RJ - Slayer of Trolls’s Comments

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

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#41 and 42 in 2022:

I finished two short story collections by the late William Gay:


I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down: Collected Stories by William Gay
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Wittgenstein's Lolita and The Iceman by William Gay
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier

I finished the original novel that inspired one of my all time favorite films:


Cool Hand Luke by Donn Pearce
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell

#40 in 2022:

I finished the original novel that inspired one of my all time favorite films:


Cool Hand Luke by Donn Pearce
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell

I finished the 1972 autobiography of one of the greatest (perhaps THE greatest) college basketball coaches of all time:


They Call Me Coach by John Wooden
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading this massive Pulitzer Prize-winning volume on the Civil War:


Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson

#39 in 2022:

I finished the 1972 autobiography of one of the greatest (perhaps THE greatest) college basketball coaches of all time:


They Call Me Coach by John Wooden
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading this massive Pulitzer Prize-winning volume on the Civil War:


Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson

Ilona wrote: "Another mod is leaving the team!

Our favourite cheerleader, Blagica, has decided to step down as moderator of the group. I am sure you have all seen her over the years welcoming newcomers in the i..."

Thank you Blagica for all your hard work!

I finished two books this week, starting with the Retro-Hugo Award-winning Science-Fiction Classic:


City by Clifford D. Simak
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I also finished the excellent anthology of stories set in Jack Vance's Dying Earth:


Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance edited by George R.R. Martin and the late Gardner Dozois
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading another Science-Fiction Classic by one of my favorite authors:


The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick

#37-38 in 2022:

I finished two books this week, starting with the Retro-Hugo Award-winning Science-Fiction Classic:


City by Clifford D. Simak
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I also finished the excellent anthology of stories set in Jack Vance's Dying Earth:


Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance edited by George R.R. Martin and the late Gardner Dozois
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading another Science-Fiction Classic by one of my favorite authors:


The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick

Congratulations Ashleigh! Thank you mods for all your work and dedication!

I finished three books last week, starting with the third book in one of my favorite fantasy series:


The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I also finished the book that inspired the film classic:


Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and the fourth book in the Vampire Chronicles series:


The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the third Narnia book (publication order):


The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

and I also started reading a short story collection by the late great William Gay:


I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down: Collected Stories by William Gay

and I also started reading the latest book by the author of World War Z:


Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks

#34-36 in 2022:

I finished three books last week, starting with the third book in one of my favorite fantasy series:


The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I also finished the book that inspired the film classic:


Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and the fourth book in the Vampire Chronicles series:


The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the third Narnia book (publication order):


The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

and I also started reading a short story collection by the late great William Gay:


I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down: Collected Stories by William Gay

and I also started reading the latest book by the author of World War Z:


Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks

Winter wrote: "Nominating Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez because I Trust my mum to recommend a good book (and I really should have read it by now) :)"

That is a beautiful book.

I finished two more books:


The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


Fair Land, Fair Land by A.B. Guthrie Jr.

I also started reading a whole bunch of books for various group reads:


City by Clifford D. Simak


Cool Hand Luke by Donn Pearce


The Collector by John Fowles


Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo

Woman Reading wrote: " The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by [author:Ben Macin..."

That one interests me a lot. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it.

#32-33 in 2022

I finished two more books:


The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


Fair Land, Fair Land by A.B. Guthrie Jr.

I also started reading a whole bunch of books for various group reads:


City by Clifford D. Simak


Cool Hand Luke by Donn Pearce


The Collector by John Fowles


Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo

Thank you Oshizu for all your hard work!

Ilona wrote: "1984, a classic, a dystopian novel about totalitarianism and mass surveillance. Who can be trusted?"

second that. brilliant book.

OK, I finished FIVE books since my last post - it's not that I've been reading more, but I just haven't had time to post reviews. So here we go!

I finished one of Agatha Christie's most well-known books (I had the odd feeling I had already read this one a long time ago):


And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I also finished an excellent roman dur (noir):


The Snow Was Dirty by Georges Simenon
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished a classic Sci-Fi novel from the Pulp Era:


Wasp by Eric Frank Russell
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished an excellent memoir of WWII in the Pacific:


With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene B. Sledge
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and finally I finished James Joyce's somewhat autobiographical first novel:


A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading these books:


Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver


The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton


They Call Me Coach by John Wooden as told to Jack Tobin

OK, I finished FIVE books since my last post - it's not that I've been reading more, but I just haven't had time to post reviews. So here we go!

#27-31 in 2022:

I finished one of Agatha Christie's most well-known books (I had the odd feeling I had already read this one a long time ago):


And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I also finished an excellent roman dur (noir):


The Snow Was Dirty by Georges Simenon
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished a classic Sci-Fi novel from the Pulp Era:


Wasp by Eric Frank Russell
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished an excellent memoir of WWII in the Pacific:


With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene B. Sledge
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and finally I finished James Joyce's somewhat autobiographical first novel:


A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading these books:


Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver


The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton


They Call Me Coach by John Wooden as told to Jack Tobin

I finished the third book in the Tales of the Flat Earth series


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

and I started reading the third book in what has become one of my all-time favorite Fantasy series


The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin