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Silvia Moreno-Garcia's excellent Untamed Shore is $2 right now:
US: https://amazon.com/dp/B0BRW6GLRX
CA: https://amazon.ca/dp/B0BRW6GLRX

JPK, on 07 October 2024 - 05:59 PM, said:

I actually seem to be the only one here who absolutely loved it; it was my favorite read of the year. The prequel is also great, though not nearly as good as the first.

JPK, on 03 October 2024 - 12:37 AM, said:

I too had to put GORMENGHAST aside about halfway through, though I came back and completed it (and it finished strong IIRC.) Peake really can do some amazing things with just words printed on a page.

If you're wondering where I've been this past year, I basically spent March through July reading SHOGUN, which was of course amazing. (I don't remember if seeing the announcement of the TV show spurred me to finally pick it up, or if it was entirely coincidental.) Anyway, reading it on Kindle made the ending (specifically, when it ended) come as quite a surprise. I liked how the plot, while it would often revolve around Blackthorne, was never about him. And indeed, in the end you find out I also enjoyed reading (due to buzz around the show) how John Byrne was so enamored of the character of Mariko that he stole her outright to put her into Wolverine comics.

Since July, I've been reading D.V. Berkom's LEINE BASSO thrillers, via a prequel short from the author's website, and an 8-book omnibus from Amazon. They're about a former government assassin lady turned anti-human trafficking operative. Definitely not high literature, but entertaining enough. If you see the 1-8 omnibus on sale for a couple bucks, there are definitely worse things to spend your money/time on.

Been meaning to post this for a few days. I figured since I'm not on social media anymore, you folks are the only ones who might appreciate it. Anyway, earlier this week I watched the Thunderbolts* trailer, which looked great. Then the next morning when I woke up, the first thing that popped into my head once the proverbial fog had cleared was this terrible joke:

Q: Why are The Sentry's checks never any good?

Abyss, on 07 June 2024 - 01:33 PM, said:

Hm, nope. There's no button on the cover (of any of my books, TMNT or otherwise) and the drop-down list doesn't have "download" as an option. But all of my non-TMNT books do have "download" as a drop-down option.

But it's fine; I've paid for electronic copies of the books, so I went and found copies that I can download.