Finished The Twelve by Justin Cronin. Book 2 of The Passage trilogy! Finally!

It was interesting read, but too long. Too much back story and details that could have been condensed quite a bit. As it is, I didn’t like the fist quarter, second quarter was okay, third was interesting, and really enjoyed the last one.

Still one book remaining in the trilogy, but need a break, will come back to after a little while.

Read some more stories from The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft.

Now reading The Crystal Shard by R. A. Salvatore. First book of The Icewind Dale Trilogy, and The Legend of Drizzt / Forgotten Realms series (publication order).

It’s my first Drizzt, and first D&D novel and has been on my wishlist for a very long time. Just started it so can’t really say much about it, but enjoying it so far.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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  • QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    2 months ago

    Not currently reading anything but just finished The Fisherman by John Langan. I’m just here hoping someone can recommend some good horror from the last few years

    • Mickey@lemmy.ca
      4·
      2 months ago

      I read a lot of horror! Here are some of my recent faves:

      • Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
      • I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
      • Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
      • The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
      • Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman
      • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        3·
        2 months ago

        What did you think of Ghost Eaters? I found it a bit boring by the end. I finished it and I wouldn’t say it was bad but it was a bit of a slog for me by the end.

        • Mickey@lemmy.ca
          2·
          2 months ago

          It’s been over a year now since I’ve read it, so I don’t remember a lot of the details, but I did quite like it overall. There were some parts that I thought were a bit overdone, I think it’s always a fine line with horror and people have different thresholds as well, but overall I enjoyed the weird creepy things that kept piling up by the end.

    • BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      2 months ago

      I really loathed the fisherman. It felt like a bait and switch, and the framing device felt like I was being asked to accept an insane proposition. Why would they just sit there in that diner for what must have been hours listening to that guy exposit in anachronistic old-timey waffle?

      I am baffled by its popularity.

      Edit: conversely, and so I’m not being a negative Nancy, The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch was fun and weird and kept me interested.

    • ThisIsNotHimEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      I’m not sure if these will exactly fit the bill for horror for you, but they scratched a similar genre itch for me:

      • The Terror - Dan Simmons
      • Plain Bad Heroines - Emily M Danforth
      • QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        2 months ago

        I watched The Terror tv series and loved it, although I know the book is a bit different. Have you read The Hunger by Alma Katsu? Apparatus she wrote it as basically a spiritual followup, also being historical horror