January is over? Wow. January is over already. It’s safe to say that 2017 is flying by. My reading basically crawled to a halt in the past couple of weeks. For some reason, I’ve been majorly off my game and suddenly not getting through books nearly as quickly as I’d like. GracieKat has, at least, been plugging along!(The weekly check-in meme was started by Sam at Taking on a World of Words )
As usual, covers link to Goodreads.
January 2017 Reading Wrap Up
What We’re Reading
Mutationem by Phoenix Jericho
This is a Netgalley review book. Publication date is March 7, 2017.
“Decades after World War III, nuclear war is decimating the planet. Amidst the turmoil and destruction lies one last drop of hope: the most ambitious space mission ever planned, to be executed by the largest earthly spacecraft. The goal? For the crew aboard IWSA-24 to be the first to colonize Alpha-64, located 100 Earth years away. The clock is ticking, with the launch only a few weeks out. But when the war takes a calamitous turn only minutes before the shuttle’s first flight simulation, suddenly the crew on board realize they are the planet’s only survivors. With minimal provisions, equipment, and astronauts, a new set of questions arise for Captain Kriss and her all-female crew: will IWSA-24 have enough fuel to make it to Alpha-64? Will they devise a plan to secure male DNA in time to save humanity? What mysteries and unknowns lurk on this faraway planet? What starts as an unlikely community of lovers, enemies, scientists, and spies evolves rapidly as the crew approaches Alpha-64.” – Goodreads
Hellfire by John Saul
This is a random pick horror read for the 2017 Horror Reading Challenge. Published Jan 1, 1986.
<sThe old mill has been silent for a hundred years, its dread secrets locked from view Still, the people of Westover, Massachusetts, remember …and whisper of that terrible day when horrifying flames claimed eleven innocent young lives The day the mill’s doors slammed shut – forever.
But now, the last of the once-powerful Sturgess family is about to unlock those doors again…and unleash an elemental fury. For behind the padlocks, deep within the dark, abandoned building, a terrible vengeance waits. A vengeance conceived in…HELLFIRE
Skin Deep/ Ordinary Monsters by Frank Martin
This is an author-provided review copy. Published Sept 1, 2016.
“What happens when an overbearing family drives a teenage girl into the arms of a mysterious, pale stranger? How can a high school junior explain having strange dreams of a Nazi concentration camp after being bitten by his neighbor’s monstrous dog? And who will win when two iconic creatures of the night clash on a desolate WWI battlefield? Dive into a world of werewolves and vampires with SKIN DEEP and ORDINARY MONSTERS, two standalone stories featured in a dual novella from author Frank Martin. And don’t forget to check out the bonus comic short HORRORS OF WAR found in both ends of this double-sided work of pulp and terror.” – Goodreads
The Haunting by Ruby Jean Jensen
This is a self-purchased book. Published Feb 1, 1994.
“The abandoned house in the woods is exactly what real estate agent Katie Rogers has been looking for. Thrilled with her find, she moves in with her sister and young niece and nephew — blissfully unaware of its gruesome history of bloodshed and murder. — Soon bizarre dreams begin… nightmares in which Katie is a small child again, running in terror. Then come horrifying visions of a woman wielding a gleaming butcher knife…
Of course, Katie doesn’t believe that any of it is real. Until her niece and nephew disappear. Now only Katie can put an end to a savage evil that is slowly awakening… to unleash a fresh cycle of slaughter and death in which the innocent will die again and again!” – Goodreads
What We’ve Read (Mid-January to Month End)
- Melancholy Ghost by Kat Mayor
- When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie
- Niko by Nika Kayti Raet
- Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
- The Allowable Rhyme by H.P. Lovecraft
- Carl Sagan’s Hunt for Intelligent Life in the Universe by C. Gockel
- Into the Black (Odyssey One #1) by Evan C. Currie
- Caresaway by D.J. Cockburn
- Lovecraft Squad by Stephen Jones
- Highwayman by Craig Saunders
- Crow Shine by Alan Baxter
What’s Up Next?
To reduce loading time because- let’s face it- this post is always packed, I’m going to list our next 5 immediate reads only.
It’s time for the mid-month check in! I don’t do these every week, so most of the time the content you see is going to be all new! Check what I’ve been reading in November.
As usual, WWW Wednesdays and This Week in Books are very similarly themed memes on Wednesdays, so this post serves as a three-fer. One for each of them, and also as a mid October reading check in. I don’t have a lot of time today, so it’s going to be brief and without a lot of links to Goodreads, sorry!
