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And Now His Lordship Is Laughing by Shiv Ramdas

July 22, 2020 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 7/22/20
Finished: 7/22/20

SO GOOD.  It’s fantasy, it’s horror (even though I heard on a horror panel that the author doesn’t think of it as horror, so maybe I should just say it has an element that depending on what you’re afraid of, you could absoLUTEly think it’s scary), it’s historical fiction, and it’s emotional (I cried).  SO.  GOOD.

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: ebook, fantasy, historical, horror, Hugo nominee, Hugo packet, short story

The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye by Sarah Pinsker

July 19, 2020 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 7/19/20
Finished: 7/19/20

Sarah Pinsker can do no wrong.  This story was a roller coaster, speeding downhill, all fun and great, and then BAM we ran into a wall and fell into pieces and then what?  And no.  No!  Oh god no!  It’s fantastic and you should read it.  Except not you, Mom.  Or Margaret.

The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: ebook, horror, Hugo nominee, Hugo packet, mystery, novelette, SF

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

April 19, 2020 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 4/12/20
Finished: 4/19/20

I’ve read a couple of this author’s YA books and liked them a lot -they were a pair of heist stories, and I always like a good heist.  This one…I’m not quite halfway and seriously considering quitting.  Premise: the secret societies at Yale are all real and do real magic, and a young woman who can see ghosts is recruited to the watchdog society.  It was a little slow to start, but it was going fine once I got into it, and then there was a really horrifying scene made so much worse for the fantasy elements, and shortly after that there was a really gross scene, and I’m just not sure.  It’s on the horror side of fantasy – not creepy-scary, but maybe a bit body-horror scary.  Maybe I’ll see how I feel about it in the morning.

Update: I kept reading and found I couldn’t put it down.  Nothing else as horrifying or gross happened and the action picked up.  It ended with a setup for the next book, but it’s not a cliffhanger and could work as a standalone.

Update 6 months later: I was reminded of the horrifying scene, and I am horrified all over again and NOT in a good way.  I wish I hadn’t remembered it.  I don’t feel good about this book.  Definitely not for me.

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: Alex Stern series, ebook, fantasy, horror, Jo Walton Reads, library, magic, urban fantasy

Magic For Beginners by Kelly Link

February 1, 2020 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 1/23/20
Gave up: 2/1/20

I had high hopes for this author, so I picked up this book of her short stories and WOW they’re too weird for me.  I liked the first one, but every one after that was…too odd, or I just didn’t get it.  Maybe a novel would be different.

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: ebook, fantasy, gave up, horror, library, short story

The Cabin At The End Of The World by Paul Tremblay

August 4, 2019 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 8/3/19
Finished: 8/4/19

I can’t tell you if I liked this book because I don’t know.  There’s a really nice, very real family, maybe an apocalypse, definitely a home invasion, something TRULY AWFUL happens, and then…so, it was good?  I mean, it was GOOD, but I don’t know if I liked it.

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: apocalypse, ebook, home invasion, horror, SF

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

May 2, 2019 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 4/30/19
Finished: 5/2/19

Books don’t scare me like movies do, but even so, I take precautions and only read horror stories during the day.  Luckily (sadly?), this one didn’t scare me at all.  I’m not going anywhere near any of the movie or TV adaptations, though.

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: ebook, horror, library

Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix

February 7, 2019 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 2/4/19
Gave up: 2/7/19

This is a horror story set in a store that is identical to Ikea, but isn’t Ikea.  The premise is kind of funny, but the novelty wears off quickly.  And then the story got actually scary (or scary enough), so I stopped reading it at night, and then I found I didn’t care enough to pick it back up during the day.  No ringing endorsement here.

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: ebook, gave up, horror, library

We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory

June 3, 2018 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 6/2/18
Finished: 6/3/18

SO strange.  The characters all belong to a support group for survivors of events that only happen in horror stories.  They don’t like or trust each other, they don’t share their stories easily (or equally), and why were they brought together in the first place?

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: fantasy, horror, novella

The Fisher of Bones by Sarah Gailey

January 1, 2018 by Zannah Leave a Comment

Started: 1/1/18
Finished: 1/1/18

Creepy novella written by the author of the hippo cowboy stories. Really good. Not related to hippo cowboys in any way.

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Posted in: What I've Been Reading Tagged: future, horror, magic, novella, SF

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