May Wrap-Up

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May 7

May was a weird reading month. Horror, Pulitzer Prize winner, National Geographic articles. My tastes are teasingly diverse.

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

An easy to read and very fun horror novel. Despite knowing the protagonist and the dog survive, Kingfisher still managed to keep the stakes high toward the end. A little bit of folk horror with a big creep factor. 5/5

The Liberal Redneck Manifesto by Trae Crowder, Corey Ryan Forrester, Drew Morgan

Three comedians talking about how to make the south better. Funny, honest, and very entertaining. Unfortunately, things have gotten worse since they wrote this so it made me a little sad. 4/5

Trust by Hernan Diaz

This is an interesting, well written piece of literary fiction. What it did was ambitious but it works. It was also not for me. Because I can recognize this book is objectively well done by a few measures, 4/5

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

I consistently had 2 reactions while reading this: 1) I believe I speak for all readers when I say WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?! and 2) He actually went there. That happened. Hendrix creates an innovative and horrifying story while also giving it plenty of heart. For a childless man, he does a great job writing moms. 5/5

I read about 40% of The Heartbeat of the Wild: Dispatches From Landscapes of Wonder, Peril, and Hope by David Quammen. It's a collection of his article from National Geographic from the last 20ish years. I lucked into a copy on NetGalley. I enjoyed it but it's hard to binge read National Geographic articles, no matter how interesting or informative.

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