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Sherlock Holmes Takes on Cthulhu

Sherlock Holmes & the Shadwell Shadows by James Lovegrove

June 2, 2019 by MarkAbaddon Leave a Comment

I love Sherlock Holmes and I love the world of horror that HP Lovecraft created. Seeing the two of them brought together was almost irresistible to me but I have seen Holmes placed in a world where logic doesn’t apply before, most notably the collection called shadows over Baker Street. There are aspects of this book that are very reminiscent of some of the best stories in that particular collection. Where the author is most effective is in trying to really ground homes in this World where […]

Reminded Me of Under the Dome…Not a Good Reference Point

Sleeping Beauties by Owen King

May 31, 2019 by Classic 2 Comments

I don’t know what to say here besides this new Stephen/Owen King mash-up was disappointing. I read “Under the Dome” eons ago and I really wish that my Amazon review had been pushed to Goodreads. I recall that I was flabbergasted that no one had reigned in King since that book was 1,074 freaking pages. I read that over two days back in 2009 when I was traveling to Afghanistan for work and recall that at one point I was awake for two days just […]

Great for Constant Readers…3 Stars for Others

Lisey's Story by Stephen King

May 24, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

When I read this book years ago I remember loving it and even crying while reading. Now I see the flaws in this book all over the place. It doesn’t help that at the time I had not read most of King’s works so I didn’t see how he heavily “borrowed” from his other stories. If you are a Castle Rock fan this book is full of Easter eggs for you. Heck, if you are a King fan you can seriously see parts of this […]

I see hole like eyes. My mind is full of them.

Desperation by Stephen King

May 24, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Stephen King. Stephen King. Ok. So this is an audiobook edition of the novel from 1996 read by the author. All in all aside from professional actors reading memoirs, some poets, and a few rare birds, authors tend to be terrible reading their work. Stephen King is perfectly adequate. Though this is a long one to stay with him. I wonder as he’s reading this one, one that is a) not that good and b) full of a lot of casual sexual references and sexual […]

Road Trip 101: Stay away from the Creepy Shadow Men

Are You Listening by Tillie Walden

May 22, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Are You Listening is an odd graphic novel for the 14 to adult crowd. The oddness can only be likened to as if it was the set up to a plot of a classic Twilight Zone episode (with a few modern elements: the two main charters are lesbians and there is a modern plot point). There is much build up but then nothing happens until the end for traditional action. It is there we get the supernatural elements hitting and hitting hard! There are creepy […]

Werewolves live among us

Red Moon by Benjamin Percy

May 21, 2019 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

Ugh. OK. This one was a little rough. It was such a good concept, but it was sooooo slow. I think the audiobook was about 20-21 hours. It probably could’ve been 10 and it would’ve been better. The premise is that some people in the world are werewolves. They were “infected” with a prion originated in wolves. I nerdily enjoyed the backstory of the disease. I could’ve listened to more about that! It starts out strong too. Patrick Gamble is on a plane flying to […]

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