Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. How does Victor LaValle do this! I am mad at myself for gulping this book down, but I could not slow myself. At one point I had to say go slower, go slower, you are getting to the end, and I was not able to slow down. I needed a great horror book and LaValle per usual delivers. The characters are so damn good. The writing is lyrical. […]
Melmoth by Sarah Perry
So this was a 3.5 star read that I rounded up to 4 stars. I didn’t care for the Essex Serpent at all and worried I wouldn’t like this book, but I thought Perry did a good job with this. She took her own spin on Melmoth the Wanderer Novel by Charles Maturin. Just like with that book, Perry pushes the Gothic elements all the while telling several stories within the main story. I thought the writing for the most part was spot-on. I loved […]
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Well this made me cry at the end. I so wanted a different ending. Which to me is often a sign of a very good book. You hope for a different outcome even though you know it’s not possible. “Burial Rites” is a historical fiction novel based on true events. We follow the final days of a young woman named Agnes Magnúsdóttir, found guilty of murder and sentenced to be beheaded in Iceland in 1829. The book follows many characters and you get most of them […]
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo
Absolutely fantastic. This was so good I didn’t want it to end. Bardugo does an excellent job with the stories and Kipin’s illustrations evokes the fairy tale setting and characters so well. I may just buy this in hardback for the illustrations alone. These stories are a great blend of retellings as well as something darker that leaks into each story that makes it just as much a cautionary tale as Grimm’s original fairy tales. Here are my ratings for all of the stories, but […]
Slice of Murder by Rosie A. Point
Nice. Definitely needed a fun cozy mystery. I think I will keep up with this series. I like to keep them in rotation with the more grisly mystery books that I read. I thought this was great and the main character Gina is going to be fun to follow. I also laughed out loud several times while reading. At one point someone goes to Gina, “Well color me brown and call me a candy bar.” I have no idea if this is a real saying, […]
Blame it On the Pumpkin by Tara Moeller
Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Ahh, a very nice Halloween anthology series. I really enjoyed the stories for the most part, there were just two stories that did not work for me. I am realizing now after reading other’s reviews that some of the stories were not everyone’s cup of tea. Probably because most of the readers wanted more horror and not gallows humor that seemed to run through some of the stories. […]
