Category Archives: book review
Review: Daddy’s Boy by Michael David Wilson
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Wentworth is at his wit’s end. He has no money, his cat’s been kidnapped, and every time he tries to kill himself, he fails. Worst of all, he lives in Kidderminster. But sometimes you’re … Continue reading
Review: > rekt by Alex Gonzalez
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A disturbing examination of toxic masculinity and the darkest pits of the Internet, Alex Gonzalez’s rekt traces a young man’s algorithmic descent into depravity in a future that’s nearly here. > be me, 26> about to … Continue reading
Review: The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A group of friends investigates the mystery of a strange staircase in the woods in this mesmerizing horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents. Five high school friends are bonded … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
Review: When the Moon Hits Your Eye
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From the New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain comes an entirely serious take on a distinctly unserious subject: what would really happen if suddenly the moon were replaced by a giant wheel … Continue reading
Review: Starlet by Danger Slater
Buy it here: Ghoulish, Bookshop Synopsis: FAME. FORTUNE. JELLYFISH. When an aspiring young actress accepts an invite to a fading A-lister’s home, she soon learns the terrifying secrets of the Hollywood Elite. Review: I was catching up on episodes of … Continue reading
Review: The Colony by Annika Norlin
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A mega best-seller in Sweden, with rights sold to over a dozen countries and a TV adaptation underway, Annika Norlin’s debut novel The Colony is the biggest Swedish literary phenomenon since Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called … Continue reading
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