What Have You Read - 2019

[Alondra]

Erin wrote: "Rot & Ruin"

Love that series! :)

[Alondra]

Just finished A Darker Shade of Magic, and gave it 4 stars.

It actually took me 2 tries to get into it. The first time I picked it up; I was bored, this time it seemed to click. Maybe it was just my mood at the time.

[Laurie (barksbooks)]

I just finished Little Darlings and am giving it five stars.

[sonya]

I’m halfway through truthwitch

[Erin]

Alondra wrote: "Erin wrote: "Rot & Ruin"

Love that series! :)"

I enjoyed the first book.

[Char]

Not horror, but I finished reading Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law. I thought it was an excellent look at our justice system.

[Erin]

The Girls



An interesting idea for a book but it didn't come together like it should have.

[Char]

I finished up and thought it was a blast! Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde chase vampires and werewolves through London in the late 1870's.

[Laurie (barksbooks)]

I just finished this novella up and it was some dark, creepy fun (well, I found it fun but my sense of humor is skewed).

[Padders]

just finished...



It started slow, then went really creepy and intense and I loved it, then the ending kind of left me unsatisfied and was a little meh, the guy definitely knows how to write a thriller I just hope the next one I pick up is a little more consistent throughout (at least for me)

[Alan]

Char wrote: "I finished up and thought it was a blast! Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde chase vampires and werewolves through London in the late 1870's."

Sounds like they need a crossover with Abe Lincoln: Vampire Slayer!

[Erin]

The Age of Miracles

[Erin]

Room

[Char]

by Bernard Taylor. Old School horror re-released by Valancourt.
LOVED. IT!

[Erin]

The Blind Assassin

DNF. Pretty boring.

[Marie]

I just finished reading these two within the last three days:

The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates

and

Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia

[Krystal]

My Brilliant Friend was a bit of a chore, really.

Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Anita]

Marie wrote: "I just finished reading these two within the last three days:

The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates

and

Monster Hunter International by [author:Larry ..."

Love the Monster Hunter series!

[Wes]

Char wrote: " by Bernard Taylor. Old School horror re-released by Valancourt.
LOVED. IT!"

Added this one to my list. This is right up my alley.

[Erin]

The Fault in Our Stars


I liked it.

[Alondra]

Just finished Into the Drowning Deep and had fun with the killer mermaids....4 stars.

Currently reading An Ember in the Ashes and Black and Blue.

[Kasia]

Alondra wrote: "Just finished Into the Drowning Deep and had fun with the killer mermaids....4 stars.

Currently reading An Ember in the Ashes and Black and Blue."

I go on Mira Grant binges, also under her other name.. Rolling in the Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #0.5) was hella nice too.

Now reading a 3rd book in a row in the same YA series, Stormcaster (Shattered Realms, #3) by Cinda Williams Chima.. has lite GOT vibe, a lot of fun

[Alondra]

Kasia wrote: "I go on Mira Grant binges, also under her other name.. Rolling in the Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #0.5) was hella nice too..."

Yes! I read that one too, and it was a lot of fun. The Mermaids are definitely the highlight; the "humans" are completely secondary.

[Kasia]

Def a lot of eating in that one

[Erin]

Sleeping Giants

Good start to the series.

[Greg]

Finished reading The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl & C.M. Kornbluth, which was, for me, a five-star classic science fiction story.

[Rob]

Just finished When Darkness Loves Us by Elizabeth Engstrom.

Great book! I need to read more from Ms. Engstrom...pronto!

[sonya]

Just finished cutthroat

[Alondra]

Kasia wrote: "Def a lot of eating in that one"

😂🤣☠☠☠

[sonya]

The Cutthroat

[Christian]

Finished two books today.

Baal by Robert R. McCammon 3/5

Rabid Heart by Jeremy Wagner 2/5

[Christian]

Another one done.

Dahmer's Not Dead by Edward Lee and Elizabeth Steffen 5/5

[Erin]

Library of Souls


Good but not my favorite of the series so far.

[Christian]

Snow by Ronald Malfi

Loved this one. Very cinematic feel to it. 5/5

[Erin]

Blindness

[Erin]

The President Is Missing

[Corey]

Incredible book, my new all-time favorite. It had everything I could have possibly wanted in a horror/fantasy - Clive Barker is the best.

[Erin]

Unseen

[Erin]

The Casual Vacancy

Not a fan of this one. I honestly haven't been a fan of any of her books minus the Harry Potter series, which I haven't read yet but I do have the first book.

[Alan]

Been forever since I've read the core Dragonlance books, and forgot how good they really are. And how fucking long they are. This one book set me back reading time for at least two other books.

[Erin]

A Map of Days

[Kelly B]

I finished the group read , which I very much enjoyed.

[Cujo]

Ghoul

[Char]

Rob wrote: "Just finished When Darkness Loves Us by Elizabeth Engstrom.

Great book! I need to read more from Ms. Engstrom...pronto!"

Valancourt is soon bringing back more of her work! Stay tuned!
(I thought Darkness was phenomenal!)

[Christian]

Finished a few more

Alone With the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction, 1961-1991 by Ramsey Campbell 4/5

Cirsova: Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine 5/5

Ring of Fire by David Agranoff 4/5

Full Brutal by Kristopher Triana 4/5

[Daniel]

Erin wrote: "Alondra wrote: "Erin wrote: "Rot & Ruin"

Love that series! :)"

I enjoyed the first book."

Have you read the Pine Deep trilogy by that author? They were his first novels, and are so much fun. The stakes (no pun, but there are vampires...and other things) just amp up over the three books, and the characters are probably the best he's put to paper.

[Erin]

No. I haven't read that series. I have read some of his Joe Ledger series, though.

[Daniel]

Erin wrote: "No. I haven't read that series. I have read some of his Joe Ledger series, though."

Cool, well if you get the chance you should check them out.

I liked the first two in the Ledger series, but then the whole "science" aspect just seemed to suck the fun out of it. Since the entire concept is batshit crazy to begin with, I don't understand Maberry's insistence on acting as though these are potential, legitimate threats. But hey, he seems to be doing okay out of it.

[Erin]

Daniel wrote: "Erin wrote: "No. I haven't read that series. I have read some of his Joe Ledger series, though."

Cool, well if you get the chance you should check them out.

I liked the first two in the Ledger se..."

I will.

I have only read the first two Ledger books so far. I felt a little bit that way for the second book but as you said, he seems to be making out well with the concept.

[Erin]

The Other Boleyn Girl