It is not often that you find a perfect book. I didn't find this one, I was told to read it by a dear friend (popcultureboy) and am very glad I did. My Sister-in-Law died young and brutally fast from a brain tumour in February 2013 and after that I was directed by well meaning souls to all … [Read more]
Creating Your Dream Guy Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be
If you've never been in the position our heroine finds herself in - 30, single, and at a family wedding being smothered by pitying glances and "it'll be your turn someday"s - then her decision to make up a boyfriend might sound a little ridiculous to you. That's alright; that's reasonable. But let … [Read more]
They Should Have Jumped Off the Roof
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
Somehow I made it to the ripe old age of (age redacted) without knowing the details of this book. Written in 1979, this story of a family and it’s slow, painful, deconstruction has titillated audiences and will be return to the small screen soon via a Lifetime movie (of course). I was intrigued both … [Read more]
The Real Surprise Wasn’t the Party
The second Fear Street book opens with a prologue from the point of view of a murderer. In this case, our killer murdered Evan for the sake of a girl, and apparently murder was quite easy. A year later, we open with Meg Dalton riding her bike with her best friend, Shannon, and her boyfriend, … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:2 ·
Genres: Uncategorized ·
Tags: Fear Street, horror, R.L. Stine, The Surprise Party, thriller, TyburnBlossom's Year of Fear Street Books, YA ·
Plain Kate, indeed.
All day long, I kept telling myself, hey, you really need to sit down and write that review. And then instead, I did laundry. And I emptied the dishwasher. I went to the gym. I caught up on The Good Wife. I did pretty much EVERYTHING I could think of. But there … [Read more]
's CBR6 Review No:4 ·
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction ·
Tags: #CBR6, Erin Bow, Malin, narfna, Plain Kate, Scootsa1000 ·
Every Day When All is Changed
People disappeared. Not everyone, not even a majority, but enough around the world that it was noticed. Some believe it’s the Rapture, others simply calling it a rapture-like event but not actually THE Rapture; no matter what you believe happened, there was no way to deny that it did indeed … [Read more]