What books are you reading/have you recently read? 2024

[Mariga]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock. Two men in Victorian England graft plants and sentient fungus onto a dead body in an attempt to create a sentient plant.

[Kimberly]

WendyB wrote: "Seems to be a year of disappointing books for me.

DNF'd for being incredibly boring. Great cover but nothing inside worth investing time in."

I almost bought that one last week. Sadly, the one I did wasn't at all what I was hoping for, either...

[Elena]

Lupe wrote: "I am about to start I Was a Teenage Slasher"

You'll have to share your thoughts on this one! I read and loved The Only Good Indians but have heard mixed reviews on I Was a Teenage Slasher.

[WendyB]

Kimberly wrote: "I almost bought that one last week. Sadly, the one I did wasn't at all what I was hoping for, either..."

Bummer. :(
I usually don't advise avoiding a book but this Hitchcock one has plenty of bad reviews from people who felt like I did. It just didn't live up to the description. But if you can get a copy from a library so you don't waste book money on it, give it a try. Everyone likes something different.

[Randy]

Elena wrote: "Lupe wrote: "I am about to start I Was a Teenage Slasher"

You'll have to share your thoughts on this one! I read and loved The Only Good Indians but have heard mix..."

For what it's worth, his Indian Lake Trilogy -- starting with My Heart is a Chainsaw -- is very good.

[Monica]

I starte a book from an italian author which is going to be heart-breaking for sure

[Alondra]

Just finished Afterage and loved it. This was a hidden gem of a vampire novel.

I highly recommend it!

(Of course, HA readers recommended on another thread)

[Nick]

Right now I’m reading “Summer of Night” by Dan Simmons. It’s somewhat of a slow-burn, but I’m to point where more stuff is starting to happen. I will say it does a great job forming a sense of dread. I can’t wait to see where the rest of it goes.

[WendyB]

Nick wrote: "Right now I’m reading “Summer of Night” by Dan Simmons. It’s somewhat of a slow-burn, but I’m to point where more stuff is starting to happen. I will say it does a great job forming a sense of drea..."

Summer of Night is one of my fav books. There are some seriously creepy scenes that I've never forgotten. Hope you enjoy!

[Taite]

Lupe wrote: "I am about to start I Was a Teenage Slasher"

I just started this too! Liking it so far.

I'm also reading The Last House on Needless Street which is pretty interesting in the way it gradually reveals more information from the perspective of a possible serial killer, his cat, and the women who believes he abducted her sister years ago.

Recently finished Our Wives Under the Sea - less creepy and more heartbreaking - and Where the Dead Wait which was great, I love polar gothic horror.

[WendyB]

Starting Briardark

[Tiffany]

Just finished “We Kept her in the Cellar” and I absolutely loved it. Gory, creepy and twisted. I never knew I needed a horror version of Cinderella

[YADUD3]

I just finished "Graveyard Shift" by M.L. Rio and now I am on "Fantastic Mr. Fox".

I am on a novella sorta book now. Anything over 200 pages are too much for my brain.

ANY NOVELLA SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE FANTASY, FICTION, HORROR, THRILLER. PLEASE LET ME KNOW :)

[Jennifer]

I'm reading You Should've Kept Driving and while it is brutal and fun, it takes waaaaaaay too long to get to the good stuff.

[Randy]

YADUD3 wrote: "I just finished "Graveyard Shift" by M.L. Rio and now I am on "Fantastic Mr. Fox".

I am on a novella sorta book now. Anything over 200 pages are too much for my brain.

ANY NOVELLA SUGGESTIONS TH..."

Some fairly well-known older novelette/novellas include,
"Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
"Fengriffen" by David Case
"Sagittarius" and "Sardonicus" by Ray Russell
"Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell Jr.
"At the Mountains of Madness" and "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Beyond Any Measure" and "The River of Night's Dreaming" by Karl Edward Wagner
"The Autopsy" by Michael Shea
"White" by Tim Lebbon

Some less famous ones,
"Mr. Gaunt" and "On Skua Island" by John Langan
"Agents of Dreamland" by Caitlin R. Kiernan
"Mapping the Interior" by Stephen Graham Jones
"Jack" by Connie Willis
"Father Panic's Opera Macabre" by Thomas Tessier

[Monica]

I'm reading The HAlloween tre by Ray Bradbury but I'm not that into it.

[Monica]

I finally started it's so engaging.

[Alan]

Monica wrote: "I finally started it's so engaging."

