RJ - Slayer of Trolls’s Comments

RJ - Slayer of Trolls’s comments from the 2025 Reading Challenge group.

Note: RJ - Slayer of Trolls is not currently a member of this group.

I finished my re-read of a classic anti-war novel


Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

(which I have actually already finished reading but I haven't yet posted a review)

#57 in 2024

I finished my re-read of a classic anti-war novel


Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

(which I have actually already finished reading but I haven't yet posted a review)

And finally, to cap off my backlog of unwritten reviews, I finished two short story collections, both of which contain (but are not fully devoted to) stories which could be classified as classics of the Weird and/or Horror genres:


The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
Rating: 3 stars (that is: 4 stars for the King in Yellow stories, and 2-3 stars for the rest)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading Clive Barker's second full-length novel


Weaveworld by Clive Barker

#55 and #56 in 2024:

And finally, to cap off my backlog of unwritten reviews, I finished two short story collections, both of which contain (but are not fully devoted to) stories which could be classified as classics of the Weird and/or Horror genres:


The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
Rating: 3 stars (that is: 4 stars for the King in Yellow stories, and 2-3 stars for the rest)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading Clive Barker's second full-length novel


Weaveworld by Clive Barker

I finished a non-Robert Langdon Dan Brown thriller


Deception Point by Dan Brown
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started re-reading


Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

#54 in 2024:

I finished a non-Robert Langdon Dan Brown thriller


Deception Point by Dan Brown
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started re-reading


Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Also, I finished the fourth installment in the Tales from the Flat Earth fantasy series


Delirium's Mistress by Tanith Lee
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the fourth installment in the Earthsea fantasy series


Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin

#53 in 2024:

I finished the fourth installment in the Tales from the Flat Earth fantasy series


Delirium's Mistress by Tanith Lee
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the fourth installment in the Earthsea fantasy series


Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin

I finished Mark Twain's account of his various adventures in the American Wild West


Roughing It by Mark Twain
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the fourth Kingbridge novel (a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth)


The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

#52 in 2024:

I finished Mark Twain's account of his various adventures in the American Wild West


Roughing It by Mark Twain
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the fourth Kingbridge novel (a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth)


The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

I finished a couple days ago and I liked it but I wasn't blown away.


Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished the whimsical fantasy novel


Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the dark suspense novel


A Dark-Adapted Eye by Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine

#51 in 2024:

I finished the whimsical fantasy novel


Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the dark suspense novel


A Dark-Adapted Eye by Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine

Carmen wrote: "I discoverd Diana Wynne Jones thanks to this book I I became a huge fan of hers ever since."

From what I understand, Neil Gaiman is also a fan of hers.

Beth wrote: "Wasn't that around the time the movie with Denzel came out?..."

Yes, I think I read it after the movie came out, but I didn't watch it until later.

Dorothy wrote: "...Thanks, Dorothy. Have you read the rest of the "Corfu Trilogy"?"

I don't think I could get hold of them but I did enjoy the TV series."

Good to know. I'll have to check it out.

I've had this on my shelf for a long time, so I'm in for this one - I already started and I'm about 1/3 of the way through it. When I finish I'm going to watch the animated film version, if I can find it.

I read this one in the early 1990s, when a lot of people were wearing "X" baseball hats. I really enjoyed the book and someday I'm going to revisit it, probably on audio. Hope you don't mind me sharing my thoughts! I'd like to peek into the discussion from time to time.

Dorothy wrote: "...LOVE the Gerard Durrell book"

Thanks, Dorothy. Have you read the rest of the "Corfu Trilogy"?

Congratulations Lisa!