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This was the first contemporary horror book I'd ever read. I can still remember reading in during the day in my bedroom. I didn't even pay attention to my mom walking up the stairs.

She leaned into the doorway and said, "Supper's almost ready."
I think I levitated three feet off the bed and shrieked.

Definitely along the vein of creepy space sci-fi, but with more human elements of horror. The suspense held, even with the sci-fi background.

I liked the characters in The Other People, but in my view the story's unreal aspects sometimes detracted from the main plot with Gabe tracking down his daughter.
I did enjoy it enough to want to check out Tudor's other books.

Wow, Catriona Ward knows how to keep you in suspense! This was one well-written novel. I can't wait to check out her other work.

I've had a long history of reading nonfiction and fiction about wolves, including Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat, Of Wolves and Men by Barry Lopez (and his other books).
This book was more observational, and I greatly appreciated the author's efforts to reintroduce wolves back into the Yellowstone ecosystem.

Home Before Dark was very difficult to put down each day. There were three occasions where I was reading the book, two of them outside in the sun, and either my hubby or his daughter walked out and said something to me, and I jumped and explained, "Jeezus!"
That's how good this was. The suspense kept me reading, so I finished faster than I usually do.

This was a great read, was it horror, science fiction, or fantasy, or somewhere in between the three.
The main characters were well-drawn, human, funny, and likeable.

I felt at home with this one. I think southern fiction has that effect for me, because I grew up there and can relate to the environment and people. T. kingfisher, aka Ursula Vernon, is fast becoming a favorite author of mine.

Really enjoyed this book. When you feel lost in your own life, and try to lose yourself in another, who will be the one to find you?

I got this book at a local store on the recommendation of a young person who works there. I haven't read science fiction in quite a while, none that was new in any case.

With Planetfall the author's world-building was scientifically believable, but I would've liked more physical descriptions that made it more attainable to the imagination. I got through the story fairly quickly, and it was intriguing, but the ending was a little jarring.

I know now there are more books in the series, but I don't know if I'm up for more of the same. The main character's shortcomings made it difficult for me to feel much sympathy.

This is Chuck Wendig's book through and through, but it brought me back to the joy, intrigue, and on the edge of my seat anxiousness with the dark magic of Straub's Shadowland and familial terrors of King's The Shining.

This novel is a keeper. It's the second book I've read by Wendig (Wanderers), and now I'm hooked.
Thank you for this amazing work.

Mira Grant is the pseudonym for Seanan McGuire, and this is my first encounter with her work. It won't be my last. This may have been the most action packed novel I've read in a while. It reads like a blockbuster sci-fi/fantasy action movie.

I particularly enjoyed the biological explanations and science that enhanced the story without breaking the suspension of disbelief.

Thoroughly enjoyable connection of short stories, or perhaps novellas. I had picked this up thinking it was one novel, and with each story, I was more confused about how he might tie all these characters together, until I realized my assumption was incorrect.

Still I enjoyed this, more maybe than some of the older collections. King has stretched into other genres here with the piece about Chuck, and it was a pleasant surprise.

I also thought his Holly Gibney dialog was more realistic in this incarnation vs that of The Outsider.

I thoroughly enjoyed the magical realism and well drawn characters of my first Stephen Graham Jones novel.

The characters were relatable and more gritty than the usual characters in the genres that I follow, and I the ending was handled with finesse.

Looking forward to reading more of his work soon.

This was the second Joe Hill book for me. Strange Weather is a collection of tales, most horror, and one straight up thriller, called Loaded, that ended with a solid gut punch. I think Snapshot, about a camera that takes pictures from it's subjects minds was my favorite, could easily have come from Matheson in a Twilight Zone episode.

Thanks for the solid entertainment, Mr. JHK.