Sadie thought it was going to be just another day, but when she hit bad omen number four, she knew she was in trouble. Seven bad omens in a row meant a nightmare was around the corner. She should have locked herself away for the rest of the day. Picture a literary mashup of elements from Practical Magic & Gilmore Girls, and that is what you are in for with this utterly charming read!
Read MoreAfter reading this cover to cover I declare the following: I am a natural born bookseller. The fact that I am no longer employed to do so makes no difference. There’s still time, so I am putting it out into the universe. Truth be told, when I am in my local Book City, its rare I don’t put a book in some poor unsuspecting strangers hands!
Read MoreWhen Martha is called to examine a dead man who has been entombed in ice, she has no idea that her life is going to become much more troublesome. Because of her position as a Midwife, she is privy to what goes’ on behind closed doors and the secrets people keep in ways most women of the time were not. This historical fiction pick was a change of pace for me and I loved it. Martha is my kinda girl!
Read MoreIn his prologue Dunne recalls a conversation he had with his father, himself a writer. “A writer will always be selling someone out, their story becoming collateral damage in the telling of the authors tale.” I’m not sure why he included that, as he does no such thing in his own memoir. He opens the door to a life enriched by fame and privilege as well as tragedy and darkness. Beautifully done.
Read MoreDo you ever struggle to find that word that perfectly fits what you are feeling only to find yourself unable to express it? Well, whatever half-baked, unfinished, yet to be articulated feeling you have tumbling around in your brain, this book will find a way to name it. Every nook and cranny of this is a joy to read! Of course, it’s all made up. But aren’t all the best tales we tell ourselves.
Read MoreAnna is a bright writer with a future full of infinite possibility. Then one night she stabs two people to death in her sleep and never wakes up. Ben is a forensic psychologist with an expertise in sleep related homicides, who years after the murder is tasked with waking Sleeping Beauty to get to the truth. Ironic that a book where sleep plays a pivotal role made sleep a tad difficult!
Read MoreDead Eleven - Jimmy Juliano
You Like It Darker - Stephen King
Heads Will Roll - Josh Winning
William - Mason Coile
Family Business - Jonathan Sims
Incidents Around The House - Josh Malerman
Sleep Tight - J.H.Markert.
Good Dogs - Brian Asman
Ghost Station - S.A. Barnes
Middle Of The Night - Riley Sager
Graveyard Shift - R.L.Rio
Such Lovely Skin - Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
Devils Kill Devils - Johnny Compton
The Night Guest - Hildur Knutsdottir
Don’t Eat The Pie - Monique Asher
The Eleven - Kyle Rutkin
Craft: Stories I Wrote For The Devil - Ananda Lima
The Queen - Nick Cutter
Horror Movie - Paul Tremblay
We Sold Our Souls - Grady Hendrix
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
Girl - Blake Nelson
Space Opera - Catherine Valente
Signal To Noise - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Songs In Ursa Major - Emma Brodie
More Than Maybe - Erica Hahn
Fever House - Keith Rosson
The Farewell Tour - Stephanie Clifford
The Vinyl Underground - Rob Rufus
This Song Will Save Your Life - Leila Sales
The Music Shop - Rachel Joyce
A Song For A New Day - Sarah Pinsker
Guitar Notes - Mary Amato
Spin - Colleen Nelson
Impossible Music - Sean Williams
How to Kill A Rock Star - Tiffanie DeBartolo
Bootleg Stardust - Glenn Dixon
Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm - Laura Warrell
Titanium Noir - Nick Harkaway
The Ascent - Adam Plantinga
The Road To Heaven - Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson
Shifty’s Boys - Chris Offut
Someone To Watch Over Me - Dan Bronson
Twice The Trouble - Ash Clifton
The Rope Artist - Fuminori Nakamura
All The Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby
Hurricane Blonde - Hailey Sutton
Three Assassins - Kotaro Isaka
Bright Young Women - Jessica Knoll
City On Fire - Don Winslow
Drive A - Merritt Graves
Head Full Of Lies - Jordan Farmer
Girl In The Eagle’s Talons - Karin Smirnoff
The Confession - Charlotte Bigland
Scorched Grace - Margot Douaihy
A Little Blood And Dancing - Tyler Parker
All Souls Lost - Dan Moren
An ingenious and suffocating thriller that plunges you into the story with the first sentence and is bound to keep you up past your bedtime in the race to get to the last one. There was someone in the house. We open with a woman standing immobilized by fear, in the shadows that exist between her, the intruder who has invaded her home, and her children. She told them that monsters didn’t exist. She lied.
