J.W. Donley

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  • A Return to the Dark Tower – Revisiting My Friends from the Ka-tet of Nineteen

    A Return to the Dark Tower – Revisiting My Friends from the Ka-tet of Nineteen

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    I first read The Gunslinger way back in my college years. It was a strange experience. I’d yet to read any Stephen King at that point. I’d read Lord of the Rings a few times plus some classic science fiction (plus the stuff they force-fed us back in AP English, but I don’t count that).…

  • Joe’s Favorite Books of 2019

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    Purposefully, I kept my reading goal lower this year. I wanted to focus on reading for quality instead of for quantity. That said, I hit my Goodreads goal of 50 books last week, as opposed to my goal of 75 for 2018. I would love to shoot for 100 books in a year, but I…

  • Joe Reviews: Blood Standard by Laird Barron

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    I’m pretty sure that I’ve mentioned sometime in the past that Laird Barron is one my favorite authors. He’s up there in my top five, fighting for the number one spot with Livia Llewllyn, China Mielville, Clive Barker, and Thomas Ligotti.I was leery of reading something not cosmic horror by Mr. Barron. Everyone else in…

  • Joe Reviews: The Secret Name by Eve Harms

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    Howdy! How are all of y’all doing out there on the interwebs? I hope well.I’m doing great! Do you know why?Because I had the pleasure of reading The Secret Name by Eve Harms!”Haven’t heard of it”, you say. Well, let me fill you in.If you’re like me and love libraries and stories involving demonic possession,…

  • Joe Reviews: Come Closer by Sara Gran

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    Come Closer by Sara Gran – a book review It is time for my review of Come Closer by Sara Gran. Are you ready? Okay. Let’s go.This is another one that I only read due to an upcoming class I’m taking (like Bird Box). And it was a ton of fun. It’s not the sort…

  • Joe Reviews: Bird Box by Josh Malerman

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    My Thoughts on Bird Box It is time for my review of Bird Box by Josh Malerman. To start things off, I need to let you all know that Bird Box took me a couple tries to get through. On my first attempt, I gave up only a few chapters in. It may have been…

  • Joe Reviews: Wounds

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    Okay. So, you need to read this. Please, if you are into horror you owe it to yourself to experience these stories. These collection sums up what is possible in the modern horror and weird fiction genres. This really among the best fiction I’ve ever read. I’ve not come across horror short fiction this engrossing…

  • Joe Reviews: My Best Friend’s Exorcism

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    I recently finished his next novel, My Best Friend’s Exorcism, and it was a pile of nostalgic fun. I never did get around to reading Grady Hendrix’s other book, Horrorstor, and now I regret that a lot. 80s nostalgia is the ‘in thing’ at the moment, especially in horror. It has been going for a…

  • Joe Reviews: The Last Wish

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    It’s time for another book review!Recently I finished reading The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski. I don’t play many video games, but The Witcher books keeps coming up on lists of fantasy to read that is not in the vein of Tolkien and/or is from other cultures. (And if you didn’t know, there is a…

  • Joe Reviews: Cabal by Clive Barker

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    First let me state that I’ve seen both Lord of Illusions and Nightbreed. Both of these movies are based on different stories from this book. I wasn’t really into Nightbreed, but I loved Lord of Illusions. It had something no other horror flick I’d seen as a kid had, occult magic!That movie was based on…