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Goodreads Choice Awards
Don’t Fear the Reaper in the first round, cool. Such amazing company (prefer that term over “competition, ” as a lot of these amazing writers are friends): https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-horror-books-2023
Best Reads from Lately
More Baby Boomers are living alone. One reason why: ‘gray divorce’ | CNN https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/nyregion/serial-killers-gilgo-beach-rex-heuermann.html Scream the Game Review: Heart-Pounding Fun | WIRED https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/a-summer-bucket-list-for-teens-in-a-slasher-movie Hammer Horror Returning to Life With New Owner and New Slate of Movies – Bloody Disgusting Population collapse almost wiped out human ancestors, say scientists | Evolution | The Guardian Solenex will
Tulsa
Guess I’m a little late to get this on the site—happened a month ago, at least?—better now than never:
Best of 2022
(for a month-by-month, click here or here — I, for no real reason, switched the titles of these about halfway through, looks like, so a single search doesn’t net them all. not even sure two searches does . . . ) NOVEL(s) NOVELS THAT AREN’T OUT YET so . . . hopefully I remember them
My 2022
Was going to say this was the fastest of all the years, but, really, man, the last two or three have been like stepping on a slip-n-slide, then just trying to keep my balance somewhat, splashing into other countries (Dubai, France, Spain. was in a Iceland for a bit, I guess. missed Germany, but Italy’s
Levar Burton Reads
“I Was a Teenage Space Jockey,” done wonderfully out loud—sounds like an arcade in there, and Levar Burton of course brings the lines alive:
Shirley Jackson Awards 2022!
Amazingly, Chainsaw slipped into the final running. Up with some great books my amazing writers: