17/52 Friday Update - Books Read; Currently Reading & TBR (and bought)

 Hello all,

Last week of the month of April. I cheated since the month is going to end on sunday I will close the week/month in the same way. Those three books I got were all last saturday - so seven days without a book bought.

Already Finish

1. The Fellowship of the Rings         530pp
2. Venus in the Blind Spot - Junji Ito    270pp
3. The Ignored - Bentley Little          423pp
4. Sourcery - Terry Pratchett             269pp
5. The Clocks - Agatha Christie           384p
6. The Mist - Stephen King                 238p
7. Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories - Richard Matheson 336p
8. False Gods - Graham McNeil           416p
9. Uma Aventura para o Fim das Férias  (#66) 240p

Total Pages so far 3106

Ongoing

1. The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan        164/705pp
2. The Last Hunt - Robbie MacNiven 109/416p
3. Liquid Fear - Scott Nicholson         40/266p
4. Children of Dune - Frank Herbert     131/406pp  (30%)

TBR

1. Thanquol's Doom -  C L Werner 416p (last novel in the series)
2. Galaxy Flames - Ben Counter - 416p (ongoing series)
3. Annihilation Squad - Gav Thorpe - 412p  (last novel in the series)

IF I have the time (books from other months)

1. In the coils of the Labyrinth - David Annandale - 346p (ongoing series)
2. Ghoul - Brian Keene  341p
3. Sailor on the Seas of Fates - Michael Moorcock 128p (ongoing series)
4. Cannibal Creek - Jon Athan 200p
5. The Social Media Murders - Jon Athan 212p
6. Beasts in Velvet - Jack Yeovil - 286pp
7. Dark Water - Koji Suzuki 294pp
8. Og-Grim- Dog 2 - Jamie Edmundson - 142p
9. Og-Grim- Dog 3 - Jamie Edmundson . 138p
10. Og-Grim- Dog 4 - Jamie Edmundson - 154p
11. A Family of Violence - Jon Athan 189p
12. Panagaea Exiles - Jeff Brackett 207p
13. Day of Ascension - Adrian Tchaikovsky 199p
14. Sailor on the seas of fate - Michael Moorcock  128p

Bought

1. Krieg - Steve Lyons  233pp
2. Grombrindal - David Guymer 340pp
3. Valuable Humans in Transit and other Stories - qntm 101pp
4. Fine Structure - qntm    379pp
5. We Dream of Gods - Devin Madson 
6. Arks of Omen - Angron (2) 102p
7. Arks of Omen - Vashtorr (3) 95p
8. Ephrael Stern - The Heretic Saint - David Annadale 196p
9. The Bank - Bentley Little - 373p
10. The Consultant - Bentley Little - 477p
11. Huron Blackheart - Mike Brooks (Special Edition) 188p
12. Chthonia Reckoning - Anthology (Special Edition) 205p
13. Warboss Box Set - Mike Brooks 250p +  Grotboss' Manifesto 45p
14. Sisters of Battle Collection
1. Faith & Fire - James Swallow 317p
2. Hammer & Anvil - James Swallow 366p
15. The Triumph of Saint Katherine - Danie Ware - 194p
16. Hollow King - John French 283p
17. Until the Last - Mike Shackle 770p
18. Walking Alone - Bentley Little -  295p
19. Morning Star - Pierce Brown - 524p 
20. Golden Son - Pierce Brown - 448p
21. The Flock - J Todd Scott - 416p
22. The Handyman - Bentley Little - 339p
23. The Influence - Bentley Little - 412p 
24. Raised by a Killer - Sea Caummisar - 153p
25. Devastation of Baal (Limited Edition) - Guy Haley 370p
26. Astorath (Limited Edition) - Guy Haley 204p
27. Kal Jerico: Sinner's Bounty (Limited Edition) - Josh Reynolds 401p
28. Ragnar Blackmane (Limited Edition) - Aaron Dembski-Bowden 189p
29. The Last Volari - Gary Kloster -294p
30. Farsight (Arks of Omen) - 103p
    
    
    
31. Arks of Omen The Lion 128p
32. Legends of the Dark Angels (Anthology) 805p
33. The Lion Son of the Forest - Mike Brooks 290p

TBR Month May of 2023 - DAW Books clean-up (well...)

