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aka @koosli@aus.social. I'm almost exclusively reading horror fiction, truly the greatest of genres.
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Success! Kat has read 20 of 20 books.
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Kat started reading The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones
Kat wants to read Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Kat stopped reading The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft
Kat started reading The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft
Kat reviewed Snail on the Slope by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Bureaucrarboreal surpassment, fur and fuzz it
4 stars
I am trying to tittle each review this year with a book-related pun but I can't think of one for The Snail on the Slope. So instead I've gone with something as baffling as the book itself.
Snail is such a funny book while also being a bit of a slog. It goes off on tangents all over the place and not a whole lot happens. That is the point, though, so don't be put off if you are partial to Soviet satire. I think of it as Kafka with a sense of humour.
Kat finished reading Snail on the Slope by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Kat replied to Deborah Pickett's status
@futzle if you want more, we have a pretty big Coupland connection in our bookshelf
Kat started reading Snail on the Slope by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Kat reviewed A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
Kat finished reading A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
Kat started reading A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
Kat reviewed Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Dirty deeds done by dudes
3 stars
Loved the premise and the beginning chapters, but ultimately HSB avoids all possibilities for something insightfully great. Instead, it's all male gaze, breasting boobily and women suffering. Written in 2007 and aged badly. Joe Hill picked the wrong hero.
Kat finished reading Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Heart-Shaped Box (2007) is the debut horror novel of author Joe Hill. The book was published on February 13, 2007 …
Kat started reading Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Heart-Shaped Box (2007) is the debut horror novel of author Joe Hill. The book was published on February 13, 2007 …