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Joe passed away 23 years ago today-way too early. We still need him.

Watching The Masque Of The Red Death 1964

My reading for this week:

Last night's October watches

Been looking forward to this!

Finished The Killing Kind by @jconnollybooks.bsky.social last night. What a ride! My favourite of the Chatlie Parker books so far. Very datk with excellent baddies!

Watching

FINISHED:Dark Hollow by @jconnollybooks.bsky.social Second in the Charlie Parker series, it continues the dark spiraling plot of the first. 5 Stars! STARTED:The Elephant Of Surprise by @joerlansdale.bsky.social I'm 40% in, and Hap & Leonard have themselves another fine mess. April starting great!

Just finished The Shameless. So good. Intense. Well done @aceatkins.bsky.social . I'll be into the next one soon

One of Tom Piccirilli's short noiry tales with maybe a touch of violence-You'd Better Watch Out. It's a reread for me and it's still 5 stars.

I liked some of the Lew Archer novels by Ross Macdonald, but there were some that were total misses for me. I really liked the s.s. collection i read recently, The Name Is Archer. The stories were all very compelling.

Tonight's movie on @criterionchannel.bsky.social

@erykpruitt.bsky.social Blood Red Summer was so good man. Great use of past/present storylines, to slowly pace out the truths of the story. I'll be thinking about this one for a while!

How I spent a wintery afternoon

@meggardiner.bsky.social The UNSUB series is excellent. I just finished Shadowheart and found it was of the same caliber as the first three-fast-paced, unique and thought-provoking!

Watching:

Congratulations to Robert Crais on the release of The Big Empty! I started listening to the audible version this morning. So far, very engaging.

My top reads of 2024? There were so many good ones. I read over 190 books(including a LOT of audio). A few new authors and a bunch of old favourites. Here's 15 that I rated 5 stars on Goodreads, in no particular order...

#joestrummer passed away today in 2002. #RiP Far too early

READING:Every Breath You Take(P.Swanson) LISTENING:Ride The Pink Horse(D.Hughes) MUSIC:Mark Lanegan WATCHING:House Of Dragons Not all at once. You guys?

FYI. If you haven't read Suspect by Robert Crais, it is on sale at the amazon. I haven't read it, but will soon!

@beaujohnson44.bsky.social Read a huge chunk(68%) of A Better Kind Of Hate straight through in almost one sitting today! It's great stuff, although I am a bit winded now. And sweaty.

A Mourning Song. "The sound his knee made when it imploded reminded me of a tree branch snapping, and the holler he let out made my turd hole pucker." Poetry @itsmarkyall.bsky.social