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Michael Shottermichaelshotter
2025-11-01

My Latest Read: "Beastie Boys Book" by Michael Diamond, Adam Horowitz, and others

If you're a fan of the band, or music in general, this one's absolutely worth a look. 👍

Goodreads
goodreads.com/review/show/2581
Book Radar
thebookradar.com/review/1021
StoryGraph
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/

Michael Shotter's review of "Beastie Boys Book"
Michael Shottermichaelshotter
2025-10-15

As I wind down my fiction reading for the year, a look back at my favorite books of 2025, many of them recently published.

Reviews:
Goodreads
goodreads.com/review/list/7138
Book Radar
thebookradar.com/library/19?sh
StoryGraph
app.thestorygraph.com/books-re

A collage of books read by Michael Shotter in 2025
Siren BardSirenBard
2025-10-14

Highly Recommend

Michael Shottermichaelshotter
2025-10-09

I've provided my 3 Favorite Reads of the year to Shepherd. The range for this is Oct. '24 to Sept. '25, so the list is slightly different than if it had been from Jan. to now.

shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/micha

Adam, as the world falls downtrickstertao@babka.social
2025-10-05

📚 It's spoopy season.📚

Please drop some horror book recommendations! I quit the last two I started and need something good!

#bookstadon #bookrec #horror

Michael Shottermichaelshotter
2025-10-04

Updated for spooky season! 📚🎃👍

My favorite reads of 2025, so far. Reviews:

Goodreads
goodreads.com/review/list/7138
StoryGraph
app.thestorygraph.com/books-re

A collage of book covers.
Chuck Morganchuckmorganbooks
2025-10-03

Crime Unraveled, A Buck Taylor Novel books

Chuck Morganchuckmorganbooks
2025-10-03

Crime Unraveled, A Buck Taylor Novel books

Michael Shottermichaelshotter
2025-10-03

My latest read: "You Like It Darker" by Stephen King - If you're on the hunt for a spooky-season book, this one's a solid choice! 📕🎃👍

Goodreads
goodreads.com/review/show/7963
StoryGraph
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/

An excerpt from Michael Shotter's review of "You Like It Darker" by Stephen King
Chuck Morganchuckmorganbooks
2025-10-01

Crime Unraveled, A Buck Taylor Novel books

Chuck Morganchuckmorganbooks
2025-10-01

Crime Unraveled, A Buck Taylor Novel books

Azalea Forrestazaleaforrest@wandering.shop
2025-09-29

A Bitter Drink is a high fantasy romp full of colorful characters, treason, and hedonistic apathy coming back to bite you in the ass.

books2read.com/abd
azaleaforrest.itch.io/a-bitter
💙📚 #writing #highfantasy #bookrec

Rowan Moss: Dahlseid from Gresha. A green skinned plant man with leaves for hair, wearing lavender colored robes and holding a glass of wine. Arrows with words point at the character: wino, ambassador, magic, confident, is a good boi (deep down), idiot, loyal, plant man plant hair, clever, has the hots for everybody (but especially Dagan), hedonistic. From A Bitter Drink by Azalea Forrest.Dagan Oyibo: Human from Outer Bisia. A dark skinned human male with dreads tied up in a ponytail, wearing a rucksack and holding a staff. Words with arrows point to the character: farm boy, philanthropist, has stick, will use, empathetic, lightweight, patient, vagabond, maybe too trusting (but not too naive), just a cinnamon roll, is a gooder boi (hands down all around). From A Bitter Drink by Azalea Forrest.Clover Ironhammer: Dwarf from Denerth. A redheaded dwarf carrying a huge hammer over her shoulders. Arrows from words say: kind & forgiving (but don't mess with her friends), sunshine, music lover, foodie (and fantastic chef), singing, passionate, the goodest, can and will crush you (with her hammer). From A Bitter Drink by Azalea Forrest.Tani Iohel: Elf from Esterfall. A purple haired elf wearing all black with a sword and arrows. Arrows point at the character: grumpy, "no good deed goes unpunished" (does it anyway), intense, has a thing for redheads (one specific redhead), blunt, neither good nor bad, themby (and she/her), spy, magic, will stab you for fun. From A Bitter Drink by Azalea Forrest.
Michael Shottermichaelshotter
2025-09-24

My latest read: "Never Leaving" by Elford Alley - Looking for a new haunted house to settle into for spooky season? Give this one a try!

Goodreads
goodreads.com/review/show/7936
StoryGraph
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/

@bookstodon @specfic @horrorbooks

An excerpt from Michael Shotter's Goodreads review of Elford Alley's book "Never Leaving"
ninsiana0ninsiana0
2025-09-20

Read ICARUS by K. Ancrum if you love retellings, reproductions, thefts, secrets, priceless art, difficult childhoods, very specific skillsets, being tired, kindnesses freely given, first friendships, ancient grudges, children bearing the brunt of their parents' sins, and the pain of love.

