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Smart, scary, and intimate science fiction thriller

Upgrade by Blake Crouch

September 4, 2022 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

Blake Crouch’s previous novel Recursion is one of the scariest time travel novels ever written. Crouch created a near-future ripped apart by the invention of time travel and the utter chaos it unleashes. Upgrade does not reach the same heights of invention as Recursion, but Crouch has more on his mind this time around. In a non-specific near future, the world is in serious trouble. Climate change is destroying urban areas and genetic experimentation has unleashed the worst catastrophe yet on humanity. In response, the […]

Sedaris’s best collection since When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Happy Go Lucky by David Sedaris

August 23, 2022 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

I approach a David Sedaris book in the same way I used to approach an Eminem album with the question “What has happened since the last album?” In the case of Sedaris it’s “What has happened since the last book?”. Sedaris is a fearless writer, sometimes painfully so, and that fearlessness and willingness to expose some ugly behavior make his writing compelling whether you like him or not. Happy Go Lucky was written before and during (because it hasn’t ended) the pandemic. That would be […]

Neverland will never let go…

Hooked by A.C. Wise

August 22, 2022 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

He remembers drowning. That single sentence, recurring often in Hooked, A.C. Wise’s sequel to Wendy, Darling, is the cornerstone of the existential dread that permeates the story. Described as dark fantasy I think this book edges deeper into horror, more even than the first book, which had moments of horror. This is a mean tale and a reinvention of Neverland and the Peter Pan mythos into something modern and terrifying at its core. What set Wendy, Darling apart from the pack of other modern takes on Peter […]

This lean and mean mashup of Alien, The Shining, and Event Horizon is great fun for horror fans!

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

August 18, 2022 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

Spooky season is almost upon us and my house is getting into the mood quickly! Sure it’s the middle of August, 102 F in the shade, and Lake Mead is drier than a Mormon wedding, but it’s time for ghouls and ghosts dammit! A few choice decorations have been added to the collection by my like-minded wife, and we are ready to go into the season in style. This brings me to Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes. First off, I love the cover and would […]

Who knew importing coffee could be so dangerous?

The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers

July 25, 2022 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

Few things in life are as pleasurable for me as stumbling upon a book and being exposed to a fascinating concept I had never thought much about before. In this case, the concept is the world of high-end specialty coffee. How it is grown, harvested, processed, brewed, and then rated is fascinating. The journey Mokhtar Alkhanshali endured to bring Yemen coffee to the rest of the world is filled with enough intrigue, plot twists, and brushes with danger to fill a summer action movie. But […]

Grab Bag #2

Yearbook by Seth Rogen

Will by Will Smith and Mark Manson

Gwendy's Final Task by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

End of Watch by Stephen King

Runnin' With the Devil by Noel E. Monk with Joe Layden

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Last Guard Out by Jim Albright

July 16, 2022 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

I am falling so far behind on reviews it’s time for another grab bag! You may look at this list and say “Wow, Tyler (not my real name), you are all over the place with genres!” To which I reply in my best Scar/Jeremy Irons voice “You have no idea.” I tend to be mercurial with my interests and obsessions and just go wherever the whim takes me. Also whatever I see that looks interesting at the library because we are blessed to have a […]

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Emmalita on “Your body was numb to grief; perhaps you had felt it once, but you did not feel it anymore.”I'll send you another one if you need it later. The invitations do time out.
narfna on “Your body was numb to grief; perhaps you had felt it once, but you did not feel it anymore.”Well, I just clicked the link but it's blocked at my work, so. Sucky.
Emmalita on New Love and a Complete Bingo Board!Congratulations!
wicherwill on thank you to my friend EvinThe characters also don't really do the fantasy bits--they begrudgingly put up with the weird, which is why I was struggling with whether this counts...

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