The Pram by Joe Hill
What a fitting book to complete my Cannonball on for this spooky season! The Pram is a short story by one of Stephen King’s sons. I think I’ve read other Joe Hill stories and not really loved them, but I liked this one a lot. We start out with Willy and Marianne moving to a farmhouse in Maine after they suffered a miscarriage. Marianne was so depressed and lifeless that Willy wanted to get her out into the fresh air and away from their old […]
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
This book was so weird and different, but I totally loved it. I listened to the audiobook and I had to keep pausing and rewinding it because there were so many little gems. There are some truly creepy moments in this book, and the main “bad guy” is just gross. I loved it all. Alex Easton is a retired soldier who gets a letter that their childhood friend is dying. Alex travels to the home of the Ushers in rural Gallatia, where they used to […]
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
Did not finish It is 1981 in Buenos Aires. Juan and his young son Gaspar embark on a cross-country trip to his late wife’s family compound. It is clear from the beginning that Juan is ill and is still suffering the after-effects of recent heart surgery and the sudden loss of his wife Rosario. This is no ordinary road trip. He is struggling to support his son, who does not understand what is really happening and is traumatized by his mother’s death and his father’s […]
Reptile Memoirs by Silje Ulstein
Come Closer by Sara Gran
I meant to review every book of Horror Month separately but I happened to consecutively read these two and they both feature women going through…transformations. So I figured it made sense to talk about them both on one page. Reptile Memoirs**** This is billed as a horror mystery but aside from a woman’s weird psychosomatic fascination with a snake, there’s not much in the way of horror, if that even qualifies as horror. That’s okay though; this is an interesting enough mystery tale with shifting […]
Jackal by Erin E. Adams
30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 3 Book 10/30 I am being cursed with three-star reads. The frustrating thing about this one is that for the most part I can’t really pinpoint why it didn’t work for me. So fair warning, this review will probably read like I’m still trying to work that out, because I am. One thing I can say is that after having finished, if this book failed to cohere as a story for me, at least it failed in interesting ways, […]
Duma Key by Stephen King
Edgar Freemantle is living the American Dream with a successful business, a great marriage and two lovely daughters, until an accident at a building site nearly kills him. Left without his right arm and prone to disturbing outbursts of anger, Edgar decamps for the Florida Keys after his wife, fearing for her safety, asks for a divorce. On the titular Duma Key, Edgar takes up a long-dormant interest in art, first with drawings and later paintings. His mood stabilized and his pain under control, he […]