@bookstodon

Book cover of ICARUS by K. Ancrum
Azalea Forrestazaleaforrest@wandering.shop
2025-09-20

A Bitter Drink is a high fantasy romp full of colorful characters, treason, and hedonistic apathy coming back to bite you in the ass.

books2read.com/abd
azaleaforrest.itch.io/a-bitter
💙📚 #writing #highfantasy #bookrec

A Bitter Drink by Azalea Forrest. SPFBO semi-finalist 2022. A dark green cover with gold text, featuring a wine glass, a pile of gold, and a dagger. Character images feature Rowan, the green skinned plant-man in lavender robes holding wine with a smirk, a dark skinned dreaded traveller with a bo staff and a large pack on his back, grinning, a grumpy looking purple haired elf in all black, and a redheaded grinning female dwarf holding a massive hammer. Words surround the book: magic & misadventure, anti-hero MC, elves & dwarves, lgbt+ fantasy, plant people, idiots to lovers. azaleaforrest.wordpress.comA meme of two men standing next a car, but over the car is the image of A BITTER DRINK by Azalea Forrest. A dark green cover with gold text, featuring a wine glass, a pile of gold, and a dagger. The text reads: THIS BAD BOY CAN FIT ONE IMMENSELY PROBLEMATIC IDIOT.”
Wittgenstein's Monsterwittgensteinmonster
2025-09-20

📖 Want to go deeper into how Italy actually became Italy?

Check out Risorgimento: The History of Italy from Napoleon to Nation‑State by Lucy Riall.
It covers the messy, dramatic, and often misunderstood path from fractured states to a modern nation.

Spoiler: it wasn’t smooth, inevitable, or universally popular.

Azalea Forrestazaleaforrest@wandering.shop
2025-09-17

Rowan reflects the fear and hedonistic apathy that resides within all of us. Some of us need a bit of a nudge to veer those destructive tendencies in a more positive direction.

books2read.com/abd
azaleaforrest.itch.io/a-bitter
💙📚 #writing #highfantasy #bookrec

A Bitter Drink by Azalea Forrest. SPFBO semi-finalist 2022. A dark green cover with gold text, featuring a wine glass, a pile of gold, and a dagger. Character images feature Rowan, the green skinned plant-man in lavender robes holding wine with a smirk, a dark skinned dreaded traveller with a bo staff and a large pack on his back, grinning, a grumpy looking purple haired elf in all black, and a redheaded grinning female dwarf holding a massive hammer. Words surround the book: magic & misadventure, anti-hero MC, elves & dwarves, lgbt+ fantasy, plant people, idiots to lovers. azaleaforrest.wordpress.comA joke advertisement for A BITTER DRINK by Azalea Forrest. “Explain this book badly” type meme. Silly cartoon images of elves, plants, and sparkles surround the dark green cover with gold text, featuring a wine glass, a pile of gold, and a dagger. The meme text reads: dope ass dwarf lady, drunk idiot plant, zippity zappity ur soul’s gone bye-bappity, zombie elves or something idk, ~magic~, gays on the loose*, *it’s Rowan, Rowan on the loose.
Azalea Forrestazaleaforrest@wandering.shop
2025-09-13

BOOK ALERT:
Rowan reflects the fear and hedonistic apathy that reside within all of us. Some of us need a bit of a nudge to veer those destructive tendencies in a more positive direction.

books2read.com/abd
azaleaforrest.itch.io/a-bitter
💙📚 #writing #highfantasy #bookrec

A Bitter Drink by Azalea Forrest. SPFBO semi-finalist 2022. A dark green cover with gold text, featuring a wine glass, a pile of gold, and a dagger. Character images feature Rowan, the green skinned plant-man in lavender robes holding wine with a smirk, a dark skinned dreaded traveller with a bo staff and a large pack on his back, grinning, a grumpy looking purple haired elf in all black, and a redheaded grinning female dwarf holding a massive hammer. Words surround the book: magic & misadventure, anti-hero MC, elves & dwarves, lgbt+ fantasy, plant people, idiots to lovers. azaleaforrest.wordpress.comA joke advertisement for A BITTER DRINK by Azalea Forrest. “Explain this book badly” type meme. Silly cartoon images of elves, plants, and sparkles surround the dark green cover with gold text, featuring a wine glass, a pile of gold, and a dagger. The meme text reads: dope ass dwarf lady, drunk idiot plant, zippity zappity ur soul’s gone bye-bappity, zombie elves or something idk, ~magic~, gays on the loose*, *it’s Rowan, Rowan on the loose.
Michael Shottermichaelshotter
2025-09-06

My latest read: "Those We Left Behind, and Other Sacrifices" by Brandon Applegate @brandonappleg8 - On the hunt for your next tome full of terrifying tales? Don't miss this one!

Goodreads
goodreads.com/review/show/7892
StoryGraph
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/

@bookstodon @specfic @horrorbooks

An excerpt from Michael Shotter's review of the book "Those We Left Behind, and Other Sacrifices" by Brandon Applegate
Lumisuperluminous.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
2025-09-06

Still processing Midnight Rooms by Donyae Coles. It's an unsettling atmospheric gothic horror novel with a slowly unraveling mystery in a creepy house that feels surreal. I listened to the audiobook, but I think I'd like to reread at some point because there's so many layers! #bookrec

The cover of Midnight Rooms by Donyae Coles. It's a painting of a woman holding a young doe and a tea cup. There are butterflies flying out of the cup and fluttering around her head.

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