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Hi! I am Lydia; a Canadian horror author and reader who explores the most beautiful and diverse genre: horror. From classic to modern books, and often splatterpunk and extreme novels, I read horror almost exclusively and share it with you weekly. I curate the HWA new releases page and scour book lists for the best horror coming out each month. ✮ Music by aenorex https://aenorex.bandcamp.com ✮ Find my own books and more at ▹ http://typicalbooks.com Patreon is Bookworm Central for sneak peeks ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks Socials and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever

  1. SEP 29

    Typical Books 370 - Edward Lee • The Header series is extreme horror royalty

    As mentioned previously, I have a great addition to my extreme horror collection, specifically for my Edward Lee shelf. If you want to hear about the convention, DreadCon, check the previous video DreadCon • An indie horror haul dream! for a load of indie author books! Edward Lee has been a huge inspiration to me as a writer and reader of horror. From the first time my mother and I stumbled upon the City Infernal series, or that time I special ordered 'Goon' while feeling homesick at college, or finding Gast at the local library, to last week (and every time) someone discovered his books on the ExtremeHorrorLit subreddit; my heart grows a little (blacker) each time. Now that he has announced his retirement from writing, I thought I'd take the plunge and pick up some hard to find and just out of my price range books - only because I was lucky enough to find them in my home province!Huge thank you to Fred for collecting and giving these books a 'fine' home. Reach out to me for Fred's Fine Editions contact information if you are looking for hard to find or excellent horror fare.Buy Fred's book here: https://subterraneanpress.com/the-wor...From the Deadite Press website: Edward Lee is the premier practitioner of splatterspunk and has written over fifty books. He is the author of such hardcore horror classics as The Bighead, The Pig and the House, Gast, and many more books to test your gag reflex. His story Header was adapted into a movie and was released on DVD by Synapse.✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮HeaderA Header TaleA Header Tale IIHeader 2Header 3The Pig / The HouseCreekers#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com 🩶▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeeverAs an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

    25 min

  2. SEP 17

    Typical Books 369 - DreadCon 2025 • What books did I buy?

    This is the second annual DreadCon; and I am happy to support this since there is nothing like it near me. I wish there were more horror conventions in Canada!I took the train in to Burlington - I’d not been to Toronto for over ten years, and not downtown since I was a kid. So happy see writers I am a huge fan of, have come to know well, and writers whose work I’ve reviewed under one roof.S.J. Shank Tim McGregorTobin Elliott and Dale LongMary RajotteAdam CoscoMarcus Hawke Edo van Belkom Rick Hipson C.M. ForestRW DuderCharlene ElsbyMallory McCartneyAnuci Press! So great to meet on his first convention ever and his son’s first trip to Canada - they had so much to choose from it was hard to decide so I grabbed Satacnic Static for the great title.Now, I didn’t see enough panels. I sat in on Queer Horror, Canadian Horror, and the Dacre Stoker talk. I missed all the readings I wanted to attend though, so I have to plan better next year. I also picked up some great extreme horror from Fred’s Fine Editions which I will cover in my next video.    • Edward Lee • The Header books  https://www.dreadconcan.com/https://sjshank.com/The Canadian Horror panel:    • dReadcon Canadian Horror Panel     / @darkbites   ✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮15 books! Typical Books 369 - DreadCon Haul 2025#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ All socials and merch ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever🩶As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

    34 min

  3. SEP 1

    Typical Books 368 - Stephen King for a Month • What am I reading now?

    For all of August I read Stephen King books - this was for #allinaugust and I loved it! In this video I will talk about how I liked it, how that affected my reading going forward, and how I felt about that as a writer.As mentioned, I cover Revival more here:    • Revival by Stephen King • I do love a good...  Then on to what I am reading now and for the rest of September. Quite a few good books, from transgressive perversions, splatterpunk, and some dark literary work too. Fairy Tale, Revival, and the Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon; by Stephen KingPerverts by Adam Cosco (Available Sept 16)No One Rides For Free Judith SonnetWe Are Always Tender with Our Dead (Burnt Sparrow 1 - Available Sept 9) y Eric LaRoccaBody of Water by Adam Godfrey (Available Sept 23)Nightface is now available once more! My violent vampire novel has transmogrified into the definitive edition with new art, new typeset, and a fresh preface. https://www.amazon.ca/Nightface-Lydia...✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮I have a few ARC copies of books on the way, so will not take another ARC until December.#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm merch is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeeverAs an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

