My main worry choosing this book is that it would be yet another fungus horror, containing no new ideas that haven't been deployed elsewhere. Oh ho ho no. Not the case. Loved this. It's a short read (it's a novella) and it's great. I only wish it was full novel length!
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Kat reviewed Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujilo
Simón López Trujillo’s “mind-blowing” (Gabriela Cabezón Cámara) debut takes readers into a dry and degraded, …
Champiñón league
5 stars
My main worry choosing this book is that it would be yet another fungus horror, containing no new ideas that haven't been deployed elsewhere. Oh ho ho no. Not the case. Loved this. It's a short read (it's a novella) and it's great. I only wish it was full novel length!
Kat finished reading Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujilo
Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujilo, Robin Myers
Simón López Trujillo’s “mind-blowing” (Gabriela Cabezón Cámara) debut takes readers into a dry and degraded, fire-prone landscape where humanity has …
Kat started reading Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujilo
Simón López Trujillo’s “mind-blowing” (Gabriela Cabezón Cámara) debut takes readers into a dry and degraded, …
Let's find out if mycelium horror is not yet exhausted
Let's find out if mycelium horror is not yet exhausted
Kat finished reading The City & the City by China Miéville
Not as impressive as the first time i read it, probably because the concept wasn't new to me. Still good though.
Not as impressive as the first time i read it, probably because the concept wasn't new to me. Still good though.
Kat started reading The City & the City by China Miéville
Year of Re-reading continues...
Kat finished reading What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher (Sworn Soldier, #2)
The follow-up to T. Kingfisher’s bestselling gothic novella, What Moves the Dead .
Retired …
No idea when I finished this, but I finished it...
Kat wants to read Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
His extraordinary debut, Those Across the River, was hailed as “genre-bending Southern horror” (California Literary Review), “graceful [and] horrific” (Patricia …
Kat reviewed The Cull by Kelly Thompson (The Cull, #1)
Es sollte ein einfacher Filmdreh werden: Fünf Freunde, die einen Kurzfilm drehen, bevor ihre Wege …
Is this it?
4 stars
I enjoyed this but it seems that it's as yet unfinished. I read the volume 1 trade paperback containing issues 1-5. I hope they come back to it!
I enjoyed this but it seems that it's as yet unfinished. I read the volume 1 trade paperback containing issues 1-5. I hope they come back to it!
Kat finished reading The Cull by Kelly Thompson (The Cull, #1)
The Cull by Kelly Thompson, Mattia de Iulis, Bernd Kronsbein (The Cull, #1)
Es sollte ein einfacher Filmdreh werden: Fünf Freunde, die einen Kurzfilm drehen, bevor ihre Wege sich nach ihrem Schulabschluss trennen …
Kat started reading The Cull by Kelly Thompson (The Cull, #1)
The Cull by Kelly Thompson, Mattia de Iulis, Bernd Kronsbein (The Cull, #1)
Es sollte ein einfacher Filmdreh werden: Fünf Freunde, die einen Kurzfilm drehen, bevor ihre Wege sich nach ihrem Schulabschluss trennen …
Kat reviewed Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s blockbuster …
Possible favourite?
5 stars
Absolution might be my favourite of the SR books. At least, it's up there. I think I like hanging out at the Forgotten Coast.
Absolution might be my favourite of the SR books. At least, it's up there. I think I like hanging out at the Forgotten Coast.
Kat finished reading Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s blockbuster Southern Reach Trilogy.
When …
Kat started reading Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s blockbuster Southern Reach Trilogy.
When …
Kurôzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi …
Curl up with a good book :)
4 stars
A gruesome masterclass in escalating episodic cosmic body horror. I didn't expect to enjoy this so much. It's absolutely bonkers. Also it went straight to the heart of a genuine lifelong phobia of snails! Argh!!
A gruesome masterclass in escalating episodic cosmic body horror. I didn't expect to enjoy this so much. It's absolutely bonkers. Also it went straight to the heart of a genuine lifelong phobia of snails! Argh!!