Sunday Summary: 23 Nov 25

Sunday Summary mainly functions as my personal record of book-related topics that have captured my interest over the past week. It also acts as a public memory prompt and bookmarking system.

Books Read/Reading This Week.

Finished:

• The Trees by Percival Everett [2021]

Currently Reading: 

• the long way to a small angry planet by Becky Chambers [2015]

Book-ish Thoughts

I deleted my NetGalley account this week. That’s the end of an era.

I also treated myself to a remote page turner for my Boox Palma and Kindle. I hope it will make for easier reading.

Books Out This Week (and Last)

1. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) [Bobiverse: Book 1] by Dennis E. Taylor
2. The Sacred Space Between by Kalie Reid
3. On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle [Trans. Sophia Hersi Smith & Jennifer Russell]
4. Slow Gods by Claire North
5. Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz
6. Outlaw Planet by M. R. Carey
7. The Haunting of Paynes Hollow: A Novel by Kelley Armstrong
8. The Haunted Library: Tales of Cursed Books and Forbidden Shelves [Compiler Tanya Kirk]
9. Woman in the Pillory – Penguin Modern Classics by Brigitte Reimann [Trans. Lucy Jones]

Books That Others have Tempted Me With:

• Collective: The Collaborative Art of Anthologies, edited by Dan Coxon and Pete W Sutton [Out Oct 2026] via Ann VanderMeer
• The Delusions by Jenni Fagan [Out March 2026] via Jenni Fagan
• House of Frank by Kay Synclaire via ezeekat
• Black as Diamond by U. M. Agoawike [March 2026] via ezeekat

Cover(s) of the Week

Womble’s Temptation Post:

Last week’s Wombling Along Post has its own mega list of temptation from others, including:

• The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell
• Psychopomp and Circumstance by Eden Royce
• The Best Weird Fiction of the Year Vol 1 edited by Michael Kelly

And links to:

• how to celebrate Bram Stoker’s birthday
• how horror has capitalists in its sights
• Charlie Jane Anders looks back at the suck fairy and the way our view of culture changes over time

Amongst many more things.

Outro

This has been a busy couple of weeks – hopefully I’ll have more booktime soon.

Have a good reading week.

House of frank

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