 I've got more than 150 old DAW books, the ones with yellow spines.

Most of them were written 1970's and it shows. Sometimes they are good, others they feel old (not in terms of paper but in terms of writing, story etc...

1. Optiman - Brian Stableford 1980 - 190p - nº 406
2. Earth-Child - Doris Piserchia 1977 - 204p - nº 241
3. The Overlords of War - Gerard Klein 1973 - 189p - nº93
4. Yurth Burden - Andre Norton 1978 - 158p - Nº304
5. The Book of Philip Jose Farmer - 1973 - 239p - Nº63
6. Cosmic Crusaders (Baphomet's Meteor) Pierre Barbet - 1972 - 138p - Nº414
7. Cosmic Crusaders (Stellar Crusade) Pierre Barbet 1974 - 148p - Nº414
8. As the Curtain Falls - Robert Chilson 1974 - 174p - Nº98
9. Odan the Half-God - Dream Chariots - Manning Norvil - 1977 - 192p - Nº 260
10. Tactics of Mistake - Gordon R Dickson - 1971 -222p - Nº 9
11. Dinosaur Beach - Keith Laumer - 1971 - 151p - Nº21
12. The Fall of Chronopolis - Barrington J Bayley -1974 - 174p Nº105
13. Volkhavaar - Tanith Lee -1977 - 192p Nº251

So as you can see, most of them are under 200 pages and published in the 1970's. So 50 years of old. Total 2371 pages

If I have the time, these are also on my agenda

• The Light that never was - Llyod Biggle 1972 - 192 - Nº52
• Cemetary World - Clifford D- Simak  1972 - 159p - nº531
• Warlord's World - Christopher Anvil 1975 - 207 - Nº168
• A Spaceship for the King - Jerry Pournelle- 1973 -157p - Nº 42
• Changeling Earth - Fred Saberhagen 1973 - 176p Nº 41
• The Panorama Egg - AE Silas - 1978 - 202p - Nº 302
• The Wrong End of Time - John Brunner 1971 -151p - Nº61
• Time Lord's Pink Ocean - David Walker - 1972 -160p Nº67

I will try for the last time reading The Florians

So series I also have in pipeline on DAW

• Green Star Saga by Lin Carter (4 novels)
• Pierre Barbet duology (Games Psyborgs play & The enchanted planet)
• Neal Barret Jr (Aldair's 4 novels)
• Arthur H Landis (Camelot 4 novels)
• DAEDALUS mission (6 novels)
•  Birthgrave  by Tanith Lee (3 novels)
• Four-BEE by Tanith Lee (2 novels)

I have more than 130 DAW novels so..it's not a clean up per se.. it's just a trim down lol

Book Review: A Moon Full Of Stars - Jon Mollison

I finished this novel in three days.

It was nothing really amazing, it was not awful. It serve its purpose.

Basically this is a post apocalyptic novel set in a time that villages are being built and mutants roam the land. Here we follow Rome & Warsaw (hmmm) as they are hunting and as they are returning they see fire and their own people being killed and taken prisoner by mutated beings. So, this two, not so friends go on a quest to save their village. The one thing I would say it's positive is the interaction between those two people, looking at each others flaws and strengths and banding together to deal with new threat. We get to see a bit of the world, not that much, and then off to moon where they find a advanced civilization of surviving humans with psychic powers but everything else really lacking. Basically the human being was supplanted by society and individual needs supressed.

I thought that from this moment on was a bit lacking, sometimes really rushed and the conclusion even more rushed. The author really went overboard with the present putting he ribbon and everything else really tidy and neat. Basically deus ex-machina with new powers and kaput. The novel ended. This should have been more 50 or 100 pages explaining the trials, going as much as putting difficulties where there were barely none...

Book Review: The Fellowship of the Rings - JRR Tolkien

 hat an amazing novel. This is why fantasy is awesome. So beautiful written, so overwhelming beautiful. Words are meaningless describing the novel. IF you ask, will I Love it? Well, it will depend on your tastes. If you are expecting the same pace of LOTR the movie then no. You will hate. There are very few action scenes. So few you barely notice them. Slice of Life, Drama, character driven & landscape top tier.

