Siracusa by Delia Ephron
I picked this book up after listening to the audiobook Left on Tenth, Delia Ephron's memoir about the period of her life after she lost her beloved husband, found new love, and then dealt with serious health issues. She narrated her own memoir, and that is my favorite type of audiobook - a memoir … [Read more]
Catch and Cradle by Katia Rose
Katia Rose is really good at writing two people who want to kiss each other. It's a simple thing you would think, from a romance author, but damn if this isn't two books in a row I have read, after The Devil Wears Tartan, where I really was so into the idea of two girls kissing. I mean, this is a … [Read more]
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
Read as part of CBR14 Bingo: verse. This book frequently quotes the "Hell is empty, all the devils are here" passage from "The Tempest", as well as verses from a fictional short story inspired by that passage. This left me with the same feeling I felt when I first read Tana French's debut … [Read more]
The Mist by Stephen King
Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
The Mist - 4/5 I've read and reread The Mist a number of times, mostly separate from the rest of the stories in this collection. I often found that once I was done with it, given that it's over 100 pages, I was kind of spent. I also found, that especially with horror stories and sci-fi stories … [Read more]
James & the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
This book was in the "Banned Books" display at my library, so I picked it up on my way to the check-out counter. The last time I read James and the Giant Peach, I think I may have been in the 4th grade, so this was really like reading it for the first time. As an adult, I have to say the … [Read more]
The Kolchak Papers: The Original Novels by Jeff Rice
I like to find the original literary sources for movies that I like (see past reviews of Strangers on a Train, Rosemary's Baby, Breakfast at Tiffany's), so I was happy to find out that an old television show from my childhood, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, actually started life out as a book. The … [Read more]
