Books in the Freezer

01/01/2025

Happy New Year 🎊 the 2025 Books in the Freezer Reading Challenge is now LIVE! You can check the link in stories if you want to join in with Storygraph. What prompt are you working on first?

31/12/2024

Happy New Year's Eve 🎉 had to celebrate this year by talking about some of our favorite horror books that came out in 2024 with . I want to apologize about the sound quality of my microphone on this episode though. I tried to fix it as much as I could. We had a great year and I'm excited to read all the great books coming out in 2025.
What were your favorite reads of the year?

31/12/2024

Let's close out the year the best way we know how, talking about our favorite horror books, so I had to have OG co-host Rachel on the show. Books Mentioned: Christmas and Other Horrors: A Winter Solstice Anthology edited by Ellen Datlow A Sunny Place for Shady People by Marina Enriquez Coup De Grace by Sofia Ajram Woodworm by Layla Martinez…...

Let’s close out the year the best way we know how, talking about our favorite horror books, so I had to have OG co-host Rachel on the show. Books Mentioned: Christmas and Other Horrors: A Win…

26/12/2024

Cancel my plans! Look what landed in my mailbox 👀

17/12/2024

Thank you for being patient while I take a small holiday break from releasing new episodes. I'll be back soon though! I've recorded the annual year-end episode with Rachel, so keep your eyes peeled for that one heading your way 👀

13/12/2024

It's the last Friday the 13th of the year 🔪
So, it's an appropriate day to talk about what a great time it is to be a slasher fan. I talked about this a bit in an upcoming episode of . These stories have first of all, been obviously written by people who have a deep love and appreciation for the slasher formula and turned up the dial on the characters and filled these stories with heart. More than one of these books moved me to tears and gave us final girls to remember.

07/12/2024

I've had a few people reach out for suggestions for this specific prompt. I've made a lot of horror books but with a time-related word on the title. It can be for a time of day, or a specific day/month/season.
What else would you recommend?

04/12/2024

Thank you so much for another great year in podcasting 🎧 Spotify Wrapped says there's a lot of new listeners this year, and that we're big with the horror-loving millennial crowd ❤️💀

30/11/2024

I decided not to wait until January to buy a notebook because I realize there aren't actually any rules about that, and I can do what I want?? I've been getting spammed (and influenced) on the other app about junk/art journaling so this is my attempt. One of my first little spreads is for Candy Cain Kills Again. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to do book pages. Any ideas?

29/11/2024

What time is it? ⌚
It's time for a new set of prompts for . The challenge is up in Storygraph as well, so you can join and begin adding books you're planning to read next year. Let me know if you want clarification or help with any of these prompts. I love seeing your journal spreads, so please tag me! Templates will be available on IG highlights. Very excited for another year of reading horror.

19/11/2024

New episode! I was joined by author Nick Cutter to talk about his latest book, The Queen, and books we are sticking right in the freezer. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
What makes a book a freezer book for you?

19/11/2024

I was joined by Nick Cutter to chat about his new book, The Queen. We also talk about the kind of horror media that really gets under our skin; the stuff that we're putting right in the freezer. Books mentioned: The Queen by Nick Cutter The Troop by Nick Cutter Lord of the Flies by William Golding Pet Sematary by Stephen King…...

I was joined by Nick Cutter to chat about his new book, The Queen. We also talk about the kind of horror media that really gets under our skin; the stuff that we’re putting right in the freez…

13/11/2024

Stand by my decision to get the UK cover for this one. After loving Penance and Boy Parts, I knew I had to get this short story collection the minute I heard about it. Yes, my nightstand is always just a pile of books, you know how it is.

05/11/2024

Voted and it feels so good. Not pictured: the full glory of the frog and toad tee, and the house I turned upside down while looking for (unsuccessfully) my camo Harris Walz hat 🥲
Also, have a bit of a book haul! Some of these were sent by publishers (tagged in the picture) and some from a recent trip to B&N! I can't believe there's already 2025 titles in this stack. Where did the year go??
Plans for today include working, possibly getting some holiday decorations up, but definitely throwing my phone out of reach while we eat pizza and watch LOTR extended versions. What about you?

01/11/2024

October, I miss you already 🖤

31/10/2024

Happy Halloween freezer friends 🎃🍂🎉
I still stand by most of these Readalikes for one of my favorite franchises. There have been a few new slasher stories and new entries in some series that have come out since this was made, but I think these are good books for each of these installments.
What are you doing for Halloween today?

29/10/2024

Hope you're ready for a ranty episode 😬 because and I are tackling "that whole conversation" and Midwest Americana, aesthetic Catholicism and religion in horror!!

29/10/2024

It's "that whole conversation"...but it's fun because it's with CJ Leede. We are diving into the epic post-apocalyptic coming-of-age masterpiece that she just released, American Rapture. Not only that, we are exploring themes of religious horror. We also discuss Catholic guilt and the proper amount of appreciation for Culver's. Books Mentioned: American Rapture by CJ Leede Maeve Fly by CJ Leede…...

It’s “that whole conversation”…but it’s fun because it’s with CJ Leede. We are diving into the epic post-apocalyptic coming-of-age masterpiece that she just rele…