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Polybuis
By Collin Armstrong
(April 29, 2025)
SCIENCE FICTION, HORROR, THRILLER
Stranger Things meets The Walking Dead in this shivery novel based on a terrifying urban legend about a small seaside town descending into chaos when an unusual video game is unveiled at the local arcade.
Having recently moved to the gentrifying seaside town of Tasker Bay with her mother, the only thing on high schooler Andi’s mind is saving up enough money for her escape to Silicon Valley. Though it’s owned by the shadiest resident in town, she takes a job at the dingy arcade Home Video World.
When Polybius—a new bleeding-edge game of unknown origin arrives—the shop is suddenly overwhelmed with players fighting for time on the machine. Seemingly overnight, a virus-like epidemic grips Tasker Bay while a violent coastal storm rolls in, isolating it from the outside world. People begin experiencing fits of anger, paranoia, and hallucinations—no one can be trusted.
2025 ARC (Approved) Titles
[NEW] Mayra: A Novel, Nicky Gonzales
Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread, Leila Taylor READ 
Tell Them You Lied, Laura Leffler READ
The Staircase in the Woods, Chuck Wendig
The Summer I Ate The Rich, Maika Moulite READING 
A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer (S.C.Y.T.H.E. Mystery, #1), Maxie Dara READ
Latest Book Review
4.7 
Thank you to NetGalley and Hyperion Avenue for the advanced copy of this title.This story has a great premise, and I enjoyed the dynamic between Anna and Willow. In the loose sense, Anna (Willows’ best friend) and Milo (Willows’ on-again, off-again boyfriend) have orchestrated this elaborate prank to scare Willow. Why? To put her in her place and show her that her friends aren’t objects to be used to work out your shit.
I can’t say that she didn’t have it coming. There’s no excuse for bad behavior; humans always have a breaking point, so this bubble will burst. The plan was going to be great, but it just so happened that said plan was to go down on September 11, and the events of that day would be something the world would never forget.
New York is upside down. People are in search of loved ones and friends. Pooling their resources and trying to make sense of the devastation. This doesn’t change the fact that Willow is a narcissist. She’s played on everyone’s emotions, including her parents. You want to love her, you want to trust her, but she buries that knife in your back each and every time and will then say, “Babe, you’re bleeding”.
Anna met Willow at Baldwin College, and Lizzie, Tom, and a few others were a close group. They were all art and photography students, and being one myself, I remember the beautiful relationships I had when everyone was hungry and lived for their art and creating. Nothing else mattered. [More]
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My Draft 2025 Goodreads Challenge
Key
= Owned Audible
= Will purchase
= Owned hardcopy
= Owned Kindle
= Reading/Listening
So far, this list has 19 titles. Last year, I read 39 38 books, just two books shy of my 40-book goal. Listed below is my first initial list, which always changes throughout the year, and I’ll keep this updated on this platform and my Notions page.
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- Don’t Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) by Stephen Graham Jones
Murder Road, Simone St. James READ The Cursed Among Us, John Durgin READ- Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Movies, Hadley Freedman
- The Mary Shelley Club, Goldy Moldavsky READING
- Midnight Showing (Malice Compendium #2), Megan Shepherd
- Black Girls Must Die Exhausted, Jayne Allen
- Their Vicious Games, Joelle Wellington
- Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, Grady Hendrix
- All Night Horror Show (Friday Night Frights Book 6), Eric Mosher
- 80s Ghosts, V.S.Lawrence
- Bury Your Gays, Chuck Tingle
- Such Lovely Skin, Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
- The House at the End of Lacelean Street, Catherine McCarthy
- The Summer I Ate the Rich, Maika Moulite (ARC)
- So Thirsty, Rachel Harrison
- Heads Will Roll, John Winning
- A Cut Below: A Celebration of B Horror Movies, 1950s-1980s, Scott Drebit
- The Midwitch Cuckoos, John Wyndham
- Needy Little Things, Channelle Desamours
- The Devil and Mrs. Davenport, Paulette Kennedy
- Don’t Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) by Stephen Graham Jones
Bookish Blogs & Sources I Enjoy
https://www.goodreads.com/
https://bookriot.com/
https://www.bookbub.com/launch
https://pagesunbound.wordpress.com/
https://bookwormgirl.co.uk/
Bookish challenges
