Read Catherine McCarthy's "The House At The End Of Lacelean Street."
https://amzn.to/4gxrwjV
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Gave me serious "Hammer Horror" / "Shining" (the Kubrick film) vibes.
#books #reading #horror

Finished reading Sonia Sanchez's "Homegirls & Handgrenades: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3Mo4VZb
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Though I didn't like the more prose-esque pieces as much, I really dug how deep she got, as well as her more conversational #poems.
#books #reading #poetry

Finished reading J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher In The Rye."
https://amzn.to/3Yl5NDq
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Just as good as the first two times I read it, though it certainly hits differently when you're 56 as opposed to Holden's age (obviously).
#books #reading

Started reading Sonia Sanchez's "Homegirls & Handgrenades: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3Mo4VZb
📖🖊️
Appreciate her conversational style.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Just in time for spooky season (assuming you find pinball the least bit spooky), the good people at Zen Studios have released "Camp Bloodbrook," a virtual pinball table for "Pinball M" inspired by such slasher flicks as "Friday The 13th." But just how spooky is it? Find out in my review...
https://paulsemel.com/camp-bloodbrook-for-pinball-m-review/
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#CampBloodbrook #CampBloodbrookPinballM #CampBloodbrookReview #CampBloodbrookPinballMReview #gaming #games #videogames #pinball #PinballM #horror #FridayThe13th

Started reading J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher In The Rye."
https://amzn.to/3Yl5NDq
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Was weirdly inclined to reread this after finishing the Salinger biography. Go figure.
#books #reading

Finished reading Fady Joudah's "[…]: Poems."
https://amzn.to/4huss9p
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Powerful stuff; super good. Gotta check out his other #poetry books soon.
#books #reading #poems

Having previously collaborated on a comic book and a novel in which characters from their individual novels work together, writers Rob Hart and Alex Segura have teamed up again for "Dark Space," a science fiction space opera spy novel. To learn why, and how, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-dark-space-co-authors-rob-hart-alex-segura/
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#RobHart #RobHartInterview #RobHartDarkSpace #AlexSegura #AlexSeguraInterview #AlexSeguraDarkSpace #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpyNovel #Espionage

Finished reading Kenneth Slawenski's "J.D. Salinger: A Life."
https://amzn.to/3XPevJS
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Informative and entertaining, but Slawenski spends too much time recapping Salinger's stories. Now to reread "Catcher."
#books #reading #biography #JDSalinger

I know there's no way this is because Donald Trump cosplayed as a fry cook at a closed McDonalds, but I totally believe this is because Donald Trump cosplayed as a fry cook at a closed McDonalds because I want to believe it and that's how things work now.

Some people look for meaning at the bottom of a bottle. Others by hiking or meditating. But in the lighthearted science fiction novel "The Last Gifts Of The Universe," Scout, their cat, and their brother try to find it by flying around the galaxy. To explain why, and how, check out this exclusive interview with author Riley August.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-last-gifts-of-the-universe-author-riley-august/
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#RileyAugust #RileyAugustInterview #RileyAugustTheLastGiftsOfTheUniverse #ScienceFiction #SciFi

Started reading Fady Joudah's "[…]: Poems."
https://amzn.to/4huss9p
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The word "unflinching" comes to mind...
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Finished reading Tom Thompson’s “The Pitch: Poems.”
https://amzn.to/3NCOAAl
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You’d hope someone with a dull name would write more interesting #poetry but…
(says some asshole named “Paul”)
#books #reading #poems

Started reading Tom Thompson’s “The Pitch: Poems.”
https://amzn.to/3NCOAAl
📖🖊️
Hmmm...not sure about this one...
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Read Louise Glück’s “Winter Recipes From The Collective” tonight.
https://amzn.to/3Yrzvb4
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Super good, especially the longer, multi-part #poems.
#books #reading #poetry

The problem with ghosts is that you can't shoo them away. Not physically, anyway That is, unless you're Shay from A. Lawrence’s "Ghost Punch" novels. In this exclusive interview, Lawrence talks about the new installment this humorous cozy supernatural horror series, "Night Terrors."
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-night-terrors-author-a-lawrence/
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#ALawrence #ALawrenceInterview #ALawrenceNightTerrors #ALawrenceNightTerrorsInterview #ALawrenceGhostPunch #Horror #SupernaturalHorror #CozyHorror #Humor

Finished reading Peter Reading’s “Collected Poems I: 1970-1984.”
https://amzn.to/3xR4kLF
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Far too many had him being too clever with the structure. Ah well.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

With "Intersecting Eternity," author Margaret A. Babcock is presenting a follow-up to her 2021 science fiction space opera novel "Eden.2." Though as she explains in our new interview, "Eternity" is less a sequel and more like a chronologically distant relative.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-intersecting-eternity-author-margaret-a-babcock/
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#MargaretABabcock #MargaretABabcockInterview #MargaretABabcockIntersectingEternity #MargaretABabcockIntersectingEternityInterview #MargaretABabcockEden2 #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera

Started reading Kenneth Slawenski's "J.D. Salinger: A Life."
https://amzn.to/3XPevJS
📖🖊️
Like all good biographies, this is so far as entertaining as it is informative.
#books #reading #biography #JDSalinger

Like many science fiction authors, Bethany Jacobs cites, well, other sci-fi authors when talking about her new sci-fi space opera / space fantasy novel "On Vicious Worlds." But in this new interview, she credits a certain cult classic fantasy TV show as well.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-on-vicious-worlds-author-bethany-jacobs/
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#BethanyJacobs #BethanyJacobsInterview #BethanyJacobsOnViciousWorlds #BethanyJacobsOnViciousWorldsInterview #BethanyJacobsTheseBurningStars #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera #SpaceFantasy