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Bodies and Christ

American Rapture by C.J. Leede

This is My Body by Lindsay King-Miller

October 26, 2025 by Jake Leave a Comment

Being back in grad school, I just do not have the time to read like I used to. However, last week on a retreat, I knocked out two religious horror books I had been meaning to read for a while and since they were both thematically similar, I figured I’d dump the reviews here. American Rapture This is juuuuust clearing the 4-star threshold, mostly because I liked C.J. Leede’s writing, even if her plotting and pacing could frustrate. I also get easily annoyed with survival […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: American Rapture, apocalypse, body horror, C.J. Leede, Catholic, covid, exorcisms, horror, Lindsay King-Miller, occult, pandemic, Religion, religious horror, This is My Body

Jake's CBR17 Review No:51 · Genres: Horror · Tags: American Rapture, apocalypse, body horror, C.J. Leede, Catholic, covid, exorcisms, horror, Lindsay King-Miller, occult, pandemic, Religion, religious horror, This is My Body ·
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Best Western

Sing Her Down by Ivy Pochoda

July 6, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR16Bingo: rage. The rage of women, ex-cons, survivors is centered in this book. The opening chapter contains a monologue on female rage. You ever have an author that you think you should like more? You just try and try with them but they can’t put it together for you? That was Ivy Pochoda until These Women, which I read a couple months ago and will absolutely be in my Best of 2024, with a great shot to place in the top 5. […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: cbr16bingo, covid, crime, Ivy pochoda, los angeles, Prison, rage, Sing Her Down, western

Jake's CBR16 Review No:100 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: cbr16bingo, covid, crime, Ivy pochoda, los angeles, Prison, rage, Sing Her Down, western ·
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“Just when you think you’ve seen the worst human beings have to offer, you find out you’re wrong.”

Holly (Holly Gibney, #3) by Stephen King

December 22, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was bit of a messy book that I ultimately enjoyed very much. King takes a lot of smaller pieces (racism, homophobia, cannibalism, the fear of aging, COVID, poetry and writing and the meaning of art) and smushes them together in this little book following Holly Gibney, a character some people love and some people (inexplicably) hate. I happen to love her. I thought this was a great showcase for Holly, even if it wasn’t perfect, and there were small moments I might have tweaked […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: are the elderly life-sucking monsters, cannibals, covid, Holly, holly gibney, horror, narfna, Stephen King, Suspense, thrillers

narfna's CBR15 Review No:150 · Genres: Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: are the elderly life-sucking monsters, cannibals, covid, Holly, holly gibney, horror, narfna, Stephen King, Suspense, thrillers ·
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Horror Month 2023: #6

The Darkness of Others by Cate Holahan

October 17, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Took a break from this season of horror reading to get to a thriller I’ve been meaning to check off the ol’ TBR. Mixed feelings on it. It was one of those roller coaster books. No it did not thrill me like a roller coaster. But the shape of my enjoyment went from flat to a high curve and back to flat again. Cate Holahan develops an intricate mystery here, even if large parts of it are predictable. And she imbues it with some quality […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: Brooklyn, Cate Holahan, covid, domestic suspense, new york, New York City, thriller

Jake's CBR15 Review No:148 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: Brooklyn, Cate Holahan, covid, domestic suspense, new york, New York City, thriller ·
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Horror Month 2023: #2

Holly by Stephen King

October 5, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

I suppose I should address the conversation around the book before the book itself. There’s been a lot of grousing from center/center-right/right wing King fans about how political this book is. That all the villains are painted as MAGA doofuses. These comments usually have some variety of “King was never political until now!” To which I say…have you ever read Stephen King? His early books are steeped in 70s paranoia. He wrote a book about a man trying to assassinate a presidential candidate, the latter […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery Tagged With: covid, holly gibney, horror, mystery, Stephen King

Jake's CBR15 Review No:144 · Genres: Horror, Mystery · Tags: covid, holly gibney, horror, mystery, Stephen King ·
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May 2022 Leftovers

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies and the Mob by Gianni Russo

Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost

Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara

American Tabloid by James Ellroy

Hot Springs by Stephen Hunter

Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier

Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier

Dead Soon Enough by Steph Cha

Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka

June 1, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Here are the books I read in May 2022 that I didn’t get to give a full review for whatever reason. I read a lot of authors of AAPI descent; their books were all wonderful in their own respective ways… Sea of Tranquility **** Unquestionably a metacommentary on the author’s Station Eleven success in the shadow of Covid-19, it’s a beautifully written reflection on finding peace and contentment in the uncertainties of life. I don’t know that I enjoyed it as much as others did given […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #memoir, #Science Fiction, American Tabloid, Arkansas, Bullet Train, Chicago, Clark and Division, covid, Dead Soon Enough, Emily St. John Mandel, Gianni Russo, historical fiction, Hollywood Godfather, Hot Springs, James Ellroy, Japan, Japanese-American, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Jennifer Hillier, JFK assassination, Juniper Song, Kōtarō Isaka, LGBTQIA, Little Secrets, los angeles, mafia, Mark Frost, mystery, Naomi Hirahara, pandemic, Pizza Girl, Sea of Tranquility, Seattle, Steph Cha, Stephen Hunter, the godfather, thriller, tv, twin peaks

Jake's CBR14 Review No:95 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #memoir, #Science Fiction, American Tabloid, Arkansas, Bullet Train, Chicago, Clark and Division, covid, Dead Soon Enough, Emily St. John Mandel, Gianni Russo, historical fiction, Hollywood Godfather, Hot Springs, James Ellroy, Japan, Japanese-American, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Jennifer Hillier, JFK assassination, Juniper Song, Kōtarō Isaka, LGBTQIA, Little Secrets, los angeles, mafia, Mark Frost, mystery, Naomi Hirahara, pandemic, Pizza Girl, Sea of Tranquility, Seattle, Steph Cha, Stephen Hunter, the godfather, thriller, tv, twin peaks ·
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