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Episode 2-02: 1/16th Choctaw

January 18, 2019 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2019/01/19/episode-2-02-1-6th-choctaw/ Wherein I read: 4. Ex-Communication (Ex-Heroes #3) by Peter Clines 5. Verses for the Dead (Agent Pendergast #18) by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child As I type this sentence, I wonder why Peter Clines amazing superheroes battling zombies series hasn’t already been optioned and turned into your favorite series yet. As I type THIS sentence, I wonder if Preston & Child got notes from some marketing douche and wrote this book like “Is this what you wanted, you f**kface?”

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: agent pendergast, Douglas Preston, ex-communication, EX-Heroes, killing my kindle, Lincoln Child, Peter Clines, podcast, verses for the dead

The confluence of stupidity and evil incarnate

June 21, 2018 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

Between 1968 and 1985, a series of double murders horrified the province of Florence, Italy. These murders have been laid at the feet of Il Mostro di Firenze, The Monster of Florence. Douglas Preston, author of Relic and other novels with his writing partner Lincoln Child, moved to Florence to write a novel, only to find that one of the aforementioned murders happened across the street from his house. Thus began a years long fascination with the serial killer, and the abandonment of his very purpose for […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Douglas Preston, Hannibal Lecter, The Monster of Florence, true crime

I wish I read the book I’m describing…

April 21, 2018 by octothorp Leave a Comment

It’s too hokey to say that I liked this at first but it lost me, but … well… The book doesn’t really have a climax and as a result just sort of meanders from event to event despite the fact that they find an actual lost city in the jungle untouched for years. The buildup to finding the city is so intense – scanning the jungle with high tech lasers, equipping the team with snake prevention measures and cautioning them against tropical diseases, securing the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Douglas Preston

Episode 1-03: Strutting and Fretting His Hour Upon the Stage

January 20, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

http://neozaz.com/strutting-and-fretting-his-hour-upon-the-stage/ Wherein I review: 6. Odd Interlude #1 (Odd Thomas series) by Dean Koontz 7. Odd Interlude #2 (Odd Thomas series) by Dean Koontz 8. Odd Interlude #3 (Odd Thomas series) by Dean Koontz 9. Back Story by David Mitchell 10. City of Endless Night (Agent Pendergast #17) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Releases I’m Stoked About This Week: Ms. Ice Sandwich by Meiko Kawakami The Sky is Yours by Chandler Klang Smith The Raptor & The Wren by Chuck Wendig

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Non-Fiction Tagged With: agent pendergast, back story, city of endless night, David Mitchell, Dean Koontz, Douglas Preston, killing my kindle, Lincoln Child, odd interlude, odd thomas, podcast

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