A handyman and his wife live with their two young children Matt and Amber in a pretty large apartment complex. Right off the bat we are alerted to the fact that things aren’t quite right in this household. One, Lynn (the wife) is seeing a marriage counselor behind Harris’s back. Two, both Harris and Lynn undermine each other as parents, catering to one child only. Matt is meticulously neat and clean, quiet, artistic and obviously Harris’s favorite. Lynn, favors her intelligent, kind, loving daughter Amber. […]
Sleeping for a while doesn’t sound that bad …
The characters and overall plot line of Sleeping Beauties will be familiar to most Stephen King readers. While he hasn’t explored a world without women before, he has made a career of looking at small towns facing extreme circumstances and using those small towns to stand in for society as a whole. In some ways, this novel reminded me of Under the Dome, both in how isolated or confined the setting felt and in the way that the community quickly splintered and divided. As the news […]
Episode 1-01: Odd, Brilliant, Old Man Balls
http://neozaz.com/killing-my-kindle-1-01/ It’s up! It’s a fucking podcast! Holy shit! It sounds like it was recorded in a plastic bag, but goddammit it’s up and it’s got theme music and it can only get better from here! Or worse. FUCK YOU. Wherein I review: Unbound (Stone Barrington #44) by Stuart Woods Brilliance (Brilliance Saga #1) by Marcus Sakey Odd Hours (Odd Thomas #4) by Dean Koontz There’s a website: killingmykindle.com There’s a Twitter: @killingmykindle There’s a Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killingmykindle/
I’ll never look at a snowman the same way again!
Wow! I have just read “The Snowman” by Jo Nesbo and what a read it was! I basically read the whole thing in one night because I could not put the book down. It took me a little bit of time to get into the book, as it required some concentration at the start with the Norwegian names and a variety of characters. However I quickly got my head around that and enjoyed the thrill of the ride. Firstly, I loved the characters. Harry Hole […]
Serialized Fiction
I had downloaded this book to my Kindle way back in October of 2016. Likely, as a GoodReads recommendation on my daily deals email. Regarded as a bit sci-fi, a bit horror, with over 1,000 5-star reviews and the low, low cost of free, I added it to my Library. And to the backlog it went. I recently began cleaning off my Kindle and removing the books collecting digital dust. I read a few chapters of “Yesterday’s Gone” and decided to give it a go. I […]
This is YA dystopia done right
So I used to read a fair amount of young adult fiction. Up until a couple years ago, it probably took up a good 40% of my reading each year, and was the first section I’d go to in the library, even as an 30-something. I appreciated the willingness to experience along with the avoidance of pretension just for the sake of it I found in YA literature. This included YA dystopian novels, which often told interesting stories with bold, frequently female protagonists. However, anything […]
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