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photo 2019-04-20 06:25

Chunky Holiday Reading: 24 of my most memorable long books

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text 2018-08-07 05:18
My Halloween Bingo Card has arrived!

Thank you very much, Moonlight Madness.

 

 

These are the books I consider for the bingo:

 

Deadlands: Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Modern Noir: Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson

Darkest London: Don´t know yet, maybe The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Diverse Voices: Something by a Japanese author.

Romantic Suspense: A Mary Stewart

 

Baker Street Irregulars: City of Saints and Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson

Southern Gothic: The White Raod by John Connolly

Terryfying Woman: So glad that this square is on my card. Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith

Modern Masters of Horror: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Classic Horror: The Shining by Stephen King

 

Shifters: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

Doomsday: The Running Man by Stephen King / Richrd Bachmann

Free Square:

Terror in a Small Town: Hex by Thomad Ulve Heuvelt

Cozy Mystery: Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth

 

Slasher Stories: The Devil in Grey by Graham Masterson

New Release: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

Murder Most Foul: A Golden Age murder mystery from my TBR

13: Nevermoor - The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

Supernatural: Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire

 

Spellbound: Don´t know yet. Maybe Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix as an audiobook.

Genre Suspense: One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

Amateur Sleuth: The Case of the Constant Suicides by John DIckson Carr

Fear the Drowning Deep: Meg by Steve Alten

Genre Horror: Cold Moon over Babylon by Michael McDowell

 

My wild card author: Of course, Dame Agatha Christie. I still have a shelf full of unread books by her.

 

 

 

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url 2018-06-15 20:32
"8 Books with Bi or Homoromantic Asexual Women Characters"

I need to check this list out a bit more later. There are a few books on it that I either haven't read yet or didn't even know existed. One thing, though: when was it ever mentioned that Every Heart a Doorway's Nancy is biromantic?

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review 2018-05-14 23:56
Some odd little short stories
Pastoralia - George Saunders

Published in 2000, this book was somehow completely off my radar. The six short stories in this volume all feature people who are generally unhappy. They are unhappy for different reasons, but every one of them is trying their best, and none are wallowing in their unhappiness.

 

Pastoralia, my favorite of the stories, features a man who is working as a caveman in a museum exhibit. Living at the museum full time, he is trying to make enough money for his young son's medical treatment.

 

Another story features a young man working as a stripper of sorts, trying to support his aunt, his two cousins, and each of their young children. With no education and no other options, his aunt makes a plan.

 

The other 4 stories also feature men--boy to middle aged--who are unhappy in their lives. None have given up. In many ways these stories reflect the common theme of unhappy people, but Saunders gives his characters agency that they act on.

 

With under 200 pages, this book is a quick read and highly recommended for fans of short stories and unusual story lines.

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url 2018-03-11 22:50
Corey's Book Corner: "Fluffy Romance with Little to No Sex on the Page"

A list for me to look over later. Although, FYI, "little-to-no sex" doesn't mean "no graphic sex." The one listed work that I've read, Alyssa Cole's A Princess in Theory, has three sex scenes, all of which I consider to be fairly graphic. But I do agree that it's more focused on romance than sex, and it's certainly fluffy. I'll browse the list for other things I might want to add to my TBR.

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