BLACK GUYS DO READ - Book Reviews Blog

Equal parts frustrating and riveting, Laird Barron's weird and creepy short fiction is like no other. Barron has a fervent cult following and I have been interested in jumping into one of his co...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-beautiful-thing-that-awaits-us-all.html

This is the second High Republic novel that I’ve read and it’s the official young adult book in the first wave in Phase 1 of the publishing initiative. It takes place concurrently with the p...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2024/04/star-wars-into-dark-by-claudia-gray.html

I’ve always been a big Star Wars fan but it has been a while since I have read any books in the universe. I was an avid Star Wars book reader as a kid but fell off on that hobby. I’ve been i...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2024/04/star-wars-light-of-jedi-by-charles-soul.html

THE SUMMER I DIED was one of the hardest books to read due to the extreme graphic violence but was still wholly satisfying as a story. So I wanted to read its sequel but had to take a deep brea...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2023/11/born-to-bleed-by-ryan-c-thomas.html

This is another banger by Charles Williams, where a broke ex-football player gets sucked into a robbery plot by a scheming brunette in a bikini.  > …LOOKING LIKE SOMETHING THE CENSORS ...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-touch-of-death-by-charles-williams.html

As if the idea of being stuck inside a maximum security prison wasn’t terrifying enough, imagine if a bloodthirsty monster was locked up in there with you.  In this novella, a prisoner at Sh...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2023/10/fear-me-by-tim-curran.html

Set on the eve of the desegregation of Boston's public schools in the 1970's, a woman from Southie, an ex-addict cop, and the Irish mob collide after a young white girl goes missing and a black ...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2023/09/small-mercies-by-dennis-lehane.html

>  >  >  >>  True madness is like an aura around someone. It glows blue like >>  the flame from a gas fire. That madness can spread. Become like a >>  religion fo...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2023/09/all-sinners-bleed-by-s-cosby.html

It's been amazing to witness the rise of Fracassi's career as he has steadily planted his flag among the crowd in the literary horror genre. I've been reading his work since I discovered his sho...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2023/08/gothic-by-philip-fracassi.html

*BOOK 2 OF THE CITY TRILOGY* > ...because the wounded find the wounded, washed up on the same sad > shore. Picking up immediately after Danny Ryan hightailed it outta Providence...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2023/08/city-of-dreams-by-don-winslow.html

I really need to stop waiting so long between Gifune books! His work scratches a horror itch for me that most writers fail to hit. The books dive to emotional depths that others never dare to, w...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2023/08/judas-goat-by-greg-gifune.html

While not the hard-hitting gut-punch noirs that I’ve come to enjoy from the author (like The Posthumous Man , No Tomorrow , or his recent Dry County ) this new Hinkson novel is still a solid t...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2023/08/find-him-by-jake-hinkson.html

Joe Lansdale is one of our best authors and a total genre chameleon. He jumps from genre to genre with no warning and succeeding better than most, whether it’s horror, buddy comedies, westerns...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2023/03/more-better-deals-by-joe-r-lansdale.html

> Give them horror or give them heartstrings. Nothing else sticks. Jordan Harper is one of the best crime writers today and in his latest novel, he’s tackling the underbelly of t...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2023/02/everybody-knows-by-jordan-harper.html

Maybe it was bound to happen at some point. Maybe it was too much to hold out hope that McCammon could maintain the high quality that I’ve come to expect from the wonderful Matthew Corbett ser...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-king-of-shadows-by-robert-mccammon.html

If you're a SONG OF ICE AND FIRE or GAME OF THRONES fan like myself, then you know what I mean when I say that there really is such a thing as "Westeros-Withdrawal". Westeros-Withdrawal is a s...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-knight-of-seven-kingdoms-by-george-r.html

I made a two-week trip to Egypt early this year and explored up and down the Nile, growing more and more fascinated with Egyptology and the rich history. And I'm usually pretty engaged with Mich...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2022/11/extant-by-michael-mcbride.html

It’s exciting starting another Blake Crouch novel, akin to heading to the theater for the latest summer blockbuster, anticipating the spectacle and excitement. This new novel is set in the nea...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2022/10/upgrade-by-blake-crouch.html

I’ve never once thought to myself, “Self, one thing you’re missing from your life is an erotic fiction novel from Jeff Strand.” That thought has never crossed my mind.  But I can say n...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2022/10/bang-up-by-jeff-strand.html

*BOOK 1 OF THE CITY TRILOGY* At this point, it’s safe to predict that any novel by Don Winslow will be one I enjoy!  This is the start of a new epic crime trilogy by the author and I�...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2022/10/city-on-fire-by-don-winslow.html

Whew! Finally finished, this took me forever due to life things getting in the way.  Here’s a book made for us SONG OF ICE AND FIRE nerds!  Seriously, if you’re new to Martin’s epic w...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2022/09/fire-blood-targaryen-history-vol-1-by.html

There are dedicated, vocal fans of Adam Nevill among horror readers, with praise that I’ve been hearing for a while. His work has always looked interesting to me, so when I felt like reading a...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2022/05/hasty-for-dark-stories-by-adam-nevill.html

I’m pretty surprised that a novel about rare books and sex magic would be so compelling… ...or maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise?  Because on second thought, that sounds awesome. And t...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-book-of-most-precious-substance-by.html

During this entire novella, Barron had me entranced by his writing. His prose is equal parts efficient and deliriously lyrical in this strange crime story about an enforcer for the Heron clan of...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2022/05/man-with-no-name-by-laird-barron.html

A good novel is hidden somewhere in here. I know it. Karin Slaughter’s book starts off with a promising and provocative opening sequence as our main character Andrea witnesses her speech thera...

http://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/2022/05/pieces-of-her-by-karin-slaughter.html