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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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I held back my indifference long enough to write the review. So, that’s good.

The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

February 23, 2021 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

On November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr shot and killed his entire family in their home on Long Island: both parents and his four siblings (ranging in age from 9 to 18). One year later, George and Kathy Lutz bought the house, and, along with their three kids, moved into the house in December 1975. 28 days later, they moved out, leaving all their belongings after claiming to have been victims of a traumatic haunting. Which is utter horseshit. Perhaps that goes without saying – […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Haunted House, hoax, jay anson, The Amityville Horror

ingres77's CBR13 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: Haunted House, hoax, jay anson, The Amityville Horror ·
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Later that summer, when Mrs. Penmark looked back and remembered, when she was caught up in despair so deep she knew there was no way out…

The Bad Seed by William March

Dracula's Guest and Other Stories by Bram Stoker

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James

The Dare by RL Stine

The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

October 19, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Bad Seed – 3/5 Stars The book about a bad kid hurting and killing other people, and the questions around what makes her tick. I guess I think I have seen the movie of this years ago, but other than “bad kid” I don’t recall much of it. The book dives into the psychology and especially the genetics of the questions of “bad kid” in ways that I imagine are pretty early for the genre. So this is the book that sort of started […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: bram stoker, dracula's guest, ghost stories of antiquary, jay anson, M.R. James, R.L. Stine, the bad seed, The Dare, William March

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:556 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bram stoker, dracula's guest, ghost stories of antiquary, jay anson, M.R. James, R.L. Stine, the bad seed, The Dare, William March ·
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Nonfiction reviews for CBR Bingo

The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson

Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love by Thomas Maier

The Amnityville Horror by Jay Anson

August 13, 2019 by Caitlin_D 1 Comment

So part of my “catch up while husband is overseas” plan involved writing 5 reviews per day but since that took roughly 100 years last night I decided to shoot for a more reasonable three. I am also going to try and find common threads between my reviews so it makes a bit more sense. All of the below reviews are “true stories” but I only needed one to check off the True Story Bingo square- CBR Bingo: True Story The Trial of Lizzie Borden, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Health, History, Horror, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Cara Robertson, cbr bingo, cbr11bingo, jay anson, masters of sex, The Amnityville Horror, The Trial of Lizzie Borden, thomas maier

Caitlin_D's CBR11 Review No:74 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Health, History, Horror, Non-Fiction · Tags: Cara Robertson, cbr bingo, cbr11bingo, jay anson, masters of sex, The Amnityville Horror, The Trial of Lizzie Borden, thomas maier ·
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I Made a Mistake Reading This Right Under the Cold Vent in my Room, I Tell You That

November 28, 2018 by Lisa Bee Leave a Comment

This is probably a story that most people are familiar with from some adaptation or another, but upon seeing the old copy of this book on my friend’s shelf recently, I realized that I have neither seen nor read a single one? Which on the one hand makes sense because I don’t ever really read horror, but at the same time my friend has gotten me into watching horror movies within the last few years so this almost seems like a bit of an oversight! […]

Filed Under: Horror, Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr10bingo, jay anson, Not My Wheelhouse

Lisa Bee's CBR10 Review No:61 · Genres: Horror, Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr10bingo, jay anson, Not My Wheelhouse ·
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