    24 min

  4. AUG 29

    Typical Books 367 - So many new horror books! • September's spooky reading list

    Here are 40 new horror books for September! Two of these I am reading this month, and even more I want to pick up. Too many great horror books are coming out this month; in preparation for autumn and spooky season I am sure. Once again, the list is sprawling - I shorten the list but there were just so many amazing authors putting work out right now. Also, a sneak peek of the new cover art for my vampire novel, Nightface. The sequel is coming soon! If you have read some of these or have them on your list, let me know,September 2A Blood as Bright as the Moon by Andrea Morstabilinihttps://amzn.to/4ndy21V Halloweird: Classic Stories from the Season of Samhain by Johnny Mainshttps://amzn.to/41xiE8d Night & Day: Dreadful Dark: Tales of Nighttime Horror/Merciless Sun: Tales of Daylight Horror edited by Ellen Datlowhttps://amzn.to/3JHNzbE Spider to the Fly: A Novel by J. H. Markerthttps://amzn.to/4mDX5Lr Taaqtumi 2: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories various authorshttps://amzn.to/41vnCCh These Dreaming Spires: A Dark Academia Anthology by various authorshttps://amzn.to/4g3B9ai Nightface by Lydia Peeverhttps://amzn.to/4n7ZUnT September 9Acquired Taste by Clay McLeod Chapmanhttps://amzn.to/45LsMfW An Echo of Children by Ramsey Campbellhttps://amzn.to/45ThCpH Coffin Moon: A Novel by Keith Rossonhttps://amzn.to/3UVP8Fs House of Idyll by Delilah S. Dawsonhttps://amzn.to/4g2JlYn Play Nice by Rachel Harrisonhttps://amzn.to/4mNDFnIThe Macabre: A Novel by Kosoko Jacksonhttps://amzn.to/4nagyU3 The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinezhttps://amzn.to/3JzUILg They Fear Not Men in the Woods by Gretchen McNeilhttps://amzn.to/3HAJxRW We Are Always Tender with Our Dead: Burnt Sparrow 1 by Eric LaRoccahttps://amzn.to/41A0XER You Weren't Meant to Be Human: A Novel by Andrew Joseph Whitehttps://amzn.to/45X4r5I September 16, 2025Bad Things Happened in This Room by Marie Stillhttps://amzn.to/4lWlb38 Exiles by Mason Coile (Andrew Pyper)https://amzn.to/4n3GpNi Fiend by Alma Katsuhttps://amzn.to/4lW90TR Galloway's Gospel: A Horror Novel Set in Renfield County by Sam Rebeleinhttps://amzn.to/47iVUMM Teenage Girls Can Be Demons by Hailey Piperhttps://amzn.to/47W0osV The Whistler by Nick Medinahttps://amzn.to/4fZesE0 Veil by Jonathan Janzhttps://amzn.to/45JXhTB September 23, 2025Devil of the Pines by James Kaine (author of The Dead Children's Playground)https://amzn.to/4mK90aN Monochromicon: The Complete Monochrome Trilogy by Todd Keislinghttps://amzn.to/4g2ZcWR October Shadows: Classic Ghost Stories for Halloween compiled by John A. Ricehttps://amzn.to/4n9gRyb Spit Back the Bones by Teagan Olivia Kinghttps://amzn.to/3HVEYBJ Spread Me by Sarah Gaileyhttps://amzn.to/461btGM The Red Knot by Monique Asherhttps://amzn.to/4p2JA9K September 30, 2025Demon Song by Kelsea Yuhttps://amzn.to/4lNtnCt MrBallen Presents: Where Nightmares Live: The Graphic Stories by MrBallen illustrated by Andrea Muttihttps://amzn.to/46ggX1w Night of the Living Dead: The Official Novelization by John Russoa href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHQwWnZtempzME5veEk2bC1VRGJPelBXRkpxd3xBQ3Jtc0ttb3lzYksyTzNHZFZYbVNJUkNBal9EcG03U0ZMN

    56 min

  5. AUG 27

    Typical Books 365 - Revival by Stephen King • I do love a good storm!

