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Ghosties

20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill

The Green Man by Kingsley Amis

April 29, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

20th Century Ghosts – 3/5 Stars Decidedly a mixed bag for me on this first collection of Joe Hill stories. What’s interesting in part is that the ways in which this book is talked about on the cover, in the introduction, and other places really seems to indicate that they weren’t sure Joe Hill was going to make it, or wanted people to take him seriously. Without a doubt he’s a serious writer, and very talented, but that sort of “son of the most famous […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories Tagged With: joe hill, kingsley amis

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:202 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories · Tags: joe hill, kingsley amis ·
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There came a faint stirring in his entrails.

The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis

September 17, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is about a group of friends, older middle age/younger older age Welshers who have things more or less figured out and plan to spend the rest of their days drinking themselves slowly into oblivion. Their plans are upended when a famous writer from their town (who writes about the Welsh Condition without really living it) and his alluring wife return to town and add drama and desire into their lives. So their days of drinking cheap and bad Italian wine get turned around. This […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: kingsley amis, the old devils

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:519 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: kingsley amis, the old devils ·
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Episode 1-23: Sometimes Your Words Just Hypnotize Me

June 18, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/06/18/episode-1-23-sometimes-your-words-just-hypnotize-me/ Wherein I review: 88. Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis 89. Don’t Let Go by Harlan Coben 90. Wolf Lake (Dave Gurney #5) by John Verdon I read a university literary romp where I hate every character, then I travel to New Jersey for a decades long murder mystery involving an old Nike Missile base, and then we go on the worst vacation since Ed Helms’ mistake with Dave Gurney that involves hypnotism and completely abandoning your previous character development for the sake of plot.

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: dave gurney, don't let go, Harlan Coben, john verdon, killing my kindle, kingsley amis, lucky jim, podcast, wolf lake

prisco's CBR10 Review No:90 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: dave gurney, don't let go, Harlan Coben, john verdon, killing my kindle, kingsley amis, lucky jim, podcast, wolf lake ·
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