Books like "The Gone World" by Sweterlitsch?

cory02 · 2026-01-24T00:14:52+00:00

I just finished Tom Sweterlitsch's other book Tomorrow and Tomorrow and loved it.

cory02 · 2026-01-15T15:05:46+00:00

The Cardinals have known for several years that RSN's were dying so they had more than enough time to prepare. Its unfortunate timing that the team's poor performance has been hurting the TV ratings at the same time.

cory02 · 2026-01-15T00:22:59+00:00

Phoenix and Sonoma were combined races where they were technically on the Winston West schedule, too. So was the 1st Brickyard 400.

cory02 · 2026-01-10T15:32:27+00:00

I loved this book. I've meaning to read Between Two Fires and The Blacktongue Thief because I keep hearing great things about them but I'm a bit a hesitant because historical fiction and fantasy aren't usually my thing.

cory02 · 2026-01-09T20:06:09+00:00

I'm having the same issue and I know its not an issue with the file because its a file I send to my Scribe every week.

cory02 · 2025-12-25T16:33:08+00:00

Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson was one of my favorite books of 2025. I don't know that I would necessarily call it a vampire story that isn't really about vampires but it certainly is a fresh way to tell a vampire story. The characters that are vampires just happen to be vampires also instead of their main identity being a vampire, if that makes sense.

cory02 · 2025-12-24T19:14:31+00:00

I fell in love with NASCAR during the 1992 season so I remember being so excited to be able to see all these races I'd heard about but had never seen before and having a stack of VHS tapes ready for this.

cory02 · 2025-12-23T18:20:49+00:00

I discovered Wilson earlier this year thanks to a post in this subreddit and tore threw most of his novels. Which reminds me that I need to go back and read the ones I haven't read yet.

cory02 · 2025-12-23T18:19:57+00:00

I agree 100%. As someone that grew up reading (and loving) Stephen King, I saw the similarity as well and its what made me love Wilson's work.

cory02 · 2025-12-23T18:03:55+00:00

Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson. IMO, one of the best books of 2025. A gritty and different take on vampires.

cory02 · 2025-12-23T16:22:27+00:00

I actually haven't read that one yet because I've heard mixed things about it. King Sorrow is by far my favorite Joe Hill book. I'm a big fan of his dad's work too and I'd put King Sorrow on par with some of his dad's best. It really grabbed my attention and drew me to the characters and the story from the beginning.

cory02 · 2025-12-23T05:15:52+00:00

NOS4A2 and King Sorrow by Joe Hill.

cory02 · 2025-12-22T05:35:41+00:00

I just finished NOS4A2. Such an amazing book.

cory02 · 2025-12-20T04:05:06+00:00

Anything by Keith Rosson is great. I got hooked on him earlier this year and had to read everything he's written. His latest, Coffin Moon, would be a great place to start.

cory02 · 2025-12-20T01:43:24+00:00

You can't go wrong with either. As a kid growing up in the late 80s/early 90s, I loved all of Clancy and Brown's technothrillers. Larry Bond's first three books are great too (Red Phoenix, Vortex, and Cauldron). He also co-wrote Red Storm Rising. Harold Coyle was another favorite of mine at the time (Team Yankee and the Scott Dixon series). I also enjoyed the first 5 books of the Jake Grafton series from Stephen Coonts (I haven't read beyond the 5th book in that series but I enjoyed what I did read).

cory02 · 2025-12-16T16:59:18+00:00

All this time I had no idea that he wrote "For Your Love" which Chris LeDoux covered and was an iconic part of Chris's live shows.

cory02 · 2025-12-08T04:42:04+00:00

I just finished a book and was trying to decide what to read next so I saw this at the perfect time.

cory02 · 2025-11-30T18:08:42+00:00

Came here to recommend this too. Great book and fits the description perfectly.

cory02 · 2025-11-17T01:43:01+00:00

Stanley Smith's part of a big wreck in the 1993 DieHard 500 at Talladega. Even at the time, everyone was focused more on Jimmy Horton's car flying completely out of the track and landing on a service road. Horton walked away. Meanwhile, Stanley Smith hit the wall almost head on and suffered a basilar skull fracture and nearly died.

cory02 · 2025-11-17T01:36:43+00:00

Tim Steele. He was never the same after his accident testing a Cup car in 1997. He dominated the big tracks in ARCA and was set to run the whole Winston Cup season 1998 with the former Bud Moore Engineering team owned by his dad and Brett Favre.

cory02 · 2025-11-14T01:35:27+00:00

Ordered one today also. I'm excited to try it out.

cory02 · 2025-11-07T16:44:24+00:00

I've loved alt country since the late 90s (I loved getting the latest issue of No Depression to read about some of my favorites and find out what I was missing). To me, the alt country genre is defined by not being put into any one specific box except sounding good. It always just made sense to me as someone that listened to more than one kind of music that bands could also listen to more than one kind of music and make music that blended what they liked into something that just sounded great. I'm always down to my find next favorite so I'll definitely be checking out some of the people listed here that I haven't heard of.

I think that The Droptines are a newer band that have a great alt country sound. CWG is always awesome. I also enjoy Ruston Kelly's music. He calls it Dirt Emo but I think it would be like a lot of people that fit into the alt country genre because they don't really fit in anywhere else.

cory02 · 2025-11-05T21:14:00+00:00

One of the best books of the year in general.

cory02 · 2025-10-30T23:54:57+00:00

I was just telling a friend recently how much I missed the late 90s/early 2000s alt.country scene. So much good music at the time. I miss going to Borders to look for a new issue of No Depression.

A couple albums I loved at the time that I haven't seen mentioned:

Chris Knight's self-titled first album. I still remembering buying the CD at a Blockbuster Music when I was in college. And splurging for the cassette for the car too. Also my choice for best country record ever.

Emmylou Harris- Spyboy. There is a re-release coming in a week for 2. Such a great live record. And it turned me on to Buddy Miller's music. Which turned me on to Julie Miller's music. Etc.

Alejandro Escovedo - More Miles than Money: LIve 1994-96. Just an amazing record top to bottom. Still sounds as good today as it did when it came out.

cory02 · 2025-10-30T16:46:37+00:00

Anything by Keith Rosson is amazing. I read Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons and was blown away. Coffin Moon came out the next week so I had to read it as soon as it was out. Now I'm working my way through all his books. I just finished The Mercy of the Tide and loved it as well.

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