Finally finished The Terror, by Dan Simmons. It had it's ups and downs, but overall I enjoyed it. I'd been hearing about The Hyperion Cantos for years but didn't realize it was the same author until recently. Might try that out soon.

Also about halfway through Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge and enjoying that as well. Will hopefully finish up this week. For my obligatory audiobook listen, I am a little over halfway through Monsters of Men, by Patrick Ness.

I finished My Best Friend’s Exorcism, by Grady Hendrix. Really liked it overall. Fun and spooky, though I feel that it didn’t reach its full potential.

I’m now reading Let The Right One In, by John Ajvide Lindqvist. I haven’t gotten as far through this as I would have liked over the weekend, but I’m around 35% through. It’s so freaking dark. Saying I’m enjoying it isn’t quite accurate, because so far it’s been pretty depressing and bleak, but it has been a great read so far.

Next up in the Spooktober list is either Pet Semetary, by Stephen King or The Terror, by Dan Simmons. I haven’t decided yet, but would like to get both read by the end of the month.

Started reading The Terror, by Dan Simmons
I’m only 60ish, maybe 70ish pages in since I started last night but I’m really liking the parts with descriptions of the ship and how it’s built the best. I feel like he’s slowly building the suspense and i am hooked already.

I forgot to post last week so I have 2 weeks worth of stuff today.

I finished NOS4R2, by Joe Hill. Overall I enjoyed this, but it wasn't as scary as I had hoped it would be.

I read The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell. I really liked this short story. I'd definitely be interested in reading similar stories.

I read American War, by Omar El Akkad. Overall a good read. I can understand why some people struggled with parts of this, especially the timeline of world powers completely shifting.

I read The Penguin Lessons, by Tom Michell and absolutely adored it. I'd recommend this to anyone.

Finally, I started reading The Terror, by Dan Simmons. I'm only about 10% of the way through this so far but I'm finding it very interesting.

Finished up Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman. Predictable but enjoyable. Still working my way through Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell. It's interesting but not something I can binge on.

Also began The Terror, by Dan Simmons but I just started and it's too soon to give any sort of opinion. The audiobook of IT, by Stephen King has me riveted though. For such a long audiobook I am just blowing through it.

This week I picked up Simon VS. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, by Becky Albertelli and read through it in a day. It was such a fun and modern take on the teenage experience. The movie was cute too. Also started and finished Brooklyn, by Colm Tóibín. The book was okay, but I must say that for once I definitely prefer the movie.

Still reading The Terror, by Dan Simmons. It's good but I'm not reading it super quickly. Still making my way through Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell too. Should be finishing that one up within the week.

IT, by Stephen King on audio is still moving quickly for a 30+ hour listen. Should finish in a couple days.

I finished Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson for the second time. I still like it a lot, but, the first book is now back to being my favorite in the series so far.

I am still plugging away at The Terror by Dan Simmons and I'm about a fourth of the way through it right now. I really like what I've read so far and I'm hoping it continues to hold up. The book is massive.

I also started Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror by Victor Sebestyen and have made good progress in it. So far I'm enjoying it and I've been in the mood for a biographical book lately so it is really scratching that itch.

The Terror, by Dan Simmons

I just finished it. It was really good but definitely not what I was expecting. If you like fictionalized retellings of British Royal Navy ships getting stuck in the Arctic circle in the 1800s and how they try to survive on depleating resources while also being stalked by some unknown creature in the ice, check it out!

The Terror, by Dan Simmons

I finished The Terror by Dan Simmons and, I hate to say it, but I was really disappointed. I feel like all the pieces to a great story were there, they just weren't utilized in a way that made them into a great story.

I also finished Babylon's Ashes by James S. A. Corey. It picked up toward the end of the book, but I think this was, by far, the weakest book in the series thus far. I am excited to get going on the next book as I think it's going to be much better.

I started and finished The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson. Wow. Sanderson has blown me away once again. He is a very talented writer. One thing that really stuck out to me in this book was that the main character, Wan ShaiLu, is quite similar to Shallan in the Stormlight Archive series. I wish that Wan ShaiLu could take Shallan's place as I much prefer her to Shallan.

I also started and finished Last Days by Brian Evenson. This was the first book I'd read from Evenson and I was hooked immediately. What a rollercoaster of a story. It was dark, unsettling, and left me satisfied at the ending. I'm looking forward to reading more of Evenson's work in the future.

I started two other books: Podkin One-Ear by Kieran Larwood and Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator by Oleg V. Khlevniuk. I'm at varying stages of completion for both of them, but I'm confident I'll be able to finish them by the end of this week.

Finished The Terror, by Dan Simmons really enjoyed this! I read a comment saying that you could see it as a prequel to The Thing, which put a really interesting spin on the story for me!

Now reading Daisy Jones and The Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid LOVING THIS! I’m a big Fleetwood Mac fan and it makes me think of them. Trying to read it slowly to savour it lol! And there is a companion playlist on Spotify which is great!

Today, I should be finishing up I Am not a Serial Killer, by Dan Wells. Not thrilled with it, but it's not the worst book I've ever read.

In the next few days I need to finish listening to The Terror, by Dan Simmons, because the library is going to take it back. So, lots of listening and half working at work the next two days, but most everyone is gone so it should be fine. I'm enjoying the book, it's just really long. It definitely leans more towards historical fiction with horror elements than horror with historical fiction elements. Some people might hate that balance.

Reading The Terror by Dan Simmons. About a third of the way through it and it is getting very intense! I saw it recommended multiple times here and it is amazing!

