 Hey guys, welcome back come again TV the only place on YouTube where all geek culture collides my name is Shannon And today I'm gonna be over a book haul with you guys Picked up a lot of books here recently, but first before I go over that I Wanted to talk a little bit about my book Jack the Ripper the man behind the blade for those of you Who don't know I am an author This was my first book Jack the Ripper the man behind the blade I go into detail for anyone who likes true crime and history I go deep into detail On the crime itself the history of the event victims the suspects and I present to you my case for who I believe Jack the Ripper actually was this is a theory unlike anything you've ever heard before It's a suspect that long-time researchers into the Ripper haven't really gone into Some have kind of brought it up in jest But no one has ever really taken it seriously until now This is not one of the usual suspects this is someone who history remembers as being a very very kind and delicate soul the readers from the UK who have read this book haven't really presented much of a Good review of it. However, US readers and Canadian readers and that's because the individual who I claim is Jack the Ripper is a very well-known figure in British culture and very beloved Historical figure as well. They claim that because He wasn't able no one would believe that he was able to seduce prostitutes that he would have killed him. I never once say state in my book that He ever tried to pick up a prostitute In fact the most likely possibility is that he actually came up behind them knock them unconscious or choke them Before he killed them and I tell you why in the book So make sure you check out Jack the Ripper the man behind the blade to Vilemon audible Where it's narrated by the very talented Ben Hunter. It's also on e-book paperback and hardcover Also, I have two other books coming out for juvenile horror fans That is hollow screams hollow screams the day of the dolls is out now in paperbook and e-book available on Amazon and hollow screams Ghost house will be coming out soon. It's currently out in e-book It's in review right now for publication in paperback. You can find those on Amazon You will have to type in the full title hollow screams day of the dolls or Hollow screams ghost house Being that they're brand new and being that I'm not a very well-known author yet You do have to type in the full name or you can type in my name SM cornthwaite C-O-R-N-T-H-W-A-I-T-E and they should come up that way as well. That's for Readers seven and up. It's kind of in the lines of are you afraid of the dark the Disney chills and Goosebumps books so without further ado being that it's October I wanted to go over my book haul with you guys. It's a very ghoulish book haul if I do say so first book on the list is The ghost studies by Brandon Masullo, I don't know if you can see it that well There you go new perspectives on the origins of paranormal experiences I Began listening to the audiobook of this on Scribe and I enjoyed it. So I thought I'd buy the paperback version here is the Description on the back What causes ghostly experiences are ghosts real? Why do certain people report numerous ghostly encounters and others none? for centuries these questions have intrigued puzzled and be bedeviled science skeptics and even believers Based on cutting-edge research and new theories the ghost studies provides insight into some of life's greatest mysteries This fascinating book is far more than a compilation of ghost stories it provides scientific explanations for paranormal and clue occurrences and There's a rest of it. Oh I'm sorry guys. My allergies are going a little bit nuts. So I'm not really able to Catch my breath as well as I would like right now So anyway, there's that The second book Let's go and move this off to the side. I purchased this along with three others Yesterday at Barnes & Noble the haunting of Ashburn house by Darcy Coates. I began reading it last night I'm on chapter four now Here's the description There's something wrong with Ashburn house Everyone knows about Ashburn house. They whisper that its old owner went mad and Restless ghosts still walk the halls but when Adrienne desperate and in need of a place to stay Inherits the crumbling old mansion. She only sees it as a lifeline until darkness falls Strange messages are etched into the walls furniture moves when she leaves the room and great and A grave hidden in the depths of the forest Hints at a terrible unforgivable secret something twisted Something twisted lives in her house. It's hungry eyes ever washful chasing the threads of a Decades old mystery it isn't long before she realizes She's become prey to something deeply unnatural and intensely resentful She has no idea how to escape. She has no idea how to survive Only one thing is certain Ashburn's dead are not at rest Pretty cool, so I was at a Barnes & Noble yesterday. I was looking for some Coolish books some some scary stories and ghost stories stuff like that And this was one that is over by the Stevens King Stephen King section thought I'd pick it up. Check it out The next book is actually one I picked out for my wife Sorry for the background noise guys. I'm in the garage There's a motorcycle going by whatever So anyway, this one I picked up for my wife. She's a huge fan of doom She grew up watching the original in fact she introduced me to it for the very first time the other day Before we watched the new film. I like them both honest. I think they're both equally good. They both have their Certain qualities that make them good. I like the narration of the original that really helps People who are unfamiliar with the novel to understand what's going on, but I like the The more updated style of the new film so anyway Found this is it was at the bottom of a cart Getting ready to be put on the shelves Dune my wife had the Hardback and the graphic novel at one time But I guess when our kids were young they tore it up or got lost in the move or whatever I'm not sure, but I found this I got it for It's the new Edition of the paperback If you have not seen either the original or the new film I Highly recommend you