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Finished Let the Right One In. Thoroughly enjoyed this one. Great character development.
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Nearly finished with The Caller of the Black by Brian Lumley, his first short story collection published by Arkham House by in 1971.
I would describe the stories in Caller as more fun than good. Without exception, the stories are all firmly in the territory of Lovecraft pastiche.
As a fan of Lumley's short fiction, it provides an interesting starting point for an author who went on to publish much better work, especially in the Lovecraft cannon.
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I love Matt Haig’s work and was really looking forward to THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, but found it far too heavy-handed and obvious, with little of the clever nuance of his other recent works. I admire the intent of the work, but the execution fell flat for me.
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I recently finished To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini. A slightly different take on the other Space Opera stuff I have read. At times it was a little slow, and it's a big book. But I stuck with it and am glad I did. It's well-positioned to t be the first in a series.
I never read any of his Dragon books but one of my kids read them all. I'd say 4/5
Prior to that, I read Firewalkers by Adrian Tchaikovsky. A nice little novella set in a near-future ravaged by climate change. Also 4/5
I am currently reading The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, and I'm loving it. Yet another take on the alternate lives thing, but handled with grace. I have only read one other of his novels but will definitely read more.
Next will be Later.
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Just finished Jack Ketchum's "Cover". While not quite as good as Offseason and the Girl Next Door, I still found this to be a very good book. Author used a lot of genre tropes and managed to still make them seem fresh and the character choices surprising. Oodles of tension in this story. Overall, a very satisfying read.
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Originally posted by RonClinton View PostI'm finally jumping back into the Matthew Corbett series from Robert McCammon...I thought I was on the fourth book, but it turned out I'd only read the first two (massive) volumes, so am starting MISTER SLAUGHTER.
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I'm finally jumping back into the Matthew Corbett series from Robert McCammon...I thought I was on the fourth book, but it turned out I'd only read the first two (massive) volumes, so am starting MISTER SLAUGHTER.
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I started reading Owen King's LITTLE BRONZE BOOK today, and I'm really enjoying it. Also reading an omnibus edition of the three SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK books.....As a 50-year-old, these stories aren't that great, but they do have a certain bland charm, and the illustrations are nightmarish.
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View PostJust finished the SST limited of Stephen Graham Jones' "The Only Good Indians". Really enjoyed this book. It began a little slow, but it picked up around the quarter mark and never let up. Great characterization, fantastic dialogue, and a very literary style. It also has one of the better endings that I have read in quite awhile. Would recommend this one very highly to those of you who haven't read it yet.
I am about 100 pages into Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Really enjoying it so far.
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Just finished the SST limited of Stephen Graham Jones' "The Only Good Indians". Really enjoyed this book. It began a little slow, but it picked up around the quarter mark and never let up. Great characterization, fantastic dialogue, and a very literary style. It also has one of the better endings that I have read in quite awhile. Would recommend this one very highly to those of you who haven't read it yet.
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I finished reading The Fair Grounds by Tobias Seamon and a Dollar Double sleaze consisting of The Sherwood Scandal by March Hastings/Oh, Sweet And Gentle Harlot by Nancy Dean as told to Jack Powers. Now I'm reading Antioch by Jessica Leonard.
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Originally posted by bookworm 1 View Post
Rust Maidens is another really great book. I loved it
After finishing The Rust Maidens, started Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers: 1852 - 1923 ed. by Lisa Morton & Leslie Klinger.
It hasn't grabbed me like their classic ghost story anthology from a few years back, but only 3 or 4 stories in so far.
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Originally posted by bookworm 1 View PostIt's women of horror month so that has been my focus this month.
Lots of great women writing horror and thriller fiction .
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I’m currently reading When Darkness Loves Us by Elizabeth Engstrom
also White Pines by Gemma Amor
and a long overdue reread of Frankenstein
It’s women of horror month so that has been my focus this month
I just finished The Girls by Emma Cline and gave it 4 stars
malls finished We Did Everything Wrong by C.V.Hunt also 4 stars.
Lots of great women writing horror and thriller fiction .
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Originally posted by brlesh View PostFinished Phantom Limbs by Margo Lanagan.
Liked the first half of the collection a good bit. Thought the second half was quite a bit weaker.
Started The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste las night.
75 pages in & liking it a lot.
So far I really like her style of writing. The story just seems to flow, even though at this point (nearly 1/3 in) very little has actually happened.
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