Strangers by Dean Koontz
This has to be one of my least favorite reads of 2019. Good lord this is just bad. And it has too many characters and not enough plot. When we finally get to the whole conspiracy aspect of this I laughed. I think since this was written in 1986 it made sense to Koontz to write it the way that he did. However, as someone who grew up watching B level monster movies, this is just no comparison at all. This book also indulges in […]
The Whisper Man by Alex North
CBR11Bingo Not My Wheelhouse. I was a precocious reader as a child. I learned to read before kindergarten, and pretty quickly outpaced my elementary school library. I read everything I could get my hands on, and when I ran out of my own reading material I moved on to my parent’s books and magazines. Which is how I came to read the work of Stephen King at an inappropriate age. For several years, starting in about third grade, Stephen King’s books were my constant […]
Whose Boat Is This Boat? Comments That Don’t Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane by The Staff of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Whose Boat Is This Boat? Comments That Don’t Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane has several clues why this is not a pro-Trump book. First, the cover is less than flattering (one fat, Cheeto dust covered face male) and second, it was created by The Staff of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. This book shows the buffoon in all his stupidity. The entire book is dedicated to the statements that he said during the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. And (as usual) these statements […]
Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
So the main reason why this gets four stars is that it is too freaking long. I love the King, but this needed to either be edited back, or broken out into two parts. The other reason why I gave this four stars is that the stupid speaking demon thing pops up again and yes I still loathe that whole thing and what it means for our Susannah Dean. I think the ka-tet grew stronger together in this story and you can see now for […]
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Do I like Nimona? Honestly? I am not sure. Let me start at the beginning: Nimona is a girl who invites herself to become the sidekick of Lord Ballister Blackheart, the infamous, has a pretty cool metal arm, villain of the village. Of course, nothing is black and white; there is a side story about Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and why Lord Blackheart became evil but also why Sir Goldenloin is the “hero,” plus our Nimona who is an “impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for […]
Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris
So I cheated a little bit with this one. A coworker read this book and lent it to me because she loved it and wanted to talk about it. I went to my trusty old CBR page to see if anyone had reviewed it. I saw that badkittyuno read it and loved it, so I knew it was a safe bet: behind-closed-doors-badkittyuno/ So this book will be fulfilling my cbr11bingo Cannonballer Says square! When my friend Brianne gave me the book she said she read […]
