This one's me. Sounds like a good one - let us know if it holds up through to the end.
What are you reading in 2025?
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gnarlygninja
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I read The Only Good Indians and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter this week. The former is a very good example of a book that's not bad but is very much not my cup of tea, I can see how a person who is very into slasher movies would enjoy it. The chase scene at the end probably was suspenseful enough that almost cut through my apathy toward the genre. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter on the other hand I enjoyed quite a lot.
I finished J.S. Bailey's Dalton Kane and the Greens, which was okay.
Then read the second in Dinniman's "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series, Carl's Doomsday Scenario. Awesome book, loads of fun. An example of exactly how easily you can forget the book's title while you are reading it.
Then read the second in Dinniman's "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series, Carl's Doomsday Scenario. Awesome book, loads of fun. An example of exactly how easily you can forget the book's title while you are reading it.
I finished Hailey Piper’s All The Hearts You Eat, and it remained amazing throughout. It won’t be for everyone, but it does its thing so very well. In particular, without ever compromising her anger at the perpetrators of cruel injustice, Piper didn’t make her antagonists into cartoons. They have reasons, which they’ve thought about as much as the protagonists have thought about theirs. It’s a remarkable achievement.
I'm not into slasher movies, but I loved the heck out of The Only Good Indians. I wouldn't argue hard with someone saying The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is a better novel, though. Since you seem to be on a bit of a Stephen Graham Jones kick, I'm going to suggest that you probably don't want to read I Was a Teenage Slasher, though I thought that was a neat sendup of slasher movie tropes--and a certain type of cheesy-metal fan; better than Grady Hendrix's The Final Girl Support Group and We Sold Our Souls combined.
gnarlygninja
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It was actually completely unintentional, I didn't realize they were by the same author until the cashier at Barnes & Noble pointed it out. But yeah, I had planned on skipping that one lmao. I might give My Heart Is A Chainsaw a read at some point just because I love the title. I'm interested in some of his non horror books, he mentions Joe Lansdale as an inspiration and I'm a big fan of Hap and Leonard, and I'm still hoping The Bottoms gets an adaptation at some point, but his horror stuff doesn't move me at all.
Just caught up with Usagi Yojimbo graphic novels, now that he has returned to Dark Horse (like the prodigal son). Both good stories, as per usual. I am enjoying Usagi's journey's with his cousin Yukichi. That said, it feels like Sakai has gotten a bit more cruel; or I have gotten more sensitive to the violence.
Oh also, just finished "The Condor Trail" a step by step guide to what is currently just a notional multi-day 406 mile (600km+) backpacking trip across the Los Padres National Forest. We recently heard a talk by the sixth person to complete a through-hike of it. It sounds like hte trail itself is a mess, and I don't see myself ever hiking the whole thing, even in sections. But I love the idea of it.
Better link to the organization's web site Maps & Trail Descriptions - Condor Trail
Better link to the organization's web site Maps & Trail Descriptions - Condor Trail
Nellisir
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I basically gave up on A Libertarian Walks Into A Bear. I just couldn't get into it.
Read Lies Weeping instead, by Glen Cook. Am now (re)reading Port of Shadows. My sense, a few chapters into PoS, is that you might as well just read (or reread) that first, then LW. They are...entangled.
Read Lies Weeping instead, by Glen Cook. Am now (re)reading Port of Shadows. My sense, a few chapters into PoS, is that you might as well just read (or reread) that first, then LW. They are...entangled.
I think it’s always been a bit cruel, but I think he’s less sentimental about it. I think Sakai has realised more as he goes along how horrible that era of Japanese history is, and he’s less able to romanticise it as he once did.
I’ve got a whole thing comparing Usagi to Judge Dredd about that sort of disconnect.
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