I have never read Perkin’s other work and I am not her regular audience. However, when I saw this pop up on a few top ten horror novels of 2017, I had to check it out. This is not splatterpunk or extreme horror and it doesn’t sell itself as such It’s a CW level slasher/romance … Continue reading
This book was a lot of fun. It played around in Lovecraft’s world without ever being derivative. Carter was interesting, but Emily Lovecraft was an amazing character. As soon as I finished it, I wanted the next in the series. There is not one yet, but I see that Howard also wrote another book on … Continue reading
The Death House was in the top five of many best lists at the end of last year and I understand why. It is stark and creepy. The lack of back-story and world-building adds to the bleakness of it all. We become invested in these characters that are brought together through their impending death. Their … Continue reading
King is nailing it with his Bill Hodges novels. Finders Keepers has the perfect premise of stolen notebooks from an American novelist who let down his audience. King’s themes of readers who love novelist’s characters a little too much is re-visited here and it works so well. I wanted to read the Jimmy Gold novels … Continue reading
Twitter recommended I follow V.E. Schwab and her page had the cover of A Darker Shade of Magic in all of its glory. She is a lucky author. That cover is amazing. I talk to authors all the time who hate the covers of their novels and I understand why. This one sets this work … Continue reading
This is the 15th Pendergast novel and I have been there for everyone. Some are better than others, but they all have strong characters. Pendergast is one of the most interesting detectives in modern history. He was the new Sherlock before Cumberbatch came on the scene. Crimson Shore is not the best of the series … Continue reading
A riveting tale that stood up historically and still told a great story. I have read a few different versions of Hugh Glass’ harrowing tale of revenge seeking over the years and Punke’s stood tall among the rest. I haven’t had a chance to see the movie yet, but I am sure they changed much … Continue reading
I fell in love with Buehlman for Those Who Live Across the River and he impresses me once again here. I am not always a fan of first person narration, but the unreliable narrator of The Lesser Dead kept me hooked and the concept of gritty New York 1970’s vampires who get their world … Continue reading
I’ve finished a few books over the holiday and all of them were killer. King’s newest short story collection had some real standouts. I listened to this one on audio and loved hearing King come in and tell us a little bit about the story before each one. I also loved his reading of “Tommy.” … Continue reading
Since I grew up reading Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft, I felt that I had a bit of a pulp pedigree. Yet, I found in my college years that there were many other great writers (Clark Ashton Smith, Hugh Cave, C.L. Moore, etc.) that I had never read and that were essential to my … Continue reading
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