What Are You Currently Reading - 2022

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Well, I am trying to... The book consists of imagescans/reproductions instead of proper text and those are hardly readable on both a Kindle Paperwhite and the Kindle App. Plus, it seems the pages are out of order.

[Two Envelopes And A Phone]

I am reading The Wicked Deep and Ronin

[Char]

I am reading the second of our guest author books Making Jake: Ashley's Tale Book 2 .

I'm about to finish listening to . I am hooked on these Orphan X books.

[WendyB]

Char wrote: "I am reading the second of our guest author books Making Jake: Ashley's Tale Book 2 .

I'm about to finish listening to [bookc..."

I've been wanting to start the Ophan X series for a long time. This summer I absolutely will get it going.

[Char]

They are so good! I listen to them and to me, Scott Brick is the voice of Evan Smoak.

[Ian (RebelGeek)]

Char wrote: "They are so good! I listen to them and to me, Scott Brick is the voice of Evan Smoak."

Scott Brick is a great narrator!

[Navi]

Currently reading:

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
FantasticLand
The Maid

[Ian (RebelGeek)]

Today I started The Rats & then decided to listen to The Kaiju Preservation Society 1st.

[Erin]

A Gentleman in Moscow

[Char]

Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "Char wrote: "They are so good! I listen to them and to me, Scott Brick is the voice of Evan Smoak."

Scott Brick is a great narrator!"

He IS! Both him and Ray Porter, I would listen to them read their grocery lists.

[Char]

Navi wrote: "Currently reading:

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
FantasticLand
The Maid

[bookcover:Beyond Belief: My Se..."

I loved Fantasticland so much! I listened to it on audio which really lent itself to all the various people that were being interviewed.

[Kasia]

Navi wrote: "Currently reading:

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
FantasticLand
The Maid

[bookcover:Beyond Belief: My Se..."

Ohh The Maid was fun, the audiobook was so quirky, l liked it a lot.

[Frida]

I'm reading:
A Court of Thorns and Roses

:)

[Kasia]

I have about 14 things going but currently reading Making Jake: Ashley's Tale Book 2 by Mike Duke, which is also a guest author read we have going on here in HA in June :) really digging this series, its short but packs such a punch.

Making Jake: Ashley's Tale Book 2


link to group read for anyone interested, good stuff I promise
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Ian (RebelGeek)]

Char wrote: "Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "Char wrote: "They are so good! I listen to them and to me, Scott Brick is the voice of Evan Smoak."

Scott Brick is a great narrator!"

He IS! Both him and Ray Porter, I wou..."

Ray Porter is my favorite!

[Gavin]

Song of Susannah

[Christopher]

Sanctity and Sin: The Collected Poems and Prose Poems of Donald Wandrei
By a key original member of the Lovecraft Circle and co-founder of Arkham House Publishing.

[Char]

Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "Char wrote: "Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "Char wrote: "They are so good! I listen to them and to me, Scott Brick is the voice of Evan Smoak."

Scott Brick is a great narrator!"

He IS! Both him and Ray ..."

Porter is one of the BEST, right?

[Char]

Christopher wrote: "
Sanctity and Sin: The Collected Poems and Prose Poems of Donald Wandrei
By a key original ..."

Look at you Chris, classing up the joint! I haven't read any poetry in a long while now. The last one I tried was beautiful, but it was during the start of COVID and it just didn't keep my attention.

[Christopher]

Char, “classing up the joint” is what I do. 🤪

I’ve always read (and written) a lot of poetry, but recently I’ve gotten into vintage horror/dark fantasy verse of the Clark Ashton Smith / H.P. Lovecraft variety. Not sure why. It never interested me before, but now I’m into it.

[Char]

I have enjoyed a lot of Lovecraft's work, in spite of the blatant racism of some of it. I think I love the work of authors writing in that universe more than I liked Lovecraft himself, if that makes any sense. I haven't read as much Clark Ashton Smith as I would like.

