Tanglebones’s Comments (group member since Mar 03, 2015)

Tanglebones’s comments from the Goodjer Recommends group.

Surprisingly, yes. This is Stephen King's son, who's studiously avoided using his dad's last name professionally.

Started Joe Hill's Locke and Key last night, and blew through three volumes (not issues - volumes) before I knew it. I had to put the tablet down or risk getting no sleep at all.

Hexed downed in about no time at all. Absolute popcorn, which was a nice palette cleanser. Next up, The Killing Moon, on recommendation of KaterinLHC/The Heroine's Journey.

If you haven't read Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach, it'd be a good candidate for next month.

Thanks for the links, Erik - I just gave up on The Crusades: Iron Men and Saints at about the 30% point. The author's historiography was too outdated for me to enjoy, or get anything new out of, despite his breathy pace of storytelling. On to something lighter, fluffier, and more fun - Hexed (The Iron Druid Chronicles #2).

Just finished Stephen Mitchell's wonderful translation of Gilgamesh. Now I'm on to Iron Men and Saints, a history of the first crusade by Harold Lamb. I hadn't realized before I picked it up that it was written in the 1930s. Quite a few archaic interpretations of medieval history were making me scratch my head. That said, Lamb's an excellent storyteller, and has a gripping narrative, even if it's based on some now-discounted theories of the time.

In Best Served Cold, I'd say that ambivalence about motivation is a central theme. Monza starts off like Lee Marvin in Point Blank, but the further she gets from that rebirth, the more complexities she develops in her motivations, as the revenge gets less and less cold.

On the Audible, I'm reading The Girl Who Played with Fire (second book of the Millennium trilogy, by Stieg Larsson) - this continues to be some dark, dark stuff, but it's really great at grabbing me, and propelling me to keep listening.

On Kindle, I'm slowly picking my way through Braineater Jones - I think Trichy recommended this on his podcast, and it was gifted to me during Secret Santa. It's really fun, pulpy zombie/Film Noir mashup, but I'm not great at finding time to read ye-olde style, with my eyes, these days.

Also on Audible, I'm listening to the Dresden Files for the third time through, since I'm sharing the experience with my wife, for her first read of the series. It's really wonderful watching her reactions to moments that I know are coming up. We've just started book 14.