@sewcraftyme sent me this. She has posted before about Ike; He’s an author that writes horror/thriller books from Maine.
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I just finished “A Little Hatred” the 7th book in the First Law World, and the beginning of the “Age of Madness” Trilogy.
All I can say about this book is it is absolutely phenomenal, it completely nails the atmosphere that was mastered in the original trilogy, which is currently my 3 favorite books of all time. This introduction to the new trilogy excites me greatly for the next 2 books, especially since I’ve heard they do nothing but get better.
It goes without saying that I highly recommend the First Law World books to anyone who is interested in grimdark fantasy. And if you are going to begin the series, I recommend not reading the description of “A Little Hatred” as it will massively spoil some important events of the original trilogy.
This is where I say to @Glider, that going through the 2 remaining First Law World standalone books, (that is if you haven’t read them already), is very much worth it to get to this trilogy. The 2 standalones, “The Heroes” and “Red Country” were actually very good, and I would recommend them even without the reward of the new trilogy. (BTW, I would not recommend reading the description of “Red Country” because I believe it spoils something in the book that could be a fun little reveal.)
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In other news, Brandon Sanderson has started the 5th book in the Stormlight Archives. I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve been waiting a long time for this, and even though it’s still over a year and a half away from being done, I’m super stoked just to know that it’s in the making.
Meep. Been trying to shift my local library books. Being me, I saw this and couldn’t resist:
Death takes the Cake by Melinda Wells. Seems part of a series, but fine as a standalone story.
Also meep! Glad I can read it for free. In any case, the writing is good, the characters natural, and amen to the dialogue not being awful. It’s a whodunit and I’m halfway through.
Protagonist is a widow, formerly a policeman’s wife. Instead of teaching at a cooking school, she now hosts a cable network show. Within the support cast there is: a college enemy of 25 years prior, an Italian reporter, her best friends, a standard poodle called Tuffy and a good natured sort of boss. Della and 4 other contestants are participants in a cake competition and it’s not just the cake mix’s awful flavour that will be the death of someone.
I love mysteries where everyone is sus. I hate to see the “twist” coming. Recommended for light reading (pre seeing the ending, heh).
PS: Sad meep. Day didn’t go as planned, but this book kept me good company on the bus and at the bus stop (and made me miss a bus, lol).
Thanks, I’ll think about giving them another try. Though I’m not sure how it goes.
So yeah, I’ll may be give them another try later, and your post upped their chances but I’m not holding my breath.
I feel like I’ve been waiting forever for this book to arrive:
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The baby horse is getting bigger very quickly.
Aw… such a cute horse.
The cozy mystery I was reading - so good, but then wrapped up the mystery kinda awkwardly. There was only one person to suspect and the killer’s motive and way of going about his so called revenge was roundabout to say the least. Sigh.
I own all of Helen’s books and enjoy them. She’s a good author and this is a good deal.
UK Horror writer who is recovering from Covid - he was vaccinated & says it was like a cold has this to offer:
The Apocalypse Library is only 99c/99p. That’s 10 books for a buck. Cheap as chips. Here’s the link: https://amzn.to/3p96yP4
He also has this great deal:
The complete Hell on Earth boxset is also 99c/99p. That’s all 6 books for a buck! Here’s the link: https://amzn.to/3HesY87
I own all of his books and love them but then I’m a huge horror fan.
Go forth and read if you’re so inclined.
Ila in Maine
I’ll let you judge, I don’t read a lot of James Patterson except for Alex Cross, just not enough time.
Here is the description of the set from Amazon:
Mankind’s extinction is about to begin… When bizarre, immovable black stones appear across the globe, the world’s best scientists are baffled. Where did they come from? What is their purpose? When the stones begin to ‘wake up’ the answers are worse than anyone could have ever imagined. As global anarchy erupts, US Coast Guard Guy Granger sets off on a desperate journey across the Atlantic to find his children. Elsewhere, Mina Magar is a journalist forced to photograph horrors she can barely believe, while fading pop star Rick Bastion is forced to fight for his survival despite wishing he was dead. When the enemy finally reveals itself, all seems lost. An apocalyptic saga inspired by such works as Stephen King’s the Stand, Brian Keene’s the Rising, and Max Brook’s World War Z.
Hm. Sounds very similar, with a different starting point for why things went south with the fluffy animals. Maybe unique enough to read? Not sure.
(Polar bears are fluffy, I say)
I liked The Stand but saw the semi lame series - betting the book was better “ish”. Don’t know the other two at all.
Zoo is also a Netflix series, but they killed my fav. character. It takes “creative license” with the story too.
RE: Animal Kingdom
I struggled to read the whole thing. The writing, if it was a comic book guide, would have still been lacking in pulling the reader into the world and imagining the events unfolding.
The characterization was inconsistent. The switch to the villain among the survivors was wasted pages. His actions told me what kind of person he was without having his every awful thought in words. Yuck.
The only survivors were the son and father that started the story. Didn’t know the kid, couldn’t understand the dad.
Review from Amaxon reader:
Big fan of this author. Love his twisted writing. This book not so much. No real surprises or OMG moments. Dull for the most part. The premise behind it is solid but delivery not so much. Rambles on when explanations could be given for WHY the animals did this.
In bright note:: someone I know has published a shiny fantasy book.
Recommending a book, new published, that I read a good bit of in beta/progress:
Read it while in progress, but not since finished. Sure it will still be great.
#Free Book Blood Ghost by Bestselling Author @ikehamill
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I do suggest subscribing to the newsletter - he sends only one mailing per week - on Sunday with an offer of a free book and a story from Maine.
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I am not getting notifications from this site anymore when someone sends me a message as I used to do. I don’t know why as I haven’t changed anything on my end. If anyone has sent me a message and I haven’t replied to you I promise I’m not ignoring you.
Ila in Maine
