What Are You Currently Reading - 2020

[Rachel]

[Bob]

I just got done reading three nearly forgot gems of quiet horror.

1. The Tribe by Bari Wood. This may be the most human horror novel I have ever read. It was creepy, sad, touching, and even funny. With amazingly well written charchters and fascinating plot. The only criticism is the end felt a bit anticlimactic (though far from bad). 5/5

2. The Search for Joeseph Tully by William H. Hallahan. This was the weakest of the three. While it was well written and very creepy it didn't have a ton in charchter motivation. They just did things because the writer told them to. Though the ending makes up for it. It is a real punch to the gut. 3/5

3. Maynards House by Herman Raucher. Of the three this was my favorite. It was so well written both in plot and charachter development. Equal parts scary, touching, humerous and thought provoking. It also made the very goofy sequence of a man being chased by a hat frightening. The ending me a bit confused at first, but the more I thought about it, the more it actually made complete sense. 5/5

[Erin]

The Flight Attendant

[Christopher]

Tales from the New Twilight Zone
The original “Twilight Zone” has been my favorite TV series for over 40 years. I’ve never had much use for any of the later reboots, but J. Michael Straczynski’s collection of novelizations of his scripts for the 1980s version was given to me by a friend as a gift some years ago. I confess I never read it! I discovered the book in an old box today and decided it was time to give it a try at last.

[Anne (w/ an E)]

Alan, The Silent Patient was an excellent story, imo, and I would definitely check it out if I were you!

I will be starting 1922.

[Bob]

Currently just started House of Skin by Jonathan Janz

[Brianna]

I'm actually changing things up a bit and began fox O'Hare series by Janet Evanavich and Lee Goldberg super fun storyline with some humor shes an FBI agent and she is after a prolific conartist the ending will keep you wanting to know what happens next luckily there is more the series offers

[Dawn]

The three books Bo recommended sound so good! I’m currently reading An Expendable Man by Dorothy B Hughes not really horror per se but a really well done noir. The writing is so good. And just finished Lovecraft country, just simply loved it, one of those that will spoil you when you try and move on, nothing like it.

Or maybe there is...I really appreciate all the recommendations on these threads, thx everyone!

[Rachel]

[Erin]

Rachel wrote: ""

I need to read more of this author.

[Latasha]

The Winter People is a good one!

[Erin]

The Andromeda Evolution

[Marie]

I am reading these two at the moment:

Blood Kin by Ronald Kelly

and

Bad Games: Box Set by Jeff Menapace

[Christopher]

Songs of Giants: The Poetry of Pulp

[Scott]

The Deserter, Nelson Demille.

After reading a bunch of novels by Tim Meyer I needed to change it up.

[Anne (w/ an E)]

The Only Good Indians

[Muditha]

The Count of Monte Cristo

[Rachel]

[Ctgt]

Anne (w/ an E) wrote: "The Only Good Indians"

Just finished and really enjoyed it.....hope you do as well.

[Erin]

Interview with the Vampire

[Scott]

I'm currently reading Traitor's Blade, and when I finish that I'm going to start The Living Dead by George A. Romero. Been waiting for this one for a long time.

[Reese]

The Cabin at the End of the Lane

[Char]

I'm starting

[Rachel]

[Latasha]

Rachel wrote: ""

this sounds good. how is it so far?

[Wes]

On the horror front, currently reading Windeye. I love Evenson's way of breaking down reality.

Non-horror, reading Pattern Recognition.

[Spyros]

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

[Wes]

Spyros wrote: "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

Read this last year. Great read!

[Xavier]

Sins of the Father, by JG Faherty. A lovecraftian period horror piece. Neither bad nor great.

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

[WendyB]

Master of the Moors

wow, does this get off to a strong start. Very creepy. Loving it so far.

[Kasia]

^ Really enjoyed that one Wendy :)

[Char]

I really liked that one too, Wendy!

[Rachel]

Latasha wrote: "this sounds good. how is it so far?"

So far I'm really into it! Only a quarter of the way into it so far, but it seems like it's gonna be some really good dark fantasy. :)

[Christopher]

Horrorstör

[Erin]

Christopher wrote: "
Horrorstör"

I liked that one. I have My Best Friend's Exorcism coming from the library.

[Erin]

Bad Luck and Trouble

[[deleted user]]

The books from this series have a tendency to repeat themself and each other. For an instance, I know of at least three books which feature exactly the same chapter about homicidal spacemen. On the other hand, the material by Scott Corrales is excellent. The book features a complete reprint of his The Chupacabra Diaries.

[Kasia]

Christopher wrote: "
Horrorstör"

Just got myself a copy, thanks!

[Wes]

Is Horrorstör a good read via ebook, or is it really best to read with a physical copy? I know there's a lot of graphic work in that one.

[Christopher]

Horrorstör looks great on an iPad, but I don’t think I’d try it on a regular Kindle. The graphics are part of the experience.

[Wes]

Christopher wrote: "Horrorstör looks great on an iPad, but I don’t think I’d try it on a regular Kindle. The graphics are part of the experience."

I thought so. Thanks!

[Kasia]

I usually read on my Kindle but I just opened Horrorstor on my laptop's Kindle App and it looks great, you can click each image to open it to full size, so far everything looks great, might read it this weekend, very intrigued.

[Wes]

Kasia wrote: "I usually read on my Kindle but I just opened Horrorstor on my laptop's Kindle App and it looks great, you can click each image to open it to full size, so far everything looks great, might read it..."

I was more referring to my kindle paperwhite when I referred to ebooks earlier, but it's good to know that it looks good on iPad and on the Kindle app.

[Kasia]

I recently dug out my Kindle Fire so I think I just got used to reading on my laptop lol.. also it was $2.99 for ebook, I couldn't resist :)

[Monica]

I started listening to End of watch by king and reading

[Frances]

Kasia wrote: "I recently dug out my Kindle Fire so I think I just got used to reading on my laptop lol.. also it was $2.99 for ebook, I couldn't resist :)"

We should have an ereader thread! Pardon me. I was lurking on your conversation. I read Horrorstör on a Kindle Paperwhite. I tried reading House of Leaves, but needed an actual book for all the funky page prints. Now I’m using a Kindle Fire for its awesome color and TTS when doing dishes -it’s like having an audiobook.

[David]

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

[Christopher]

Frances wrote: "Kasia wrote: "I recently dug out my Kindle Fire so I think I just got used to reading on my laptop lol.. also it was $2.99 for ebook, I couldn't resist :)"

We should have an ereader thread! Pardon..."

I use a regular old Kindle Keyboard for most of my reading. If it’s something with graphics or extensive footnotes, I’ll go with my iPad. Of course books printed on paper are OK too, though given our limited storage space I try to avoid those (not always successfully) these days.

[Christopher]

Now reading The Early Ray Bradbury: 50 stories under 30 as a kind of companion to The Earliest Bradbury, which I recently finished.

[Victor *You Bow to No One*]

by Josh Malerman