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Jim is on page 67 of 264 of Sudden Death

Fun! Random and interesting. Facts and fictions alike.

Jim is on page 211 of 480 of Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers

Fascinating and perfectly balanced. Intriguing without being prurient, smart without being dull, issue-focused without being preachy.

— Oct 23, 2025 03:59PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 82 of 480 of Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers

Fraser has mastered the blending of dry facts, sordid details, and ifs-and-possiblys rather fabulously.
AND serial killers? Ha! I'm in.

— Oct 23, 2025 09:30AM Add a comment

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If I didn't have books right now - OK, and coffee and M&Ms - I'm rather sure I couldn't deal with the world at all.

— Oct 22, 2025 06:35PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 202 of 626 of Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy #2)

Fascinating and visceral. Beautiful too.

— Oct 21, 2025 09:40AM Add a comment

Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy #2)

Jim is on page 48 of 464 of Double Falsehood

Arden Shakespeare is so detailed and fascinating. 160 page Introduction for this play.
☕️☕️☕️

— Oct 18, 2025 06:58PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 31 of 626 of Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy #2)

Just as amazing as the book#1, already.

— Oct 17, 2025 12:58PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 79 of 416 of The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)

Not sure if I am supposed to read this first, but I am. It’s a bit anticlimactic, it seems, but I like the tone.

— Oct 14, 2025 07:31PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 222 of 432 of Asunder

Still amazing, and yet there is an underlying YA/softness going on... I like my eldritch terror more risky!

— Oct 11, 2025 02:47PM Add a comment

Jim is 18% done with Asunder

incredible world building, and equally immersive plot.

— Oct 11, 2025 10:33AM Add a comment

Jim is 9% done with Asunder

Wow, this just starts right away, all action and concepts and death!

— Oct 10, 2025 04:06PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 141 of 320 of Gathering Evidence

Stupendous. MacInnes is a brilliant and affective storyteller.

— Oct 07, 2025 07:50PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 41 of 320 of Gathering Evidence

Smart-as-fuck and powerfully written. Love it!

— Oct 07, 2025 06:51PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 71 of 416 of The Hymn to Dionysus

Again with the word usage. Sure, author-license and all, but I know no one used the word "fuck" before 1400AD.

— Oct 07, 2025 07:06AM Add a comment

Jim is on page 51 of 416 of The Hymn to Dionysus

A fun read, but I was a bit surprised by the use of the term "sock puppet" in the narrative. First use of the term is from the 1950s...

— Oct 07, 2025 06:53AM Add a comment

Jim is on page 97 of 192 of When We Cease to Understand the World

Beautifully brilliant.

— Oct 02, 2025 06:44PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 28 of 192 of When We Cease to Understand the World

Damn I love learning things, even remembering things I knew but mentally misplaced or shunted aside for newer things! This book is awesome!!!

— Oct 02, 2025 05:30PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 29 of 144 of Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants

Any book that makes me add 4 more books - two by Enard - to my "need to read" list is wonderful :)

— Sep 30, 2025 05:23PM Add a comment

Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants

Jim is on page 472 of 620 of Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)

Stunning in its scope and detail! Wow.

— Sep 27, 2025 04:37PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 300 of 620 of Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)

Incredible! Possibly better than his "A Brief History of Seven Killings"...

— Sep 24, 2025 03:05PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 79 of 620 of Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)

There goes my Sunday! This book is amazing and I will be reading it instead of eating, probably.

— Sep 21, 2025 10:20AM Add a comment

Jim is on page 4 of 620 of Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)

I DNF-ed this years ago and cannot think of why. I had forgotten how muscular James’ writing is, it swarms and muscles the page.

— Sep 21, 2025 08:50AM Add a comment

Jim is on page 31 of 461 of Return to the Dark Valley

Quite an interesting narrative trajectory. Fab writing.

— Sep 13, 2025 07:21PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 59 of 461 of Return to the Dark Valley

Strong start with a great feel to the narrative.

— Sep 09, 2025 05:11PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 11 of 464 of The Shadow Murders (Department Q, #9)

OK!! We're back to an actual Department Q plotline...

— Sep 07, 2025 08:38AM Add a comment

Jim is on page 21 of 201 of Mercia's Take

Stellar writing, but the dialogue is heavy and the dialect, while interesting, mixes in with the narrative awkwardly.

— Sep 06, 2025 06:36AM Add a comment

Jim is on page 41 of 143 of Elena Knows

Rather mundane as of this page… I like the writing style and hope the narrative widens a smidgen.

— Sep 02, 2025 05:58PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 197 of 639 of Solenoid

I can definitely understand the varieties of opinion for this one…

— Sep 01, 2025 03:47PM Add a comment

Jim is 23% done with Freakslaw

Verging on YA territory right now...
Funny though!

— Aug 23, 2025 12:10PM Add a comment

Jim is on page 13 of 119 of The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar

Absolutely brilliant and fab!

— Aug 20, 2025 05:06PM Add a comment

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