The Terror, by Dan Simmons

A huge subreddit favourite, this one. It's a mixture of great expedition -trying to find the North-West Passage- and a good old monster story.

The Terror, by Dan Simmons. I'm about a fifth of the way through it. I find Simmons' tendency to detail to be a little tiring, but it's often a fantastic read. The cast of characters are well drawn, the world is claustrophobic and intoxicating, and the supernatural element is both mysterious and subtle. I'm really enjoying it.

The Terror, by Dan Simmons

I’ve enjoyed it so far. It can be tedious at times, but overall it has been an interesting read.

Just finished The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins last night. Haven't decided yet but will probably read either Coldheart Canyon, by Clive Barker or The Terror, by Dan Simmons next

Just getting started on I Am Not a Serial Killer, by Dan Wells. So far (3 chapters in), not great. I can see the appeal for someone in high school / middle school, but it doesn't hold up well for someone later in life. John (main character) comes across as a typical angsty teenager, is snarky to the point of constant annoyance, is a super special misunderstood snowflake, you know the one. He's also supposed to be a sociopath but he doesn't really fit the criteria.

I'm also listening to The Terror, by Dan Simmons. I didn't do my research ahead of time and didn't realize this was a historical-fiction + horror novel, or that it's 28 hours long (I usually aim for shorter audiobooks). The horror bits haven't been all that interesting so far. Intriguing in a mild sort of way, but not attention capturing. The historical-fiction bits on the other hand have been fairly interesting.

I finished Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror by Victor Sebestyen. It was alright. The book was well written and I learned a lot about a period of history I didn't know much about beforehand.

I'm about 3/4 of the way through The Terror by Dan Simmons. It's been good. I do feel like the book could have been several hundred pages shorter already. Some parts of the book seem completely unnecessary and, in my opinion, really bog down the story.

I also started, and am now almost finished with Babylon's Ashes by James S. A. Corey. I've really enjoyed The Expanse series up to this point. This is the first book in the series that has felt like mostly filler to me. I've had a hard time getting into and staying into it, but I'm pushing through. I'm sure the next one is going to be exciting enough to make up for it.

The Terror, by Dan Simmons started this week, enjoying it so far! Watched the tv show when it came out, it’s definitely helping me keep track of the characters as I can already ‘see’ what they look like, iykwim?

Never Greener, by Ruth Jones read this in one sitting yesterday, really enjoyed it!! Would recommend!

The Good Daughter, by Karin Slaughter really enjoyed this - haven’t read any Karin Slaughter for a few years and remembering why I liked her books so much! Read Pieces of Her recently too and it was good!

Also working my way through Lonesome Dove, but a few of my library holds have come in so I’ve had to re-prioritise!

I'm about to finish The Terror, by Dan Simmons.

This is the first Dan Simmons I have read since Ilium/Olympus, and earlier the Hyperion Cantos. It's a fairly well-wrought historical fiction about the ill-fated 1845 expedition of Sir John Franklin, although with some Dan Simmons-ish horror elements added. It's dark and gritty and a pretty good read.

Into the Drowning Deep, by Mira Grant

I'm still not sure how I feel about the man-eating mermaids being confirmed in the first few pages. There are other interesting mysteries to explore: the biology of the mermaids, the history of the mermaids, who exactly is behind the new expedition, and (of course) who is going to die.

The Terror, by Dan Simmons

I wasn't quite prepared for how long this audiobook is, but I'm hoping I'll finish before I have to return it to the library. The monster has been alluded to already and we've gotten a few flashbacks to it taking men and seen some evidence of its presence. There are other flashbacks to what life was like leading up to the expedition. I can see this being very polarizing (like all the whaling knowledge in Moby Dick). I'm enjoying it so far, but we'll see if it breaks up the pacing too much.

i finished Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell, which was a fun take on Shakespeare, and i thought it had a beautiful ending, an homage to his plays. got another copy of The Terror by Dan Simmons so started that up again where i had left off a few hours in (audiobooks).

I finished The Terror by Dan Simmons. It was pretty good! Much different than the AMC series. I don't think that one is better than the other, they were both excellent, just had a different focus.

I'm going to start American War by Omar El Akkad

I'm almost done with my second time through Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive books. I'm almost to the end of Oathbringer again and expect to finish it before the end of this week. I've really enjoyed the series and have gained a lot of new insight into the plot and the characters on my second time around.

I also just started The Terror by Dan Simmons. I've been meaning to read it for a while, so I picked the coldest time of the year to start it which maybe wasn't the best idea considering the setting of the book. I'm not very far into it, but I'm intrigued by what I have read thus far.

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Finished The Terror, by Dan Simmons I enjoyed the vast majority of the book. The ending, while still enjoyable, went on a little too long for my taste. It did not ruin the book though! Just a bit too long.

Started The Road, by Cormac McCarthy It's my first McCarthy novel. I'm excited to crack the book open.

Finished The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, by Stephen Brusatte, and Nature, by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Started (finally!) The Terror, by Dan Simmons :D

Just got back from a big road trip during which I listened to the audiobooks almost the whole time driving. I listened to all of Firestarter, by Stephen King and about two thirds of The Terror, by Dan Simmons. I also did a little light actual reading when not driving from Men Without Women, by Haruki Murakami. I greatly enjoyed what I've gotten from all three.

The Terror, by Dan Simmons - was god-damned sad & beautiful!

Finished: The Terror, by Dan Simmons