What Have You Read - 2019

[Monica]

I finished yesterday Fight club and enjoyed it quite a bit

[sonya]

Glad you enjoyed fight club. I saw the movie.

[Alan]

I feel dumbener for having finished this even after I could see the downward slope it was skidding down midway through.

[Christian]

The Mother by Brett McBean 4/5

[Monica]

Sonya wrote: "Glad you enjoyed fight club. I saw the movie."

I saw the movie years ago. I m excited to re watch it now.

[Char]

Alan wrote: "
I feel dumbener for having finished this even after I could see the downward slope it was skidding down midway through."

LOL Oh, man. That's harsh!

I finished listening to The King of Plagues and enjoyed the hell out of it.

[Alondra]

Finished Afraid by Jack Kilborn. Yes, I loved it.

Thank goodness, I have the 2nd one.

[Erin]

The Night Sister

I really liked it, pretty spooky.

[Tyler]

I want to try to become an active member here if I can make the time.

All my books this year other than comics are all entered on here. I checked out a couple of horror authors I never had before.

1. Greg Gifune A Winter Sleep

He has a great, creepy style. The way the book began reminded me of the game Silent Hill for some reason. Very atmospheric and creepy. The flash back scenes and some of the endgame material brought it down a little for me, but I think it’s worth a read for anyone.

2. Jonathan Janz Savage Species

I have a few books of his on my shelf, but never read them. I read Savage Species last week, which is his throwback to Richard Laymon (Laymon writes great fast paced horror, and can get very graphic if you haven’t read him). This book was an absolutely carnage filled slaughter. A little too long of a book for what it is IMO, but I enjoyed every second (except one chapter looking inside a killers mind).

3. Currently reading The Dark Game by Jonathan Janz. I like his style so far.

The Dark Game

I read Sci Fi a lot and fantasy some as well, and manga, so I have to balance out my time with it all.

[Erin]

No One Gets Out Alive

Didn't care for it much.

[Char]

Erin wrote: "No One Gets Out Alive

Didn't care for it much."

That's a bummer. :(

I finished reading Cricket Hunters and thought it was pretty damn good.

[Erin]

Char wrote: "Erin wrote: "No One Gets Out Alive

Didn't care for it much."

That's a bummer. :(

I finished reading Cricket Hunters and thought it was pretty damn good."

Yeah, I thought so. :/

[Jeff]

Just finished "Wanderers".....now started "100 Ghastly Little ghost Stories"....but...thay ain't ghastly.....lol.

[Erin]

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone


I really enjoyed it, more than I thought I would.

[Conor]

I have read quite a lot of James Herbert this year, spurred on by finding an old copy of 'Ash' previously left in a drawer upon receipt.

Once I realized it was actually a trilogy I started from the beginning and I am so pleased to have found Mr Herbert. Whilst none of his stories could be called top literature, each story is engaging and entertaining. Some of the endings in his books feel rushed and often stretch the realms of possibility (even for books about the paranormal), but the journey to get to that point makes it all worthwhile.

[Daniel]

I’m deep into Nick Cutter’s The Troop and so far I’m loving it. Great body horror tale with interesting characters. Though I was reading it yesterday and it did kind of put me off the pad Thai I had for dinner. If you’ve read this book I’m sure you can understand.

[Krystal]

Conor wrote: "I have read quite a lot of James Herbert this year, spurred on by finding an old copy of 'Ash' previously left in a drawer upon receipt.

Once I realized it was actually a trilogy I started from t..."

So far I've only read The Rats by Herbert but I loved it!

[Erin]

Daniel, I can understand with The Troop. It is truly horrifying.

[WendyB , Christmas Mouse]

Come To Dust I was expecting something creepier, instead it was so much blah blah blah about dearly the guy loved the little girl. ugh...

[Char]

Conor wrote: "I have read quite a lot of James Herbert this year, spurred on by finding an old copy of 'Ash' previously left in a drawer upon receipt.

Once I realized it was actually a trilogy I started from t..."

Herbert is just plain FUN!

[Char]

WendyB wrote: "Come To Dust I was expecting something creepier, instead it was so much blah blah blah about dearly the guy loved the little girl. ugh..."

This bums me out because I think I have a signed copy of it. :(

I finished reading Violet by Scott Thomas. While I did enjoy it, it did not live up to my high hopes.

[Erin]

Waking Gods

It was okay for a second book. Not as good as the first one in the series, in my opinion.

[Wes]

Over my staycation, I finished A Collapse of Horses, (which contained the scariest short story I think I've read since high school!), The Hunger, and Big Sur.

Evenson is definitely a new favorite.

[Christian]

Incarnate by Ramsey Campbell

5 stars. Loved this one.

