Any short story collection is going to be a bit uneven but I truly enjoyed the vast majority of these. I would like to read novels based on some of these characters and I will be seeking out longer works by some of these authors. I appreciated that the writers are a culturally-diverse group and their characters reflect that. […]
I loved the way this ended and I hate that I can’t say more about it because I definitely have things I want need to say. But no one likes spoilers, right? Just know that the celebration of real, true friendship surprised me and made me so happy. A horror novel made me happy? Why, yes, it did. Now that that’s out of the way, I […]
This book cracked me up! My best description is that it’s a version of Tucker and Dale vs Evil if Tucker was a werewolf and Dale was a vampire. I can’t watch many horror movies but that one made me laugh, just like this book did. Earl and Duke aren’t quite as hapless as Tucker and Dale since they’re very aware of their own […]
Whoa! I somehow expected this to be funny as well as scary. Look at that title. Can’t you just see the ‘80s moms with their big hair going after the bad guy? Maybe staking him with a stiletto heel after a cocktail party? It had its moments but mostly it was really, really dark. Like, really dark. And trigger-ish for some […]
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share a Halloween freebie this week. I’m going with the obvious choice and listing my top ten horror books. I thought about listing my top ten horror movies that are based on books but I don’t think I’ve ever watched that many horror movies! I’m such a wimp! Also, I generally love […]
This is my third Grady Hendrix novel this year and with every single one of them, I think the premise sounds like fun and then I’m surprised by how dark the book gets. You would think I’d learn, wouldn’t you? The books do start off amusingly enough but the dread and the creep factor slowly ratchet up until I’m practically […]
Welcome to my weekly update for October 25, 2020! First of all, my apologies for not visiting your blogs much last week. Thank you to everyone who stopped by here though! My husband’s work contract in Portland ended yesterday so we’ve been nailing down his next job and finding our next campground (we live in […]
I finished this back on July 27 but I’ve already forgotten everything about it. Ugh. But that’s typically what happens with my three-star books so at least I know I rated it accurately. Christopher Moore’s brand of humor is not for everyone. I think it varies wildly from book to book so it’s not even reliably to my taste. This […]
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our top ten “Books I Read Because Someone Recommended Them to Me.” This may be tough. I can generally remember that someone recommended a book but I might not remember exactly who recommended it. I’ll give it a try. Ahab’s Wife; or the Star-Gazer by […]
Welcome to my weekly update for October 18, 2020! My husband and I did go to the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument last week for our anniversary. Most of the trails were really short (maybe half a mile roundtrip) but they took us through some beautiful areas! Left to right: The Story in Time […]
We meet Lizzie and her sister Emma shortly after the notorious murder of their father and stepmother. The women are living in fear of an unnamed horror that is taking over their hometown. They’re trying to research it and combat it as best they can but Emma is an invalid and Lizzie is–well, notorious Lizzie Borden. The horrors […]