What are you reading/last book you read

[EdGojira]

Currently reading October Screams: A Halloween Anthology. Some of the stories on this are pretty good and a good chunk of them are very Halloween-ish. The one I'm on, "Let The Dark do the Rest", is pretty spooky. Feel like I'm lagging a little and should probably pick up reading All Hallows by Christopher Golden if I want to finish these by Halloween.

Read a few others during the season such as Dead Leaves and The October Country. The latter I wasn't feeling too much because not that many were Halloween/fall themed.

[JAGzilla]

I'm making my way through the initial Stan Lee and Jack Kirby run on Fantastic Four, the foundation of Marvel and the modern superhero comic. It finds its feet pretty quickly and is getting properly entertaining as of the fifth issue, which debuts Doctor Doom. I had basically no experience with Stan Lee's writing until now, and he's about as fun as you'd expect. Goofy, off-the-wall, and the details don't matter. Whatever gets the story from Point A to Point B goes. Kirby's art picks up steam fast, too. I'm really looking forward to seeing what the book is like ten or twenty issues in.

[Leviarex]

Part of the current magazine portion of my reading includes this time capsule:

[LSD Jellyfish]

The Dog of the South (1979), Charles Portis
Sort of a nonsense novel. A series of amusing vignettes of a man traveling across South America in order to get his car (and his wife!) back from a cranky libertarian. It’s filled with colorful characters, memorable lines and moments, and is honestly one of the funniest books I’ve read. In a bizarre way, it winds up making the reader feel as though they’re on an off-kilter vacation, specifically one way before the invention of mass communication and cellphones.

Blindsight (2008), Peter Watts
A big brain book for High SP Point winners. Between this, The Three Body Problem Trilogy, and the two Godzilla anime projects, I guess I can now consider myself a fan of “hard science fiction”. To be honest, I didn’t always fully grasp what exactly was going on, but many of the philosophical ideas, specifically that of consciousness, really stuck with me.

I don’t want to give it away but the novel’s central thesis, laid out clearly at a certain point in the book, is one of the most horrifying things I’ve ever read. That’s all in addition to fantastic world-building, and memorable characters. Easy recommend if you’re willing to give it the time.

[Jomei]

The Dog of the South (1979), Charles Portis
Sort of a nonsense novel. A series of amusing vignettes of a man traveling across South America in order to get his car (and his wife!) back from a cranky libertarian. It’s filled with colorful characters, memorable lines and moments, and is honestly one of the funniest books I’ve read. In a bizarre way, it winds up making the reader feel as though they’re on an off-kilter vacation, specifically one way before the invention of mass communication and cellphones.

This sounds up my alley

[Leviarex]

Having finished the 2000 'G-Fan' issue and the 'Alien vs. Predator' graphic novel, my list as of last night now includes these major Kong related additions:

[Voyager]

Invincible (2003-2018)

I picked it up from where Season 3 left off and man... it's such a great read. Those final few issues were stuff of legend.

[LSD Jellyfish]

Invincible (2003-2018)

I picked it up from where Season 3 left off and man... it's such a great read. Those final few issues were stuff of legend.

I read it at a blazing speed post season 1. I agree, it’s amazing.

[LSD Jellyfish]

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
One of the most famous murder-mystery novels to ever exist. Pulpy? Absolutely. But a lot of fun and an easy read. Christie creates fun characters and can write good sentences. Will read more by her and mysteries for fun. Looking forward to watching movies based on her works.

Hotel Iris by Ogawa Yoko
A deeply disturbing novel about a young woman who falls in love with a significantly older man. Despite the subject manner, it manages to give convincing reasons why such a thing would occur without romanticizing it or casting moral judgements. An amazing character study, and I loved the end. Made me very uncomfortable. I’ll definitely be reading more by the author.

[LSD Jellyfish]

The Diving Pool:
A collection of three novellas by Yoko Ogawa. I read it immediately after Hotel Iris. Each novella hit differently, but I was surprised how disturbing the first two novellas were. Just to give an idea on the subject matter: the first novella is about a young girl who lives in an orphanage despite not being an orphan, and despising every moment of it. She takes solace in abusing a small child. Yep. On to The Housekeeper and the Professor next I suppose...

[LSD Jellyfish]

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

One of the most splendid and heartwarming novels I’ve ever read. It’s interesting to have read such horrible things by the same author only for her to invert the same cruelty into compassion. It saves Yoko Ogawa from being just “the person who writes fucked up love stories until something greater”. I think I’ll take a break from her work now, but I’m looking forward to reading her remaining works.

[Leviarex]

I've gotten through the first issues/chapters of 'Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons' (having recently finished and enjoyed 'Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong'). I can't help but imagine Jim Cummings voicing One-Eyed Henry Hull.

[Greyshot151]

Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Fiancé' recommended the series and so far, I understand the popularity. Fun, fantasy reads with great action and a solid romance. Would definitely recommend the series.

Rogue by Luke Phillips

Killer sasquatch book that I went in hoping for a good B-movie like read after my fantasy binge and... yeah, I couldn't make it through...

The kills and action work, maybe even rivaling Jeremy Robinson at it's best, but WOW. The amount of characters and the scattershot perspective left me more annoyed than pleased. Made it half way through before I gave up.

[Major sssspielberg!]

I'm reading this book "1984" by Jor Jorwel. I thought it was gonna be about how cool the 80s were but it's pretty depressing and unfortunately seems to be about British people.

[Leviarex]

As of last night, I've jumped back into the Lovecraft saddle with 'The Shadow Over Innsmouth' (having finally finished the 'Gojira' and 'Godzilla Raids Again' novelizations and the bonus content that came with them). Which is made appropriate by the fact that old H.P.'s 135th birthday is this year.

[Grand Seijin]

I've been reading Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park for the past few days. I now understand why the raptors are called "Velociraptors" despite being twice the size of an actual velociraptor.

Spoiler:

Basically, Deinonychus, at least in this universe, is synonymous with the genus Velociraptor, being referred to as V. antirrhopus. This is briefly mentioned by Grant when Ellie asks Wu if the velociraptor they saw prior was v. mongoliensis, telling Wu "I was just digging up an infant antirrhopus." (Crichton 128). He also corrects Tim, one of Hammonds Grandkids, when he says that velociraptor hunted in packs like Deinonychus, clarifying that Deinonychus is "now considered one of the velociraptors." (Crichton 129).

It wasn't based on any scientific consensus at the time, as far as I know, but it clears up a lot of confusion that I've had for years.