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I’m friendly with a veteran who writes really wonderful film criticism from that distinct perspective. His work sparked an interest in war stories that’s currently ongoing for me, one that led me to Matt Gallagher. Prologue and one chapter in, I’m taken with how he writes lieutenant Jack Porter’s efforts to keep an eye everywhere that he and his platoon need one, and with his ability to describe and animate places.

My first book of 2018 is the new novel by Kat Howard, author of Roses and Rot, one of my two favorite books of 2016. I’m quite taken with it so far, and it’s exciting to experience the range of voices Howard writes in.

Without The Authority we don't have the MCU.

I continue to dig Ahmed's world, and I love the way his characters reflect on the world they live in, each influenced by their experiences and their creeds. Add in some well-measured intrigue, and I am decidedly hooked.

Ahmed's worldbulilding is subtle and elegant, particularly given that so much of it comes from conversations between his characters.

I remain struck by Pizzilatto's language, and he just introduced an interesting bit of timeline hopping that's made me very curious to see where this story goes.

It's definitely archetypal, but these are well-realized archetypes, and Pizzolatto has such a great ear for lyrical language.