On the radar this month
Oh wow. These are some that books that are currently taking my fancy and I’ll hopefully laying my hands on. Maybe.
The formatting is messed up - I’ll try to fix it.
First and foremost we have the third book in the Felix Castor series by Mike Carey, Dead Men’s Boots. And I’m gagging for this one having read the first two and I’ve reviewed the second one here.
Then we have a re-issue of Gents by The Friday Night Project. I must admit this is a surprising choice but the good John Self thinks highly of it and anything that is being re-released by a smallish press has to have something about it especially as it’s Scott Pack’s first acquisition.
In the Woods by Tana French came to my attention as it’s surprisingly risen up the New York Times bestseller list (thanks Galleycat). Surprising as it’s been out three months and it’s a non-American debut. It’s out in the UK in hardback now and paperback in November.
Already Dead by Charlie Huston. I’m a little behind on spotting this one as it already has a sequel out and another on the way. Both have been getting some great reviews and who can turn down a series of noir thrillers starring an undead PI.
Joe Hill’s (child of Stephen King) debut novel is out in paperback at the beginning of October. I know you’re not supposed to compare but like father like son?
I’m reading The Atrocity Archives after seeing an advert and then reading the blurb. So far so strange. It’s maths not magic that conjures stuff from the otherside apparently. I like it too. And a sequel is released only a couple of months talk about instant gratification.
The Court of Air is another new paperback release in September. It’s on the radar but I don’t know if it’ll go in the shopping basket. The jury is still out. Any thoughts anyone?
The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Post Apocalyptic America. Should I shouldn’t I?
You can also find a superb round up of forthcoming releases in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror in the latest copy of the marvellous Deathray.
I’ll be back with more next month which is only a couple of days away…
When you say ‘On the radar’ do you mean you have obtained copies of all of these? If so then yes, I heartily recommend Gents, which won’t take more than an hour or two to read anyway.
Sorry, should have made that intro clearer. It’s a selection of ‘oh that looks good’ books rather than ‘oh my I’ve got all these that need to be read’ books.
Gents is currently sitting in my Amazon wish list. Thanks John.
Nice round-up! And it was nicely formatted, too!
Thanks Tia.
I thoroughly enjoyed “Heart-Shaped Box.” Even though there wasn’t a whole lot to do with the actual heart-shaped box in the book. Almost like the author really enjoyed the thought of that as a title and then made it fit in somehow. Other than that, I liked it.
I saw your review
Thanks for the reassurance - strange about the title I thought it might have been central to the plot…oh well.
Have to agree on how tempting Gents seems. I’ll be looking forward to reading this once I’ve got the Booker titles out of the way.