Kat wants to read Ring by Kōji Suzuki
"A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive …
Good street library score!
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aka @koosli@aus.social. I'm almost exclusively reading horror fiction, truly the greatest of genres.
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45% complete! Kat has read 9 of 20 books.
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Kat started reading The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones
Book 3 of the Indian Lake trilogy
Hell yes!
Kat wants to read Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Leah is changed. Months earlier, she left for a routine expedition, only this time her …
Recommended by BL
Kat stopped reading The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft
In The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath voert Lovecraft zijn alter ego Randolph Carter ten tonele. …
I just can't
I just can't
Kat started reading The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft
In The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath voert Lovecraft zijn alter ego Randolph Carter ten tonele. …
I'm regretting this already
I'm regretting this already
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.
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
Excited to read this, because I absolutely love Roadside Picnic... although as I understand it, this was written by the brothers as a series of metaphors that they then forgot what they were supposed to mean. (I'm reading an English translation)
Excited to read this, because I absolutely love Roadside Picnic... although as I understand it, this was written by the brothers as a series of metaphors that they then forgot what they were supposed to mean. (I'm reading an English translation)
Kat reviewed A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
Another day in the colony
4 stars
This was alright - it hooked me well enough to read it quickly but it felt more like a creative writing exercise than anything. I think I was a bit bored with the 1700s feminism and the story was pretty simple.
Kat finished reading A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
Kat started reading A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
A birthday present from last year. This will be my first book that isn't horror in some time.
A birthday present from last year. This will be my first book that isn't horror in some time.
Kat reviewed Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Heart-Shaped Box (2007) is the debut horror novel of author Joe Hill. The book was …
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.
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 …