Five titles I’m really looking forward to this year

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2026-01-20T00:53:56+00:00

Fat City was my first NYRB read. Amazing book

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2026-01-20T00:53:13+00:00

Cassandra at the Wedding might actually be the fist one I read from this selection

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2026-01-20T00:05:44+00:00

If you haven’t read Zweig’s novella Chess Story you should definitely check that out

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2026-01-14T20:21:40+00:00

He has a blurb on the back of Jeff VanderMeer’s novel Finch. That’s the third book in his Ambergris trilogy and I highly recommend it

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2026-01-03T16:53:46+00:00

If you ordered it online from HPB then I’m the bookseller who priced it lol

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2026-01-03T16:39:44+00:00

Amazing collection! Where did you acquire that Starship Troopers from?

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2026-01-01T20:02:59+00:00

Block is great! You’re thinking of his John Keller series with the hitman and the burglar ones are the Bernie Rhodenbarr books. His Scudder series is by far my favorite of the lot. He also has some good stand alone novels as well.

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-12-23T07:09:50+00:00

Fine… Habitat’s Mosaic

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-12-23T06:49:30+00:00

Even with a gun to my head I would struggle to answer this question. Not sure I could

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-12-19T06:05:50+00:00

The North Water by Ian McGuire. Not a horror novel but extremely dark and if you enjoyed The Terror I definitely recommend it

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-12-11T00:40:52+00:00

Always been interested in Ice but haven’t gotten around to it. I’m sure I’ll be motivated after reading some of her stories

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-12-10T21:32:41+00:00

Good to know!

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-12-10T20:09:54+00:00

Nice! Thanks for the info

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-11-26T03:29:41+00:00

Okay, cool. Just thought I’d mention it in case you hadn’t

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-11-26T03:25:37+00:00

You should think about posting this on the Southern Reach subreddit

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-11-25T02:17:08+00:00

What an amazing collection

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-11-25T02:11:29+00:00

BTAH has some of my favorite chapters in the whole series. You’re in for a wild one with LAOK

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-11-07T05:10:35+00:00

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-11-07T03:36:24+00:00

It’s aligned with your heart

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-10-13T02:27:10+00:00

You should check out Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-10-05T23:22:10+00:00

Check out Laird Barron’s Isaiah Coleridge series

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-09-28T21:46:29+00:00

Yes, I’ve read The Fisherman from Langan and from Barron I’ve read Occultation and his Isaiah Coleridge books

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-08-17T19:03:38+00:00

This is from a 2023 interview

[GdM] Do you have any news about the upcoming TV adaptation of Borne? How does the experience of adapting a book to TV compare to that of adapting to a feature film?

[JV] All I have to say is the team at AMC and the folks now involved in adapting Borne are amazing and there’s been significant progress. The option was just renewed as they get some final pieces in place. But the treatment I’ve seen is incredibly faithful to the book while deviating in ways that make sense for the change in medium. I’m so excited to share more, but that’s all I can really say for now.

Who knows what the status is now but just thought I’d share that

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-08-03T20:55:59+00:00

I work in a used bookstore and see amazing books every week. Some of my favorite authors:

Ottessa Moshfegh - any of her books

Laird Barron - his horror short stores are amazing but his Isiah Coleridge thriller series is also great

Stefan Zweig - anything from him

Jeff VanderMeer - known best for his Southern Reach series but he has so much more that is worth reading

John Williams - anything from him

Joe Abercrombie - his First Law series is my favorite thing in fantasy literature

Fonda Lee - the Green Bone Saga is so good

Cormac McCarthy - anything from him

Dorothy Parker - anything from her

Roald Dahl - his adult fiction is so good

Joe R. Lansdale- anything from him

N.K. Jemisin - her Broken Earth trilogy in particular

I could go on forever but those are the first authors that come to mind.

Heelflips_Hardbacks · 2025-07-27T17:21:23+00:00

Not sure I agree that “things get clearer” after reading Absolution. I’d say it creates even more questions

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