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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
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
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
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
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
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
Review: Their Four Hearts by Vladimir Sorokin
Buy it here: Dalkey Archive, Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In many respects, Their Four Hearts is a book of endings and final things. Vladimir Sorokin wrote it in the year the Soviet Union collapsed and then didn’t write fiction for ten years after … Continue reading
Review: Mister Magic by Kiersten White
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and discover the secret of its enigmatic host—in this dark supernatural thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide. … Continue reading
Review: The Child and The River by Henri Bosco
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A new translation of an evocative, Huckleberry Finn –esque French bestseller about a young farmboy, the river where he is forbidden to play, and the adventures that ensue when he disobeys his family’s wishes. … Continue reading
Review: The Handyman Method by Nick Cutter and Andrew F Sullivan
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A chilling domestic story of terror for fans of Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror . When a young family moves into an unfinished development community, cracks begin to emerge in both their new … Continue reading
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