The Empty House and Other Stories, by Algernon Blackwood

Title: The Empty House and Other Stories

Author: Algernon Blackwood

Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook

Started: 10/27/2023

Finished: 10/30/2023

Decent collection of horror short stories. 

Our Wives Under the Sea, by Julia Armfield

Title: Our Wives Under the Sea

Author: Julia Armfield

Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Kindle Edition 

Started: 10/17/2023

Finished: 10/25/2023

Great book covering heartbreaking loss in an intriguing way.  Really enjoyed this one. 

Find Me, by Laura Van Den Berg

Title: Find Me

Author: Laura Van Den Berg

Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook

Started: 10/22/2023

Finished: 10/23/2023

My obsession with Van Den Berg continues -- this was my least favorite of her works so far, but I don't mean to imply I didn't like it.  Find Me just didn't speak to me like the other two I read. Still enjoyable, Van Den Berg includes a lot of FLA in her books which I enjoy, bring born and raised in central FLA.  

Anyway, this is one author I'll be following. 

The Wendigo, by Algernon Blackwood

Title: The Wendigo

Author: Algernon Blackwood

Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook

Started: 10/21/2023

Finished: 10/22/2023

Decently entertaining. 

I Hold a Wolf by the Ear, by Laura Van Den Berg

Title: I Hold a Wolf by the Ear

Author: Laura Van Den Berg

Borrowed from DC Public Library Audiobook

Started: 10/16/2023

Finished: 10/20/2023

Started this one as an audiobook, switch to Kindle because I was enjoying it so much and wanted to read it that way instead.  But had another loan come available and went back to audio.  

That's not really important I guess, what is important is how much I'm enjoying the works by Van Den Berg.  Can't really explain why, but the way she writes and the stories she's telling are extremely compelling.  

Love in a Dry Season, by Shelby Foote

Title: Love in a Dry Season

Author: Shelby Foote

Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook

Started: 10/11/2023

Finished: 10/16/2023

I like these Shelby Foote southern dramas, characters driven by various desires.  But I also tire of them about two thirds of the way through.  As I've said before with audiobooks narrated by Grover Gardner -- he really is the best.  Not sure I'd have stuck with this book in print, but having Gardner narrate it makes all the difference. 

You Should Have Left, by Daniel Kehlmann

Title: You Should Have Left

Author: Daniel Kehlmann

Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Kindle Edition

Started: 10/16/2023

Finished: 10/16/2023

Intriguing novella with similar themes to House of Leaves.  Disturbing and enjoyable.  

The Third Hotel, by Laura Van Den Berg

Title: The Third Hotel

Author: Laura Van Den Berg

Borrowed from DC Public Library Kindle Edition

Started: 10/10/2023

Finished: 10/14/2023

This book spoke to me.  Right from the start I felt a connection to this book and was entranced.  I would have a hard time explaining why, but I absolutely loved this book.  I felt a connection to the protagonist and her story in a way that transcended my normal connection as a reader.  This one was special to me. 

The Darkest Day, by Tom Wood

Title:  The Darkest Day

Author: Tom Wood

Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook

Started: 10/8/2023

Finished: 10/10/2023

This next entry in the Victor the Assassin series was terrible.  Big step back from the previous entry, which was the best. 

The Game, by Tom Wood

Title: The Game

Author: Tom Wood

Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook

Started: 10/5/2023

Finished: 10/7/2023

Third book in the Victor the Assassin series.  Best of the bunch so far. 

The Enemy, by Tom Wood

Title: The Enemy

Author Tom Wood

Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook

Started: 10/2/2023

Finished: 10/4/2023

These loner assassin/tough guy books (Reacher, Grey Man) are terrible but also stupidly enjoyable, and this Victor the Assassin series is more of the same.  And I'll read them all.

Things We Lost in the Fire, by Mariana Enriquez

Title:  Things We Lost in the Fire

Author:  Mariana Enriquez

Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook

Started: 10/1/2023

Finished: 10/1/2023

Been battling a cold the last couple of weeks and I've had a lot of time for audiobooks at all hours where coughs have been keeping me awake.  Powered through this one in a single day of listening that way.  Enjoyable horror short stories.

The Killer, by Tom Wood

Title: The Killer

Author: Tom Wood

Borrowed from Queen Anne County Public Library Audiobook

Started: 9/20/2023

Finished: 10/1/2023

A so-so hitman book, first in a long series.  I kept it going between other books but not sure I'll continue with the rest in line.