https://killingmykindle.com/2018/02/26/episode-1-08-i-always-thought-that-id-see-you-again/ Wherein I Review: 22. The Fireman by Joe Hill 23. The Way of Kings (Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson 24. The Stainless Steel Rat Sings The Blues (Stainless Steel Rat #3) by Harry Harrison 25. The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Strange weather, good stories
To say Joe Hill is the next Stephen King is no surprise: he’s King’s son, after all. And it says great things about him because Hill writes fantastic horror stories (long and short), the same way his father did. But it also means that any time I read a book by Hill, aside from the absolutely brilliant Locke and Key series, I’m also wondering when he’ll find his own voice, and branch out a bit more from his father’s footsteps. That being said, Hill is […]
“A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.”
I think it would be fair to say that Uncle Stevie and I have an understanding. He writes, I’m a constant reader, and that’s that. And I’ve been known to reread some of the things that he’s written many times. Even when the stories are upsetting or dark or scary, there’s something comforting about them for me. Maybe because I started reading them at a really early age (seriously, way too early….what exactly was going on in the 1980s?), his writing is sort of a […]
Episode 1-06: You’re Tearing Me Apart, Sassenach!
https://killingmykindle.com/2018/02/15/episode-1-06-youre-tearing-me-apart-sassenach/ Wherein I Review: 17. Written In My Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon 18. Saint Odd by Dean Koontz
Am I missing something?
It’s possible I’m the only one who didn’t know this is the first book of a trilogy. I don’t know if I’ll read the other two. There’s a mysterious place, Area X, where some kind of cataclysmic change happened, and it’s now abandoned and “walled” off, by an invisible barrier. Physically this place is unbelievably lush. VanderMeer somehow made me feel threatened by the growth of things. Psychologically the place has something else going on. A number of expeditions have tried to investigate or map […]
Episode 1-05: Reaper, Raptor, Sandwich, Serge
https://killingmykindle.com/2018/02/07/episode-1-05-reaper-raptor-sandwich-serge/ Wherein I review: 12. Iron Gold (Red Rising #4) by Pierce Brown 13. The Raptor and the Wren (Miriam Black #5) by Chuck Wendig 14. Ms. Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami 15. Deeply Odd (Odd Thomas #6) by Dean Koontz 16. The Pope of Palm Beach (Serge Storms #21) by Tim Dorsey
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