The Cycle of the Werewolf, by Stephen King

Fun short werewolf story. Month by month account of a werewolf terrorizing a small New England town and the few people who understand what's really happening.

The three body problem, by Cixin Liu

Annihilation, by Jeff Vandemeer

First book of the Southern Reach series. Weird things are happening in Area X and the twelfth expedition will try to survive long enough to figure them out.

Authority by Jeff VanderMeer

Acceptance, Jeff VanderMeer

The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien

Revisiting this as my son has begun reading it at school and I wanted to follow along. I forgot that it was narrated to the degree it is with a fair bit of breaking through the fourth wall. Still has a lot of charm and the encounter between Bilbo and Gollum is a really interesting moment with a lot of depth. Looking forward to continuing and then moving on to the Lord of the Rings at some point to see how they compare.

Really enjoyed the scenes at Bilbo's home, always makes me hungry and ready to smoke a pipe. Very cozy.

The Maltese Falcon

Really enjoyed revisiting this. Read it in undergrad back in the day (2000s) and maybe rushed it at the time. Sam Spade is a real solid bastard for good and ill and the ending is pretty brutal and sudden. I think I'll read Red Harvest (again - though I barely remember it) next if I'm going for more hard-boiled; if I recall correctly it's substantially more intense.

The Maltese Falcon stands the test of time for the most part - odious stereotypes notwithstanding) - and you can see why it became a standard.

Quite a dingus!