There is a reason why it's the most loved novel or at least revered. Tolkien "invented" the genre. He didn't create fantasy but he made it available for everyone. He worked on his world for 60 years. He created languages, not random words, vocabularies with logic and such. There hasn't anyone that will ever go to it's steps. The pure dedication is without parallel. We are talking in a time fantasy/sci-fi was seen as a weak genre, a thing people did for gaining a quick buck. Tolkien created the genre, and thousands of authors were inspired on him. Even today...

Now about the story... well go watch the movie :) I kid you. There are better reviews here. It's about a quest, it's about a fellowship, it's about the world building, it's about honour and doing the right thing.

Book Review: Sourcery - Terry Pratchett

Reading a Discworld novel is like binge watching a comic series like red dwarf or any other british comic from the 80's. Every single thing is comedy. The problem for me is that it's too much and that times It's boring. I know remember why I only read one every few years lol And I Wanted to read one per month. Can't do it.

The other problem is that the comedy/humor is repetitive. Some are fun like,when flying saying I am of fear of the ground... don't know mean heights? no, the heights don't trouble me, the problem is falling and hitting the ground lol It's funny witty

Per example
Is anything bad happening to him?
It may be, he is dead.
I wish he wasn't
It is a view, I suspect, which he shares

I mean, it's good and you laugh but after 250 pages feel a bit repetitive. I will keep reading because I enjoy. I am just saying that watching one after the other is a bit too much.

This story is very cool, with Rincewind and get Conina and Nijel which is the daughter of Cohen the Barbarian (which features in a couple of other novels). You got Death and the four riders of apocalypse (albeit very very small appearance) which remind me of Good Omens. You got introduce, finally more about the unseen university which as a bit absent until now and to other parts outside of the capital city. This novel is the third of Rincewind and the writer even say you should start there.

Now about the story, basically you've got this sourcerer (the 8th son of the 8th son wizard to the square since the 8th son is always a wizard) and he wants the wizard to take over the world. And where we have Rincewind and his companions trying to thwart there. There is a lot to take in, specially in the end and I was a bit confused to be honest. It felt a bit rush the last 50 pages.

So overall a good novel with the caveat that the slapstick comedy sometimes is a bit too much.

If you don't know, there are 6 or 7 novels (rincewind, watch, death, witches, tiffany, ancient civilizations, moist von lipwig & industrial revolution. I am going through by publication but to be honest you can do how you want. Per example I prefer Death novels so far.

Book Review: Venus in the Blind Spot - Junji Ito

Here we go again. What can I say more about Junji Ito that has not been said before by better reviewers or by even me on other collections. To be honest it's not his best stuff. IF I Had a 10 star rating I would give this a 6. The problem being is that I am reading one per month. And if I had read this one first probably it would be on top - but I've seen so much by him to me this are meh. But If I would have to compare with other artists probably would be a better rating...

Fist of all, the cover is beautiful and if you remove the paper cover the hardcover is all black with grey and it's awesome. In the interior art also are part of stories within this. Very cool decision.

We've got 10 stories. The first one, Billions One is a very interesting horror story that has some criticism of how society involved and people are more isolated. 3,5 Stars

The Human chair is based on a japanese author and it's an amazing tale. Really enjoy. This guy really put horror in simple things like buying a chair. 4 star

An unearthly love is another tale of the same author of the human chair. I didn't enjoy as much but it's creepy. Do you even know who you are married to? Their inner thoughts? 3 stars

Venus in the blind spot started so interesting but then the finale came and didn't enjoyed as much. Either way good tale. 3 stars

The licking women... well well well... you are licked, you are dead. So cool story. Predictable. but good. 3 stars

Master Umezz and Me . Is this autobiographic story about Junji Ito journey to becoming the horror artist that he is? So cool.. If you don't know Umezz really exists.

How love came to see Professor Kirida - strange story and probably one of the weakest in my opinion.

