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It’s All Here – Everything You Need to Upgrade to the Top!
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Colin Cogle reviewed Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
IN AMERICA, DEMONS WEAR WHITE HOODS. In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a …
A tantalizing tale that I would never have picked up on my own
4 stars
A friend gave me this, and I’m glad she did, because this wouldn’t even have crossed my radar. The adventure of three Black women a century ago quickly turned exciting when, not to spoil anything, let’s say that we got to see the Ku Klux in the Klan. The story quickly captivated me and I carried it with me until I was finished.
Colin Cogle rated Ring Shout: 4 stars
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
IN AMERICA, DEMONS WEAR WHITE HOODS. In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a spell across America, swelling the …
Colin Cogle reviewed The Watchers by A. M. Shine (The Watchers, #1)
This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's …
Who watches the watchers?
5 stars
Dystopian survival horror isn’t my thing. I had to read this for book club. It started off like a small chore, but one I was into it, I could barely put it down. When the main conflict seemed to reach its denouement with many pages to go, I knew that I was being led on, and I waited for the satisfying twist that, thankfully, was delivered.
Sorry for being vague, but I don’t want to go too deeply into this for risk of spoilers. The book left me with questions I really wanted answered, but only for my own understanding; perhaps the horror wouldn’t have been so compelling were all my questions to be answered. (UPDATE: there’s a sequel! All right!)
I’ll raise a pint to you, A. M. Shine.
Dystopian survival horror isn’t my thing. I had to read this for book club. It started off like a small chore, but one I was into it, I could barely put it down. When the main conflict seemed to reach its denouement with many pages to go, I knew that I was being led on, and I waited for the satisfying twist that, thankfully, was delivered.
Sorry for being vague, but I don’t want to go too deeply into this for risk of spoilers. The book left me with questions I really wanted answered, but only for my own understanding; perhaps the horror wouldn’t have been so compelling were all my questions to be answered. (UPDATE: there’s a sequel! All right!)
I’ll raise a pint to you, A. M. Shine.
Colin Cogle finished reading The Watchers by A. M. Shine (The Watchers, #1)
This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's …
Wow, I didn’t expect to like it as much as I did.
Colin Cogle started reading Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
From beloved Internet icon Chuck Tingle comes a searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces …
Colin Cogle reviewed The Baseball Hall of Shame by Bruce Nash (The Baseball Hall of Shame, #1)
Here is the young fan's record book of the worst performances in batting, fielding and …
Hilarious, if you like baseball
5 stars
Content warning Some book content is mentioned.
This book contains the best of the worst and the worst of the worst from America’s pastime. It’s got the funny moments, like when the New York Mets started their inaugural season with sixteen of them getting stuck in a hotel elevator, or when two Yankees pitchers traded wives and kids, or how the 1899 Cleveland Spiders resorted to having a hotel clerk pitch their final game. It’s got the bad moments, such as the Black Sox scandal and George Steinbrenner getting himself banned from baseball. It’s also got the things you’d never expect, like Babe Ruth getting caught stealing to end a World Series. It’s got the absurd, like Disco Demolition Night, Headlocks and Wedlocks, and Sparky Lyle defecating on cake. Pick it up. You'll enjoy it.
Colin Cogle finished reading The Baseball Hall of Shame by Bruce Nash (The Baseball Hall of Shame, #1)
Here is the young fan's record book of the worst performances in batting, fielding and …
Hilarious, if you like baseball.
Colin Cogle rated The Baseball Hall of Shame: 5 stars
The Baseball Hall of Shame by Bruce Nash, Allan Zullo (The Baseball Hall of Shame, #1)
Here is the young fan's record book of the worst performances in batting, fielding and pitching, along with the most …
Colin Cogle reviewed Mister Magic by Kiersten White
Thirty years after a tragic accident shut down production of the classic children's program Mister …
One of the best I’ve read this year
5 stars
It’s not really my genre, but I picked this up for book club, and I quite enjoyed the ride. “Mister Magic” plays well on tropes about childhood nostalgia, and having a main character as a bit of a tabula rasa helps. The plot moves at a decent pace, and I loved that the ending doesn’t suck; in fact, it was all but perfect given the plot.
Colin Cogle rated Mister Magic: 4 stars
Mister Magic by Kiersten White
Thirty years after a tragic accident shut down production of the classic children's program Mister Magic, the five surviving cast …
Colin Cogle finished reading Mister Magic by Kiersten White
Thirty years after a tragic accident shut down production of the classic children's program Mister …
The ending wasn’t very satisfying, but it really worked well for the plot.
Colin Cogle reviewed Earthlings by 村田沙耶香
What the fuck did I just read?
1 star
The more you read, the less you care about any of the characters. Perhaps that was just me becoming more rational toward this irrational garbage.
The first chapter or so had me remembering summers at my grandparents’ house. That feeling is quickly ripped away in favor of whatever the hell else this book wanted to be.
Colin Cogle rated Death to Jar Sauce: 4 stars
Death to Jar Sauce by Nat's What I Reckon
Nat’s debut book Un-cook Yourself: A Ratbag’s Rules For Life topped bestseller lists in its first week of release and …