Monday, May 29, 2023

Ill Will, by Dan Chaon

Title: Ill Will
Author: Dan Chaon
Borrowed from DC Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 5/24/2023
Finished: 5/29/2023

I thought this was well written, but I wasn't in the right head space to really enjoy it. 

Friday, May 26, 2023

Night of the Mannequins, by Stephen Graham Jones

Title: Night of the Mannequins
Author: Stephen Graham Jones
Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook
Started: 5/22/2023
Finished: 5/26/2023

Decent novella., Not my favorite. 

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Targeted, by Stephen Hunter

Title: Targeted
Author: Stephen Hunter
Borrowed from neighbor hardback
Started: 5/20/2023
Finished: 5/23/2023

Easy page turner. Neighbor loves these books and other similar authors, expect I'll be reading a lot of them in the bear future.  

Thursday, May 18, 2023

My Heart is a Chainsaw, by Stephen Graham Jones

Title: My Heart is a Chainsaw
Author: Stephen Graham Jones
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook
Started: 5/13/2023
Finished: 5/18/2023

After finishing The Only Good Indians (and loving it) I wanted to try another SGJ book.  My Heart is a Chainsaw was also great, I understand now the hype around SGJ.  Guy is a hell of a writer.  

Saturday, May 13, 2023

The Only Good Indians, by Stephen Graham Jones

Title: The Only Good Indians
Author: Stephen Graham Jones
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook
Started: 5/9/2023
Finished: 5/13/2023

Have had this one on my list for a while, wondering if it could live up to the hype.  Happy to say it exceeded my expectations, this was a spectacular book.  Going to be thinking about this one for a while. 

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

The Last Town, by Blake Crouch

  • Title:  The Last Town
  • Author: Blake Crouch
  • Borrowed from DC Public Library Kindle Edition
  • Started: 5/9/2023
  • Finished: 5/10/2023
Book 3 of the Wayward Pines trilogy, more of a novella than a full length book.  I'm torn on this one -- it was exciting and I didn't want to put it down, but it all became so coincidental and focused on Ethan & his family.  So exciting and I couldn't put it down, but I liked Ethan a lot less in this book, and became somewhat bored by the dynamic between him, his wife, ex-lover, and her ex-lover.  

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

The Donut Legion, by Joe R Lansdale

Title: The Donut Legion
Author: Joe R Lansdale
Borrowed from DC Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 5/4/2023
Finished: 5/9/2023

Enjoyable Lansdale standalone novel. 

Friday, May 5, 2023

Isolation - The Horror Anthology, by Dan Coxon

Title: Isolation - The Horror Anthology
Editor: Dan Coxon
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Kindle Edition
Started: 5/1/2023
Finished: 5/5/2023

Strong selection of stories of isolation, many focused on the pandemic/post pandemic world.  Good stuff. 

Monday, May 1, 2023

Episode 13, by Craig DiLouie

Title: Episode 13
Author: Craig DiLouie
Borrowed from DC Public Library Kindle Edition 
Started: 4/27/2023
Finished: 5/1/2023

Pretty good found footage-ish horror novel.