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the only Scream sequel I need

The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones

February 21, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Take the meta-horror-commentary of Scream and dial it up to eleven; there at the top of the stairs, silhouetted in moonlight and brandishing a rusty machete, you will find The Last Final Girl. Stephen Graham Jones is leaning hard into the tropes of teen slasher movies, and if you aren’t in on the joke it will fly over your freshly-severed-by-garage-door-head. The story is presented almost as a film treatment; close ups, pans, POVS, and audience responses are all written in and used with cheeky abandon. […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: black comedy, dark humor, friday the thirteenth, gore, halloween, horror homage, horror movies, meta, michael jackson, michael myers, murder, scream, scream queens, slasher films, Stephen Graham Jones, teen movies

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:28 · Genres: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Horror · Tags: black comedy, dark humor, friday the thirteenth, gore, halloween, horror homage, horror movies, meta, michael jackson, michael myers, murder, scream, scream queens, slasher films, Stephen Graham Jones, teen movies ·
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crystalclear read my mind!

The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian

February 7, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Way back in the olden days of 2020, the amazing crystalclear sent some inspired picks my way for CBR Book Exchange. Hooray! I kicked off the new year with one of their thoughtful additions to my TBR pile; I had wanted to read Storm Front for some time thanks to the lovely folks here at CBR. The other book, The Light in the Ruins, was a book with which I was unfamiliar. I was immediately excited and impressed after reading the cover copy, as I […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: allied invasion, Antiquities, art, Book Exchange 2020, chris bohjalian, crime, CrystalClear, historical fiction, Italian Resistance, murder, Occupied Italy, revenge, World War Two, WWII

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: allied invasion, Antiquities, art, Book Exchange 2020, chris bohjalian, crime, CrystalClear, historical fiction, Italian Resistance, murder, Occupied Italy, revenge, World War Two, WWII ·
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“I am more haunted by her actions than she is.”

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

February 3, 2021 by Blingle Bells Leave a Comment

I’ve been dreading reviewing this, honestly. I feel like everyone loved this book. I didn’t love it. I didn’t hate it. For me, it was like politely – experiencing? Not quite enjoying, not quite enduring – the company of someone you aren’t quite at ease around, don’t quite get, don’t quite like, but respect enough to not want to be rude. The plot isn’t really hiding many potential spoilers. Ayoola and Korede are sisters. They live in Nigeria. There father was abusive. Their mother is […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: family, Fiction, murder, My Sister the Serial Killer, Nigeria, Oyinkan Braithwaite

Blingle Bells's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: family, Fiction, murder, My Sister the Serial Killer, Nigeria, Oyinkan Braithwaite ·
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The start of a new creepy series

Relic (Pendergast #1) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

February 3, 2021 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

The idea of this book is just so fantastical.  There’s a beast killing people in the Museum of Natural History in NYC.  Like come on.  But it totally works (at least for me)!  I read this book because I love Douglas Preston.  He made me scared of bats in the wild and bleeding through my eyes (reasonable fears I think). This is apparently the debut novel for the Pendergast series.  I had no idea it existed, but I’m so glad I found it.  I have […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Douglas Preston, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Lincoln Child, murder, museum, Pendergast

kfishgirl's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Douglas Preston, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Lincoln Child, murder, museum, Pendergast ·
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I’m just getting into the Bosch series…

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly

The Black Ice by Michael Connelly

February 2, 2021 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

So apparently the fictional detective Harry Bosch has been around almost as long as I have.  The Black Echo was published in 1992.  I mean I was born in 1981, so it’s basically the same thing!  Anyway, I didn’t know about him for a while.  He was actually in another book I read by Michael Connelly a few years ago, as there’s apparently a Harry Bosch Universe!  He was an old man in that book though. Harry Bosch is a fairly young man in this […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Bosch, L.A., Michael Connelly, murder

kfishgirl's CBR13 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Bosch, L.A., Michael Connelly, murder ·
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Is It Bad If You Figure Out The Mystery?

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

January 29, 2021 by janet snakehole 3 Comments

For a large portion of These Pandemic Times, I’ve been in a phase where all I can read are mystery stories and Maeve Binchy. This state of mind is reminiscent of when I was pregnant with my first child and read only Agatha Christie and the occasional Western. There was already a lot going on for my brain to deal with, and I needed something with pretty clear good guys and bad guys. I needed a fun puzzle that wasn’t going to stress me out, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: islands, Lucy Foley, murder, rich people problems

janet snakehole's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: islands, Lucy Foley, murder, rich people problems ·
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