The Enigma of Amigara Fault - This one is one of the weirdest ones that Junji has brought to us. Some strange holes are appearing in a mountain and they have the same form of people who are drawn to it.

The sad tale of the principal post - This story is short and so good. Why did this happen? Oh well

Keepstake - love... love is hard. When do you do, when your wife dies and you have toddler and a new wife? Well.. lets go. This one may offend some people - tough luck . It's good

Book Review: The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39) - Agatha Christie

I have to congratulate Agatha Christie and at the same time admonish her attitude regarding her most famous creation.

As you can see on the title, this is a Poirot book. Well then where is Poirot?

There is a crime and we are introduced to a bunch of characters making Colin Lamb & Inspector Hardcastle going door to door understand everything. At 200 pages (so 50% more or less) finally Colin Lamb introduce us Poirot who basically gives him a riddle and says go investigate yourself.

Lamb goes investigate and  Poirot comes back at page 370's  (Chapter 27) saying well, since you are idiots, here is the solution for the crime. Investigate further and see if everything checks out (it did)

Basically the purpose of Poirot, almost a god creature, he should be around what? He was born in the 1894 and at 60's so he was in his 70's. Yet he didn't even have to talk with no one, just by the transcript (word by word lol) conversation between the police and the people he finds out everything. 

He then comes in the end and saves the day.

Don't get me wrong. I enjoy the novel. I enjoy the plot, the crime, the investigation but this shows that most people are rather useless and only Poirot can really get everything. There is also interesting views of  Agatha Poirot of mystery writers. 

Overall, it was not hard and I must say I Was partly correct on the criminal. Don't going to spoil anything and although it was one of the easiest ones; Agatha throws us a curve ball that we had no way of knowing right until the end.

It's just a shame that Poirot was not there. She didn't want to write more Poirot novels, we all know that and this shows it. OH well, only more 4 novels to go.

16/52 Friday Update - Books Read; Currently Reading & TBR (and bought)

Another month is flying by but in terms of books is not that good. 
Finish 4 novels so far, two more at 50% plus another at 30%. So let us see If I get to finish 4 since next week I am going on vacations. 

Already Finish

1. The Fellowship of the Rings         530pp
2. Venus in the Blind Spot - Junji Ito    270pp
3. The Ignored - Bentley Little          423pp
4. Sourcery - Terry Pratchett             269pp

Ongoing

1. False Gods - Graham McNeil          213/406pp (51%)
2. The Great Hunt                           164/705pp
3. Liquid Fear - Scott Nicholson         40/266p
4. Children of Dune - Frank Herbert     119/406pp  (30%)
5. The Clocks - Agatha Christie           201/384p (51%)

TBR

1. Thanquol's Doom -  C L Werner 416p (last novel in the series)
2. Galaxy Flames - Ben Counter - 416p (ongoing series)
3. Annihilation Squad - Gav Thorpe - 412p  (last novel in the series)

IF I have the time (books from other months)

1. In the coils of the Labyrinth - David Annandale - 346p (ongoing series)
2. Ghoul - Brian Keene  341p
3. Sailor on the Seas of Fates - Michael Moorcock 128p (ongoing series)
4. Cannibal Creek - Jon Athan 200p
5. The Social Media Murders - Jon Athan 212p
6. Beasts in Velvet - Jack Yeovil - 286pp
7. Dark Water - Koji Suzuki 294pp
8. Og-Grim- Dog 2 - Jamie Edmundson - 142p
9. Og-Grim- Dog 3 - Jamie Edmundson . 138p
10. Og-Grim- Dog 4 - Jamie Edmundson - 154p
11. A Family of Violence - Jon Athan 189p
12. Panagaea Exiles - Jeff Brackett 207p
13. Day of Ascension - Adrian Tchaikovsky 199p
14. Sailor on the seas of fate - Michael Moorcock  128p