check them both out I would recommend you watch the original first and then the new film because the original You have a better chance of understanding what's going on, but there's the description. I'm not going to read it for you because you know Allergies and everything's I'm just kind of running out of breath whenever I read so there you go anyway The next book I purchased last night at Barnes and Noble. I actually forgot I had a copy of this is included in a three-story book Introduced by Stephen King who did the forward for it. I It was part of a Dracula Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde book that I completely forgot about I thought I just had the The paperback version with just the story in it, which was really thin So I wasn't really it didn't really look well on my shelf. So I went ahead and picked this up strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other stories by Robert Louis Stevenson This has a gorgeous binding on it. It's it's like a rubbery pleather binding But it looks gorgeous. It's got that gold printing on it There's the side binding There's the back all human beings are Commingled out of good and evil Robert Louis Stevenson the strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Now I'm not sure what all stories are in this. Let's take a look real quick Okay, so it looks like There's the introduction The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the first one Other stories are will owe the mill mark. I'm throwing Janet Ola la the bottle imp the isle of voices the wave woman and the body snatcher Also, here's the inside of the cover very Very gorgeously done. It actually it's actually very reminiscent of an old Victorian era book It's got like a glittery style page edge With a built-in bookmark as you see here fact it There's a ribbon there very beautiful. I'm I'm really liking This cover There were a lot of others with similar covers at Barnes & Noble, but this is one. I really wanted so I Got it finally from the Books that I purchased yesterday This is this isn't counting the books that I'll be going into here in a minute from a few weeks ago that I bought from thrift store This book while is at Barnes & Noble I was checking out the Stephen King section and I saw a paperback of Salem slot and I picked it up. It is about 25 bucks 26 bucks somewhere around there As I was over taking a look at Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I noticed This that was it was the same price as Salem slot but had three stories instead of one It's 25 bucks Scary the shining and Salem's locked nice little hornet on the cover here Love the print the lettering Very nice. It's impacted From the front inward And it looks like a leather bound book. I'm sure it's pleather But it looks very leathery Here's a side Here's the back the Stephen King logo the Pages have a silver Sheen to the edges Which is very nice and once again it comes with a built-in bookmark this time in blood red Just like the letter Very nice. I cannot wait to read this I have not watched Salem's lot yet So I'll be going into this blind. I know it's about vampires But that's about it. I've seen carry both the original and the remake and rage carry to Which was how actually has introduced to carry. I've also seen the shining and doctor sleep so I Have not read the books yet. I'm more of a audiobook guy when it comes to Stephen King Since his books are so long, but I've been Getting into collecting his books because I love the audiobooks so much. In fact, my favorite that I recently listened to was the Institute I Honestly Yes, it's new king, but it's king at his best There's not really a lot of filler in it. It's it's really it's gripping it holds your attention Another one that I recently listened to that I enjoyed was the outsider, which is very reminiscent of it And the Institute is very reminiscent of fire starter Then there was a long walk which was a Bachman book that I really enjoyed as well So yeah, I can't wait to actually read these it'll probably be I'm reading more often I haven't really been reading a lot lately because I've been in the process of writing so many books And going to school. I'm in my third third year of college now working on my bachelor's Plus my son is homeschooled so I'm kind of balancing that with the wife and Family time all that so I don't really get a lot of opportunities to actually sit down and read But I'm gonna start reading more at night shortly before bed. I think that's the best kind best time really So let's go ahead and move this off to the side and now we're gonna get into The books that I purchased from a thrift store. I got a ton of Stephen King books for $25 which is a hell of a bargain Considering one it usually goes for anywhere between 25 to you know, sometimes almost 50 bucks So starting off The first one of these is Kujo a Novel by Stephen King author of fire starter. It is one of the original version original covered versions There's the back portrait of Stephen King with his beard The inner binding or the inner Summary Introduction whatever you want to call it you pause it right there. Yeah, right there Okay, I'm not gonna read all these since I got so many to go through but there's Think that might be Stephen King's bio Okay But let's see. What's the Copyright in the print here on this All right, this was by Viking press of New York Copyright 1981 For this printing and original copyright in 1971 No, no no women Portion is a text from the song Sugary words by Robert Hunter music by Jerry Garcia a copyright 1971 other copyrights for songs include 1940 1968 So this it looks like it is a first First edition of Kujo So that's pretty cool. I did watch the Movie for the first time a few months ago I Enjoyed it, but it really leaves you hanging I'm gonna read this when I get a chance and hopefully it'll give a little bit more depth Into the ending because in the movie spoiler alert The mom gets scratched or Bit or something I can't it's been a little while So you would think She's gonna end up with rabies, but the movie ends with like a Side of relief almost so, you know, I'd like to see how the book ends Next is also a part of the The lot I got from the