Nightmares and Dreamscapes discussion

Some of us that read, and loved, The Exorcist's House last year are getting back together to read Nick Roberts' other book Anathema in June. Everyone is welcome to join!

Anathema

Bryan and Ellie Stockton hope they left behind their demons when they move to their idyllic new home in southern West Virginia. Above all, they want a fresh start for their young son, Derrick, who witnessed the tumultuous first years of their marriage – years that were rife with substance abuse, rage, and resentment. Their bright hope for the future is darkened when a child disappears from their neighborhood. The couple becomes suspicious of a reclusive resident with a degenerative brain disorder. Strange events begin to happen in their house just as Derrick tells them about a new friend who visits him at night. Their son may be acting out from the trauma he endured, or he could be the obsession of something much more sinister.

Feel free to jump in! Please use spoiler tags when necessary!

YES! When the time comes, please remind me as I'm very forgetful as I'd love to read this with you all. Thanks \m/

LTJ wrote: "YES! When the time comes, please remind me as I'm very forgetful as I'd love to read this with you all. Thanks \m/"

No worries at all! We will find you and remind you! LOL :)

Cannot wait to read this book! Thank you Sally for creating the thread! :)

Awesome everyone and thanks for setting this up Sally!!

I’ll be in for this one too. I’m sure I’ll forget but I’ll watch for folks to start it and comment.

Anne wrote: "I’ll be in for this one too. I’m sure I’ll forget but I’ll watch for folks to start it and comment."

We will remind you, Anne. :)

@Marie: Yay! Also thanks to Sally because she is a rockstar :-D

Tagging in here also 😊

@Terry: Welcome :-D

Thanks LTJ! Looking forward to this one after enjoying The Exorcist House so much.

@Terry: Anytime, my friend! Hell yeah and same here :-D

Terry wrote: "Tagging in here also 😊"

Yay!! Cool Terry! :)

Marie wrote: "Terry wrote: "Tagging in here also 😊"

Yay!! Cool Terry! :)"

Thanks Marie! 😁

Oh yes! Thank you.

I'm ready. Just downloaded the book on my kindle.

That's great that you'll be joining us in June, Heather and Adriennelee! Sorry to put it so far I the future, but I've got April and May super booked.

Whoo-hoo! More members to join the read! Awesome Heather and Adriennelee to see you on this thread. :)

Sally wrote: "That's great that you'll be joining us in June, Heather and Adriennelee! Sorry to put it so far I the future, but I've got April and May super booked."

Thanks Sally. I definitely appreciate the advance notice. I have so many books I want to get to!

Marie wrote: "Whoo-hoo! More members to join the read! Awesome Heather and Adriennelee to see you on this thread. :)"

Thanks Marie!

Yes! I will join this one too! I bought a copy from Nick Roberts a while back and haven't read it yet.

Steven wrote: "Yes! I will join this one too! I bought a copy from Nick Roberts a while back and haven't read it yet."

Awesome Steven! The more the merrier! :)

I’ll join this one too

Anne wrote: "I’ll join this one too"

Cool Anne! :)

We are moving this buddy read back to June 16th as some of us forgot about it and we are crammed with reads around this time. So moving it back two weeks. We scheduled this read back in March but a lot has happened since March with book reads - lol. :)

@Marie: Thanks for the heads up and no worries at all, LoL that happens to the best of us! Looking forward to it in June, yay :-)

Once again we need to move this buddy read back so we are now moving it to July sometime. Not sure of a date yet but maybe about the middle of the month or later in the month of July. Will keep you posted. Some of us are still jammed up with books and need to spread some out. :)

Marie wrote: "Once again we need to move this buddy read back so we are now moving it to July sometime. Not sure of a date yet but maybe about the middle of the month or later in the month of July. Will keep you..."

I will try to join in July as well. I ddn't love The Exorcist's House as much as a lot of people, but I'm a sucker for the "fresh start in the new house" and creepy kid tropes.

Marie wrote: "Once again we need to move this buddy read back so we are now moving it to July sometime. Not sure of a date yet but maybe about the middle of the month or later in the month of July. Will keep you..."

Thanks Marie! Im sure mid-July will be here in the blink of an eye too.

I just grabbed it in anticipation. Looking forward to it!

Thanks for bumping it, I needed more time too!

Marie wrote: "Once again we need to move this buddy read back so we are now moving it to July sometime. Not sure of a date yet but maybe about the middle of the month or later in the month of July. Will keep you..."

Thanks Marie! That works much better for me on having this BR next month.

You all are welcome! I had a feeling that most of us were still jammed tight with books and really had no wiggle room to fit another one in so it will work out much better hopefully for July. :)

LoL sounds great to me and agreed, so many books, such little time :-)

This is a great title so far!

Wow! This title is eerie and violent! It definitely has me worried for the family in it.

Steven wrote: "Wow! This title is eerie and violent! It definitely has me worried for the family in it."

Going to try and get to this next month - glad that you are enjoying it Steven.

Thank you Marie! I just finished it this morning and it was quite an intense read! I think you will enjoy it, when you get to it.

So what date do you all want to read this book this month?

Chime in and we will figure out when as I don't know what all of you have going on with reading schedules so it is best for all of us to figure out a date together instead of me just picking a day.

Okay guys and gals! lol We got behind on this buddy read so who is up for it this month in August?

Early month - middle of the month or later in the month? What is good for everyone?

Ginger wrote: "Marie wrote: "Once again we need to move this buddy read back so we are now moving it to July sometime. Not sure of a date yet but maybe about the middle of the month or later in the month of July...."

Terry wrote: "Marie wrote: "Once again we need to move this buddy read back so we are now moving it to July sometime. Not sure of a date yet but maybe about the middle of the month or later in the month of July...."

Alex wrote: "I just grabbed it in anticipation. Looking forward to it!"

Anne wrote: "I’ll join this one too"

Adriennelee wrote: "I'm ready. Just downloaded the book on my kindle."

LTJ wrote: "YES! When the time comes, please remind me as I'm very forgetful as I'd love to read this with you all. Thanks \m/"


So I thought it easier to tag you all this way - we can either read this book this month sometime together or you can all drift in and out to read when you want - just post your book thoughts on this thread - but since there are a few of us that want to read it probably best to read whenever we want and just post our thoughts here instead of trying to read all together as I know most of you are bogged down with buddy reads and group reads. :)

I'm not sure when I would get to this one Marie. Maybe in September for me? I just started a buddy read and have some library loans coming up in a week or two so August is looking iffy for me.

If you all want to start this soon, don't let my reading schedule dissuade any of you. I can always read it later in the year.

Maybe we shoot for September? :-)

I say maybe just do it this way. There seems to be quite a few of us that want to read the book but hard to get us all together. One of the crew on here (lol) already read the book so how about just read the book at your own pace and post on here when you read it. Just add spoilers if you want to discuss.

That way we don't have a specific month to read the book in as all of us are bogged down with books. Just read it when you want and post in here. :)