Welcome to the monthly check-in for the 2025 Key Word Reading Challenge. Let us know in the comments what you read this month!
August Key Words
Side, World, Sound, Trial, Word, Hotel, Now, Say
A Few Book Recs
Welcome to the monthly check-in for the 2025 Key Word Reading Challenge. Let us know in the comments what you read this month!
I read All the Words We Know by Bruce Nash. https://readingbooksagain.blogspot.com/2025/08/all-words-we-know.html?m=1
AUG– Side, World, Sound, Trial, Word, Hotel, Now, Say
Challenge Complete: Blue World by Robert R. McCammon
I was rather disappointed with this collection. While there are some stories maybe worth reading (He’ll Come Knocking at Your Door comes to mind,) they’re not the majority.
There were those like Pin, that I thought was just weird, or I Scream Man, which wasn’t much better. Even Make Up, which is a side story to They Thirst didn’t do it for me. The rest were sort of in between. Not terrible, but note worthy, either.
I have to admit to not being a huge fan of short stories, but I’d come to expect more from McCammon. Because I have read some short stories that I actually really enjoyed. Unfortunately, none were in this book.
I read The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz (finished 8/30/25): https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-word-is-murder.html