A Rambling Blog About Books

I am by no means a constant or avid reader, if a book holds my attention then I will read it. However this doesn’t occur often. That being said, what follows is a brief list of authors and books that I have read recently.    

Richard Chizmar

https://richardchizmar.com

A Long December

Gwendy’s Button Box

I stumbled upon Richard Chizmar’s work because of his collaboration with Stephen King. I am glad that I did he has a raw talent for twisting the narrative of a short story. I devoured A Long December and am looking forward to getting my hands on The Long Way Home.  

 

Cori Lynn Arnold

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5807555.Cori_Lynn_Arnold

Northern Deceit

Scalding Deceit

I know Cori Lynn Arnold from college, I know her in passing, one of those friend of a friend acquaintances. It took me awhile to get around to reading her work. But when I finally did I was not disappointed, I started with Northern Deceit and it sucked me in, the environment, characters and the fact that she wrote about where we had grown up was strangely nostalgic for me. I then read Scalding Deceit which was also entertaining and gave more backstory for the characters.          

 

Ken Bruen

https://www.goodreads.com/series/50920-jack-taylor

Jack Taylor Series

Ken Bruen’s Jack Taylor Series is also something that I stumbled upon while hanging out at libraries and thumbing through the mystery/thriller section. There are now fifteen Jack Taylor books the last one set to be released in November of 2019. I have read eight of them, so far, enjoyable, immersive stories that you can get lost in.   

 

Chad A. Clark

https://twitter.com/ChadClarkWrites

Tracing The Trails: A Constant Reader’s Reflections on the Work of Stephen King

Then there is this, I consider myself a ‘Constant Reader’ of Stephen King’s works, so I figured I would check this interesting take on King’s works by Chad A. Clark. I consider it an indepth look at all of King’s works. Personally I don’t dissect fiction on such a level, writing, especially fiction, is a form of artistic expression, in my opinion. Open for interpretation, so what you get out of it, isn’t what I get out of it. All Art is Subjective. That being said, Chad A. Clark’s take on King’s work is interesting enough to read, (honestly one of those things I read when I couldn’t sleep.) I just don’t agree with some of his conclusions.

 

Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales

Edited by Bev Vincent

http://www.bevvincent.com/

This was an outstanding collection of short stories all with the running theme of  ‘while on a plane’ I enjoyed all seventeen stories. I highly recommend this collection, just may not want to read it while flying.

 

To close this rambling post about books and authors I am going to list some of the other wonderful storytellers I have discovered over the last few years,  I recommend checking them out.

Marc Watson

https://twitter.com/writewatson  

Death Dresses Poorly

Catching Hell

A Land Without Mirrors: A Collection of Fantasy and Surrealism by Fluky Fiction

 

J.M. Sullivan

https://twitter.com/jmsullivanbooks

Alice (The Wanderland Chronicles #1)

Second Star (Neverland Transmissions #1)

 

Scott Thompson

https://twitter.com/sthompsonauthor

Eight Days

The Confederate  

 

Paige Lavoie

https://twitter.com/MrsPaigeLavoie

A Girl Called Monster

Confidence: The Diary of an Invisible Girl

 

Mark Lumby

https://twitter.com/marklumby1

Most of Me

Bag of Buttons

Rats in the Loft

 

Neil Christiansen

https://twitter.com/WriteGavinGayle

http://www.gavingayle.com/

Murder Ballad

Bishop Church

 

Alex K. Logan

https://twitter.com/AlexKLogan

Thor’s War

 

Some of my other blog posts about reading and writing.

https://cch217.wordpress.com/2019/03/01/special-guest-jm-sullivan/

https://cch217.wordpress.com/2018/11/05/question-of-the-hour-why-do-you-write/

https://cch217549678581.wordpress.com/2018/04/24/history-of-a-constant-reader/

Megan Hinde