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Fantasy and horror genre loving Canadian, who is also a library enthusiast, and roommates with a fuzzy freeloader (aka my dog).

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For the dead travel fast

Dracula by Bram Stoker, Tavia Gilbert (Narrator), J.P. Guimont (Narrator)

February 16, 2024 by dreadpiratekel 2 Comments

The story that Stoker tells, via letters, diary entries, telegrams, and even a few newspaper articles, is about what happens when the undead Count Dracula travels to London and how his activities (mainly bloodsucking and general bad vibes vampire business) interact with the protagonists of the novel. This isn’t my first encounter with the Count; I read a children’s version as a child and then delved into the actual text during high school. Since then, I’ve consumed numerous other adaptations of this tale. My decision […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: bram stoker, Bram Stoker, Tavia Gilbert (Narrator), J.P. Guimont (Narrator), Dracula, vampires

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:8 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Horror · Tags: bram stoker, Bram Stoker, Tavia Gilbert (Narrator), J.P. Guimont (Narrator), Dracula, vampires ·
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Adventures in Babysitting

Midnight on Beacon Street by Emily Ruth Verona

February 12, 2024 by dreadpiratekel 3 Comments

It is October 1993, just after midnight, and six-year-old Ben Mazinski is in the kitchen; there is blood and there is a dead body. So, exactly how did we get here? That is the story that Midnight on Beacon Street sets out to tell. It covers what happened in the lead-up to midnight to Amy (the babysitter) and her two charges, Ben and his older sister, Mira. It doesn’t do this linearly, but rather jumps around in time, revisiting moments from multiple points of view. […]

Filed Under: Horror, Suspense Tagged With: 1990's, 90s nostalgia, babysitting, crime thriller, Emily Ruth Verona

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:7 · Genres: Horror, Suspense · Tags: 1990's, 90s nostalgia, babysitting, crime thriller, Emily Ruth Verona ·
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Fashionable People Doing Unfashionable Things

Deliberate Cruelty, Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century by Roseanne Montillo

February 11, 2024 by dreadpiratekel Leave a Comment

Content Warning: This book deals with murder, as the title suggests. The book also addresses spousal abuse and suicide. This review mentions the murder but does not touch on the other topics. The novel opens with a bit of snarky back-and-forth between Truman Capote and the Millionaire’s Wife of the title (Ann Woodward), establishing that the two are not on friendly terms. She allegedly uses a slur about his lifestyle (Truman Capote was openly gay) to describe him, and he calls her “Mrs. Bang Bang” […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, History Tagged With: #biography, Ann Woodward, audio book, content warnings, Roseanne Montillo, true crime, truman capote

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:6 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, History · Tags: #biography, Ann Woodward, audio book, content warnings, Roseanne Montillo, true crime, truman capote ·
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Having Fun Storming the Castle

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes & Joe Layden

January 26, 2024 by dreadpiratekel 3 Comments

I do not think it is inconceivable that a person with the username of dreadpiratekel would end up talking about a book about The Princess Bride film. Ahem. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes & Joe Layden is a book about making a movie that was adapted from a book. The movie is, of course, The Princess Bride, and Cary Elwes is our dashing leading man in the film. Now let me say right up front, this book is charming. I have […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, Books about movies, Cary Elwes & Joe Layden, Cary Elwes with Joe Layden, The Princess Bride

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:5 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Books about movies, Cary Elwes & Joe Layden, Cary Elwes with Joe Layden, The Princess Bride ·
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Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Vol. 1 - Aphra by Kieron Gillen

January 21, 2024 by dreadpiratekel Leave a Comment

When I think of Star Wars, I think of space, lightsabers, and Darth Vader. I know some of the various versions of the Star Wars universe have dealt with the history of said universe, but I think of Star Wars as the future (even if it was in a galaxy a long time ago). This is why it was fun to read about Doctor Aphra in the first volume (collecting issues #1-6) of the graphic novel series that bears her name. She is a Star […]

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Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: #graphicnovel, Kieron Gillen, star wars

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:4 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Science Fiction · Tags: #graphicnovel, Kieron Gillen, star wars ·
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Wait. So now I have to read ‘Jane Eyre’?

Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste

January 19, 2024 by dreadpiratekel 2 Comments

Reluctant Immortals opens with an opening line that is just … *chefs kiss*; “It’s almost sundown in Los Angeles, and Dracula’s ashes won’t shut up.” The book is set in 1967 California, splitting most of the action between Los Angeles and the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, with a few spots visited in between. It is the Summer of Love and also yet just another summer for Lucy Westnera and Bertha (Bea) Mason, who are the immortals of the book title. Lucy comes from the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: dracula fiction, Gothic Horror, Gwendolyn Kiste, historical horror, horror, immortality, summer of love, vampires

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:3 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Horror · Tags: dracula fiction, Gothic Horror, Gwendolyn Kiste, historical horror, horror, immortality, summer of love, vampires ·
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