[Randy]

I picked up the entire collected fantasies Night Shade Books issued several years ago and bogged down in the second volume. I think it's easy to overdose on Smith, maybe more so than with Lovecraft. Still, when he was hitting on all cylinders, he was the better writer and I base that on the Ballantine Sign of the Unicorn edition of Zothique which was a revelation for me, a terrific, exotic, beautifully written collection of dark fantasy stories replete with ghouls and necromancers.

[Two Envelopes And A Phone]

I have just started

[Christopher]

Char, not only does it make sense, it’s a position many people hold. (My students always seem to like “Lovecraftian” stories better than actual Lovecraft stories.) I love Lovecraft myself, but I totally get people who don’t like his ornate style or his racism. As to the latter, well, I think it’s up to each individual reader what to do or not do with that.

The basic collection for Clark Ashton Smith is The Return Of The Sorcerer: The Best Of Clark Ashton Smith. He was a fine prose stylist and the book is worth reading, though there are other Lovecraft Circle writers I like better.

[Christopher]

Randy wrote: "I picked up the entire collected fantasies Night Shade Books issued several years ago and bogged down in the second volume. I think it's easy to overdose on Smith, maybe more so than with Lovecraft..."

Randy, I agree with everything you just said.

[Randy]

Christopher wrote: "Randy, I agree with everything you just said."

I can't express how rarely anyone says that to me.

[Christopher]

Randy wrote: "Christopher wrote: "Randy, I agree with everything you just said."

I can't express how rarely anyone says that to me."

I’m willing to say it again, but it’ll cost you this time.

[Char]

I've added the books you each recommended. They both look promising. Thanks!

[Randy]

Shhhh... I'm still basking in the glow.

[Char]

LOL

I'm starting for our author invite read. I'm still reading and I'm listening to one of our group reads:

[Two Envelopes And A Phone]

Years ago, I bumped into Zothique and Hyperborea in a used bookstore, snatched them up, and devoured them. Highly recommended!

[Randy]

That's how I came across Zothique, too. Unfortunately none of the others was there. I looked.

[Erin]

Inspection

[Peter]

Viral Lives

[Marie]

Well I started out with five books and now down to these three:

Lords of the Deep

Megalodon In Paradise

and

The Family Man

[Christopher]

After Dark

The second Silver John novel. Manly Wade Wellman, Appalachia, the otherworldly Shonokins…

This is the Good Old Stuff.

[Ian (RebelGeek)]

Today I listened to another story in Heroic Hearts & started The Scavenger Door (Finder Chronicles #3)!

[Dezeri]

Currently reading and
I just finished Monster of Elendhaven was quite a delightful read and has made its way to my top 3, though it doesnt quite fit into horror.

[Majd]

History Is All You Left Me

[Christopher]

Heroes against the forces of pulpy darkness…


Frost by Donald Wandrei (I.V. Frost & his intrepid assistant Jean Moray)


The Selected Stories of Manley Wade Wellman, Vol. 5: Owls Hoot in the Daytime, and Other Omens (collected stories of Silver John)

[Navi]

Char wrote: "I loved Fantasticland so much! I listened to it on audio which really lent itself to all the various people that were being interviewed."

Sorry for the delay - I just saw your message! Really?! I loved Fantasticland so I will definitely pick up the audio book when I'm in the mood for a reread :)

[Navi]

I'm finally reading Clown in a Cornfield - loving it so far!

[WendyB]

Navi wrote: "I'm finally reading Clown in a Cornfield - loving it so far!

"

I was surprised at how much I liked it too.
A sequel is coming out in August.

[Navi]

WendyB wrote: "A sequel is coming out in August."

That's what gave me the push to read it!!

[Erin]

WendyB wrote: "Navi wrote: "I'm finally reading Clown in a Cornfield - loving it so far!

"

I was surprised at how much I liked it too.
A sequel is comin..."

I need to try this!

[Randy]

While waiting for The Final Girl Support Group to come in the mail, I've been reading The Dark Country, which has been on my shelf for years. Etchison was a powerful short story writer and I should have read this long ago.

[Two Envelopes And A Phone]

Reading and

[WendyB]

Erin wrote: " I need to try this!"

You won't be sorry.

[WendyB]

Finally getting around to reading Pressure
Love Jeff Strand's books!

[Stephen]

So do I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!