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Zombies or ghosts? Why not both?

The Haunting of Ashburn House by Darcy Coates

July 30, 2021 by The Book Omnivore Leave a Comment

Look, this isn’t a masterpiece. I don’t think Coates meant it to be that either. But it was fun and sometimes that’s all you need. The Haunting of Ashburn House is the pretty scary story of Adrienne, a 20-something woman who inherits an old house from her great aunt, Edith. Broke, without any living relatives and as good as homeless, Adrienne chooses to move into this house with her cat Wolfgang because then at least she’ll have a roof over her head. The house is […]

Spoiler alert: we’re all going to die

The end of everything (Astrophysically speaking) by Katie Mack

July 28, 2021 by The Book Omnivore 2 Comments

Astrophysicist Katie Mack doesn’t mince her words. The universe will end. We just don’t know exactly how. In The end of everything she explores some of the scientific theories that attempt to answer the question. She does so in a pedagogical way, that’s (relatively) easy to understand even for laywomen like myself. You can tell she loves her job: her enthusiasm permeates the whole book, so even though her subject matter is rather grim, you cannot help but think that this is all very cool. […]

All you need is love?

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

July 20, 2021 by The Book Omnivore 2 Comments

Linus is a caseworker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He visits orphanages to make sure everything is in order and that the kids who are staying there are doing ok. His life is monotonous and drab, bureaucratic even. One day, he gets a special assignment by the Department’s Extremely Upper Management. He gets sent to the island of Marsyas, where the orphanage there is home to some very special kids who are cared for by a very special man. One third into […]

Do you still wish you had a river you could skate away on?

Blackwater: The complete saga by Michael McDowell

July 18, 2021 by The Book Omnivore Leave a Comment

Originally published as 6 short novels, the almost 800 page long Blackwater follows the Caskeys, a family of mill owners, from the 1920s to the 1970s. The story starts with a flood. Perdido and Blackwater, the two rivers that run through the town Perdido, have covered the whole town in murky water, killing people and destroying properties. Oscar Caskey, who works at his family’s mill, and Bray, his servant, are rowing through town, when they find a woman sitting on a bed on the second […]

A bunch of hangry Bigfeet

Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks

July 11, 2021 by The Book Omnivore Leave a Comment

Kate and her husband Dan need a fresh start, not least to save their marriage. So they move into Kate’s brother’s house to look after it, which is one of only 6 houses that form a little community (Greenloop) situated in the middle of nowhere. Greenloop provides its inhabitants with a high-tech standard of living, while being close to nature (and just a 90 minutes drive from Seattle). Soon though there is trouble in paradise. Rainier erupts, and while it’s too far away to be […]

Sleepwalking hollow

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

July 9, 2021 by The Book Omnivore Leave a Comment

Spoilers throughout the whole review! So your husband asks for a divorce and you’re a graphic designer with not a penny in your pocket. What do you do? As everyone knows, to get over a divorce and move on with your life, you have to move into your uncle’s museum of curiosities and taxidermy and then stumble into a portal to another dimension that contains horrible creatures. Because, if your toe hurts, the best way of getting over how much it hurts is to cut […]

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Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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