Caught Stealing - Charles Huston
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Thriller
Rating: 8/10
The language is clipped, concise and full of savvy vocabulary that tells a long story with a shortness of words.
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The Short Drop - Matthew Fitzsimmons
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Action/Adventure
Rating: 7.5/10
I love a flawed lead (aka “bad boy”) and Gib is that and more. You will find yourself routing for him and wanting to fix his boo-boos. You know, if that’s your thing.
Read MoreEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
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Drama
Rating: 8/10
“I do exist, don’t I?” This is the pivotal question in Eleanor’s story as she feels like a figment of her own imagination much of the time.
Read MoreUnraveling Oliver - Liz Nugent
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Thriller
Rating: 8/10
“I expected more of a reaction the first time I hit her.” With an opening line like that no one could fault you for being wary of unraveling anything to do with this Oliver guy.
Read MoreThe Silent Corner - Dean Koontz
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Action/Thriller
Rating: 9/10
To pigeon hole Koontz as a “horror” writer is to your own detriment as far as this particular book goes.
Read MoreThe Fireman - Joe Hill
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Horror/Thriller
Rating: 8.5/10
If you didn’t already know, Joe Hill is the son of Stephen King. And Stephen King is my favourite author.
Read MoreThe Constant Writer
/In Praise Of Stephen King
59 novels, 29,999 pages, 5,989,800 words (ish). That’s just a fraction of the works of Stephen King that also include short stories, novellas and myriad of other collections and written works. We fans have certainly earned our moniker of Constant Reader.
Read MoreForty Words For Sorrow - Giles Blunt
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Mystery/Drama
Rating: 7.5/10
I love a title that evokes the story strung together between the covers.
Read MoreBasket Case - Carl Hiaasen
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Mystery/Comedy
Rating: 8.5/10
Let me say this about Carl Hiaasen, he is a shrewd, unfailing, sharp, dry comic genius.
Read MoreFor A Grade 3(ish) Girl Destined To Be A Rebel
/10 Books For Sassy Girls!
1. Harriet The Spy - Louis Fitzhugh
2. Serafina & The Black Cloak - Robert Beatty
3. Secret Sisters Series - Lynne Rae Perkins
4. The Borrowers - Mary Norton
5. Holes - Louise Sachar
6. House With A Clock In It's Walls - John Bellairs
7. Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
8. Flush - Carl Hiaasen
9. Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart*
10. Princess Bride - William Goldman*
*parental guidance might be required
For A Grade 5(ish) Boy With A Huge & Wonderful Imagination
/10 Books For Imaginative Boys!
1. The Outsiders - S.E Hinton
2. Evil Genius - Catherine Jinks
3. Otherworld - Jason Segel*
4. Endgame - James Frey*
5. Gunslinger: Dark Tower - Stephen King*
6. Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime - Mark Haddon*
7. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak*
8. For The Win - Cory Doctorow*
9. Feed - M.T. Titus*
10. Book Of Lost Things - John Connolly
*parental guidance might be required
10 Wickedly Fun Thrillers
/10 Wickedly Fun Thrillers
1. I’ll Find You In The Dark – Nathan Ripley
2. Women In The Window – AJ Finn
3. Unravelling Oliver – Liz Nugent
4. I Let You Go – Claire MacIntosh
5. Always Watching – Chevy Stevens
6. Pretty Girls – Karin Slaughter
7. Lying Game – Ruth Ware
8. Don’t Let Go – Harlan Coben
9. Little Deaths – Emma Flint
10. Behind Closed Doors – B.A. Paris
Be Gone Already!
/Navigating The Onslaught Of A Genre
Girls, sisters, wives and women…oh my! Gone Girl, Girl On The Train, Luckiest Girl Alive, What My Sister Knew, My Favourite Sister, The Night Sister, The Wife Between Us, The Wife, The Innocent Wife, The Woman In The Window, The Woman In Cabin 10, The Woman Left Behind.
Read More10 Stephen King Treasures
/10 Stephen King Treasures
1. The Stand
2. The Shining
3. Salem’s Lot
4. Dead Zone
5. Misery
6. It
7. Needful Things
8. Dolores Claiborne
9. Joyland
10. The Outsider
