Yay great wrap up! I think I want to try and catch up on the Annihilation readalong. I’m going to try and get into Acceptance this weekend! Fingers crossed!
@JasonFuhrman I just came up with the best idea for a novel. A serial novella dedicated to making fun of modern Disney. It's called "I Am Alpha", and it is told through the eyes of one of the animal-human hybrids known as "Deviants". I won't spoil it, but it is going to be one hell of a story told through installments.
I'm very glad to hear that you took to Lehane, he truly is one of the best noir has to offer. I await your thoughts on The Drop when it comes out. Barron's one of those authors I really want to like, but he makes these decisions that leave me cold. I've only read his Isaiah Coleridge series, which I like considerably, so take that what you will. I think if he streamlined some of his ideas, and kept the story focused, he'd really cook. Though I hear his short fiction is some of his best work. I'll give it a try at some point. I'll recommend my favorite book I've read this year: Kindred by Octavia Butler. It's one of those rare books that's exactly what it's supposed to be. Good video Jason.
Thanks for the recommendation! We finally agreed on something haha Your suggestion is noted. I remember that review, and that you enjoyed it quite a bit. We'll see if it makes it to the poll!
A few weeks ago I read We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver and it's been one of my favorite reads of the year, so I nominate that book. I also think you'd have an interesting time talking about the concepts and characters of the book. It's not cosmic horror though. lol
Last month I read and enjoyed A Game of Thrones by GRRM and A Month in the Country by J L Carr. September begins with A Moveable Feast by E. Hemingway, to be followed by The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton. Happy Autumn reading.
What I really wanna know is whether the cellphone in Authority was alive? Personally, I recall Acceptance being the weakest of the trilogy. By that point I had pretty much figured that there wasn't gonna be much in the way of answers and it would end vaguely. Which it did. Still, I enjoyed it well enough. I think I'm gonna nominate for the fourth book one of my own personal all-time favorites: Dean Koontz's Intensity. I'd be curious to see how you take to it. :)
I don't believe the phone was alive. Control thought it "moved" but then he discovered a gardener found it after Control had tossed it into the bushes. Intensity! I read that when I was 20 I think. Remember nothing so it would be good to read it again.
The book I nominate (which is also a great book I read in August) is The Failures by Benjamin Liar, Book 1 of the Wanderlands trilogy, published by DAW Books in July 2024.
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Cast your vote below for what my final read for September should be! Don't forget to upvote your picks also.
So glad you enjoyed The Drop after Britton and I hyped it up so much. Another great video, mate 🤘
Thanks man! Glad I finally got to it. Looking forward to checking out more of Lehane's work.
Yay great wrap up! I think I want to try and catch up on the Annihilation readalong. I’m going to try and get into Acceptance this weekend! Fingers crossed!
Hope you join us. The first Acceptance video should be out tomorrow.
@@JasonFuhrman ah nice- sorry I meant authority. But I’ll give a few chapters a go this weekend.
@JasonFuhrman I just came up with the best idea for a novel. A serial novella dedicated to making fun of modern Disney. It's called "I Am Alpha", and it is told through the eyes of one of the animal-human hybrids known as "Deviants". I won't spoil it, but it is going to be one hell of a story told through installments.
I'm very glad to hear that you took to Lehane, he truly is one of the best noir has to offer. I await your thoughts on The Drop when it comes out.
Barron's one of those authors I really want to like, but he makes these decisions that leave me cold. I've only read his Isaiah Coleridge series, which I like considerably, so take that what you will. I think if he streamlined some of his ideas, and kept the story focused, he'd really cook. Though I hear his short fiction is some of his best work. I'll give it a try at some point.
I'll recommend my favorite book I've read this year: Kindred by Octavia Butler. It's one of those rare books that's exactly what it's supposed to be.
Good video Jason.
Thanks for the recommendation! We finally agreed on something haha
Your suggestion is noted. I remember that review, and that you enjoyed it quite a bit. We'll see if it makes it to the poll!
A few weeks ago I read We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver and it's been one of my favorite reads of the year, so I nominate that book. I also think you'd have an interesting time talking about the concepts and characters of the book. It's not cosmic horror though. lol
I love that movie and have been meaning to check out the book. Thanks for the suggestion!
Last month I read and enjoyed A Game of Thrones by GRRM and A Month in the Country by J L Carr. September begins with A Moveable Feast by E. Hemingway, to be followed by The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton. Happy Autumn reading.
Great variety!
What I really wanna know is whether the cellphone in Authority was alive? Personally, I recall Acceptance being the weakest of the trilogy. By that point I had pretty much figured that there wasn't gonna be much in the way of answers and it would end vaguely. Which it did. Still, I enjoyed it well enough. I think I'm gonna nominate for the fourth book one of my own personal all-time favorites: Dean Koontz's Intensity. I'd be curious to see how you take to it. :)
I don't believe the phone was alive. Control thought it "moved" but then he discovered a gardener found it after Control had tossed it into the bushes.
Intensity! I read that when I was 20 I think. Remember nothing so it would be good to read it again.
The book I nominate (which is also a great book I read in August) is The Failures by Benjamin Liar, Book 1 of the Wanderlands trilogy, published by DAW Books in July 2024.
Thanks! And don't worry I still plan on reviewing your last suggestion.
I vote A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin 🧙🏼 (just started it myself hehe)
Noted! A classic I haven't read yet.
This isn't the Acceptance read-along!
Nope, but the thumbnail will look similar 😉