“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” ~Haruki Murakami

With October rapidly drawing to a close, I will be transitioning to Book Reviews of other genres and to Poetry Reviews.

I am the kind of person who needs to let things sit with me for a long time. I have always admired those who have the capacity to quickly absorb and articulate their experiences and feelings. For me it can take years.

What that means when reviewing a book or poem is that I need to have internalized it, lived and wrestled with a work for a period of time before I feel I can say much about it. The books and poems I will review here going forward, like the Horror books I have been reviewing, will often have been first read 5, 10, even 40 years earlier. I am reviewing them now because there is something in them that has stayed with me.

I had thought of dedicating each month to the various genres and categories of the books and poems that I want to review (as I have done with Horror Fiction in the month of October here). But in the end have found that plan to be too constrictive. I have too many interests and too many whims.

At this point, I will be reviewing just one more Horror book tomorrow and then you will be seeing other reviews here. I hope you enjoy!