    Today I am talking about Stephen King, specifically the 'electrifying' book Revival. I share my thoughts about the book and make connections to my love for weather, other King books, and how many meanings 'revival' can have here. I hope you like this booktube video!Revival has been recommended to me online and off for years then sat on my shelf since finding this at a book sale. I love the themes so I feel foolish for not picking it up earlier. This is Stephen King at his best, and for a more modern choice it is refreshing that we can recommend a book that is not older than I am as a quintessential King.On that topic, Revival was his 53rd, and it is always amazing to me how his voice is unwavering, and while I did not see a nod to constant readers in a foreword, the whole book is fan service notes back-to-back. While I went into this knowing it was religious(ish), from the jacket copy, recommendations and the title, I was intrigued by the lightning angle on the cover. I had not known abut the Doctor Frankenstein inspirations throughout and was delighted by each incarnation of Jacobs as we follow his experiments and fascination with electricity. ✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮To come on the show: the latest by Eric LaRocca#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber #stephenking ✮✮✮✮✮✮ Nails by EZNails semi-cured gel wraps - not sponsored but I have a referral code 🩶 https://eznails.ca?kb_ref=65a1ced449134▹ See if there are books in the Shoppe https://typicalbooks.com/shoppe/▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm merch is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

    15 min

  6. AUG 20

    Typical Books 364 - August Reading Forecast • Going Full Stephen King

    July was a fairly busy reading month and I head into August with a few half-read books, so more on that soon, I want to wrap them all up in this first week so I can get to this readathon! As noted in the poll posted earlier, All-In-August will be all Stephen King. I'm reading, in order:RevivalFairy TaleThe Girl Who Loved Tom GordonFor more on Stephen King: https://amzn.to/47kkNYg and https://stephenking.com/Also, my thoughts on recent reads: Full Brutal by Kristopher Triana, Toadhead by Andrew Lyall, Tales told around a Strange Fire by Bud Templin, Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward, and The Knave of Graves by S. J. Shank. Some books to come: No One Rides for Free by Judith Sonnet, How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (maybe, eventually, it was on sale). I have a feeling I may get them all read this month but promised myself I'd put a book down if it was proving to be a chore. Since that represents all of the SK books I have here that I have not read, I may dip in to Sleeping Beauties if I do run out of King to read - since that is two King's in one!Roya's launch video:    • All-In August Readathon & My Stephen King ...  ✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber #allinaugust✮✮✮✮✮✮ Nails by EZNails - they are semi-cured wraps I simply adore. Today I am wearing black tips and while this is not sponsored I have a referral code 🩶 https://eznails.ca?kb_ref=65a1ced449134▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm merch is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

