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This audiobook reader isn't doing enough to distinguish between which character is narrating which part. I'm gonna need to put this one on hold until I can get around to reading it in print.

‪"I find I’m left with the same old words I had before, the same short list of names worn thin by the lives of other men... Show me a boy’s name and I’ll show you a man who has ruined it."

Dang. That second novella (Loaded) is one of the best things I've ever read from Hill. When he's on, he's ON.

Still not really into this one, but gotta finish it for Monday's book club meeting.

Not super enjoying this month's book club selection.

Not as great as the first book, but still pretty good so far. Feels like it'll probably end up at 4 stars for me.

Things have taken a sudden but not entirely unexpected turn.

This book may have almost just developed a plot.

‪50 pages into this book and we've already had seven (!) different viewpoint characters. That's probably overkill. Hard to really get to know any of them with that sort of approach.‬

How has it taken almost halfway through this book for like... anything to happen.

Anyone else getting spam comments on their reviews from Michael Hughes promoting his own (unrelated) books? It's against the site policies and I've reported it, but it keeps on happening.

Having a hard time investing in this love story, but I appreciate all the Jewish elements.

So the president still isn't *missing* per se, but at least the national media doesn't know where he is at the moment. (I feel like that's not really justified by the narrative, though.)

Unexpected reference just now to A Canticle for Leibowitz. Wonder which of the authors is a fan?

I'm really enjoying this book, but I just found out about an issue that guarantees I won't be reading any further in the series. (I'll talk about this more in my review when I finish it -- which I will do, since said issue apparently doesn't arise until late in book two. But this series will be one and done for me.)

Wait, why has this book turned into a Bill Hodges spinoff? Literally nobody asked for that.

I think this book just crossed from 4-stars to 5. Oh my god.

This is the best Stephen King has been since he wrote 11/22/63 in 2011. Truly chilling stuff.

This is the WEIRDEST book.

I'm really enjoying spotting all the subtle Daughter of Smoke & Bone references on this reread.