Bought

1. Krieg - Steve Lyons  233pp
2. Grombrindal - David Guymer 340pp
3. Valuable Humans in Transit and other Stories - qntm 101pp
4. Fine Structure - qntm    379pp
5. We Dream of Gods - Devin Madson 
6. Arks of Omen - Angron (2) 102p
7. Arks of Omen - Vashtorr (3) 95p
8. Ephrael Stern - The Heretic Saint - David Annadale 196p
9. The Bank - Bentley Little - 373p
10. The Consultant - Bentley Little - 477p
11. Huron Blackheart - Mike Brooks (Special Edition) 188p
12. Chthonia Reckoning - Anthology (Special Edition) 205p
13. Warboss Box Set - Mike Brooks 250p +  Grotboss' Manifesto 45p
14. Sisters of Battle Collection
1. Faith & Fire - James Swallow 317p
2. Hammer & Anvil - James Swallow 366p
15. The Triumph of Saint Katherine - Danie Ware - 194p
    
16. Hollow King - John French 283p
17. Until the Last - Mike Shackle 770p
18. Walking Alone - Bentley Little -  295p
19. Morning Star - Pierce Brown - 524p 
20. Golden Son - Pierce Brown - 448p
21. The Flock - J Todd Scott - 416p
22. The Handyman - Bentley Little - 339p
23. The Influence - Bentley Little - 412p 
24. Raised by a Killer - Sea Caummisar - 153p
    
    
25. Devastation of Baal (Limited Edition) - Guy Haley 370p
26. Astorath (Limited Edition) - Guy Haley 204p
27. Kal Jerico: Sinner's Bounty (Limited Edition) - Josh Reynolds 401p
28. Ragnar Blackmane (Limited Edition) - Aaron Dembski-Bowden 189p
29. The Last Volari - Gary Kloster -294p
30. Farsight (Arks of Omen) - 103p

Superman & Lois Season 3

 What the fuck?

Who wrote this? Who made this crap and thought this would be a good idea?

You've got children behaving crap to their parents and their parents even apologising.

After all you are not pregnant, you have stage 3 breast cancer. Is this medical confusion? I honestly don't know... but sure look like strange.

You've got a idiot woman with a deathly disease, and telling every single person about it (Some of them don't even understand on why - it looked like a breast cancer awareness session - sounded fake. I know it's important but this is fake as heck) and this woman instead of making treatments even screams to her husband for him being worried. 

Then you've got all white men are crap awful human beings (besides Clark family); you've got women in power saying that even when they are in power all is "rigged", you've got a black man saying he help the community whereas superman just is dowsing fires (WTF?) but he is a villain who is experimenting on superman blood and putting on other bad guys - who the heck is writing this?

Irons which was a interesting character is now an heartless idiot. 

This is awful... I can't really consider this woke or SJW. I consider this bad writing of people who didn't knew where to go so they probably got some bullet points and make stories that don't make sense around it. 

The all sub-plot about hitting the child when she was a crappy person lol Oh my god.  She didn't kill anyone for godsake. It's wrong BUT the emphasis they gave it sure looks like she molested or something like that.

Bah... why I am still watching it.

Book Review: There is no Antimemetics Division - qntm

Overall this is a great novel. It's confusing at times but it's awesome.

This novel is linked to SCP foundation project (it's basically a a non-official shared world with no marketing value but have countless writers and stories witin). Each SCP is mystery, something odd, a monster and problem to humanity and the Foundation work it out.

This novel deals with antimemetics and although they try to explain several times in the end I can't even understand fully. You have to read it to understand. BTw, the novel is divided in two parts, I prefer the first part. The second part is a bit confusing and I kept losing myself on what was happening. The main issue is the situation of memory loss, memory gain, then after all are fake memories and so so, and you keep failing to understand what is real or not.

I will buy more from this author. They are cheap books. this guy is not interested in money to publish. He wants the books out.

Book Review: Butcher Road - Jon Athan

3.5 half stars.

Jon Athan was a find this year and I've been reading one per month or so. So far I've read 4 of them

My favourite was without any discussion

5* The Abuse of Ashley Collins

4* Camp Blaze , Cannibal Jungle & Butcher Road (3.5*)

Some minor spoilers...

This started very interesting but a bit slow. A couple are going through a hilly billy road and of course you know what's coming to them. One interesting part, and annoying is that they knew some of the risks yet put themselves in harm way. Basically they find a car with a couple of people dead, but not being much help and trying to get to the police they move forward. After a couple of miles they find a guy and gave him a hitchride (what? dumb decision...) and then the plot goes from them. It's a mix of wrong turn and other hilly billy cannibal stuff.

