52/52: Summerwater, by Sarah Moss
February 7, 2021 10:08 am Comments Off on 52/52: Summerwater, by Sarah MossA novella focused on one rainy, boring day at a Scottish holiday park, with each chapter centered in each cabin.... View Article
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52/52: Folk Horror, by Adam Scovell
February 3, 2021 6:50 pm Comments Off on 52/52: Folk Horror, by Adam ScovellAn important book, but not—by my lights—a good book. Important because Scovell defined the Folk Horror Chain theory that underscores... View Article
52/52: BPRD: Plague of Frogs, Vol. 2, by Mike Mignola et al
February 1, 2021 8:06 pm Comments Off on 52/52: BPRD: Plague of Frogs, Vol. 2, by Mike Mignola et alThe second omnibus collection of early BPRD stories really gains speed with the introduction of The Black Flame. The War... View Article
52/52: At the Mountains of Madness, Vol. 2, by Gou Tanabe
January 25, 2021 10:27 am Comments Off on 52/52: At the Mountains of Madness, Vol. 2, by Gou TanabeThe second part of Tanabe’s adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s only novel. A propulsive, engaging conclusion that’s enhanced by Tanabe’s detailed,... View Article
52/52: Broken Harbor, by Tana French
January 24, 2021 9:54 am Comments Off on 52/52: Broken Harbor, by Tana FrenchThe best of French’s novels I’ve read, focused on a strange family murder in a failed housing development. Most compelling... View Article
52/52: The Man Who Came Uptown, by George Pelecanos
January 3, 2021 11:47 am Comments Off on 52/52: The Man Who Came Uptown, by George PelecanosYou read five or six novels by an author, as I now have with Pelecanos, and you start to learn... View Article
52/52: The Quiet Americans, by Scott Anderson
December 27, 2020 4:31 pm Comments Off on 52/52: The Quiet Americans, by Scott AndersonA gripping chronicle of the first 10ish years of the CIA, revealing that the agency has long had much better... View Article
52/52: BPRD: Plague of Frogs, vol. 1, by Mike Mignola et al.
December 23, 2020 10:02 am Comments Off on 52/52: BPRD: Plague of Frogs, vol. 1, by Mike Mignola et al.In the first expansion of the Hellboy universe, focusing on the BPRD crew, the sense of impending doom and foreboding... View Article
52/52: Remina, by Junji Ito
December 18, 2020 10:16 am Comments Off on 52/52: Remina, by Junji ItoA sci-fi/horror romp reviving Ito’s over-the-top sense of fun and horror. Includes a riff on Akira’s destruction of Tokyo, now... View Article
52/52: King Suckerman, by George Pelecanos
December 4, 2020 10:55 am Comments Off on 52/52: King Suckerman, by George PelecanosAnother of Pelecanos’ typically engaging and lived-in DC crime novels, this one set during the week of the 1976 Bicentennial.... View Article
