horror lite – Cannonball Read 17

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 […]

“I was the kid with the shackle clamped around his wrist:” King’s Latest Doorstopper

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

November 6, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I’ve read almost all of the King oeuvre so was excited to see this at 30% off at Target. He’s known as a master storyteller for a reason, and I sped through this in a few days. Over the last few years he’s been mainly playing around with crime novels and thrillers, so this pastiche/homage to classic fairy tales and America’s foundational genre writers like Burroughs, Lovecraft, and Baum was an interesting change of pace. He’s only really written one other fantasy-type novel (Eyes of […]

and they’ll live there evermore

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

April 12, 2021 by Singsonggirl Leave a Comment

Dark, melancholic and undoubtedly the source of so many horror movies, We Have Always Lived in the Castle tells the story of 18-year old Mary Katherine Blackwood, her sister Constance and their wheelchair bound uncle Julian, who live in a grand house in Vermont on their own. The rest of their family died six years ago in a tragic poisoning for which Constance was blamed but acquitted. The villagers still suspect and fear her though, so she lives as a shut-in and only Mary Katherine, […]

More like irritated and vaguely excited

January 2, 2018 by meliganza 5 Comments

A sequel to Anne Rice’s (The Mummy), the story picks up immediately following the events of the last book, as promised by Rice with the postscript “The Adventures of Ramses the Damned Shall Continue”. Co-written with her son Christoper Rice, RtD:tPoC is about Ramses, an immortal being who was Ramses II – existing incognito as “Reginald Ramsey”, an egyptologist (no really) and his fiancé Julie Stratford, an heiress, newly granted immortality by a secret ancient potion. Set in the Edwardian period, the couple’s adventures are leading […]

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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