What Are You Reading? 2022
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Norm de Plume (05-15-22)
05-15-22, 02:05 PM
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^Great book. So cleanly and succinctly written.
05-16-22, 12:05 PM
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05-19-22, 05:12 PM
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Finished Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar:
Even though he's been in the horror writing business for over 30 years, Chizmar has never really been on my radar until he did the Gwendy book with King (I haven't read the two follow-up novels though ... does anyone recommend them?). I got the impression his most notable contributions were more as an editor/publisher than an author. I thought this was really good though ... the "true crime if written by Ray Bradbury" description I've seen fits well. The story is more about the setting and characters than the horror/suspense. Although the low-key resolution of the murders does make it feel more realistic which works for the book in a way that wouldn't have for a "straight" serial killer thriller.
Even though he's been in the horror writing business for over 30 years, Chizmar has never really been on my radar until he did the Gwendy book with King (I haven't read the two follow-up novels though ... does anyone recommend them?). I got the impression his most notable contributions were more as an editor/publisher than an author. I thought this was really good though ... the "true crime if written by Ray Bradbury" description I've seen fits well. The story is more about the setting and characters than the horror/suspense. Although the low-key resolution of the murders does make it feel more realistic which works for the book in a way that wouldn't have for a "straight" serial killer thriller.
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05-29-22, 04:27 PM
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Re: What Are You Reading? 2022
Finished Assassin's Fate. 
Starting Jude The Obscure.
Starting Jude The Obscure.
06-01-22, 06:18 PM
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Re: What Are You Reading? 2022
Just finished:
It's always wonderful to add a new favorite Stephen King book into my library. I loved this one a lot.
Up next:
It's always wonderful to add a new favorite Stephen King book into my library. I loved this one a lot.
Up next:
06-05-22, 02:18 PM
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Finished a couple of books since my last post:
The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig. Like the other book of his that I read (Wanderers), this has very much a classic Stephen King vibe. And thankfully this book isn't about a pandemic and right-wing nutjobs conquering America so I was able to enjoy it more. Also finished:
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton. His previous (and first) book, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, seems to be more popular but I may have enjoyed this one more. The setting was an interesting one to me: a Dutch merchant ship in the 1600s on a long voyage home from Southeast Asia. It was essentially a mystery with a "Holmes and Watson" type pair with lots of intrigue: a mysterious looked away device, lost treasure, tension in the passengers and crew, and signs of a demon that wants to steal souls and destroy the ship. Maybe my only quibble is the ending didn't quite land for me (although after the setup, it would've been hard for any ending to be completely satisfactory).
The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig. Like the other book of his that I read (Wanderers), this has very much a classic Stephen King vibe. And thankfully this book isn't about a pandemic and right-wing nutjobs conquering America so I was able to enjoy it more. Also finished:
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton. His previous (and first) book, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, seems to be more popular but I may have enjoyed this one more. The setting was an interesting one to me: a Dutch merchant ship in the 1600s on a long voyage home from Southeast Asia. It was essentially a mystery with a "Holmes and Watson" type pair with lots of intrigue: a mysterious looked away device, lost treasure, tension in the passengers and crew, and signs of a demon that wants to steal souls and destroy the ship. Maybe my only quibble is the ending didn't quite land for me (although after the setup, it would've been hard for any ending to be completely satisfactory).
06-05-22, 04:44 PM
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Re: What Are You Reading? 2022
The Hornblower Companion by C.S. Forester. It's sixty pages of maps from the Hornblower novels about naval warfare in the Napoleonic era, and ninety pages of Forester describing how he came to write the Hornblower books. It's for fans only.
I wound up re-reading all the Hornblower novels over the last two months. And referring to the maps.
I wound up re-reading all the Hornblower novels over the last two months. And referring to the maps.
