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Bingo #4

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

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In an effort to read some spooky literature for this, the high holy season of Halloween, I went for one of my comfortable standbys, good old Neil Gaiman. Winning both the Hugo and the Nebula awards in 2003 and 2004 for best novella, Coraline deserves all the acclaim it received. Clocking in at only a little over 100 pages, Gaiman works his magic to build a terrifying little universe in a short space. Even though this book was in the children’s section of my library, I won’t lie that I was tense and uncomfortable in the best possible way throughout […]

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10/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:35 |

Cult Fandom

Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg

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I knew going in this wouldn’t be a conventional mystery novel but I was still impressed at how well William Hjortsberg followed the traditional tenets of what constitute a hard boiled novel. For about 90% of the book, this reads like a decent PI tale. And though I found the cult aspects to be boring and the reveal to be predictable, I still enjoyed the writing. This is a book that wastes no space. There are 48 chapters and each one exists to move the plot forward as quickly as possible. Yet it doesn’t read like a cheap paperback. Instead, […]

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10/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:104 |

Definitely not my wheelhouse

The Whisper Man by Alex North

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CBR11Bingo Not My Wheelhouse.   I was a precocious reader as a child. I learned to read before kindergarten, and pretty quickly outpaced my elementary school library. I read everything I could get my hands on, and when I ran out of my own reading material I moved on to my parent’s books and magazines. Which is how I came to read the work of Stephen King at an inappropriate age. For several years, starting in about third grade, Stephen King’s books were my constant companions. I would lock myself in to the bathroom and lie on the bathmat on […]

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9/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:56 |

Great Horror Book, but Definitely Dated

A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson

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I really enjoyed reading this one! I watched the movie starring Kevin Bacon when it came out and I thought it did a great job with updating this source material into modern times. They do keep some of the same elements here and there, though they change the person who was murdered and why. I liked that since I then went into this book cold and had no clue who did what to whom or why. I will say though that this book was published in the late 1950s and you feel that throughout. The woman in this story are […]

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9/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:223 |

“I couldn’t help it. It just popped in there.” – Ray Stantz

The DarkDeep by Allie Condie, Brendan Reichs

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CBR11Bingo – And So It Begins . . . Nico isn’t totally beloved in the town of Timbers, after his dad’s environmental lobbying meant the loss of a lot of jobs from Timbers’ lumber industry.  Luckily he has his best friends Tyler and Emma to pass the time and dodge the bullies (mostly Logan Nantes, whose dad runs the lumber mill).  One way they avoid Logan and his cronies is by spending their time at Still Cove, the cliffside on the edge of town where no one really likes to lurk for long. One day, though, Logan and Nico’s former […]

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9/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:63 |

The Beginning of the Evil

First Evil by R.L. Stine

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Oh Fear Street, how I have missed you. I think next year for Halloween bingo I may just read nothing but Fear Street books for squares. This is the first book in Stine’s Fear Street Cheerleaders series. There are five books. As a teen I loved this whole series and couldn’t wait for all of the installments. Fear Street and Shadyside High sounded like such dark and scary places and I always cracked up when something would happen and the police would just be all, well “Fear Street.” This book definitely has a lot of girl get some sense moments, […]

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9/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:218 |

Not at all what I was expecting. #CBRBingo – Birthday

Firestarter by Stephen King

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I’ve read a fair amount of Stephen King by this point, and this is one of the better ones. Aside from some dated language and ideas (fatphobia, gender essentialism, homophobic/racist language used mostly by bad guys), I liked this one almost as much as I like Misery. Good villains, simple but effective story. Just a really well done horror/suspense novel. The 1980s just ooze from every page. I actually wasn’t anticipating the intensity of this novel. It opens in the middle of things, and our two main characters, Andy and Charlie McGee (father and daughter), are already on the run […]

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9/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:73 |

“Cause I might open my eyes and find someone standing there”

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

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After getting unceremoniously laid off from her job and coming home to find her boyfriend cheating on her, Jules Larsen is forced to couch surf with her good friend until she can get back on her feet again. When she is offered the opportunity to apartment sit at The Bartholomew, one of the most exclusive and notorious buildings in Manhattan for $1000 per week, it seems too good to be true. If you’ve consumed even the smallest amount of fiction in your life, you know offers like that turn out. Despite the warnings of her best friend and the strangely […]

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9/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:30 |


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