Horror – Page 68 – Cannonball Read 17

Flamingos of Long Island Run Wild? Hmmm.

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

May 20, 2023 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Alright, this was some seriously creepy stuff, and I’m always in for a catastrophe that isn’t quite clearly explained. Like you are only getting bits and pieces and nobody is ever going to actually lay it out for you. Draw your own conclusions. But that being said, I did have one caveat regarding it all. But more about that later. Amanda and Clay, along with their two adolescent children, are renting a vacation home for a few weeks in a thickly wooded area of Long […]

Hitchhiking ghosts and killer roads

Sparrow Hill Road (Ghost Roads, #1) by Seaman McGuire

May 16, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When I started Sparrow Hill Road (Ghost Roads, #1) the text came off as nonfiction sounding. My thought was, “Oh great. This whack-a-doo so-called “expert” is going to tell me all about a ghost named Rose Marshall and how she is real (and how ghosts are real) and all about her hauntings, and how hauntings happen, and probably throw in a conspiracy theory or two.” Well, my apologizes, Seaman McGuire. You are not a whack-a-doo. But you are one messed up person! (And in a […]

Haunted Houses and Moms

A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

May 10, 2023 by finnyfinfinn Leave a Comment

They just go together like peanut butter and jelly, or underground children and vultures. Sam Montgomery is on leave from her job and heading to her mother’s house in North Carolina for a visit. Her brother had mentioned that that their mom was acting weird the last time he saw her. As soon as Sam arrives she can see that something is very wrong. Her mother is frightened, jumping at every sound and worried about leaving Sam alone in the house. Her deceased grandmother’s ugly […]

If you’re stabby and you know it, stab someone

If UR Stabby by Kaz Windness

May 2, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My rating of three is a guessed at average of all my likes and dislikes about the book, If UR Stabby. Kaz Windness created a concept of a depressed unicorn that is mostly amusing. Stabby is the opposite of other unicorns with their jellybeans and kittens and rainbows and six-packs. Stabby is anxiety and gas and stabby. Really, really stabby. Plus, they have a theme song (sung to the tune “If You’re Happy and You Know It”). But then Windness lost me. Um…. Blood and […]

And I’m back with Colleen again

Verity by Colleen Hoover

April 27, 2023 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

OK so this is the book that started all the Colleen Hoover stuff for me. My best friend recommended it a while ago. My sister started it and bought it for her mother-in-law before realizing what an inappropriate book it was to give to your mother-in-law. I waited for a while for it to be available at my library, but then realized that it was on my sister’s Audible account (through my Amazon account!) and finally listened to it (after suffering through some truly heinous […]

The first two books in what I hope is a longer series!

Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo

Hell Bent (Alex Stern #2) by Leigh Bardugo

April 27, 2023 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

I swear I heard about this book on NPR, and I swear it was Mary Louise Kelly talking about it. I can like hear her voice talking about it, but I can’t seem to verify that, so take my memory with a grain of salt. I just remember hearing about it on the radio (and I really only listen to NPR), and then immediately buying the kindle book from Amazon. It legitimately took me over three years to finally read it. I have no idea […]

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