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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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The Good House by Tananarive Due

November 16, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is my exact perfect kind of horror: Meaty, character-driven, fantastical yet chilling or creepy stories but without the bleak or nihilistic rush some people seem to get when all the characters end up dead—or worse—at the end of a book. No coincidence, methinks, that Tananarive Due namedrops two excellent Stephen King books in here*, because her writing style reminds me a lot of his. Both authors really know how to immerse you in a long story, and give you the payoff at the end […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Horror Tagged With: audiobooks, black author, Haunted houses, horror, narfna, robin miles, Summerween, tananarive due, the good house

narfna's CBR15 Review No:124 · Genres: Audiobooks, Horror · Tags: audiobooks, black author, Haunted houses, horror, narfna, robin miles, Summerween, tananarive due, the good house ·
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Almost as if part of him enjoyed telling her this.

The Good House by Tananarive Due

April 15, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Aside from classic books like Dracula, Frankenstein, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I have not read a lot of horror books not written by Stephen King. I’ve read almost every thing that he has written without fail. I think I am about 5 shy of completion. I also have read a half dozen Anne Rice books. And I think it stops there. So this book is a departure. I’ve been interested in Tananarive Due novels for a while, but I haven’t had access to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: tananarive due, the good house

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:188 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: tananarive due, the good house ·
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