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 the original gangster novel:


Little Caesar by W.R. Burnett
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the second Mike Hammer novel:


My Gun Is Quick by Mickey Spillane

#35 in 2021:

I finished the original gangster novel:


Little Caesar by W.R. Burnett
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the second Mike Hammer novel:


My Gun Is Quick by Mickey Spillane

I finished a couple Science-Fiction/Fantasy books:


Prince of Chaos by Roger Zelazny
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Dawn by Octavia E. Butler.
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading a mystery/suspense book from Down Undah:


Crimson Lake by Candice Fox

#33 and #34 in 2021:

I finished a couple Science-Fiction/Fantasy books:


Prince of Chaos by Roger Zelazny
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Dawn by Octavia E. Butler.
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading a mystery/suspense book from Down Undah:


Crimson Lake by Candice Fox

I just finished the "other novel" by the author of Thieves Like Us


Hungry Men by Edward Anderson
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading another Depression-era classic


Little Caesar by W.R. Burnett

#32 in 2021:

I just finished the "other novel" by the author of Thieves Like Us


Hungry Men by Edward Anderson
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading another Depression-era classic


Little Caesar by W.R. Burnett

I finished what is easily my favorite book of the year so far


Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


A Column of Fire by Ken Follett

#31 in 2021:

I finished what is easily my favorite book of the year so far


Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


A Column of Fire by Ken Follett

I finished


Case Histories by Kate Atkinson - the first in the Jackson Brodie series
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


Dawn by Octavia E. Butler - the science fiction classice, first in the Xenogenesis series (also called Lilith's Brood)

#30 in 2021:

I finished


Case Histories by Kate Atkinson - the first in the Jackson Brodie series
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


Dawn by Octavia E. Butler - the science fiction classice, first in the Xenogenesis series (also called Lilith's Brood)

I finished 29 in the first half (just finished my 30th) and my goal is 52 for the year so I'm a little ahead of schedule. I have some lengthy books coming up so I think my second half of the year will be slightly slower than the first half of the year, but I still think I will exceed my goal by 2 or 3.

I finished reading


Choke Hold by Christa Faust - the second installment in the exploits of Angel Dare
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


Hungry Men by Edward Anderson - the author of noted depression-era crime novel Thieves Like Us

#29 in 2021:

I finished reading


Choke Hold by Christa Faust - the second installment in the exploits of Angel Dare
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


Hungry Men by Edward Anderson - the author of noted depression-era crime novel Thieves Like Us

I finished reading:


Psycho by Robert Bloch - yeah, the book that was the basis for the movie. Mother?
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


The Shining by Stephen King - All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy....

Joy D wrote: "The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell - 4 stars - My Review"

Nice review Joy. I need to read more David Mitchell.

#28 in 2021:

I finished reading:


Psycho by Robert Bloch - yeah, the book that was the basis for the movie. Mother?
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


The Shining by Stephen King - All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy....

ReadingWithLisaMarie wrote: "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt....over halfway through and I am very much enjoying it!! 🤓"

That was a fun read. Glad to hear you are enjoying it!

I finished


You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


Choke Hold by Christa Faust

#27 in 2021:

I finished


You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading


Choke Hold by Christa Faust

I finished:


Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


Case Histories by Kate Atkinson