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What I Read – January 2023

February 1, 2023 / Zé Burns / 2 Comments

I can say this month that I read widely. Each book was a different genre (horror, high fantasy, urban fantasy, meta-fiction, weird fiction) and I must admit that it was refreshing after being locked solely in horror for so long. While I’ll always have a home in horror, the many worlds of speculative fiction provided … Continue reading What I Read – January 2023

What I Read – December 2022

January 4, 2023 / Zé Burns / 1 Comment

I wish I could read faster. There are so many books I would love to read, but only so much time in my life. My shelves alone have hundreds of unread volumes. And for every one I finish, I buy two more. This was a slow month with all the holidays thrown in, but it … Continue reading What I Read – December 2022

What I Read – October/November 2022

November 29, 2022 / Zé Burns / 1 Comment

I like to have a theme with the books I read. At the start of October, I was determined to consume every weird fiction book centered around a city (there are a surprising number of them) to inspire me for my own collection. This started out all right, but a vacation to Palm Springs and … Continue reading What I Read – October/November 2022

What I Read – August/September 2022

September 29, 2022 / Zé Burns / 1 Comment

Quantitatively, I didn’t read that much these past two months—so I've combined the books into one post. I lost a week and a half of reading time after I came down with COVID, and for much of the past month, I’ve been making my way through the gargantuan novel It. Still, I managed to read … Continue reading What I Read – August/September 2022

What I Read – July 2022

August 10, 2022 / Zé Burns / 3 Comments

This was Brian Keene month. After reading The Occurrence at Crazy Bear Valley, I remembered how much I enjoyed his work. There were a number of his classics that I hadn’t read (he’s written over 50 books), and I decided to rectify that. Despite my supposed moratorium on buying books, I just had to pick … Continue reading What I Read – July 2022

What I Read – June 2022

June 29, 2022 / Zé Burns / Leave a comment

This was one of those wonderful months where every book I read was gold. No, I’m not King Midas. I just had luck when picking books off my shelf. As such, I would recommend all the books below—especially if you’re looking for well-written, exciting horror. I’m putting a moratorium on buying books until I attend … Continue reading What I Read – June 2022

What I Read – May 2022

June 2, 2022 / Zé Burns / Leave a comment

Read widely. It’s on nearly every writing how-to article out there. But while it is always my intention to explore new genres and vary my reading, I end up sticking to the same type of books I always read. So, I invented a regimented system, specifying the exact order in which I would read different … Continue reading What I Read – May 2022

Working on a New Novelette (Update)

April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 / Zé Burns / 1 Comment

In my last blog post, I preached my new positive and productive outlook in the face of my cognitive troubles. My execution? Decent not great. I certainly accomplished far more than I would have if I had stuck with my doom-and-gloom philosophy. My New Project Image via Wikimedia Commons I needed a project. My current … Continue reading Working on a New Novelette (Update)

What I Read – February 2022

March 3, 2022March 4, 2022 / Zé Burns / 1 Comment

These last several years I’ve been intimidated by longer books. After all, I was on Goodreads, which rewards readers who consume as many books as possible. Now that I’ve shed that site and its philosophy, I find myself drawn to longer works once more. As such, two of the four books below are over 500 … Continue reading What I Read – February 2022

What I Read – January 2022

February 2, 2022 / Zé Burns / Leave a comment

I’m barely a month into this new year, and I’ve already broken a resolution. I vowed to read 60+ books in 2022. It was soon after I made this vow that I watched a video-essay that talked about reading for quality not quantity. I realized: What’s the point of reading if you’re going to treat … Continue reading What I Read – January 2022

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