I read a few books in 2025 and forgot to log them here, so I need to work on that! I will write about my recent re-read of Ring though; one of my favorite horror stories ever. The book is an excellent, very tightly paced mystery story about the haunted tape and the mystery of how to break the curse. You know what Ring's about, right? If you are familiar with the movie I think there's a lot of fun stuff you will get from the book; specifically the incredible description of the cursed tape here - which is weird as all hell. The Japanese film makes the tape into an experimental horror movie and the American film turns into godawful "maggots and rotting corpses" shlock, but the original is this bizarre impressionistic thing. The characters attempts to solve and figure out what's even happening on the tape is probably the best part of the book. Plus, this is one of the best horror endings ever. Highly recommended.