Take slasher movie adoration, wicked satire, flawed characters, full tilt plot twists and what do you get? A fiendishly good book that grabs you by the throat and won’t let go until it’s good and ready. And trust me when I tell you, you won’t want it to!
Read MoreAs I prepare to release my review of the newest offering by this author, The Final Girls Support Group, I wanted to replay his last. He is a stellar and creative genius with a gift for the horror genre! Don’t miss either of these books…
Read MoreA stunner of a debut…this whole novel comes across like an audacious, in your face sales pitch leavened with sharp wit. All with the author skewering the wretched excesses of capitalism, and the obtuse interactions white people permit themselves with people of colour.
Read MoreMy love of reading began at a very young age, and while there was nothing that compared to Harry Potter at that time, there were some gems that are worth noting. And worth remembering. Here I have gathered some contemporary reading recommendations that pair with nostalgic picks that still hold a place in the heart and memory of many.
Read MoreA savvy, shrewd and blistering inversion of the plot of the Ira Levin classic, The Stepford Wives, that might as well be asking the question, how would the husbands like it? On the hunt for a new house, a couple tumbles into an idyllic enclave where the wives are powerful and the husbands are acquiescent. And maybe a little afraid.
Read MoreA friendly, slightly ditsy, entirely lovable, psychic travel agent turns crime consultant when she is thrown together with a police detective in the pursuit of justice in this quirky mystery.
Read MoreThe Bone Man has left Nate a gift from beyond the grave. One with no exchange policy. Nate is a haunted man, plagued by visions both in the material world and beyond it. Specters that feel akin to falling into another person’s nightmare midstream.
Read MoreIt’s long bemoaned in the book world that there are far too few offerings with mature narrators. As I myself grow ever closer to that cusp of becoming a senior, I grow weary of having the majority of books I pick up narrated by thirty somethings. I dug deep to bring you wonderful and refreshing characters to keep company with.
Read MoreHere’s the thing, Charlie has these episodes where she shifts into a deeper level of her imagination, where real life happenings begin to look like scenes from a movie. So, is what happening real? All in her head? On a road trip with a stranger it’s hard to tell.
Read MoreA delightful and irresistible ode to libraries, the patrons that frequent them and the librarians that are the gatekeepers of these utopias for bibliophiles. This charming story reminds us of the importance of libraries in our communities and the family that we can find there!
Read MoreOver the course of a single shocking night the author peels back lie after lie, exposing the poisoned roots that connected a group of friends during their university years. All of which lead to one of them cast as the murdered and one as the murderer. I lost count of the juicy secrets revealed and the masks dropped and just allowed myself the savor the salacious joy of it all.
Read MoreI’m going to let you in on a secret. Do you know what booklovers relish more than reading books? Reading books about books! Some, not naming names here, but well, me, even collect them. To say I have dozens would not be an understatement. Not to worry, I have long embraced my bookish nerdiness!
Read MoreI hesitate to put this in writing, lest I jinx it, but the book world may have been delivered an exceptionally promising horror writer in Andy Marino. Truly good horror fiction, which to be clear is a rarity, must be a palpable experience for the reader. This is one of those.
Read MoreDescribed as a near future dystopian noir, rest assured this book is like nothing you’ve ever read before. This author’s world building is unparalleled. Secrets start to ooze out of every corner of this story, everyone has their own and everyone is the keeper of others.
Read MoreAlice and her partner have moved into a new home. As she attempts to befriend her new neighbours, she discovers a devasting, grisly secret about her new home. Alice embarks on a dissection of the labyrinth of secrets that are being concealed by seemingly everyone in the book. As she spirals down rabbit holes leading every which way, she begins to grate on everyone. Including this reader.
Read MoreLex doesn’t want to think about her family. She doesn’t want to think about growing up in her parents’ House Of Horrors. And she doesn’t want to think about her identity as Girl A; the girl who escaped and exposed the crimes. If you think is book only focuses on the horrors mentioned above, you would be wrong. It’s so much deeper than that.
Read MoreA novella is that sweet spot that rests between a short novel or a long short story. Think of it as a tasting menu, or better still, an appetizer. When done well, as the ones I am sharing with you in this special summer series are, they can keep you company just long enough for a good walk and give you a sense of as yet unexplored authors.
Read MoreClare Mackintosh has taken the “locked-room” style premise and elevated the claustrophobic atmosphere by setting the story on a plane during a long-haul flight. Soon you won’t be able to tell the hostages from the hijackers…
Read MoreI understood this was at its heart a memoir, but I assumed there would be more correlation of the narrative back to the human body. You know, given the title and all. Sadly, that was not the case.
Read MoreKing has always flung aside the principles of “proper” writing with a kind of resplendent genius. Mashing up genres, bending the rules of structure to his almighty will, changing points of view on a dime and at times offering up the reader a head spinning number of narrative voices to follow. I won’t tell you which of these savvy skills is unleashed in his latest, suffice to say it’s more than one.
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