Read this as part of CBR10Bingo: Two heads are better than one. Reviewing this one with my wife. I didn’t know until after I finished this that the book itself was a re-written teleplay from the show. Had I known that, I probably would have held off on reading it for awhile because you can see the proverbial glue and scotch tape that held this together and it’s not pretty. I appreciated the female detective navigating layers of patriarchy to try and solve the case. […]
The Hell of War on the Home Front
Read as part of CBR10Bingo: Almost award winner. Perfidia was nominated for the 2015 Folio Prize but did not win. It speaks to the times we live in that the depth of my cynicism has allowed me to appreciate James Ellroy novels in a way I never could before this summer. This is the second book of his I’ve read the last few months and it’s one of the best things I read in 2018. It could also be that this one is slightly better than the […]
I would bet money that Stephen King has never been to North Carolina
I can’t remember the last time I read a book by Stephen King. I was a huge fan in my teens and 20s, but it’s probably been at least 20 years since I picked up one of his books. Recently, my daughter has started reading King, so when Joyland showed up in our shared digital library suggestions, I though, “Sure, why not.” I wasn’t disappointed, which was a great relief to me. Joyland isn’t a horror story per se, and is really more of a ghost story than anything […]
#CBR10 Bingo: Backlog – Outcast
3.5 stars #CBR10Bingo: Backlog (has been on my TBR list since June 2013) Riley Carver lives in a little town somewhere in the Southern USA. For the past six years, on a particular day, angels come from the heavens and take away some of the townspeople. One year ago, the angels took Riley’s best friend, almost boyfriend, Chris. So she’s refusing to to leave the house (even though the whole town is supposed to the public celebration – or face strong censure), and when she sees […]
The best thing about this book is its title.
I’ve never seen the film adaptation of Picnic At Hanging Rock, but the trailers for the new BBC series piqued my interest and so I thought it high time I read this classic tale of mystery….I don’t know what I was expecting, but whatever it was, it wasn’t this. Back in 1900, most of the pupils of a stuffy Australian girl’s boarding school are going on a picnic to a local beauty spot, Hanging Rock. While there, a small group of girls decides to go […]
Cat People
I’m not a big fan of anthropomorphic verses. But I am a fan of noir and when done right (Who Framed Roger Rabbit? for example, although the book isn’t great), it can be fun. This one is mostly done right. Imported from Spain, the book seems to be set in America (maybe Los Angeles?) and centers around the titular character, a 50s-style private eye…who is also a cat living in a world of talking animals. There are three stories in this first volume of Blacksad, each are distinct […]
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