A speculative spy novel sure to keep the reader’s synapses firing on all cylinders while somehow managing to be both sinister and absurd. A mysterious and somewhat shadowy company sets up an elaborate plan to kill an unknown individual in a fancy hotel, recruiting seven ordinary people and molding them into sleeper agents to do their bidding. And that’s just the beginning!
Read MoreWhen a reader signs up for a rock ‘n roll biography they expect to be regaled with tales of debauchery, and they will get them in spades here. I must applaud Stewart for telling some cringe worthy tales of his sexcapades. That I was expecting, what I wasn’t expecting is that he is kind of a nerd! One with an iconic career and a husky beauty of a voice.
Read MoreA book that begins with a curse, this stellar novel is seeped with rich world building. Moments before her death, a woman loyal to her people and a warrior, curses her kingdom for their slights against women. There will be no more daughters born. With extinction too close for comfort, an unlikely hero will emerge and not only save the kingdom, but give women their rightful place within it.
Read MoreThis novel is a love letter to the fairytales and storybooks of our childhood, the ones that left the deepest impression and endure the most retelling. The ones that assured us our happily ever after. That is what King has given us in his latest, Fairy Tale. With a twist of course. King takes the curses we imagined from those youthful treasures and gives them teeth. Inflicting new horrors on beloved characters and then giving them a savior, Charlie.
Read MoreIn anticipation of my review of King’s latest, Fairy Tale, that I am posting on Thursday, I wanted to reshare The Institute review. Given that in 4+ years and 600+ reviews it is one of only three 10/10 ratings I have given, I would say it’s worth repeating!! Side note, we should all be grateful King has chosen to use his powers for good…
Read MoreReaders should take the authors dedication very much to heart as they embark on this read…“This book is dedicated to anyone who has ever loved a monster.” Years after he went to prison and her cold, harsh mother kicked her out, Vera is returning home to the house her serial killer father built. Mother is on deaths door and there are things that require settling. You would like the familial baggage is with Dad, turns out not so much…
Read MoreDetective Erika Foster is a brilliant, no-nonsense woman who hides her fragility behind a personality some find abrasive. But she catches killers. And with each well plotted installment, even manages to make some friends. One of the few series that can overcome my commitment phobia!
Read MoreA charming love letter about the transformative magic and healing power that books can bestow on even the most unsuspecting reader. One that bonds a young woman struggling with a complicated home life and a desperately lonely widower that otherwise would have nothing in common.
Read MoreCleo wakes up on the side of a highway with no memory of how she got there, or who she is. While one part of the mystery is quickly solved, another emerges. And so the story begins. But as with all mysteries, it’s the ending you’ve got to watch out for.
Read MoreLizzie, our dead women, is narrating this tale from the grave. And as she tells us her story, the one that comes before meeting her gory end, she is snarky. blunt and whip smart and I loved her! She has no illusions about being missed and fully expects that the inhabitants of the small town she grew up in will say she had it coming. And they may be right.
Read MoreFamily dysfunction at its best! Darkly funny, fabulously clever and compellingly addictive. This author layers twist upon twist with a relentless pace that leaves the reader in wonderous freefall for the bulk of the book. My advice, buckle up, you are in for a bumpy ride!
Read MoreTwo women are drawn together by the story one must tell and the other’s need to hear it. But no matter the stories we tell out loud, there are those we only tell ourselves. And behind them, often out of reach, is the truth. Or a version of it at least. The question is can these women find their way there? And what part of that journey will they choose to share with us?
Read MoreThe blond and beautiful Paris stands accused of the murder of her much older husband after cops discover her covered in blood and brandishing a potential murder weapon at the scene of the crime. Turns out it might not be the first time she has found herself in this kind of, let’s call it awkward, position.
Read MoreDark Matter - Blake Crouch
Maybe In Another Life - Taylor Jenkins Reid
An Instance Of The Fingerpost - Iain Pears
3:59 - Gretchen McNeil
The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
The Two Lila Bennetts - Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
Oona Out Of Order - Margarita Montimore
Wolf In White Van - John Darnielle
The Hundred-Year House - Rebecca Makkai
Frankenstein - Mary Shelly
If We Were Villians - M.L. Rio
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
The Night Watch - Sarah Waters
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin
Eight Detectives - Alex Pavesi
A Kiss Before Dying - Ira Levin
The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner
The Word Is Murder - Anthony Horowitz
Security - Gina Wohlsdorf
Thirteen Storeys - Jonathan Sims
S. - J.J. Abrams & Doug Dorset
Tell Me Your Dreams - Sidney Sheldon
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter
The Shining - Stephen King
Needful Things - Stephen King
Carrie - Stephen King
Misery - Stephen King
‘Salem’s Lot - Stephen King
Coma - Robin Cook
The Fury - John Farris
The Stepford Wives - Ira Levin
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
Rosemary’s Baby - Ira Levin
Rebecca - Daphe Du Maurier
The Autioneer - Joan Samson
Lost Souls - Poppy Z. Brite
Interview With A Vampire - Anne Rice
The Elementals - Mchael McDowell
The Reaping - Bernard Taylor
Let's Go Play At The Adams - Mendal W. Johnson
As a latchkey kid growing up, I whiled away most of my waking hours in a tiny library with dust in the air and a slightly musty scent. I thought it was heaven on earth. I went every single day in the summers and every weekend during the school year to stock up on as much reading material as they would allow. Once I was of age to start earning money of my own, bookstores got added to the mix. I was known in these places in a way I wasn’t anywhere else before, and truth be told, maybe since. This feature is dedicated to the librarians and booksellers who manned these safe havens.
Read MoreWith a book hook that went something like this; a darkly funny domestic horror novel about a woman who must take drastic measures to save her husband and herself from the vengeful ghost of her mother-in-law, I was caught. And that, my fellow reader, only barely scratches the surface of this deeply weird and wonderfully written book.
Read MoreThere’s new virus in town, one that makes people act funny. Out of character. Violent. Okay it sends seemingly harmless folks into blinding rages, emerging to find that they have possibly beaten someone brains to an oozing pulp with a Yeti. One that has no symptoms until it materializes. What fun right?
Read MoreThere’s a whole universe of comics and graphic novels out there that explore a multitude of different art styles and genres. From crime to comedy, from slice-of-life to horror, from sci-fi to romance, there’s nothing that graphic novels can’t take on. Melding text and visuals in stunning and impactful ways. If you haven’t explored what this world has to offer, there is no time like the present.
Read MoreAs Casey drinks herself into a stupor every day, she takes up a dubious hobby, sitting on her porch spying on her married neighbours across the lake. As she trails them from room to room with her trusty binoculars, it becomes obvious to Casey that their union is not as happy as they portray it. Well, not everything with Casey is what it seems to be either…
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