Interesting parts? Well, the vast majority of movies are safe to be honest. They usually don't dwell much on the cannibal parts but here it went a bit further. Everything in their houses were made of bones, they had some woman as a breeding ground with some very disturbing descriptions and then the eating. I was eating at that time, had to stop to think about it lol

Overall was good, my main complains are the pace, the dumb decisions (although if this was a homage I would say spot on). and the somewhat easy ending - although I enjoy it it was a bit easy. Not going to spoil..

Book Review: The Dark Side of Red - Sam West

Another interesting novel by Sam West.

So what is the Dark Red - well go watch some information on red rooms on the dark web and all the depravity within, up tenfold and voila you've got the dark side of red.

This is step up on the previous novel I've read by her and it was good. I've read in one day so that's something.

In this novel, you follow several characters, to be honest this could have divided in two short novellas. The first you got this hairdresser that for no appearing reasoning is kidnapped and put on some stuff that will make you think humanity should just die. The second part we follow a reporter as she investigates the dark red, but as she founds out you don't find the dark red, the dark red finds you.

Some Spoilers Ahead/rant? skip to the other bold statement

I didn't enjoy the all the all satanic / hell stuff... Humanity is not evil or good. We are what we are. Why the need to included satan/demon stuff? Are we so corruptible that need some higher intervention to do depictable things to one another? Unfortunately I don't think so... In war humanity do awful things, after all it's stressful upon stressful situation. You are fighting for your life and maybe it's a escapee. Now a person, in a normal country committing a crime like rape or killing, probably that person has problems in the head OR they are evil. Even killing you can find justifications, like oh he killed my wife and so on.. (that's why you have degrees of murder). But per example rape? What's the justification? go pay a hooker if you wanna have sex, some people like fetishes. Find those people. But rape for rape? There is no justification and no forgiving. (again, everything must be investigated and so on, no public square lynch mob)

It is my believe that some people tend to do the "good", some tend to "evil. But the vast vast majority, follows the rules, laws and society. That doesn't mean that they don't have some fetiche, some hidden evil thoughts but for the most part they are goodish. If you would ask 100 people from different backgrounds/races/cultures, would you be able to kill someone (without any context) I bet the vast majority would say no. But if you put some context like you would do it for your son/daughter OR even better for yourself. I bet the answer would change and yo would get half/half. BUT if you put that same person in a stressful situation which she/he would have to choose with a gun I bet the vast majority would fire against the stranger. That's not evil. That's human condition.

Another thing I've see is some criticism and the all feminism/man are more evil and crap. When are these stuff going to end? Do you think males are more proponent to evil than the woman? LOL if you think that, good luck on your relations. If you ask males are more proponent into doing phyisical harm, yes. Psychological? I highly doubt it. Sam West said that she was "attacked" of not being feminist and doing awful things (and making woman do awful things) to woman and by woman. Sam also said she is a feminism. What a comic situation. What is a feminist? I don't even know nowdays. Women can do awful/evil things. Men can do awful/evil things. Women/men can be the source & recipient of awful/evil things.

end of rant

Either way, I enjoy the novel, thought that at some times you have a writer than is going one way then went another altogether. The same with politics, his two female characters are distrustful of men, they think they are evil (one even says so) but in the end the evil guy says, well we are mostly man BECAUSE... and he explains why. You should read to understand. And I saw/understood the reason. I will buy more of her books. They are short. They are entertaining and good to read inbetween more dense novels (fantasy per example). If I Had to give a rating I would give 7.5/10. That ending/justification of the evil stuff .. meh.

15/52 Friday Update - Books Read; Currently Reading & TBR (and bought)

 I just finished the first novel of the month - the Fellowship of the Rings... I usually like to read two to three novels at the same time. Per example, one horror, one sci-fi and one fantasy or thriller or something like that. 

