Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
CBR17Bingo: "Purple" - for the purple on the cover I've read all the Hunger Games books, so when I heard there was a new one out, I knew I didn't have a choice. I put a hold on Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (2025) and read it as soon as it became available. Sunrise is a prequel to the … [Read more]
We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
I belong to a Mystery/Thriller Book Club, and we decided to choose a spooky book for the month of October. We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer (not to be confused with the other We Used to Live Here by Daniel Hurst that I also read and reviewed) is a creepy, unsettling maze of a story that leaves … [Read more]
We Used to Live Here by Daniel Hurst
Steph and Grant have just bought their forever home. Sure, it needs some renovations (that wallpaper is hideous, and there's a wall that needs to come down), but it's got a lovely big garden and room for their growing family. One afternoon an older couple rings the bell, explaining that they used to … [Read more]
Slow Horses by Mick Herron
Since I’m being cruelly tortured by being forced to wait a whole long week between episodes for the new season I’ve decided to go back and read the first book in the Slough House series. I’m sure waiting patiently is part of MI5 spy training, probably real advanced stuff. It is here we first meet … [Read more]
Space Oddity by Catherynne M. Valente
In Space Opera, we met Decibel Jones, former frontman for British glam band Decibel Jones and the Absolute Zeroes, and followed him as he was conscripted into a mission to prove humanity's sentience - and thus save them from extermination - by placing anything but last in the Metagalactic Grand … [Read more]
Ready for My Close Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood Dream by David M. Lubin
Huge fan of old school classical movies here, and fellow aficionados will immediately recognize this film from the first five words of the title alone. Yes, of course, Sunset Boulevard. (Rod Taylor Twilight Zone voice) Picture, if you will, a moldering Hollywood mansion. With a pool. And in … [Read more]