    18 min

  7. AUG 13

    Typical Books 363 - New Books out for August 2025

    So many amazing horror books are coming out this month. Normally I shorten the list to less than fifteen but there were too many of interest. These are the ones that caught my eye and usually focus on the darker end of the genre. If you have read some of these or have them on your list, let us know!Nails by EZNails - they are semi-cured wraps I simply adore. Today I am wearing black tips and while this is not sponsored I have a referral code 🩶 https://eznails.ca?kb_ref=65a1ced449134Pick up a copy of these books or click through to read more:Black Brane by Michael Cisco - https://amzn.to/43Fsk0mBlack Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin - https://amzn.to/4l9PNOfDeparture 37: A Novel by Scott Carson - https://amzn.to/4l4wOUUHaunted Reels 2: More Stories from the Minds of Professional Filmmakers - https://amzn.to/4lND2d8Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions by John Langan - https://amzn.to/44UBsjKTantrum by Rachel Eve Moulton - https://amzn.to/479ksHTThis Is My Body Lindsay King-Miller - https://amzn.to/4l1t32FWe Like it Cherry by Jacy Morris - https://amzn.to/40HD0LAA Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper - https://amzn.to/4msoFepAn Evil Premise by T Marie Vandelly - https://amzn.to/3IUX6M7Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle - https://amzn.to/41d1mNiThe Midnight Shift by Seon-Ran Cheon, translated by Gene Png - https://amzn.to/40KUPt1Eradicator by David Simmons - https://amzn.to/4oxirvFHouse of Monstrous Women by Daphne Fama - https://amzn.to/46vj4PEThe End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand - https://amzn.to/459BLpGSo Thirsty by Rachel Harrison - https://amzn.to/4l1qcXv The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas - https://amzn.to/477CvOzThe Unseen: A Novel by Ania Ahlborn - https://amzn.to/4obdMiNYour Favorite Scary Movie: How the Scream Films Rewrote the Rules of Horror by Ashley Cullins - https://amzn.to/4fmmNS8Feral and Hysterical: Mother Horror’s Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women by Sadie Hartmann - https://amzn.to/4l7S7VRSacrificial Animals: A Novel by Kailee Pedersen - https://amzn.to/4lXoY0ROn Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia - https://amzn.to/40MSeimPins by Jessica McHugh - reprint - https://madnessheart.press/product/pi...The Revised Anarchist’s Kosher CookbookUnsettling Horror in Anti-Bigotry Splatterpunk Environments8114 by Joshua Hull - https://amzn.to/4ofDvq0How Bad Things Can Get by Darcy Coates - https://amzn.to/41hRGB7Restoration by Ave Barrera - https://amzn.to/46CqLUmSecret Lives of the Dead by Tim Lebbon - https://amzn.to/45drybYShoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day by Emma E Murray - https://amzn.to/4l6BpWSWhat the Dead Can Do by Peter Rosch - https://amzn.to/47951PXBlood Like Ours by Stuart Neville - https://amzn.to/4l3gK5WKatabasis by R.F. Kuang - https://amzn.to/4fck90Y✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ See if there are books in th

    53 min

  8. AUG 1

    Typical Books 362 - My Extreme Horror Collection as of Summer 2025

    Today on Lydia's Books I'll be going through 50+ extreme horror and splatterpunk books on my shelf. It is one part shelf tour, and one part discussing the gems of the genre. I also get into a handful of books that are on the edge of extreme so may be of interest for readers looking for something not so harsh, or just more from the darkest talents there are. As mentioned, I have a few in the Shoppe https://typicalbooks.com/shoppe/✮ Mergers and Acquisitions ✮#booktube #youtube #horrorbooks #horrortuber ✮✮✮✮✮✮ ▹ Bookworm Central on Patreon ▹   / typicalbooks  ▹ Bookworm merch is here! ▹ https://shop.typicalbooks.com/ ▹ All socials ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever▹ Books I wrote ▹ https://amzn.to/3k20OY6▹ A list of horror books out each month ▹ https://typicalbooks.com/newhorror▹ EZNails referral code! https://eznails.ca?kb_ref=65a1ced449134▹ Music by ænorex ▹ https://aenorex.com As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases when you use Amazon links here. While I accept very limited and specific books for review from publishers, my reviews are honest, and I only accept books I'd have bought with my own money.If I've been recommended a book it might be on my Amazon Wishlist here : https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/...I talk horror books; extreme horror, classic, slasher, gothic, and everything in between. Helping you find the next best horror book to read is the goal, and sharing new and old horror from my shelves and new releases is how! Horror, nonfiction and even true crime can be found here as I find that human beings are the scariest thing of all.✮ Thank you! ✮

    27 min
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Hi! I am Lydia; a Canadian horror author and reader who explores the most beautiful and diverse genre: horror. From classic to modern books, and often splatterpunk and extreme novels, I read horror almost exclusively and share it with you weekly. I curate the HWA new releases page and scour book lists for the best horror coming out each month. ✮ Music by aenorex https://aenorex.bandcamp.com ✮ Find my own books and more at ▹ http://typicalbooks.com Patreon is Bookworm Central for sneak peeks ▹ https://www.patreon.com/typicalbooks Socials and news ▹ https://linktr.ee/LydiaPeever

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