The Giver: Graphic Novel by Lois Lowry
#cbr11bingo #Award I have never read the novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry, but thought I knew the story. I had read the second book, Gathering Blue and read about and talked about The Giver. Plus, I figured I know the authors style as well. It is sweet and “happy edgy.” You know good things can happen, even when bad things are going on. Yet, when I read The Giver: Graphic Novel I was blown away. This is not just due to the story (I […]
To the Bridge by Nancy Rommelmann
I don’t really know how I found this book. I read it a couple months ago, and there have been so many books since then that I just can’t remember! Anyway, this book is a true story, and at times it was hard to read. Here’s a quick synopsis of what happened: In Oregon in May 2009, Amanda Stott-Smith dropped her two kids off a bridge into the river. Her four year old son died, but her seven year old daughter lived. Amanda was almost […]
The Uninvited by Dorothy Macardle
I love old black and white movies, especially mysteries and horror movies. I was watching one of my all-time favorites, The Uninvited, a ghost story starring Ray Milland recently (it’s a really superior film – I highly recommend it if you’ve never seen it) and I started to wonder where the idea for the movie had come from. Was it an original screenplay? A short story? A novel? A quick internet search revealed that the film, directed by English director Lewis Allen was based on […]
The Troop by Nick Cutter
Pretty much since I first got an E-Reader, Kobo has been trying to get me to read Nick Cutter. When my E-Reader broke and I switched to the audiobook platform Kobo offered, it continued to push Cutter on me. My love of survival stories, post apocalyptic narratives, and zombie tales is probably what made the algorithm think I’d like this book, but this was not my cup of tea. Do I want to listen to the gory butchering of a cat, or two boys trying […]
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Last Bingo: Reader’s Choice to cover “Two Heads are Better than One” I’ve been seeing Gideon The Ninth hyped all over social media for months, and it sounded really cool and interesting. To cite the blurb across the front cover: “Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!” This is actually a largely accurate description of the premise: the immortal Emperor sends out a message to the nobles (ie- necromancers) of each of the 9 Houses in this universe to send their strongest necromancer-heir […]
The Terror by Dan Simmons
I pulled this book from my mountainous TBR pile shortly after the first season of the television adaption dropped onto Hulu. The second season, which is airing now, is entirely self contained and doesn’t appear to have anything to do with this book or season one. When I opened the my Kindle and saw that it clocked in at well over 900 pages I thought maybe I’d bitten off more than I could chew. I love a good door stopper of a book but almost […]
