What are you currently reading?

[RonClinton]

In another thread we.were talking about Peter Heller and how great he is. I just read Michael O'Donnell's first book ABOVE THE FIRE, and it reminds me of Heller. highly recommend!

Thanks for the heads-up. Heller has few fans more ardent than me, and this blurb just sealed the deal…plan to pick this up very, very soon:
“Perfect for fans of The Dog Stars by Peter Heller and The Road by Cormac McCarthy.”

[fanatic]

In another thread we.were talking about Peter Heller and how great he is. I just read Michael O'Donnell's first book ABOVE THE FIRE, and it reminds me of Heller. highly recommend!

[brlesh]

Finished Devoted by Dean Koontz.

It was an OK read brought down by a disjointed and convoluted last quarter of the book.

Back to making my way through Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird ed. by Jonathan Maberry.

At the 200 page mark and really enjoying this so far.

One of the better anthologies I’ve read in recent memory.

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[RonClinton]

I hope you like it, Ron!

When we first met, my wife asked me what my favorite book was, and when I mentioned LONESOME DOVE, she told me that she had to read it in college, and when she was done, she took it out to the backyard, threw it in the firepit, and burned it. "I hated that book!

Yikes, I hope my reaction when I’m finished is different than hers! I don’t see book-burning on my Bingo card for 2024, so hopefully I’ll be okay.

[TacomaDiver]

Love me some Murderbot! I've been holding off on picking-up Fugitive Telemetry in the hopes the SubPress would announce an LE version like the previous Murderbot titles.

I think Coraline might be the one Gaman title that I haven't read yet. Not sure why as I do like Gaiman's stuff quite a bit; however, something's always kept me away from this one. I'm sure that I'll read it at some point. Have also never seen the film, but I rarely want to see any cartoons/computer animated films these days.

Coraline has such a different aesthetic since it's stop-motion rather than CGI or traditional animation. Really adds to the setting and feel for the story. I am disappointed that in all of the times I've met Gaiman on tours over the years, I never had him sign any of my editions of Coraline.

I met Martha Wells back in November for the newest Murderbot book, and asked her a little about the SubPress editions. Mentioned the broadside they did of a story from Wired and it was kind of funny when she said SubPress sent her some copies and she has no idea what to do with them. Same, I have one and don't know what to do with it either. My bet would be SubPress continues to publish her and Murderbot, especially since they did her latest non-Murderbot book.