With the stuff of his that I've read (which I think is just Horrorstor and How to Sell a Haunted House), it works for me about 90%. Not quite a home run, but enough that several times during Haunted House, I said out loud, "Holy shit."
I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.
Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - Aug 25, 2023 7:56:10 am PDT #27694 of 28095
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Amy - Aug 25, 2023 8:09:12 am PDT #27695 of 28095
Because books.
Dana, yeah, Haunted House had some wild stuff. I think My Best Friend's Exorcism and Southern Book Club are two of the best.
Thanks, sj! There was one of hers I stopped reading because it freaked me out too much (The Hollow Places) but I really liked her writing! I'll pick up ...Good Bones from the library.
sj - Aug 25, 2023 8:33:01 am PDT #27696 of 28095
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Hollow Places is definitely her scariest book, imho.
I read Horrorstor and The Final Girls Support group. I loved all the chapter headings and such with Horrorstor, but the story itself didn’t scare me. FGSG just made me think he should write less female characters because there was a lot of cringe there.
Toddson - Sep 01, 2023 9:09:30 am PDT #27697 of 28095
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Connie Willis's "To Say Nothing of the Dog" is on sale at Amazon for $1.99.
Toddson - Sep 07, 2023 1:49:13 pm PDT #27698 of 28095
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I recently finished T. Kingfisher's House With Good Bones - it got kind of scary at some points, but not horrifying (in that I could read it in the evening and be able to sleep afterwards). I didn't love it, but liked it. Want more gnoles and continue the story of the Paladins of the Saint of Steel.
bennett - Sep 07, 2023 2:23:46 pm PDT #27699 of 28095
Toddson, according to her Twitter feed the next book in the Paladins series should be out later in the year. Nothing so specific as a publication date, however. link
Atropa - Sep 07, 2023 3:18:01 pm PDT #27700 of 28095
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I finally got around to reading The Family Plot by Cherie Priest, and reading it while taking my nightly bath was a foolish choice. Why did I forget Cherie is an excellent horror author? How did I forget that?
The book is great, but there are some sections that are creepy as hell.
sj - Sep 07, 2023 4:48:37 pm PDT #27701 of 28095
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I really liked The House With Good Bones, but I wanted the main character to acknowledge that it was a haunting sooner.
Amy - Sep 07, 2023 4:49:37 pm PDT #27702 of 28095
Because books.
I just got it from the library!
-t - Sep 07, 2023 5:13:53 pm PDT #27703 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
the next book in the Paladins series should be out later in the year
Sweet! I just recently finished Thornhedge and I didn't like it quite as much as I expected to. Can't pinpoint why either - I like the premise and the characters but the actual story I'm just not that into, I guess. So I was already wishfully hoping for more Paladins. I did like House with Good Bones rather a lot.
I've been reading The Doctrine of Labyrinths series which I guess Katharine Addison wrote under a different name and has been republished or something. It was a little slow to really grab me but now I'm pretty much obsessed with it (on the fourth book and I don't think there are any more, woes)