I read a ton of stuff in August, more than usual even. It was nice to binge read a little instead of having to spread reading a single book out over a few days or longer. When I read Joe Hill’s Horns earlier this year, I fell in love with his writing style and storytelling skill. I’ve been slowly working my way through his other books, spreading them out a little so that I don’t run through them too quickly….
I recently changed up my schedule so that I’d have more time to read. Because I figured y’all weren’t content with the four to eight books or so that I detail here each month. Ok, honestly, I just enjoy reading, though it is necessary to my job, i.e. being a writer. Reading fiction is a pleasurable activity, but it’s also market research in a lot of ways. Which is probably more than you wanted to know. Over the past few…
Because I got a little distracted in early June and completely forgot to do May’s reads (ok, I procrastinated too long), you now have the pleasure of a fairly long list of the books I’ve read since May 1st. First, a short story, “10 Reasons Aliens Just Can’t Get Enough of This Small West Virginia Town” by Shae Davidson. In this cutesy SciFi story, Davidson builds a world changed greatly by the Visitation and the alien tourists who love Pine…