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Book #96: Psycho House by Robert Bloch

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  Psycho House Robert Bloch   Released: January 1st, 1990 My 39th book for 2025 was Robert Bloch's “Psycho House”.   The 3rd Psycho novel is an interesting sequel.  I enjoyed this one a little more than the 2nd, but still a lot going on.   There are so many characters in this one.  The sheriff, the deputy, the writer, the newspaper editor, the doctor, the nurse, the kids, the new owner of the property, etc.  It was hard to keep track of who is what or doing something.  Plus, they reference people from the prior novels as well.  It gets a bit jumbled after a bit. In this one, a man named "Fatso" Otto Remsbach, a gluttonous alcoholic, has bought the land of the original Bates Motel.  His plan is to turn it into a haunted themed attraction for those interested in the murders.  He has people ship things in from Hollywood to add spookiness to the environment.  As this is going on, two kids sneak in to play around, and one ...
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Book #95: Psycho II by Robert Bloch

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  Psycho II Robert Bloch   Released: August 1st, 1982 My 38th book for 2025 was Robert Bloch's “Psycho II”.   This book was written 23 years after the original novel and was a cause for Hollywood to blacklist Robert Bloch from future film projects as they felt this book was a sharp commentary on the environment of Hollywood, and the entertainment industry in general.  It has no connection to the film Psycho II , released a year later in 1983. The book finds Norman Bates locked up in a state prison for criminally insane people.  There he has been work with Dr. Claiborne in an attempt to heal him from his psychotic delusions and ailments.  When two nuns come to visit him and attempt to connect with him, Bates kills one, steals and dons her clothes, and then escapes with the second, whom he brutally kills with a tire iron, and rapes post-mortem.  He collects a hitchhiker during his escape, and a fight ensues leaving a man dead.  The van and bodi...
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Book #94: Psycho by Robert Bloch

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  Psycho Robert Bloch   Released: April 10th, 1959 My 37th book for 2025 was Robert Bloch's “Psycho”.   Usually when one thinks of Psycho, they think of the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film based on this book.  I was just telling my neighbor Margie that the other day.  Many people remember the iconic shower scene that captivated audiences and lived on in iconic horror pop culture. My best friend Tim recommended the series.  I had started to watch Psycho years ago, but fell asleep part way in.  Tim read the series recently, and so we did some book swaps.  He read some I recommended, and I've been reading the ones he has recommended.  I was supposed to start reading these books back in July, as I thought I would get through the Clue series faster.  Instead, it drug out a good bit, and I squeezed in a few more novels in between.  Now I'm staring down 26 more novels in less that 4 months.  Time to get crackin'...or reading. The stor...
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Book #93: Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc

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  Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice Katie Cicatelli-Kuc   Released: August 6th, 2024 My 36th book for 2025 was Katie Cicatelli-Kuc's “Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice”.   Random story time, so as I was reading Clue, I wanted to keep them all in order, so I kept the other blogs hidden until I was able to post the entire Clue series.  I was supposed to start Psycho right after that, but then I discovered the website that gave me access to the Ninja Turtle novelizations, and the original Friday the 13th Part 3 - 3D.  So I took advantage of reading them to coincide with the rerelease of the original Turtles film, and October being just around the corner. After all that, my sister Megan Perry calls me the other day, and asks me to pick her up the coffee book of the month over at the Barnes & Noble cafe since she does not have one around her.  (Hint hint, Hey B&N, look into Winchester, VA.  Regards, a loyal customer).  One I get there,...
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