#11 "The Swarm" is my first DNF in a hot minute. I was so excited, this sounded like it was right up my alley: cults, bugs, and cosmic horror. But the prose lost me. I was rolling my eyes at every other page. Couldn't do it. Others might enjoy it more, but I would prefer eating a roasted cicada. - ThreadSky

cottageinwood.bsky.social • 17 days ago

#11 "The Swarm" is my first DNF in a hot minute. I was so excited, this sounded like it was right up my alley: cults, bugs, and cosmic horror. But the prose lost me. I was rolling my eyes at every other page. Couldn't do it. Others might enjoy it more, but I would prefer eating a roasted cicada.

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cottageinwood.bsky.social•4 days ago

#12 "Talia: Heir to the Fairy Realm" by Joel C. Flanagan-Grannemann is a high fantasy novel about the quest to bring together the realms of the humans and the faeries. This was a fun read that brought me back to the old days when I read a lot of high fantasy.

cottageinwood.bsky.social•4 days ago

It was a slow read sometimes, especially the beginning, with long bouts of dialogue slowing to a crawl. During "action" scenes, and the latter third, it was good fun. A bit jarring to read this between other more grizzly, horrific novels, but a nice reminder how magic magic can be. 🧚‍♀️

cottageinwood.bsky.social•4 days ago

#13 "The Cavern" by Alister Hodge is a horror novel about an expedition to explore a new cave system in Australia— and something monstrous waiting for them. Nothing deep or profound here. If you like a good creature feature, like Lake Placid or Anaconda, this is that. A fun, dumb, fun read.

cottageinwood.bsky.social•4 days ago

#14 "The Ruins" is another DNF for me. Didn't love the film, but thought the book is always better—right? Well, something just rubbed me wrong. Couldn't connect to this novel. Maybe I just disliked the characters. When you're rooting for jungle horrors to kill everyone faster, something is wrong.

bimbo.phd•4 days ago

This one got recommended to me tonnsss as well and I couldn't make it more than about 1/4 through. Gotta believe there's better violence out there 🙏

cottageinwood.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's a weird, hard book to read—full of shallow, sexy, immature characters ripe for an ancient curse to rip them to shreds. No wonder Hollywood wanted it.

cottageinwood.bsky.social•4 days ago

#15 "Buffalo Hunter Hunter" took me by surprise. Even now, in 2025, there are completely astounding, refreshing vampire stories waiting to be told. This book will be a film. This. Will. Be. A. Film. No sparkly vampires here—they are undead, monstrous. A book of carnage, regret, and blood.

wendall42.bsky.social•21 hours ago

SGJ is an auto-buy for me!

cottageinwood.bsky.social•22 hours ago

#16 "Of the Flesh" is a horror anthology that might be the best thing I've read in a long ass time. I recommend the audiobook as every short story has a different narrator, which made the whole book such a wild experience!

cottageinwood.bsky.social•4 days ago

P.s. cheers to Netgalley for the early copy to review! Publication date is March 18th

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