Whoa! I somehow expected this to be funny as well as scary. Look at that title. Can’t you just see the ‘80s moms with their big hair going after the bad guy? Maybe staking him with a stiletto heel after a cocktail party? It had its moments but mostly it was really, really dark. Like, really dark. And trigger-ish for some […]
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share a Halloween freebie this week. I’m going with the obvious choice and listing my top ten horror books. I thought about listing my top ten horror movies that are based on books but I don’t think I’ve ever watched that many horror movies! I’m such a wimp! Also, I generally love […]
This is my third Grady Hendrix novel this year and with every single one of them, I think the premise sounds like fun and then I’m surprised by how dark the book gets. You would think I’d learn, wouldn’t you? The books do start off amusingly enough but the dread and the creep factor slowly ratchet up until I’m practically […]
Welcome to my weekly update for October 25, 2020! First of all, my apologies for not visiting your blogs much last week. Thank you to everyone who stopped by here though! My husband’s work contract in Portland ended yesterday so we’ve been nailing down his next job and finding our next campground (we live in […]
I finished this back on July 27 but I’ve already forgotten everything about it. Ugh. But that’s typically what happens with my three-star books so at least I know I rated it accurately. Christopher Moore’s brand of humor is not for everyone. I think it varies wildly from book to book so it’s not even reliably to my taste. This […]
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our top ten “Books I Read Because Someone Recommended Them to Me.” This may be tough. I can generally remember that someone recommended a book but I might not remember exactly who recommended it. I’ll give it a try. Ahab’s Wife; or the Star-Gazer by […]
Welcome to my weekly update for October 18, 2020! My husband and I did go to the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument last week for our anniversary. Most of the trails were really short (maybe half a mile roundtrip) but they took us through some beautiful areas! Left to right: The Story in Time […]
We meet Lizzie and her sister Emma shortly after the notorious murder of their father and stepmother. The women are living in fear of an unnamed horror that is taking over their hometown. They’re trying to research it and combat it as best they can but Emma is an invalid and Lizzie is–well, notorious Lizzie Borden. The horrors […]
Oh my goodness. This scared me to death! I got worried that I was going to have to put it aside. I gladly read most horror but one trope in particular seriously gives me nightmares and this book went there. I soldiered on though and holy cow, what a ride this was! I keep seeing it compared to a horror version of Little House on […]
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our top ten long book titles this week. I decided to choose from books I’ve actually read. I also decided to choose five compound titles and five simple titles. Compound Titles: Don’t Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories […]
Welcome to my weekly update for October 11, 2020! I’m prepping this post on Wednesday because my husband and I are hoping to drive out to the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument for some hiking for our anniversary weekend. It looks like a beautiful area, so we’re excited! Any of you who read children’s […]