What Have You Read - 2021

[WendyB]

Rachel wrote: "

great read! this was my first blake crouch book, but i'm hoping to read more by him soon since this one was soooo good!"

The Wayward Pines series is so good. I heartily recommend it!

[[deleted user]]

Just finished Four Past Midnight by Stephen King , really enjoyed it! Still working on Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames and Escape Reality by Kayla Frost .
Hope everyone is having a great day :)

[Erin]

WendyB wrote: "Rachel wrote: "

great read! this was my first blake crouch book, but i'm hoping to read more by him soon since this one was soooo good!"

The Wayward Pines series i..."

Yes and also the book Abandon is pretty damn creepy.

[Rachel]

WendyB wrote: "The Wayward Pines series is so good. I heartily recommend it!"

yessss, i have it on my list already. i'm super excited to read it since i've heard such good things; think i'm gonna add it to my june tbr!

[Michelle]

I read Lovecraft this week for the first time. The Call of Cthulhu and H.P. Lovecraft's the Dunwich Horror.

I also finished Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft which was excellent, Stephen King's Joyland, and I listened to the audiobook of Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two.

So, all in all, it was a great reading week for me :)

[Erin]

The Boy from the Woods

Really good!

[Peter]

Just finished The Terrible Thing that Happened by Carlton Mellick;

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[Jeff]

Just finished Best of Weird Tales 1923, and EC Archives V1

[Alan]

This was the horror book I so needed right now. One of the, if not the best books McMahon has written yet.

[Mike]

Just finished One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, my thoughts on this one.

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

[Erin]

Alan wrote: "
This was the horror book I so needed right now. One of the, if not the best books McMahon has written yet."

Thanks for the review, I've been thinking of checking it out.

[Steve]

There's a new book that I got a preview copy of which comes out on Amazon tomorrow called REALMS, Elven Gold by Layne Warby. This would look amazing on the big screen. My kids and I loved it. Check it out people as its for the kid in all of us

[Marie]

I just finished this one:

The Devil's Equinox by John Everson - it was really good!

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

[Rachel]

[Peter]

Finished The Mermaid's Revenge by Amy Cross;

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[Krystal]

Recently listened to and I enjoyed the story, but I think the narrator ruined it a bit for me. It sounded like a fun story but he made it pretty dull!

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

[[deleted user]]

It was a fun read. I would like to see a movie adaptation of it.

[Erin]

Brother

Started off strong but I felt it lagged a bit. The reveal helped a little but I was sort of disappointed by the ending.

[Rachel]

[Mike]

Just finished Needful Things by Stephen King, my thoughts on this one...

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

[Bruce]

I finished by

[Michelle]

I just finished Hello, Old Friend by Elizabeth Bedlam.

[Erin]

After the Fire

[Peter]

Finished I Married a Lizardman by Regine Abel;

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[[deleted user]]

Frozen Hell

I think for a piece of science-fiction from the 1930ies, this classic has aged very, very well.

[Rachel]

[Erin]

Rachel wrote: ""

How was it?

[Rachel]

Erin wrote: "How was it?"

i really enjoyed it! had some great spooky stories in it for sure. and there was a good mix of contemporary stories and classic horror vibes.

[Rachel]

[Peter]

Just finished The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker;

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[Char]

Michelle wrote: "I just finished The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

It was a lot of fun to read. Dark and tw..."

Michelle, I freaking LOVED The Last House on Needless Street!

[Char]

Alan wrote: "
This was the horror book I so needed right now. One of the, if not the best books McMahon has written yet."

So noted, Alan! Added.

[Char]

I finished reading Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill. It was really good. Imagine a world where AI/robots have been created to take care of everything. A domestic to keep your home clean. A caregiver to take care of your children. And so on. Then imagine that something happens and all of the AIs turn on humanity. And the one caregiver AI that does NOT.

[Erin]

Final Girls


Good read, especially the twist at the end.

[Rachel]

[Peter]

Finished Spook Lights: Southern Gothic Horror by Eden Royce;

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

[Char]

I finished two over the weekend.

which was an incredible crime novel and will be in my top ten of the year, for sure.

And which was a very good collection.

[Christopher]

I have recently finished, almost back-to-back, two of the longer novels I’ve read in a while.


Michael McDowell: Blackwater: The Complete Caskey Family Saga
This is a ridiculously good book.


T.E.D. Klein: The Ceremonies
This is also a ridiculously good book.

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J.-H. Rosny aîné: Quest for Fire

Jonathan Eeds, who did this second-ever English translation of the book, apparently plans to re-translate the works of Jules Verne into English and used Rosny's prehistoric adventure as a training exercise, since he didn't feel like he had sufficient language skills yet. Also, this book edition relied heavily on free software-based translations. One coult say the origin history of this edition is a bit extraordinary, but the result is actually very vivid and excellently readable, and by default very close to the French original.

And about Rosny's novel: It was first publshed in 1911, and it passes the test of time.

[Peter]

Just finished Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana;

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/sho...

[Alexis]

The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson.

It’s an oldie but goodie—I didn’t check the date of publication until after finishing and I was surprised by how modern it felt. Lots of Texas-like speech (or is it drawl? I’ve never been there).

[Char]

Christopher wrote: "I have recently finished, almost back-to-back, two of the longer novels I’ve read in a while.


Michael McDowell: [book:Blackwater: T..."

Blackwater is one of my all time favorites. Michael McDowell could write about families like no one else, then or since.

[Char]

Over the weekend I read Gyo . I didn't care for it as much as Uzumaki but I liked it much more than Tomie.

[Marie]

I finished these up in the last two weeks:

Cryptids

Savage Island

They Rise

Lineage

Feeding Grounds

Food: Winner, Winner, Chicken _ _ _ _

Sandgroper

Flesh & Blood

[Erin]

Eileen

Not really for me.

[Christopher]

Char wrote: "Christopher wrote: "I have recently finished, almost back-to-back, two of the longer novels I’ve read in a while.


Michael McDowell:..."
Agreed. It’s fantastically well-written. For long stretches I felt like I was reading a novel by, say, Carson McCullers, or Eudora Welty, or maybe the early Truman Capote. I don’t know why this novel has languished in semi-obscurity. It deserves so much better.

[Char]

Christopher wrote: "Char wrote: "Christopher wrote: "I have recently finished, almost back-to-back, two of the longer novels I’ve read in a while.


Mich..."

Agreed! I think of it as more of a southern family epic with horrific aspects, rather than a straight out horror novel. That said, there were definitely some real scares and tragedies. McDowell wrote about southern families like no one else.

[Thomas]

Char wrote: "Christopher wrote: "Char wrote: "Christopher wrote: "I have recently finished, almost back-to-back, two of the longer novels I’ve read in a while.

[bookcover:Blackwater: The Complete Caskey Family..."

I've recommended this book to a couple of people as a Southern Gothic, and they both loved it. One of them was a literature professor!

[Char]

Thomas wrote: "Char wrote: "Christopher wrote: "Char wrote: "Christopher wrote: "I have recently finished, almost back-to-back, two of the longer novels I’ve read in a while.

[bookcover:Blackwater: The Complete ..."

McDowell is one of my favorite authors. I often think what more he would have written if he hadn't passed away so young.

[Alan]

Brent Spiner's first book, a throw back memoir/noir about a Star Trek fan who takes things too far. Absolutely hilarious. Get this book on NetGalley or later this year when it's published.