Already Finish

1. The Fellowship of the Rings         530pp
2. Venus in the Blind Spot - Junji Ito    270pp
3. The Ignored - Bentley Little          423pp

Ongoing

1. False Gods - Graham McNeil          170/406pp
2. The Great Hunt                           164/705pp
3. Liquid Fear - Scott Nicholson         40/266p
4. Children of Dune - Frank Herbert     44/406pp
5. Sourcery - Terry Pratchett             43/269pp

TBR

1. Thanquol's Doom -  C L Werner 416p (last novel in the series)
2. The Clocks - Agatha Christie 384p (ongoing series)
3. Galaxy Flames - Ben Counter - 416p (ongoing series)
4. Annihilation Squad - Gav Thorpe - 412p  (last novel in the series)

IF I have the time (books from other months)

1. In the coils of the Labyrinth - David Annandale - 346p (ongoing series)
2. Ghoul - Brian Keene  341p
3. Sailor on the Seas of Fates - Michael Moorcock 128p (ongoing series)
4. Cannibal Creek - Jon Athan 200p
5. The Social Media Murders - Jon Athan 212p
6. Beasts in Velvet - Jack Yeovil - 286pp
7. Dark Water - Koji Suzuki 294pp
8. Og-Grim- Dog 2 - Jamie Edmundson - 142p
9. Og-Grim- Dog 3 - Jamie Edmundson . 138p
10. Og-Grim- Dog 4 - Jamie Edmundson - 154p
11. A Family of Violence - Jon Athan 189p
12. Panagaea Exiles - Jeff Brackett 207p
13. Day of Ascension - Adrian Tchaikovsky 199p
14. Sailor on the seas of fate - Michael Moorcock  128p

Bought

1. Krieg - Steve Lyons  233pp
2. Grombrindal - David Guymer 340pp
3. Valuable Humans in Transit and other Stories - qntm 101pp
4. Fine Structure - qntm    379pp
5. We Dream of Gods - Devin Madson 
6. Arks of Omen - Angron (2) 102p
7. Arks of Omen - Vashtorr (3) 95p
8. Ephrael Stern - The Heretic Saint - David Annadale 196p
9. The Bank - Bentley Little - 373p
10. The Consultant - Bentley Little - 477p
11. Huron Blackheart - Mike Brooks (Special Edition) 188p
12. Chthonia Reckoning - Anthology (Special Edition) 205p
    
13. Warboss Box Set - Mike Brooks 250p +  Grotboss' Manifesto 45p
14. Sisters of Battle Collection
1. Faith & Fire - James Swallow 317p
2. Hammer & Anvil - James Swallow 366p
15. The Triumph of Saint Katherine - Danie Ware - 194p
    
    
    I traded these four novels for The End and the Death Limited Edition. 

Book Review: The Ignored - Bentley Little

This is my 12th book I've read of Bentley Little. I've been enjoying a lot and he is one of my favourite horror writers. I've got all of this novels, I am buying the last two published by Cemetary Dance, unfortunately they are so expensive.

So as you can see, basically his novels are usually "The" and then something. And it's weird situations of normal stuff. What's so strange about the mailman? What's so strange about a housing association? Or a resort in the middle of nowhere? Or even the "store". Well.. it doesn't seem nothing is wrong until you read it.

He gives life and makes stuff weird of the normal stuff. My favourite of him, counting with this are the Association , The Collection, The mailman, the Store, Dispatch and now this one is 4 stars as well.

Basically Bentley little wrote this novel back in 1997 and he tackles a lot of stuff, including what men are going through nowadays of isolating themselves (I don't know the term) but in the beginning sure look something like that. People who are ignored and unloved they turn invisible then do awful things. Then Little being the writer he is gave it a couple of twists and it was something else.

Bentley really nails how people who feel ignored by the main groups and sometimes do stuff they don't want to fit it. That's one topic. The other topic is the endless drones we are working in offices, working to gain money but never really fitting in. Never really understanding what they do in the companies. I Work in a bank, now for 5 years, and this is so true that I know what I do in the systems but have no knowledge of the impacts or what does it mean in great scheme of things.

I see some people complaining about it dragged and it did. At times I Think the book could have been 100 pages less. BUT after arriving at the 150/200 page I read the remaining 200 pages in one go. Did I enjoy?