Oh yes. Probably one of the best true crime books I've read.

[Monica]

Alan wrote: "Monica wrote: "I finally started it's so engaging."

Oh yes. Probably one of the best true..."

It flows so well and it's so interesting.

[William]

Just finished the amazing

Next up

[WendyB]

Just finished The Bullet That Missed as a treat to myself. I love this series.

[Erin]

From Below

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I finished The Last One at the Wedding yesterday!

[ibdrafts]

Im reading just kids by patti smith and coraline!

[WendyB]

Started The Secret History. I want to see what all the fuss is about.

[Whitney]

ibdrafts wrote: "Im reading just kids by patti smith and coraline!"

Are you reading or listening to the audiobook of Just Kids? Smith reads the audiobook, and it's excellent.

[Catherine]

The Ravening by Daniel Church Excllent!

[Monica]

I started

[WendyB]

WendyB wrote: "Started The Secret History. I want to see what all the fuss is about."

Didn't get very far. It was pretty much unreadable.

Reading The Movement: How Women's Liberation Transformed America, 1963-1973 and Moonflower Murders

[Erin]

Feedback

[Monica]

I'm reading the series Les ogres-dieux. I'm on the third graphic novel.

[Monica]

I also started The watchers by A. M. Shine

[Nick]

I just got done reading Dan Simmons’ “Summer of Night” and absolutely loved it! An easy 4/5 for me!

Next up, I’m trying to choose “Full Throttle” by Joe Hill or “Off Season” by Jack Ketchum. Not sure which one I want to go with next.

[Randy]

Starting an oldie but, I hope, a goodie, Malpertuis by Jean Ray.

[Nikka]

Just finished the inmate 1 minute ago

[Lupe]

Reading I Was a Teenage Slasher

[Christopher]

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
I don’t understand why this book was written—it’s just “Frankenstein” with some real-world characters jumbled in. If you’ve read Mary Shelley’s original, there is no reason to read this.

[WendyB]

Right now I'm trying to read Fairy Tale by Stephen King and I'm less than impressed. This may very well be the last book by King I try to read as so many of his recent books have been incredibly disappointing to the point where I haven't even bothered to finish them.

[Jannelies (living between hope and fear)]

I've been reading The Resort by Bentley Little


Again, five stars for me: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Erin]

Fall of Night

[Kelly]

I’ve been reading Needful Things after failing to finish it two decades back. This time I completed it and found it slow and boring.

[WendyB]

Erin wrote: "Fall of Night"

I love this series. Best and creepiest zombies ever.

[Erin]

WendyB wrote: "Erin wrote: "Fall of Night"

I love this series. Best and creepiest zombies ever."

Definitely! The start of this book didn't hold anything back.

[Lupe]

Finished quite a few books over the weekend, feeling accomplished! Nothing decided for my next one. Probably American Dirt since I was supposed to be done with it by this Friday for a book club...haha

[Monica]

I started a re read of Misery in another edition and Goodreads does not make me change edition of the current read. If I switch edition it also changes my last one. I'm angry

[Alan]

Monica wrote: "I started a re read of Misery in another edition and Goodreads does not make me change edition of the current read. If I switch edition it also changes my last one. I'm angry"

To review a different edition, when you're on the page of the book with your review, you should be under the section "Ratings & Reviews". On the right side should be an arrow, which will let you select a different edition. You then click the the "review" button for that edition. (I believe. It's been awhile since I did this, but I know it works something like that.)

[Monica]

Nothing is working. It keeps the same edition everywhere. If I change the one I'm reading now it changes also the old one and vice-versa. It doesn't do that usually

[Catherine]

River of Death by Russell James Number 8 in the exciting adventures of hapless paleantologist, Grant Coleman. Great fun, great monsters - and Grant Coleman is still getting himself into desperate scrapes. Will he ever learn?

[Alan]

Monica wrote: "Nothing is working. It keeps the same edition everywhere. If I change the one I'm reading now it changes also the old one and vice-versa. It doesn't do that usually"

Did you try this? GR actually explains it a little clearer than I was able. If you did try this and couldn't get it to work, I'd suggest messaging GR help. (You might also try using a different browser or device.)

https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...

[Monica]

Alan wrote: "Monica wrote: "Nothing is working. It keeps the same edition everywhere. If I change the one I'm reading now it changes also the old one and vice-versa. It doesn't do that usually"

Did you try thi..."

Thank you I tried from the phone and from PC. I will check it out later. But usually I have no problem.