Just finished Final Girls, by Riley Sager it was a fun little horror/thriller, was able to finish it in a couple days. And after years of recommendations I read Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson loved it and am looking forward to reading the rest of the trilogy. Just started The Deep, by Nick Cutter and Gone South, by Robert R. McCammon

Finishing up Words of Radiance, by Brandon Sanderson. Absolutely phenomenal. The guy is great at world building and character development.

About to start The Deep, by Nick Cutter

Finished The Deep, by Nick Cutter which I've already ranted about a few times on r/books so I'm not going to bother ranting again. (Book was total shit, FYI)

I also finished The Shining, by Stephen King this weekend which I rather enjoyed. It's been on my to-read list for a while because I enjoyed the movie so much and enjoyed it's sequel, Dr. Sleep earlier this year.

Lot of fun, although, it's hard to picture the Torrance family anyway besides the actors that portrayed them.

Finished: The Deep by Nick Cutter God damn what a fantastic book. Holy shit. It took a little bit to get going, but by the end I could barely put it down. I'm not one to be scared by books, but at one point while I was reading this my phone buzzed from a text and I straight up jumped and squeaked and nearly dropped the book. And it also made me cry. Between this and The Troop, Cutter has risen up to New Favorite Author status, and I already have his other book Little Heaven on my shelf waiting to be read. A+++. Can't praise it enough.

Started: The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey I like this one, although I think that "Hungries" is the dumbest name I've ever heard for zombies. Still don't get why it's A Thing for authors to come up with silly names instead of just calling them zombies, but whatever. It's a good book, and I'm about 60% through and haven't felt like it's dragged at any point. It's not super engrossing and I'm not pulled deep into the world, but after The Deep I needed something...I dunno if "fluffy" is the right word for this one, but not as intense. It's relatively light reading, but still a good story.

This was a bad week for books :(

Started and put down:

The Cellar by Richard Laymon I just didn't like this one. I can't really put my finger on WHY I didn't like it, but nothing in it grabbed me. I kept finding my attention wandering back to my phone while I read this, not a good sign, so no thanks

Amityville Horror by Jay Anson Seen the movie a thousand times, figured why not. Holy shit this is a badly written book. It was the exclamation points that killed me. It felt like the literary equivalent to loud violin strings in horror movies, making sure that you didn't miss this spooky thing that just happened it's so spooky did you see it!!!!

The Devil's Highway by Gregory Norminton I just couldn't get past the post-apocalyptic parts. I get where he was going with the changes to grammar and all that, to put us in the mind of these feral kids running around, but it was distracting as hell for me. I might give this one another go, but I think that because I already had two failed books this week I was too annoyed to push past it, which might not be fair to this book. I'll come back to it later, just couldn't deal today.

Started and will finish:

The Deep by Nick Cutter Went for the safe bet. Correct choice was made. This one started a little slow, but now that I'm halfway into it we're really rocking and rolling. It's nowhere near as tight as The Troop, but he's doing a really good job of helping you feel like everything is just slightly off, the angles just a bit wrong, and then letting that spiral out to get worse and worse. Having a hard time putting this one down!

I finished

Hail to the Chin by Bruce Campbell

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick

Welcome to Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut

I started and/or continue to read

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

The Deep by Nick Cutter

Last week I finished The Deep, by Nick Cutter which I didn't enjoy as much as The Troop which he also wrote.

I also started and finished Mygale, by Thierry Jonquet which I quite enjoyed. I knew the gist of the story before I read it and I was expecting it to be more gory but it wasn't too bad at all. It was adapted into the film The Skin I Live In which I haven't seen but will watch if it comes on TV.

Then I started The Sellout, by Paul Beatty which I wasn't sure I would like but gave it a go as it was in the library. I am enjoying it so far and I do find it funny. There are lots of references to American culture which go over my head (I'm from UK) so I have to Google a few things. I enjoy Googling things whilst reading as it means I am learning but when it gets too frequent it gets annoying.

In addition the copy of the book I borrowed is high quality compared with a lot of other paperbacks I read which often feel like they are about to fall apart after one read. This makes it a pleasure to read.

Nearly forgot to say I also started Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan (a graphic novel) as my Goodreads friend rated highly and my library has the whole collection. Not got far into it but it's good so far.

The Deep, by Nick Cutter

First one for me by this author. The first 25% or so was excellent, the author built up the suspense with his descriptions of a world troubled by a plague that causes people to forget everything. The MC travels to a deep sea laboratory where a cure is being researched and unfortunately the book just fell apart. Very little made sense, bizarre character decisions, lengthy flashbacks with little relevance to the plot and an ending that just seemed to exist solely to finish the book. Shame because for the first couple of hours I was thinking it was the best horror I've read in a good while.

I'm in the middle of a few books right now,

Hail to the Chin by Bruce Campbell

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

The Deep by Nick Cutter

Finishing up The Deep, by Nick Cutter

Finished The Silver Locusts, by Ray Bradbury which is an earlier version of The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury. It is a series of short stories which are linked to the colonisation of Mars by humans. I enjoyed it and most the stories had an Outer Limits style twist. My copy of the book was published in 1963 and it helped add to the old-school sci-fi atmosphere.

I just started The Deep, by Nick Cutter and about 80 pages in. I read The Troop by Nick Cutter and enjoyed it so thought I would give The Deep a try.

Slow progress on reading last week. I expect to finish The Deep, by Nick Cutter tonight and I will start House of Leaves, by Mark Z. Danielewski.

My copy of House of Leaves is bulky so I do not expect to read it on my commute so I will also pick up another book. Either Mygale, by Thierry Jonquet or We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson.

Last week I finished The Deep, by Nick Cutter which I didn't enjoy as much as The Troop which he also wrote.

I also started and finished Mygale, by Thierry Jonquet which I quite enjoyed. I knew the gist of the story before I read it and I was expecting it to be more gory but it wasn't too bad at all. It was adapted into the film The Skin I Live In which I haven't seen but will watch if it comes on TV.

Then I started The Sellout, by Paul Beatty which I wasn't sure I would like but gave it a go as it was in the library. I am enjoying it so far and I do find it funny. There are lots of references to American culture which go over my head (I'm from UK) so I have to Google a few things. I enjoy Googling things whilst reading as it means I am learning but when it gets too frequent it gets annoying.

In addition the copy of the book I borrowed is high quality compared with a lot of other paperbacks I read which often feel like they are about to fall apart after one read. This makes it a pleasure to read.

Nearly forgot to say I also started Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan (a graphic novel) as my Goodreads friend rated highly and my library has the whole collection. Not got far into it but it's good so far.