Monthly Archives: April 2025

Review: Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and The Cabin at the End of the World. In June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks … Continue reading

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Review: The Antidote by Karen Russell

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From Pulitzer finalist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove. A gripping Dust Bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town The … Continue reading

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Review: The Proof of My Innocence by Jonathan Coe

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: When Phyl, a young literature graduate, moves back home with her parents, she soon finds herself frustrated by the narrow horizons of English country life. As for her plans of becoming a writer, those … Continue reading

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Review: The Houseguest by Thomas Berger

Buy it here: Amazon Synopsis: Chuck Burgoyne is no ordinary houseguest. The Graveses (father Doug; wife Audrey; son Bobby; and daughter-in-law Lydia) have gotten used to his polite manners and gourmet breakfasts. But one morning at the Graveses’ summer home, … Continue reading

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