Dare Me by Megan Abbott
I wanted to read this one in advance of watching the new show, which I’ll now make every available effort to do because the book itself would make for a good translation to visual media. And it helped me understand why I like Megan Abbott so much. I’ve been going through Abbott’s catalogue for most of the last few years but it wasn’t until I read Dare Me that I realized why I like her so much. Abbott is a very sensual writer. She’s good at filling […]
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
Jules Larsen just needs a break. On the same day, she loses her job and comes home to her boyfriend having sex with another woman on the couch. Up to her eyeballs in college loan debt and nowhere to live, she’s elated when she sees an ad on Craigslist offering $4000 a month to stay in the Bartholomew, a very fancy NYC apartment building that caters to the rich and famous as an apartment sitter. When she’s shown the space she’s also told the rules: […]
The Last Time I Lied: A Novel by Riley Sager
15 years ago, Emma went to summer camp for the very first time. Being late to arrive, the 13 year old was placed with three girls who were older and were friends already. There was the queen bee, Vivian, bitchy when she wanted to be, always adventurous and determined. Natalie and Allison played the role of the queen’s attendents, doing whatever Vivian told them to do. Emma? Emma just idolized Vivian. Having been at the camp only two weeks and falling in line with the […]
My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel by Oyinkan Braithwaite
I received this book from the lovely Katie for our holiday book exchange. It’s been on my list for awhile but I hadn’t gotten around to it. Until yesterday. Yesterday I sat and read the entire book, it’s a very fun read…which seems like a weird thing to say if you found out that your beloved sister is a 5’2″ gorgeous dynamo of a serial killer, possessing a very large knife to commit her crimes. Luckily for Ayoola (the serial killer), her older less attractive […]
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
Technically, I finished this book about an hour before the calendar ticked over to 2020, but it still counts to CBR12! The fact that I was reading that late on NYE gives you an insight into the intensity of this book. I simply couldn’t put it down as it reached it’s crescendo. Bird Box is a psychological paranormal thriller about the end of the world, told through the eyes and ears of Malorie – a women holding it all together for the sake of those […]
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Millennium, #2) by Stieg Larsson
This whole re-read review is chock full of spoilers. I want to talk more about Dragan Armansky’s idea that Lisbeth is the perfect victim. I touched on it in my 2012 review, but it has stayed with me. Everything in this book points to him being right. Lisbeth’s past, and current events involving the triple murders that Lisbeth is blamed and hunted for, they perfectly prime her to be someone who is easily blamed or taken advantage of. The first thing being she doesn’t trust […]