thrift store. It is thinner My Stephen King written as Richard Bachman. I watched the movie Think it was last winter. I wasn't that impressed with the movie But this was part of the lot. So I You know, I got it as part of the lot for 25 bucks total. So Not bad If you haven't seen the movie It it's very Very seems low budget almost there's the inner card you can pause it right there if you like All right, so this one with it being a Bachman book This was copyrighted in 1984 by Richard Bachman I'm sure the book is a lot better than the movie Simply because the the movie was so low budget very very low quality Special thanks this one is One that I am I I saw and As soon as I got it I cherished it it is the Bachman books By Stephen King written as Richard Bachman and The reason I cherish this so much is because it has a story in it That is no longer in print is in fact Stephen King removed it from printing What is that book you may ask well it is Rage Also, it also has a long walk, which I really enjoyed Roadwork and the running man If you don't know about rage it is about a school shooter. I have not read it yet I haven't even listened to the audiobook, but I've heard a lot about it and I Have to say I'm really intrigued and I'm glad I was able to get a cop My hands on a copy of one simply because you can't really find rage anymore simply because Stephen King took it out of print Here's the inside back There you go there's that copyrights on this are 77 79 81 and 82 So I can't wait to start reading this next I actually got two copies of this book So I didn't really feel it necessary to bring the other copy out here It was included in the lot. So I may sell it to anyone who wants it I don't know Who knows but it is for past midnight I'm gonna have to peel this sticker off of it too at some point I I haven't heard much about this book It There you go. If you want to pause that and read it zoom in whatever read it Um There's the back So this came out the copyright on this Looks like 1990 There you have that And as you see it is a pretty massive book About the size of carry the shining and uh Salem slot combined The next one Which I'm really interested in starting on Because I heard about it on another reviewer's channel Who's into books and Stephen King especially is Jerald Jerald's game Jerald Jerald How have you pronounced it? but basically From what I gather it's it takes place in one room With a woman tied to the bed And that's the majority of the book So I can't wait to kind of dip into this this one. Um There's the back Stephen King's Uh picture There's the uh Synopsis I think Oh Some dead spiders in there I'll have to clean these out. So there's that Um because of the dead spiders and stuff in that one, um I'm not going to go into the copyright and all that. I need to get it cleaned out Before I do all that Up next in the lock is the Dolores Claiborne. Sorry Um, I watched the movie for the first time Uh Last winter I enjoyed it. I thought it was pretty good. Good Uh, so I was happy to see this was part of the uh lot There's the uh Inside See are there any surprises in this the back side? No. All right good All right So there's that Next on the list Is Needful things the last castle rock story As you see it's got very uh copper like Uh foil finish on the lettering And red blood red foil finish on Stephen King's name I don't know much about needful things. I'm sorry. I'm just really getting into Stephen King Like I said, I'm I started with his audiobooks. So I'm really uh Really just kind of a novice when it comes to Stephen King right now So we got two more guys Next is the tommy knockers I got about halfway through this audiobook on audible And while I was picking my daughter up from work one night, um, I accidentally hit something on my uh audible And it skipped a huge chunk of the book And I could not find where I left off So rather than uh going back through, um, I was it wasn't really catching my interest anyway. Um, I just kind of Left it for now. I may go back and Re-listen to it while I'm reading it at some point Yeah, it's a nice Nice cover By putting them There's the back Looks like Stephen King was a little chunkier back then with his beard There's the inner cover There's the back cover and then finally We have the largest Stephen King book I have yet to come across Insomnia Look look at how many pages that is For comparison Let me show you for comparison So there's Forpass in the midnight It's a little bit shorter than insomnia Not much a couple pages. It seems in fact, let's see Forpass the midnight has 763 pages in this edition uh insomnia has grand total of 787 pages Uh to put that into contrast even further this edition Salem's lot carry in the shining Would seem is still shorter. Let's see how many pages Are in it? Oh never mind This is actually a longer There's 1094 pages in it Or in this Not the book it but In this one I think the pages are thinner. So it just seems like it's shorter So but this is also three books in one also I don't know much about insomnia I'm not sure if the Robin Williams and uh Who was Was it Robert De Niro or Al Pacino? Movie of the same name. I'm not sure if that was actually based on this book or not And I have not watched that movie in God almost Almost 20 years I want to say But there's the inside There's the uh back Anyway, there you have it guys my Book haul for the month of october. I can't wait to dig into these books And start reading them Uh also, don't forget to check out my book jack the ripper the man behind the blade available on amazon And audible as well as other great book retailers Also for the kid in your life or For the young that hurt check out my books hollow screams day of the dolls and hollow screams ghost house I've been shenan this been comic n tv the only place on youtube where all geek culture collides Take care if you enjoyed that video make sure you hit the subscribe button right there So you stay up to date on all thanks geek culture Also, go ahead and check out one of these two playlists on the side for more videos just like the one you just watched I'm shenan for comic n tv the only place on youtube where all geek culture collides Take care geeks