RJ - Slayer of Trolls’s Comments

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

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SarahKat wrote: "I think I'm around page 740. [spoilers removed]

On another note, reading about the plague during the coronavirus outbreak (we just got our first cases in my state last week) is a bit surreal.
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I'm a little bit past that point, but I'm glad you brought up the plague. Reading about it in the middle of the coronavirus madness is quite surreal, I agree. I keep waiting for the part where Caris has to stand in line for 3 hours at Ye Old Costco for hand sanitizer and toilet paper.

I'm "working" from home, accompanied by my 16 year old daughter who has no school for the next 5 weeks. The expected life of my sanity can now be measured in minutes.

I'm about 2 weeks away from finishing. How's everyone else doing?

You're having a great reading year Heather! Keep it up!

Wow Adriana! You're doing great so far. Keep it up!

Good luck on your goal Raimondo!

Monica wrote: "February and the beginning of March biggest book slump. Just finished my first book for March :("

Good progress so far...keep it up!

Good job David, you're almost halfway there already!

Jennifer wrote: "Ahead of schedule with my challenge for the first time I think ever...."

Congratulations! Keep it up!

I finished #16 for the year:


Apex by Ramez Naam
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor

I finished my 15th book of the year:


The Edge of Running Water by William Sloane
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Edge of Running Water is the second book in this collection:


The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror by William Sloane
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished #14 for the year:


The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


Arm of the Sphinx by Josiah Bancroft

I read about 8 books at a time, all different types. It keeps me from getting bored - as I get older I find my mind starts to wander while I'm in the middle of a page if I've been reading the same book too long (I suspect I've had this problem my whole life but only come to notice it in the last few years). Also, it prevents the dreaded reading slump - I haven't had one since I started reading multiple books several years ago.

I read this one a couple years ago. I've been wondering, how does this compare to Stephen King's other books? I've only read this book and The Gunslinger. I thought they were both imaginative but a little raw from a writing standpoint.

I'm about 70% of the way through. I like this one better than the first one, maybe just because I'm more familiar with the time period? Also, fewer rapes, at least so far.

In the last few days I finished three books, bringing me to a total of 13 for the year so far:


The Vengeful Virgin by Gil Brewer
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


To Walk the Night by William Sloane - the first book in the collection The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler


The Edge of Running Water by William Sloane - the second book in the collection The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror


Moneyball by Michael Lewis

Read this a few years ago, didn't like it, won't be re-reading it, but I'll follow the discussion.

I finished my first book of February, which is also my 10th book of the year:


A Little Yellow Dog by Walter Mosley
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading:


The Vengeful Virgin by Gil Brewer

and


The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror by William Sloane

I'm a little more than halfway through and I actually like this book better than Pillars of the Earth, which I had mixed feelings about. (Don't worry, I won't make any spoiler comments.)

I started reading this one a couple months ago which is why I'm so far ahead. I like to read a few pages of several books each day, so I still have probably another 6-7 weeks of reading to finish this one.

Sunny wrote: "My favorite reads for Jan were:



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I'm hoping to get to those later this year. I have a whole bunch of SF series that I need to get wrapped up and that's one of them.