Monthly Archives: October 2023

Review: Bear by Marian Engel

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: ‘A strange and wonderful book, plausible as kitchens, but shapely as a folktale, and with the same disturbing resonance.’ – Margaret Atwood Lou is a shy and diligent librarian at the local Heritage Institute. She … Continue reading

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Review: Sonic Life by Thurston Moore

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author’s life and art—from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to the formation of his legendary rock group, … Continue reading

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Review: The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A book deal to die for. Five attendees are selected for a month-long writing retreat at the remote estate of Roza Vallo, the controversial high priestess of feminist horror. Alex, a struggling writer, is … Continue reading

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Review: Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) by Sly Stone

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses of the last century, decides to finally tell hislife story, it can’t be called anything else. As … Continue reading

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Review: The Night House by Jo Nesbo

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From the internationally best-selling author, a twisted, multi-layered spin on the classic horror novel In the wake of his parents’ tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live … Continue reading

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Review: Holly by Stephen King

Buy it here: Bookshop, Amazon Synopsis: Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town. “Sometimes the universe throws you … Continue reading

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Review: The Graveyard Shift by Maria Lewis

Buy it Here: Bookshop, Amazon Synopsis: When a horror-loving radio show becomes the stage of a gruesome murder, its host Tinsel Monroe is put next on the killer’s list…— Tinsel Munroe’s dream of working in radio hasn’t turned out to … Continue reading

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