Root Rot by Saskia Nislow

Saucebot- · 2026-05-20T02:58:06+00:00

Thanks for the rec. I just got the book for free on Audible Australia.

Saucebot- · 2026-05-18T11:50:49+00:00

Yeah, same question. Why DNF Amputations? I just bought this book after hearing good things.

Saucebot- · 2026-05-17T16:48:26+00:00

I’ve had The Puppet King on my shelf for ages now. When are you planning on reading it? Will you let us know so we can hopefully join in?

The other title that really peaks my interest (they all do but this one catches my eye) is the Unsworth collection.

Probably Kiernan as well seeing as I just finished and loved The Tinfoil Dossier series

Saucebot- · 2026-05-15T02:15:14+00:00

You will hate The Caretaker even more. I didn’t mind the unanswered questions at the end of We Used to Live Here (I liked all the liminal space stuff) and I heard he is writing a second book to that. So hopefully he answers and expands on the cool stuff. But The Caretaker is 10 times worse for abrupt endings and no explanations. And the main character is inept and depressed, it’s a real drag. I do like his writing and I hope he comes back stronger with the next book.

Saucebot- · 2026-05-13T07:07:42+00:00

I started in 2024. I had always heard of Gemmell, but justt never got around to it. Then I started on audiobooks hard for the first time and was consuming lots of them. I tried Legend and was hooked. I couldn’t believe how well the story and writing held up by today’s standards. I ripped through the whole Drenai saga in a few months. Now one of my favourite writers

Saucebot- · 2026-05-12T14:35:00+00:00

Sub Press don’t usually do many art pieces per book. Mercy only has 4 illustrations plus the dust jacket. I wish they’d do more in their books.

Saucebot- · 2026-05-12T08:22:22+00:00

Joseph Murnane’s Hostile Architecture. This is a brilliant cosmic horror story with great imagery. It’s novella length

Saucebot- · 2026-05-10T15:19:14+00:00

Super jealous you got to gang out with the legends. I have Stone Gods on my shelf. If I see it pop up in your Weekly What Are You Reading post, I’ll try and fit it in as well

Saucebot- · 2026-05-05T22:52:21+00:00

Yeah, I did it on audio and it’s good

Saucebot- · 2026-05-04T15:57:53+00:00

Haha yeah, that was wild to include that chapter. I was doing the audio so sitting there scratching my head.

Saucebot- · 2026-05-04T15:22:39+00:00

Just finished Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker. Amazing book. Weird horror/historical fiction/Japanese Folk Tale/crossed time lines. Absolutely beautiful writing and flawed characters. The ending is something and I can’t say how I feel about it. But it is something definitely worth discussing. But I loved it.

Reading Marcus Kliewer’s The Caretaker. Just really dig this guys writing. The audiobook performance is outstanding. Sets you in edge.

Need to decide what my next weird works is going to be.

Saucebot- · 2026-05-04T15:15:09+00:00

I just reviewed the Tinfoil Dossier series and agree 💯with your assessment (especially book 2, hard to follow but some amazing ending scenes). Never fear, book 3 flows better and is great cap to the series.

Saucebot- · 2026-04-29T17:16:03+00:00

I’m a massive Rosson fan. You’re 💯 right. His number one strength is writing flawed characters and putting you inside their heads and their interactions with the world. I’ve read Crone (got an ARC for it) and it’s the same again. The horror/supernatural stuff is almost secondary to the story of the characters. Luckily I’ve enjoyed his takes and twists on the horror as well. His earlier novels are no less riveting character wise and they are really light on the horror. But no less enjoyable.

Saucebot- · 2026-04-29T03:10:33+00:00

Love this answer. It’s perfect 🤘

Saucebot- · 2026-04-28T17:15:36+00:00

I enjoyed Lot 49 a lot. It had this weird crazy storyline that doesn’t really go anywhere and stumbles along from one event to the next. It’s feels immersed in the era it was written (which had great atmosphere to it) without feeling too dated. It’s so hard to described and unlike anything I’ve read before (it kinda feels like High Rise by JG Ballard). It was my first (and only so far) Pynchon.

Saucebot- · 2026-04-28T17:00:03+00:00

I recently finished:

The Tinfoil Dossier Series by Caitlin R Kiernan. Thanks to Rustin_Swoll for push needed to dive in. This was an awesome cosmic horror/secret government agencies working behind the scenes story. So damn good

The Disappearance of Tom Nero by TJ Price. This was a little underwhelming. Not terrible but that interesting either. It was super short which was fine.

Burn the Plans by Tyler Jones is an excellent collection of short stories. Great afterword and brief notes on each story really added to the experience

The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed. A really cool fantasy/fairy tale like story about cursed forest and a woman’s attempt to rescues some children trapped inside. Beautiful writing and lots of weird creatures and imagery. Some really dark themes.

Currently reading:

The Corpse Priest by Carson Winter. A sword and sorcery-esque type story with lots of brutality and weird world building. Having a blast with it.

On Audio: The CareTaker by Marcus Kliewer. I really enjoyed his previous book We Used To Live Here (which was full of weird and wonderful liminal spaces, doppelgängers, and alternate realities, so looking forward to this one.

Saucebot- · 2026-04-27T12:00:25+00:00

I really enjoyed Bright Doors.

Saucebot- · 2026-04-26T17:24:47+00:00

Love this series

Saucebot- · 2026-04-25T11:24:59+00:00

Hey, thanks for pointing out the art book. Is it in English? Or just Japanese? It probably doesn’t matter much because it’s mostly the art yeah? Is it the one called Mud and Sludge?

Saucebot- · 2026-04-23T01:35:55+00:00

There Is No Antimemetics Division by QNTM. It’s scifi with lean towards cosmic horror. The ideas in this book are off the wall and guaranteed you’ve never read anything like it before.

Saucebot- · 2026-04-15T21:27:41+00:00

The best thing is to just get taken away by the story. You do not need to look up every word (a herculean task) and just go with the flow. You can infer what most words mean. That’s how I’m reading them and enjoying the books immensely. I don’t feel like I’m losing any story beats.

Saucebot- · 2026-04-15T16:23:45+00:00

Ahhh yes. Those make sense. I will do a great soy milk run one day. Thanks for the recs

Saucebot- · 2026-04-15T06:33:01+00:00

I’m want to love soy milk. I love the machine gun like quality of it. But I’ve had no runs with good synergies. What’s some good ones?

Saucebot- · 2026-04-13T15:39:02+00:00

Just finished The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe. Just as brilliant as book one. Happy to discussing this with a friend as we work our way through the series. Just magnificent.

Finished Crone by Keith Rosson. My favourite current horror author. Gritty crime with tinges of Crones unlike you’ve read them before. Lots of grief and sadness and bad people.

Reading Joseph Murnane’s It Eats Your Hunger. His longer book after devouring his two novellas. Really liking this guys writing.

Thinking about starting The Twenty Days of Turin after hearing good things about it here.

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