The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty ★★★★☆

“You don't blame us for being here, do you?  After all, we have no place to go.  No home... Incidentally, what an excellent day for an exorcism...” 

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell ★★★★★

“I was naked before God and I was raped." 

I'm trying to remember a book that traumatized me this much and failing.

Unidentified by Michael McBride ★★★★★

Damn but this was good. An effective combination of Fire in the Sky and Stephen King’s IT in under one hundred pages?!?!  

Michael McBride, You. Fucking. Genius.

A Traitor's War (Metaframe War #2) by Graeme Rodaughan ★★★★☆

“If you’re expecting a ‘gloat speech’ where I reveal the details of my plan to prove how superior I am... You’re talking with the wrong girl.” 

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry ★★★★★

This has defiantly become one of my favorite novels though it's hard to explain why. The meat of the story is about two retired Texas Rangers who decide to leave their south Texas ranch and drive cattle to Montana.

Binti (Binti #1) by Nnedi Okorafor ★★★★☆

An Afrofuture tale of personal first contact, war, heritage, and understanding.

SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror

Blank White Page by James A. Moore ★★★★½ 
“Whatever makes you think a few buildings brings about a civilized human being?” 

I have a soft spot for weird westerns. I enjoyed this story of mysterious monsters facing off against mysterious monsters. The backstory of the albino mulatto cryptozoologist who is transforming into an unknown creature is a great story of its own. And is Crowley some kind of Faust? This story deserves a book or at least a novella.

Far Orbit: Speculative Space Adventures

From A Stone by Eric Choi ★★★★★ 
“It is information. An… an artifact of the mind.” 

Hard SciFi! What an unexpected treat! 
Government scientists on a routine asteroid sampling mission discover signs of life. But is it intelligent life? 
A hot debate, a cool conclusion.

Final Girls by Riley Sager ★★☆☆☆

No no no no no. You cannot talk big game slasher movie talk and then give me a weak Girl on the Train. Ninety percent of this book could have been called Lying Paranoid Bitches. 

The Red Mohawk by Anonymous ★★★★★

"The whole place is a tribute to movie clichés from the eighties. They’ve got a Nakatomi Towers, a Rocky Balboa statue, a McDowell’s restaurant, you name it."