Read MoreIf you can’t stomach a thoroughly unlikable narrator with a dark psyche, move along fair reader. Claire is a part time serial killer intent on keeping her “hobby” secret, despite the efforts of a blackmailer with hideous taste in fashion who is smarter than she looks. But here’s the thing, is it wise to tangle with a serial killer? Despite them seemingly not fully committed to full time devotion to their craft. Probably not.
Read MoreWhen it comes to the dark Fu*ckery of the human heart, there are no limits.” Stephen King
Horror fiction, at its finest, feeds whatever crazed deviance you are exploring, or depraved hunger you are attempting to satiate. And those of us brave enough have an invitation to vicariously experience all our worst possible nightmares on those pages. In my latest feature I’ve got all the angles covered. So follow me…if you dare!
Read MoreThis delightful compendium of books and other fun facts on horror fiction is a must! But know this, a steady diet of horror can ruin you for other genres. You will be reading another style of book and find yourself wondering, when does the blood start flowing, when do the monsters come out to play with us. You have been warned.
Read MoreRyan has been reliving the same night in excruciating detail for more than five years. The car door ripping open. The crushing blow to the head. The hands yanking him from the car. His girlfriend Ali’s piercing scream. Waking up with no trace of Ali to be found and only a vague description of the attacker. Is it any wonder he ends up the prime suspect?
Read MoreAfter their mother dies, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. While going through decades of their parent’s belongings, they stumble upon a collection of home videos (note that cover!) that reveal a dark family secret. A light, fun and engaging read that might have you rushing to the attic of your childhood home to unearth your own family’s long buried secrets!
Read MoreOraya is the adopted human daughter of the Nightborn Vampire King, and he has chosen her to participate in a once in a century tribute. Vampires from across the kingdoms compete, the most powerful warriors from all three houses, engage in a savage tournament of five trails that will finish with only one winner left standing at the end of this deadly pursuit. The author triumphantly escape all the tropes of this style of fantasy, a wonder beyond the book itself!
Read MoreIn a future where advanced technology can create a sperm or egg from any person’s cell’s, the rich and famous face the alarming potential of having their DNA stolen and sold to the highest bidder. Famous rock star Thorne hires Ember to become his Bio security guard, cleaning up all biological evidence from any place he has been. When they are confronted by Quinn, a heavily pregnant woman claiming he is her baby daddy, they are stunned. This can’t be happening. A speculative fiction that is utterly plausible!
Read MoreFrances has spent her entire life trying to prevent her foretold murder, only to be proven right sixty years later, when she is found dead in her sprawling country home. Leaving behind cryptic clues and meticulous instructions for her potential heirs; if they want to inherit her fortune they must solve the mystery of her murder. And reader, what rabid and greedy heirs they might be! A fun romp perfect for summer reading.
Read MoreCarnivale Of Curioustites - Aimee Gibbs
Spitting Gold - Carmella Lokis
Joyland - Stephen King
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Circus Of Wonders - Elizabeth MacNeal
Wonder Show - Hannah Barnaby
The Hidden Life Of Cecily Larson - Ellen Baker
Carter Beats The Devil - Glen David Gold
Caraval - Stephanie Garber
First Bright Thing - J.R. Dawson
Nights At The Circus - Angela Carter
Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon
The Prestige - Christopher Priest
Magic - William Goldman
Bacchanal - Veronica G Henry
Circus Train - Amita Parikh
The Magicians Lie - Greer Macallister
Cursed - Marissa Meyer
Fairytale - Stephen King
The Tainted Cup - Robert Jackson Bennett
Malice - Heather Walter
The Death I Gave Him - Em X. Lui
These Violent Delights - Chole Chang
Book Of G - Lily Archer
Girls Made Of Snow & Glass - Melissa Bashardoust
The Wrath & The Dawn - Renee Ahdeih
Fair Rosaline - Natasha Solomon
Queen Hereafter - Isabell Schuler
Spindle Splintered - Alix E. Harrow
All The Ever Afters - Danielle Teller
Frankenstein In Baghdad - Ahmed Saawdi
Herc - Phoenicia Rogerson
Julia - Sandra Newman
Cecily - Annie Garthwaite
Circe - Madeline Miller
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova
