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> Tag: Matt Ruff

A whole bunch of horror

A head full of ghosts by Paul Tremblay

The elementals by Michael McDowell

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

Later by Stephen King

The Sun Down motel by Simone St. James

The only good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The hunger by Alma Katsu

Lovecraft country by Matt Ruff

May 9, 2021 by The Book Omnivore 4 Comments

Hi! My name is The Book Omnivore and I am a few months late to the Cannonball Read  party. I hope that’s ok. I’ve participated in CR a couple of times before but I always hesitate to join because some years I read loads of books and other years my brain refuses to read anything more complicated than the instructions for how you make tea, and I never know what kind of year it’s going to be. But having already read 27 books by May […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: alma katsu, Fiction, grady hendrix, horror, Matt Ruff, Michael McDowell, Paul Tremblay, silvia moreno-garcia, Simone St. James, Stephen Graham Jones, Stephen King

The Book Omnivore's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: alma katsu, Fiction, grady hendrix, horror, Matt Ruff, Michael McDowell, Paul Tremblay, silvia moreno-garcia, Simone St. James, Stephen Graham Jones, Stephen King ·
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Atticus was almost home when the state trooper pulled him over.

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

Flygirl by Sherri L Smith

August 2, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I didn’t actually mean to put these books side by side in choosing to read them so close together. But they share a few similarities. Flygirl takes place in the 1940s and deals heavily with segregation and passing. And Lovecraft Country takes place in the 1950s and also deals heavily with segregation, as well as the Green travel guide, Jim Crows laws, and a…kind…of passing. But the weird thing both shared, in back to back days was that both, in dialog, used the word “panic […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Cannonballer Says!, cbr12bingo, Flygirl, I Wish, lovecraft country, Matt Ruff, Sherri L Smith

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:419 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Cannonballer Says!, cbr12bingo, Flygirl, I Wish, lovecraft country, Matt Ruff, Sherri L Smith ·
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Everyone’s got something to hide… (CBR12Bingo: No money)

Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff

July 20, 2020 by octothorp Leave a Comment

So many of my reviews of books that were “meh” or worse conclude with “back to the goodwill from whence you came” or “into the resale pile.” This book was the result of those resale piles being turned into cold hard cash (hahaha of course not, I’m too cheap and the bookstore gives a premium if you take your sale back as store credit, and let’s be real, my dumb ass would just buy more books with it anyway). Total impulse buy, but I’m a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr12bingo, Matt Ruff, No Money

octothorp's CBR12 Review No:80 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr12bingo, Matt Ruff, No Money ·
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cbr12bingo – Adaptation!

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

July 4, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

It is 1954, and a young man named Atticus is headed home to Chicago. In Chicago he will find his beloved uncle and aunt, who together run The Safe Negro Travel Guide and Travel Agency. His uncle, like himself, is a lover of pulp novels and dime store comics. His aunt travels the country alone, adding stops to the travel guide while looking at the stars. He’ll find his little cousin, a comic-book hound and talented artist. He’ll find his old friend Titia, who has […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: 1950s America, adaptation, cbr12bingo, Chicago, comic books, cosmic horror, family tree, H.P. Lovecraft, Haunted House, hbo, Jim Crow, lovecraftian, magic, Matt Ruff, occult, pulp horror, Racism, salem, supernatural, tulsa massacre

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:68 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: 1950s America, adaptation, cbr12bingo, Chicago, comic books, cosmic horror, family tree, H.P. Lovecraft, Haunted House, hbo, Jim Crow, lovecraftian, magic, Matt Ruff, occult, pulp horror, Racism, salem, supernatural, tulsa massacre ·
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Horror Against a Jim Crow Backdrop

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

December 22, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I think I’ve read maybe one Lovecraft short story and didn’t particularly enjoy it but I found the concept behind this novel rather intriguing, and decided to pick it up. Of course, I then waited for over a year to read it … what can I say, as creative as I thought the approach would be, I wasn’t sure if I had enough context to enjoy it. The novel begins in the 1950s, as Atticus Turner returns home to Chicago after a stint in the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Jim Crow, lovecraft country, Matt Ruff

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:100 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: Jim Crow, lovecraft country, Matt Ruff ·
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A collection of minor disappointments.

The Dragonbone Chair, The Japanese Lover, Legend, Lovecraft Country by Tad Williams, Isabel Allende, David Gemmell, Matt Ruff

December 28, 2018 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams (3 stars) I read this close enough to 20 years ago for me not to want to think too long on it. I was a teenager, and deeply enraptured by fantasy – particularly the weighty tomes that couldn’t quite fit in my back pocket. The kind of books that resonated with a heavy thud when dropped onto a table. The kind of books that probably exacerbated my natural awkwardness around girls. I devoured this book, and its sequels. So, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: David Gemmell, Dragonbone Chair, Isabelle Allende, legend, lovecraft country, Matt Ruff, tad williams, The Japanese Love

ingres77's CBR10 Review No:49 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: David Gemmell, Dragonbone Chair, Isabelle Allende, legend, lovecraft country, Matt Ruff, tad williams, The Japanese Love ·
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