snakes – Cannonball Read 17

Horror Month 2023: #8 and #9

Reptile Memoirs by Silje Ulstein

Come Closer by Sara Gran

October 26, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

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 […]

All Aboard these two travelin’ tales

December 28, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

All Aboard! Time to hop on the Snake Train! Trust me this is not like that infamous plane. These are nice, colorful, cute (later sleepy) snakes. They have fun going around the track, having adventures and finally, end their day curled up in their dens. Kathryn Dennis has a simplistic story and art to make your toddler want to go on their own train trip. The thing that makes Snakes on a Train accessible to people who do not like snakes is the fact that the […]

Buddhism, Sex and Snakes: Culture Shock in Thailand

November 21, 2014 by Valyruh Leave a Comment

Apparently Bangkok thrillers have a certain notoriety for sensationalism, and Burdett’s Bangkok 8 doesn’t fail in that regard, but it is also so much more. In fact, this noir detective story could be a Phillip Marlowe, if it weren’t for the fact that its hero’s name is a little harder to pronounce. Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep is the son of a Thai bar girl and a long-gone Vietnam-era American soldier, is a little too comfortable with many of the denizens of Bangkok’s notorious red-light districts, is […]

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