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
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…
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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...
people.com/paul-trembla...
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…
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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.
It's publication day! #KingSorrow is finally here!
His escape from the Long Dark is almost complete! #KingSorrow lands in bookshops everywhere tomorrow. I have some thoughts on @joe-hill.bsky.social’s latest epic tome: readerdad.co.uk/2025/10/20/k... @headlinebooks.bsky.social @bookywookydooda.bsky.social
KING SORROW by Joe Hill
KING SORROW Joe Hill (joehillfiction.com) Headline (headline.co.uk) £25 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop It’s 1989 and Arthur Oakes is in his third year at Rackham College, with …
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October 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
It's publication day! #KingSorrow is finally here!
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His escape from the Long Dark is almost complete! #KingSorrow lands in bookshops everywhere tomorrow. I have some thoughts on @joe-hill.bsky.social’s latest epic tome: readerdad.co.uk/2025/10/20/k... @headlinebooks.bsky.social @bookywookydooda.bsky.social
KING SORROW by Joe Hill
KING SORROW Joe Hill (joehillfiction.com) Headline (headline.co.uk) £25 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop It’s 1989 and Arthur Oakes is in his third year at Rackham College, with …
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October 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
His escape from the Long Dark is almost complete! #KingSorrow lands in bookshops everywhere tomorrow. I have some thoughts on @joe-hill.bsky.social’s latest epic tome: readerdad.co.uk/2025/10/20/k... @headlinebooks.bsky.social @bookywookydooda.bsky.social
His escape from the Long Dark is almost complete! #KingSorrow lands in bookshops everywhere tomorrow. I have some thoughts on @joe-hill.bsky.social’s latest epic tome: readerdad.co.uk/2025/10/20/k... @headlinebooks.bsky.social @bookywookydooda.bsky.social
KING SORROW by Joe Hill
KING SORROW Joe Hill (joehillfiction.com) Headline (headline.co.uk) £25 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop It’s 1989 and Arthur Oakes is in his third year at Rackham College, with …
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October 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
His escape from the Long Dark is almost complete! #KingSorrow lands in bookshops everywhere tomorrow. I have some thoughts on @joe-hill.bsky.social’s latest epic tome: readerdad.co.uk/2025/10/20/k... @headlinebooks.bsky.social @bookywookydooda.bsky.social
🎵It's the most wonderful time of the week!🎵
Yep, it's #FridayReads time, so let the world know what you're reading as we head into the weekend. For me, it's:
📗: THE SOUND OF THE DARK by Daniel Church
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE LIBRARIANIST by Patrick deWitt
Yep, it's #FridayReads time, so let the world know what you're reading as we head into the weekend. For me, it's:
📗: THE SOUND OF THE DARK by Daniel Church
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE LIBRARIANIST by Patrick deWitt
October 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🎵It's the most wonderful time of the week!🎵
Yep, it's #FridayReads time, so let the world know what you're reading as we head into the weekend. For me, it's:
📗: THE SOUND OF THE DARK by Daniel Church
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE LIBRARIANIST by Patrick deWitt
Yep, it's #FridayReads time, so let the world know what you're reading as we head into the weekend. For me, it's:
📗: THE SOUND OF THE DARK by Daniel Church
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: THE LIBRARIANIST by Patrick deWitt
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Play the game or the game plays you - watch the new trailer for Edgar Wright's THE RUNNING MAN within.
Edgar Wright’s THE RUNNING MAN Gets An Action-Packed New Trailer
Play the game or the game plays you - watch the new trailer for Edgar Wright's THE RUNNING MAN within.
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October 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Play the game or the game plays you - watch the new trailer for Edgar Wright's THE RUNNING MAN within.
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IT by Stephen King (HB)
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi (PB)
The Desert Spear by Peter V Brett (Audio)
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi (PB)
The Desert Spear by Peter V Brett (Audio)
October 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
IT by Stephen King (HB)
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi (PB)
The Desert Spear by Peter V Brett (Audio)
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi (PB)
The Desert Spear by Peter V Brett (Audio)
#FridayReads time again! What's everyone reading? For me, it's:
📗: NO REST FOR THE WICKED by Rachel Louise Adams
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: DOWN CEMETERY ROAD by Mick Herron
📗: NO REST FOR THE WICKED by Rachel Louise Adams
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: DOWN CEMETERY ROAD by Mick Herron
October 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#FridayReads time again! What's everyone reading? For me, it's:
📗: NO REST FOR THE WICKED by Rachel Louise Adams
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: DOWN CEMETERY ROAD by Mick Herron
📗: NO REST FOR THE WICKED by Rachel Louise Adams
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: DOWN CEMETERY ROAD by Mick Herron
I almost forgot it's #FridayReads time! What's everyone reading on this stormy Friday? For me it's:
📗: DARKER DAYS by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: DOWN CEMETERY ROAD by Mick Herron
📗: DARKER DAYS by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: DOWN CEMETERY ROAD by Mick Herron
October 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I almost forgot it's #FridayReads time! What's everyone reading on this stormy Friday? For me it's:
📗: DARKER DAYS by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: DOWN CEMETERY ROAD by Mick Herron
📗: DARKER DAYS by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
📱: TOM'S CROSSING by Mark Z Danielewski
🎧: DOWN CEMETERY ROAD by Mick Herron
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A late-night review on Reader Dad as I delve into THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF @StephenKing’s #TheStand edited by @cgolden.bsky.social & @briankeene.bsky.social readerdad.co.uk/2025/09/30/t... @hodderbooks.bsky.social @hodderfiction.bsky.social
THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT by Christopher Golden & Brian Keene
THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW ITNew Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand Edited byChristopher Golden (christophergolden.com)Brian Keene (briankeene.com) With an Introduction byStephen King (st…
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September 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A late-night review on Reader Dad as I delve into THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF @StephenKing’s #TheStand edited by @cgolden.bsky.social & @briankeene.bsky.social readerdad.co.uk/2025/09/30/t... @hodderbooks.bsky.social @hodderfiction.bsky.social