Shelf Control is hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies. Instead of always looking ahead to upcoming new releases, I thought I’d start a weekly feature focusing on already released books that I want to read. Consider this a variation of a Wishing & Waiting post… but looking at books already available, and in most cases, books that are either on my shelves or on my Kindle!

Title: The Midwich Cuckoos

Author: John Wyndham

Published: 1957

Length: 220 pages

Brief Synopsis from Goodreads: Cuckoos lay eggs in other birds’ nests. The clutch that was fathered on the quiet little village of Midwich, one night in September, proved to possess a monstrous will of its own. It promised to make the human race look as dated as the dinosaur.

How I got it: I bought this book, used, on a website called medimops.

When I got it: 2023

Why I want to read it: I have long been in love with the movie Village of the Damned, but only recently became aware that the movie was based on this book. Naturally, I had to purchase it. I am really looking forward to reading it.