[Rob]

Wes wrote: "Over my staycation, I finished A Collapse of Horses, (which contained the scariest short story I think I've read since high school!), The Hunger, and [book:Big Sur|5..."

Which story? I'm always up for reading new short horror fiction I've never heard of before...

[Wes]

Rob wrote: "Wes wrote: "Over my staycation, I finished A Collapse of Horses, (which contained the scariest short story I think I've read since high school!), The Hunger, and [bo..."

The story was titled Bearheart™. I highly recommend the whole collection too! Lots of weird & sometimes sci-fi horror.

[Erin]

Vox


It was okay but I would read more from the author.

[Greg]

Finished reading The Midnight Gardener & The Well of Tears this morning. This is an omnibus of two books that form part of a trilogy - it think it would've been better if all three books had been combined instead.

However, overall, this was a nicely written fantasy quest-style YA (double-)novel with an LGBT angle to it. A deus ex-like solution (involving makeshift technology) to a problem in the second part of the book wasn't convincing to me and knocked one star off what would otherwise have been a five-star rating.

Frustrated now, as I don't have the third book in the trilogy to hand so that I can complete the tale!

[Erin]

The Visitors


Another one that was just in the "okay" category for me.

[Char]

Aww, Erin, you're on a just okay run. Hope your next knocks your socks off!

I finished Wicked Weird: An Anthology of the New England Horror Writers .

This is one of a series put together, each starting with Wicked. They all have very cool covers and feature authors from New England. Here, Wicked is used as an adjective loosely meaning extraordinary. IE: That Dunkin coffee is WICKED good.

Anyway, I enjoyed it! I own the previous books in the series but haven't read them yet. I'm looking forward to that even more now.

[Jeff]

just finished re-reading "Sun Dog"...now reading 100 little vicious vampire stories....

[Christian]

Finished Shards. A much better book than his debut I read earlier in the year.

[Erin]

The Fisherman

[David]

Just finished and enjoyed A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

4 stars from me.

[Erin]

David wrote: "Just finished and enjoyed A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

4 stars from me."

That is a good one.

[Char]

Erin wrote: "The Fisherman"

*Squeak* Hope you enjoy this one!

I finished and thought it was an excellent debut novel. 4*

[Wes]

Erin wrote: "The Fisherman"

This turned into one of my all-time favorites.

[Alan]

Wes wrote: "Erin wrote: "The Fisherman"

This turned into one of my all-time favorites."

[Erin]

I liked it well enough.

[Char]

I finished listening to Assassin's Code by Jonathan Maberry. This is a very strange thing for me...I just don't care much for military/action books, even if there are horrific elements. (Books like The Fisherman are more up my alley.) However, when I gave this Joe Ledger series a second try on audio, I'm LOVING them. I think the narrator's delivery changed the entire tone of the book for me. I"m looking forward to reading #5 in the series.

[WendyB , Christmas Mouse]

Char wrote: "I finished listening to Assassin's Code by Jonathan Maberry. This is a very strange thing for me...I just don't care much for military/action books, even if there are horrific eleme..."

I love the Ledger series. So glad you're getting into it too.

[Erin]

Abandon


This one disturbed me, a lot.

[Greg]

Finished reading Lovecraftiana: Lammas Eve 2019 which I enjoyed overall, though I found two of the stories were in need of significant editing and concision. Therefore, it's a three-and-a-half star read for me, rounded up to four stars. I especially liked the stories by Ronald Linson, David Kenney, Dean Wirth and R. C. Mulhare, so I'll be keeping an eye out for other stories written by these authors.

[Christian]

Survivor by J.F. Gonzalez

Loved it. 5/5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Krystal]

Erin wrote: "Abandon


This one disturbed me, a lot."

Definitely adding that, then haha

[Erin]

Krystal wrote: "Erin wrote: "Abandon


This one disturbed me, a lot."

Definitely adding that, then haha"

I hope you like it!

[Kelly B]

I just finished Teatro Grottesco. Excellent!

[Christian]

Kelly B wrote: "I just finished Teatro Grottesco. Excellent!"

I loved that collection. I really need to go back and read his earlier ones.

[Alan]

Greg wrote: "Finished reading Lovecraftiana: Lammas Eve 2019 which I enjoyed overall, though I found two of the stories were in need of significant editing and concision. Therefore, it's a three..."

When I first read your post I was wondering what "Lovecraftian llamas" were, but in retrospect decided, whatever they are, they much be AWESOME!!!

[Jenimightread]

Guys, I'm late to the party but I just finished Bird Box!! It's fantastic.

Also, I just finished It for the first time, took me ages. what do you guys think about it (not talking about the movie)? Does the new movie even live up to the book?