MONTHLY WRAP UP: January 2023 || 12 books, 3 DNFs, 2 short stories & a graphic novel!

it had a horrific beginning but after the beginning the horror element was pretty much non-existent at least it was in my opinion so this one ended up just being middle of the road for me

this one is a Hidden Gem of the fantasy world I can't believe since it is part of spsbo the fantasy blog off competition I can't believe more people aren't talking about this one yet

I was intrigued by the mystery I laughed I loved I cried I was so sad when it was over it was just the best book

a red echogenesis by Gary Gibson and really enjoyed it a group of people wake up in these pods on what appears to be another planet so there's this whole mystery of trying to determine why they're there how they got there and why a lot of them are 20 years younger than they remembered

serial killer y'all know I am a fan of serial killer stories this one is no exception but this is not just a serial killer story it's not cookie cutter this is Joseph's cell's take on a serial killer

wow this book was a five star read for me all the way through until the end the tone switched so abruptly from one of mystery suspense the fear of the unknown

this book was so fun what I really love most about this one is the friendship between Bob who is the master technician of Kuiper station which is a decommissioned space station

it includes six short stories I call them bite-sized horror each one you can read in 20 minutes or less and they're so good some of them are scary some of them are going to make you think some of them are going to make you laugh even though you're going to feel bad about laughing because it's very macav very Macabre

I did utilize the audiobook for this which is narrated by James Marsters who played spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and he is Harry he is a genius when it comes to inflecting his voice to portray the emotion and the inner turmoil that Harry experiences as he's investigating his case

it's very thought-provoking and speculative and you're going to find yourself thinking about it days weeks and even months later

this book was fun as hell to read we have three different characters we get all of their points of view you would not have ever put these three together they're the most unlikely Trio of people to meet and how they meet is very interesting

many times I have described rereading the eye of the world or the will of time as the feeling of coming home

I've read a previous collection of his the hand that pulls you under that is such a memorable collection those are stories you are not going to forget for one reason or another

I had a lot of issues with this book I ended up dnfing it around maybe 70 percent the whole reason I read as much of it as I did is because the idea behind this story had me in its group

the book started off great I think it would be more aptly described as a futuristic crime Thriller we're solving a murder mystery