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Erick’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Erick’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Erick Mertz
Goodreads Author
Born
in Portland, The United States
January 21, 1976
Website
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HP Lovecraft, Paul Doiron, Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, ee cummings,
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Member Since
November 2011
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/erickmertz
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| Overall, I enjoyed the novel. In the beginning, I was suspicious of the very common "you have to spend the night in a locked room" scenario as it always plays out the same way. Armstrong executes character in a powerful way though and that's what car ...more | |
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| Good read. Sucked into the story early on, only to feel a lull before the book launched into the realm of really, really good. | |
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Fairly decent issue of poetry magazine, some hits, a few misses. FAVORITE: "What You Need To Survive Vernon, OK" by Steven Leyva ...more |
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| Absolutely terrific graphic novel, loved every page, every panel. Brubaker and Phillips really hit the spot when it comes to gritty characters and unexpected plot twists. | |
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I liked this book enough. I thought the author did a nice job working with setting and world history, using those elements to amp up the stakes in the story. There were some nice characters and unexpected twists along the way. My reasoning for a 4 ver ...more |
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This one was slow going for me but it really rounded into shape at the end. Characters worked well, especially Lina, the mystery unfolded naturally and the dystopian concept fit well for the age group. I enjoyed the finish, logically dovetailing into ...more |
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Such a weird, fun and interesting collection. I picked this up off the shelf at my local library as a random selection and was in awe at the variety of creatures contained. Reading this, it was hard not to feel somewhat sad about how unoriginal the c ...more |
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Erick Mertz
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4 other people
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MGB's review
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Lady Of The Valley: A Strange Air Novella of Folk Horror and Rural Mystery (The Strange Air):
"It was supposed to just be a visit. A visit to get the agricultural viewpoint on his thesis. Instead it changed his life. He met the locals, what better place than the fair? Then the story, the history of the place, the unexplained events. Then it ha"
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Lady Of The Valley: A Strange Air Novella of Folk Horror and Rural Mystery (The Strange Air):
"This is a 4.5 🌟 read rounded ⬆️ to 5 🌟.
These Strange Air stories always leave me with goosebumps and a need to know more. An awesome introduction to the author's new novel "Moonlight Shade" which is due to be published 19th February, 2026." Read more of this review » |
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An absolutely fantastic volume of short, graphic horror. Every story in this volume is equal parts fascinating and grotesque. Some concepts here were really off the wall disturbing ("Blood Orb Grove" and "Flesh Colored Mystery). There were a few that ...more |
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“have given him the business for missing by so much.” She was right. Melville knew there”
― Permanent Shadows
― Permanent Shadows
“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.”
― The Haunting of Hill House
― The Haunting of Hill House
Goodreads Reviewers' Group
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This group helps to bring Reviewers and Authors together! Reviewers can make their own thread to post their reviews in, or post their reviews in the r ...more
The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group
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“It was a dark and stormy night. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky. Rain spattered a mysterious, hooded stranger who peered over the ...more
Lovers of Paranormal
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If, like us, you enjoy anything paranormal, then this place is for you. This is a bookclub dedicated to Paranormal (YA & Adult) Fantasy, dystopia, sci ...more
