What book are you reading?

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He's scarier than his daddy. The second story--Loaded--is disturbing as fuck.

I really like him and I this. Now we all know I love Stephen King I was just coming to post one of his books I'm reading (again for the millionth time), but there is something about how Joe lays things out that gets you.

King sets up a chess board and slowly removes them at a disturbing speed. Joe just hits you with it. Have you read what they've written together? Wonderful.

Not bad but not as good as I thought it would be either but I'll decide officially when I finish it.

Dang. Good books. We should start up a horror book club!

Wicked Liar - Faith Summers

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Dang. Good books. We should start up a horror book club!

I would be beyond down

Nostalgia gripped me last night and I picked up The Brothers Grimm.

“Valley of Amazement”, Amy Tan

The fatal Shore - Robert Hughes

https://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Shore-Epic-Australias-Founding/dp/0394753666

Mission Critical (Book 8 of Gray Man Series)

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Re-reading Cold Print by Ramsey Campbell, been years...

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Re-reading Cold Print by Ramsey Campbell, been years...

Oo, never seen that cover on it. A UK edition or something? Love that collection and Campbell is an all-time favorite of mine. I have Dark Feasts on my bookshelf, which is more of a "best of" vs. Cold Print which focussed on his Cthulhu Mythos work. Definitely has an influence on my own horror at times (there's a few over on blue).

Am I allowed to plug a webcomic here? Because that's what I am reading at the moment. Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques is very funny but also has some strong dramatic elements (one character has a traumatic past). It's mostly about relationships and sex, but nothing explicit. Even nudity is usually hidden by strategically placed objects (two beer bottles on a tray conceal a character's tits when she flashes somebody in one panel). The writing is terrific though. It's rom-com sometimes, dramedy sometimes, and has a weird s-f element (it's the 21st century more or less as we know it but with functional AIs, including one that's a supporting character). My longer review on the site I manage:

https://www.wondercafe2.ca/threads/what-are-you-reading.583/post-436309

Oh, and it has been running since 2003 so is rather long. I'm still not very far in and I am getting close to, I think, the 600th strip.

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Oo, never seen that cover on it. A UK edition or something?

Yep. The '87 UK edition to be exact... I just like how Campbell managed to make the Mythos even darker, and included more adult themes with Y-Golonac...

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The Northwest is Our Mother - - - Jean Teillet

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Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue - - - Paul Bowles

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

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Zealot The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth - - - Reza Aslan

John Grisham “The Reckoning”.

56% done as of this posting.

I could have sung all might - Marni Nixon

Defending Jacob by William Landay

The Binding, by Bridget Collins