Malice House by Megan Shepherd
Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Trigger warning: Rape is discussed, but not shown. The only reason why I am giving this two stars is that the stories within the big plot, "Bedtime Stories for Monsters" were fantastic. Frankly if … [Read more]
The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios by Yann Martell
This is a collection of early stories from Yann Martell, most famous for Life of Pi. If you look at his general output of writing, across thirty years, he hasn't published all that much, but of course Life of Pi is a) a huge success, b) won the Booker Prize and became an Oscar winning movie, and c) … [Read more]
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
It's the book that pretty much everyone has some familiarity with, and perhaps like a lot of people, I have not read this one before. If you can imagine the huge circular diagram of the hero's journey, not the simplified version, but the more detailed one with more archaic language, this is the book … [Read more]
The Bobby Gold Stories by Anthony Bourdain
A collection of short stories or perhaps a novel in story form about a restaurant bouncer/mob enforcer. I haven't read anything by Anthony Bourdain before and certainly not his fiction. I was surprised when someone not primarily known for fiction writing, writes fiction, and it feels like fiction … [Read more]
Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
I'm never quite sure how to review a short story collection. Recapping each individual story would get rather tedious, and there isn't a strong thematic connection between the twenty-odd stories presented here apart from the fact that they're all very definitely Stephen King stories. The … [Read more]
Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert
CBR 14 Bingo: Rec'd Katee Robert is probably not an author I would have gotten into without all the hearty recommendations of her that I have read! Helen Kasios wants to be more than a pawn, and competing in the trials to become Ares seems to be her way out. But her family has other plans for … [Read more]
