What Have You Read - 2020

[Erin]

Trapped


Well, that was frightening.

[Monica]

I finished a couple of days ago and it was kinda average.

[David]

I finished Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt today.
I enjoyed it!

[Krystal]

David wrote: "I finished Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt today.
I enjoyed it!"

I enjoyed that one, too; got a few nightmares out of it lol

[Andrew✌️]

Today I've finished Baptism of Fire. It's a good series, but there are good and others not so good book. This one is too slow, there is too much bla, bla... and so many reflections. On the other hand, there are more characters and not only Yennefer and Geralt.

[Monica]

I finished My year of rest and relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh and enjoyed it. I really liked the voice of the main character and how complicated she was.

[Erin]

Little Fires Everywhere

A bit over hyped, in my opinion.

[Erin]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

[Char]

I finished . It wasn't as torture-y as I thought. (The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum was based on the same story, but is much more graphic than this one.)

I will say that is was more well written than I expected and the psychology of each child was pretty much spot on.

[Christopher]

I enjoyed the theatrical details in Reign, but must admit it’s my least favorite Chet Williamson so far—mostly because I guessed the nature/identity of the villain, “The Emperor,” almost immediately. The only other Big Revelation novel I can remember calling so early is Thomas Tryon’s The Other.

Having said that, both Williamson and Tryon are excellent generally.

[Erin]

Above the Ether

[Rachel]

Had a hard time rating this one because the first 3/4 of it were really, really good, but the last bit was all over the place and super confusing. Ended up with 3.5 stars and rounded up because the first part was just that good, imo. This book gave me some serious chills.

[Ctgt]

Finished The Shadow of the Wind which was great.

[Christopher]

is the strongest single-author collection I’ve read in the last couple of years. I’ve liked Tessier’s novels well enough in the past, but his short fiction is on another level entirely.

[Char]

I finished reading These Evil Things We Do: The Mick Garris Collection by Mick Garris.
It surprised the hell out of me because I've never heard of him before-this collection is EXCELLENT!

[Randy]

Christopher wrote: " is the strongest single-author collection I’ve read in the last couple of years. I’ve liked Tessier’s novels well enough in the past, but his sh..."

I have Ghost Music And Other Tales in Mount TBR. Maybe I should push it higher. I've liked the few short stories I've read by him.

[Marie]

Just finished this one with some of the HA buddies over here on a BR and this book was awesome!

by Glenn Rolfe

My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[WendyB]

Very disappointing.

[Kasia]

WendyB wrote: " Very disappointing."

aww shoot, im reading it soon

[[deleted user]]

One of Redfern's better works. Better: More original and less speculation-keen content. Well, regarding the latter...

[Christopher]

Apparently I am doomed to have a hot/cold relationship to the works of Thomas Tessier. Only last week I gave five stars to Tessier’s World of Hurt: Selected Stories, but now I must give a rare one-star rating to his The Nightwalker, a dated mess of a novel that, for me, failed on pretty much every level. Just plain bad.

[Alan]

Kasia wrote: "WendyB wrote: " Very disappointing."

aww shoot, im reading it soon"

I loved it.

[WendyB]

Alan wrote: "Kasia wrote: "WendyB wrote: " Very disappointing."

aww shoot, im reading it soon"

I loved it."

;p

[Erin]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

[Kirsten]

I recently finished Golden in Death by J.D. Robb

[Randy]

Christopher wrote: "Apparently I am doomed to have a hot/cold relationship to the works of Thomas Tessier. Only last week I gave five stars to Tessier’s World of Hurt: Selected Stories, but now I must ..."

I gave it 4 stars, though that was a bit of rounding up. 3.5 if that was possible. Seemed like a reworking of the premise of The Werewolf of Paris. I liked it, but not as much as Finishing Touches, which I thought was terrific.

[Kasia]

Alan wrote: "Kasia wrote: "WendyB wrote: " Very disappointing."

aww shoot, im reading it soon"

I loved it."

Nice :) well hopefully I'm in your club haha

[Kasia]

Sat down last night to read the July 2020-Group Read 1-THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM and finished in one sitting. Chilling!



but before that I also finished Return to Dyatlov Pass by J.H. Moncrieff

[Erin]

Daughters Unto Devils


I liked 3/4th of this book but the ending just didn't do it for me.

[Christopher]

Finished , which I liked well enough, but not as much as I liked Diane Setterfield’s first two novels, The Thirteenth Tale and Bellman & Black. This one struck me as being about 100 pages too long, with too many extraneous characters and maybe a little too much straining for a “magical” ambience. But it’s an intriguing story and much of it is very well-written. I’ll be there for her next novel, whenever it appears.

[Ctgt]

Just finished The Boatman's Daughter....brilliant

[Erin]

The Rule of One

Pretty mediocre.

[Rachel]

[Monica]

I finished yesterday Boy's life by Robert Mccammon and what a ride it was!

[Christopher]

2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke. A highly effective sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey. While it inevitably lacks the freshness of the original, it largely makes up for that with a page-turning story and plenty of mind-bending concepts. We learn a great deal about the famous Star Child from the end of the first book (and Kubrick’s movie), but the true nature of those mysterious monoliths is still only hinted at here. Anyway, I found it a gripping read. On to 2061: Odyssey Three....

[Monica]

I read yesterday

[WendyB]

Video Night Helluva lotta fun!

[Rachel]

[Christopher]

Disappointing third volume of the 2001 tetralogy by Arthur C. Clarke. Oddly scattered story with, for most of its length, only a tangential connection to the narrative of the first two novels—so much so that I find myself wondering if this was originally intended for the 2001 universe at all, or if commercial considerations caused Clarke to decide to wrench it in any way he could. 2010: Odyssey Two had been a huge success, after all.

Anyway, on to 3001: The Final Odyssey....

[David]

I just finished Ghoster by Jason Arnopp

It was creepy throughout - a techno horror! 4 stars.

[Marie]

I just finished these books within the last two weeks:

by Andrew Lennon - Lots of cool horror stories and horror poems! :)

by David Brian - Short vampire story by one of our local authors on here. If you want something with some "bite" go check out this book! :-)

by David Brian - Haunted funeral home story - really good! (Yes I was on a David Brian kick! - lol)

[Rachel]

[Christopher]

3001: The Final Odyssey concludes the tetralogy begun with 2001: A Space Odyssey and continued in 2010: Odyssey Two and 2061: Odyssey Three. Too long by half, this final volume nonetheless answers a lot of questions, contains some good dramatic reveals, and works reasonably well as a story in itself. But there’s no doubt that the series drops off substantially in quality after the second book. The first is a classic; the second is very good. The last two might best be labeled “for completists only.”

[Alan]

Wow. This book really threw me for a loop. One of the very few to really get under my skin.

[Erin]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

[Ctgt]

Christopher wrote: "
3001: The Final Odyssey concludes the tetralogy begun with 2001: A Space Odyssey and continued in 2010: Odyssey Two ..."

Thanks for running the gauntlet for me :) probably stick to the original

[WendyB]

Finished Lovecraft Country. Hated for it to end. Loved the characters and the situations they found themselves in and the way they fought through it all. Very imaginative.

[Dawn]

Me too; almost finished w Lovecraft country and already feeling sad about it ending. It’s such a unique tale that goes everywhere, even to other planets, but still comes back to the heart of things. And like you said Wendy such interesting characters, will miss them!

[Spyros]

I liked it, although I'm not so much into YA fantasy.

[Char]

WendyB wrote: " Very disappointing."

Aww, really?