Some spoilers

I Didn't enjoy the ending, the mythos, the magic and so on... I would have preferred to have a a sociological pathology almost of people being so alien of the community that start disappearing. I would have enjoy more if that was the case. The value we as individual give ourselves to live in society. But then Great God Pan stuff was a bit contrived... (don't know if that's the word I Wanted to say).

End of spoilers

So, is it a good story? Yes.

Is it a horror stuff? No. It's not pure horror. It's more thriller, it's more creeping, psychological stuff but not Horror as he other novels like mailman or the Summoning. It's more like The Store & The Association. Yes I would and will flag as horror but don't expect scary stuff or so..

IT's a nice tale, not my favorite of him and not my first recommendation. For now that will be The Association. (I am re-reading the Resort)

14/52 Friday Update - Books Read; Currently Reading & TBR (and bought)

I just finished the first novel of the month - the Fellowship of the Rings... I usually like to read two to three novels at the same time. Per example, one horror, one sci-fi and one fantasy or thriller or something like that. 

Already Finish

1. The Fellowship of the Rings         530pp

Ongoing

1. False Gods - Graham McNeil          170/406pp
2. The Great Hunt                           164/705pp
3. Liquid Fear - Scott Nicholson         40/266p
4. Children of Dune - Frank Herbert     44/406pp
5. Sourcery - Terry Pratchett             43/269pp
6. The Ignored - Bentley Little          196/423pp
7. Venus in the Blind Spot - Junji Ito    75/270pp

TBR

1. Thanquol's Doom -  C L Werner 416p (last novel in the series)
2. The Clocks - Agatha Christie 384p (ongoing series)
3. Galaxy Flames - Ben Counter - 416p (ongoing series)
4. Annihilation Squad - Gav Thorpe - 412p  (last novel in the series)

IF I have the time (books from other months)

1. In the coils of the Labyrinth - David Annandale - 346p (ongoing series)
2. Ghoul - Brian Keene  341p
3. Sailor on the Seas of Fates - Michael Moorcock 128p (ongoing series)
4. Cannibal Creek - Jon Athan 200p
5. The Social Media Murders - Jon Athan 212p
6. Beasts in Velvet - Jack Yeovil - 286pp
7. Dark Water - Koji Suzuki 294pp
8. Og-Grim- Dog 2 - Jamie Edmundson - 142p
9. Og-Grim- Dog 3 - Jamie Edmundson . 138p
10. Og-Grim- Dog 4 - Jamie Edmundson - 154p
11. A Family of Violence - Jon Athan 189p
12. Panagaea Exiles - Jeff Brackett 207p
13. Day of Ascension - Adrian Tchaikovsky 199p
14. Sailor on the seas of fate - Michael Moorcock  128p

Bought

1. Krieg - Steve Lyons  233pp
2. Grombrindal - David Guymer 340pp
3. Valuable Humans in Transit and other Stories - qntm 101pp
4. Fine Structure - qntm    379pp
5. We Dream of Gods - Devin Madson (didn't take a photo lol)

TBR Month April....

 This week I have some interesting goals... not the end more books than I can handle.

• The Fellowship of the Ring (To finish)
• False Gods (To finish)
• Liquid Fear (To finish)

TBR

1. Thanquol's Doom -  C L Werner 416p (last novel in the series)
2. The Ignored -  Bentley Little 425p
3. The Clocks - Agatha Christie 384p (ongoing series)
4. Children of Dune - Frank Herbert  408p (ongoing series)
5. Galaxy Flames - Ben Counter - 416p (ongoing series)
6. Annihilation Squad - Gav Thorpe - 412p  (last novel in the series)
7. Sourcery - Terry Pratchett - 270p (ongoing series)

Other books I may end swapping...

• In the coils of the Labyrinth - David Annadale - 346p (ongoing series)
• Ghoul - Brian Keene  341p
• Sailor on the Seas of Fates - Michael Moorcock 128p (ongoing series)
• Cannibal Creek - Jon Athan 200p
• The Social Media Murders - Jon Athan 212p
• Venus in the Blind Spot - Junji Ito 258p