, having seen it in the flesh. It will go much faster from here!
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The gorgeous hardback of @markzdanielewski.bsky.social’s TOM’S CROSSING has arrived in Glenavy! The StoryGraph tells me I started reading the e-galley on May 29th and that I’m 39% through. My brain can now grasp that, having seen it in the flesh. It will go much faster from here!
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Via Gary Marcus.
Wow.
Wow.
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Via Gary Marcus.
Wow.
Wow.
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Just finished When the Wolf Comes Home, so that was Halloween appropriate. Now starting on Tana French‘s The Hunter.
October 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Just finished When the Wolf Comes Home, so that was Halloween appropriate. Now starting on Tana French‘s The Hunter.
Ooh, a #Halloween #FridayReads! Anyone reading anything appropriate to the season?
📗: ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM by Ken Liu
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE DRIVE-IN by Joe R Lansdale
📗: ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM by Ken Liu
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE DRIVE-IN by Joe R Lansdale
October 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Ooh, a #Halloween #FridayReads! Anyone reading anything appropriate to the season?
📗: ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM by Ken Liu
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE DRIVE-IN by Joe R Lansdale
📗: ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM by Ken Liu
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE DRIVE-IN by Joe R Lansdale
Happy #FridayReads time! What are you read this week? I'm reading:
📗: THE SOUND OF THE DARK by Daniel Church
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE LIBRARIANIST by Patrick deWitt
📗: THE SOUND OF THE DARK by Daniel Church
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE LIBRARIANIST by Patrick deWitt
October 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Happy #FridayReads time! What are you read this week? I'm reading:
📗: THE SOUND OF THE DARK by Daniel Church
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE LIBRARIANIST by Patrick deWitt
📗: THE SOUND OF THE DARK by Daniel Church
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE LIBRARIANIST by Patrick deWitt
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ICYMI yesterday, here's why you should be reading Thomas Olde Heuvelt's new novel, #DarkerDays
Tomorrow is publication day for #DarkerDays, the latest novel from horror wunderkind Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated from the Dutch by Lia Belt. Read my thoughts at readerdad.co.uk/2025/10/22/d... @transworldbooks.bsky.social
DARKER DAYS by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
DARKER DAYS Thomas Olde Heuvelt (oldeheuvelt.com) Translated by Lia Belt (smarttranslations.nl) Bantam Books (penguin.co.uk) £20 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop In the small tow…
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October 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
ICYMI yesterday, here's why you should be reading Thomas Olde Heuvelt's new novel, #DarkerDays
ICYMI yesterday, here's why you should be reading Thomas Olde Heuvelt's new novel, #DarkerDays
Tomorrow is publication day for #DarkerDays, the latest novel from horror wunderkind Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated from the Dutch by Lia Belt. Read my thoughts at readerdad.co.uk/2025/10/22/d... @transworldbooks.bsky.social
DARKER DAYS by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
DARKER DAYS Thomas Olde Heuvelt (oldeheuvelt.com) Translated by Lia Belt (smarttranslations.nl) Bantam Books (penguin.co.uk) £20 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop In the small tow…
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October 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
ICYMI yesterday, here's why you should be reading Thomas Olde Heuvelt's new novel, #DarkerDays
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Raven reviews- Antti Tuomainen- The Winter Job- tr. David Hackston
"Another shining example of Tuomainen’s innate skill in making the surreal normal and the normal surreal..."
#AnttiTuomainen #DavidHackston @orendabooks.bsky.social
#BlogTour
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"Another shining example of Tuomainen’s innate skill in making the surreal normal and the normal surreal..."
#AnttiTuomainen #DavidHackston @orendabooks.bsky.social
#BlogTour
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Antti Tuomainen- The Winter Job- tr. David Hackston- @antti_tuomainen @countertenorist @orendabooks
Helsinki, 1982. Recently divorced postal worker Ilmari Nieminen has promised his daughter a piano for Christmas, but with six days to go – and no money – he’s desperate. A last-minute job offers a…
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October 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Raven reviews- Antti Tuomainen- The Winter Job- tr. David Hackston
"Another shining example of Tuomainen’s innate skill in making the surreal normal and the normal surreal..."
#AnttiTuomainen #DavidHackston @orendabooks.bsky.social
#BlogTour
ravencrimereads.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/a...
"Another shining example of Tuomainen’s innate skill in making the surreal normal and the normal surreal..."
#AnttiTuomainen #DavidHackston @orendabooks.bsky.social
#BlogTour
ravencrimereads.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/a...
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Tomorrow is publication day for #DarkerDays, the latest novel from horror wunderkind Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated from the Dutch by Lia Belt. Read my thoughts at readerdad.co.uk/2025/10/22/d... @transworldbooks.bsky.social
DARKER DAYS by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
DARKER DAYS Thomas Olde Heuvelt (oldeheuvelt.com) Translated by Lia Belt (smarttranslations.nl) Bantam Books (penguin.co.uk) £20 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop In the small tow…
readerdad.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Tomorrow is publication day for #DarkerDays, the latest novel from horror wunderkind Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated from the Dutch by Lia Belt. Read my thoughts at readerdad.co.uk/2025/10/22/d... @transworldbooks.bsky.social
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The cover for my next novel, DEAD BUT DREAMING OF ELECTRIC SHEEP, lives! Book due out on 6/30/26.
people.com/paul-trembla...
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Paul Tremblay Takes on AI in New Dystopian Horror 'Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep' — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at Paul Tremblay's new horror novel 'Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep,' due out next summer.
people.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The cover for my next novel, DEAD BUT DREAMING OF ELECTRIC SHEEP, lives! Book due out on 6/30/26.
people.com/paul-trembla...
people.com/paul-trembla...
Tomorrow is publication day for #DarkerDays, the latest novel from horror wunderkind Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated from the Dutch by Lia Belt. Read my thoughts at readerdad.co.uk/2025/10/22/d... @transworldbooks.bsky.social
DARKER DAYS by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
DARKER DAYS Thomas Olde Heuvelt (oldeheuvelt.com) Translated by Lia Belt (smarttranslations.nl) Bantam Books (penguin.co.uk) £20 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop In the small tow…
readerdad.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Tomorrow is publication day for #DarkerDays, the latest novel from horror wunderkind Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated from the Dutch by Lia Belt. Read my thoughts at readerdad.co.uk/2025/10/22/d... @transworldbooks.bsky.social
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OK, going to have trouble paying rent again this month due to back injury.
Would appreciate so much the spreading of my online shop to get some cool orders sent out next week.
All signed.
davidziggygreene.bigcartel.com
Would appreciate so much the spreading of my online shop to get some cool orders sent out next week.
All signed.
davidziggygreene.bigcartel.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
OK, going to have trouble paying rent again this month due to back injury.
Would appreciate so much the spreading of my online shop to get some cool orders sent out next week.
All signed.
davidziggygreene.bigcartel.com
Would appreciate so much the spreading of my online shop to get some cool orders sent out next week.
All signed.
davidziggygreene.bigcartel.com
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No need to go far. #TheLongWalk comes home October 21.
October 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
No need to go far. #TheLongWalk comes home October 21.