After Shirley Jackson’s death in 1965, her children found a treasure trove of unpublished short stories in Jackson’s attic. They cleaned them up, without changing much, and compiled this book: Just an Ordinary Day, adding in some published short stories (from various magazines and newspapers) at the end. While my familiarity with Jackson lies mostly with her horror — The Lottery, The Haunting of Hill House — this collections covers a variety of genres. In fact, it contains very little horror; instead it focuses on strange happenings in […]
I would have been first in line for another book starring Thea Sperelakis
Oh, Michael Palmer. My best friend introduced me to this author in sixth grade, and we loved him. I devoured her whole collection of his books, medical thrillers that usually featured at least one dirty scene. I still have a copy of my favorite, Flashback, in which I earmarked the dirty scene so Cat could read it in the lunch-line. Beyond that one page of kissing and occasional nipples, we loved these books for the medicine and plotting. Palmer wrote The Second Opinion in 2009, and while I haven’t read […]
I totally skimmed the Real Housewives stuff
I grabbed this at a book sale for 50 cents. Andy Cohen’s name seemed vaguely familiar, and hey, I like pop culture! I realized after starting it that he’s that Bravo guy — he was head of development for years, hosts a talk show and executive produces Real Housewives. I watch literally nothing on Bravo — unless they’re rerunning Grey’s Anatomy — and couldn’t pick a Housewife out of a lineup if my life depended on it, but I liked the book anyway. So if you’re a […]
Room 29
I read my first Jennifer McMahon book (The Winter People) on my last trip, so how nice that The Night Sister came available at the library just before this one. Like The Winter People, The Night Sister expertly combines creepy surroundings with unhappy people in unhappy towns, creating an incredible environment for horror. “For some people, Rose, it’s easier to pretend the things that frighten us most don’t exist at all.” In the 1950s, the Tower Hotel (named for the huge tower the founder built in the back) […]
This one adds up! (hyuck hyuck)
This was probably one of the most romcom-y books that Jojo Moyes has written (or that I’ve read, anyway) and I will admit I loved every sweet minute of it. “The law of probability combined with the law of large numbers states that to beat the odds, sometimes you have to repeat an event an increasing number of times in order to get you to the outcome you desire. The more you do, the closer you get. Or… basically, sometimes you just have to keep […]
He casts quite the shadow
So I was already a leeeetle behind on my reviews, then I went on a trip where I ended up spending about 12 cumulative hours in an airport or on a plane, and finished four more books. So now I’m really behind, and about to flood the main page in an effort to catch up. Apologies! First up: the audiobook I finished prior to leaving town. I’ve been working my way through Orson Scott Card’s Shadow Series, which focuses on the genetically-modified military commander, Bean, whose genes have granted […]
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