I seem to make a lot of crass confessions on here, so why stop now? For someone who listens to a lot of audiobooks (or maybe because), I hardly ever listen to podcasts. When I saw this book on the shelves at my library, I knew nothing about it, only finding out about the podcast by reading the blurb on […]
Wrath of N’Kai by Josh Reynolds
One of my last ARCs from Netgalley, for reasons only beknownst to me. As per usual, all opinions are my own, although I can’t guarantee that since my recent COVID vaccination. Anyway… Who doesn’t love a bit of Lovecraftian writing? Yeah, well what would you know? I digress. This is a new entry into the Arkham Horror series by the […]
If It Bleeds by Stephen King
I have come to the conclusion over the last year or so that the so-called sub-genre of Weird Fiction has been hiding in the shadows for too long and many square books have been hammered into the round genres of horror, fantasy and so forth. While enough hammering will get said book into said hole, it never quite fits. To […]
The Factory by Hiroko Omyamada
Format: PaperbackObtained from: Library (support your public library people)Print length: 116 pagesPublisher: New Direction BooksISBN: 9780811228855Translated by: David Boyd Fact #1 – I have never read a Japanese book before, Sure I can’t speak or read Japanese, but I don’t believe I’ve ever read a book that was written in Japanese and then translated. I’ve certainly read books set in […]