"think we're alone now, doesn't seem to be anyone around. I think we're alone-," Tina reached over and slapped the alarm before Tiffany could finish her thought. "I've got to remember to change the radio station." Wide awake already, but unwilling to move, Tina stared up at the popcorn on her ceiling. In the dim... Continue Reading →
Things you should throw away, but can’t
Blame it on Christmas shopping. Seriously. While looking for perfect (yet inexpensive) gifts for everyone else, I stumbled across a book in TJMaxx. Who knew they had books?642 Things to Write About by The San Francisco Writers' Grotto. 3.99 (regular price $6.00). It's been sitting in my living room for just over a month now. ... Continue Reading →
Unspeakable
Unspeakable is one of Sandra Brown's more recent novels (post romance era). While the plot is not her best, it definitely relies more on suspense and story than her earlier works. What fascinates me is that when Brown focuses on something other than the romance plot, the romance ends up being so much more believable. We get... Continue Reading →
Deja dead
Kathy Reichs and I got off to a rough start. I picked up Deja Dead expecting to solve a case with the Temperance Brennan I know from the TV show Bones. That Dr. Brennan is not in this book. Reichs writes about a forensic anthropologist named Temperance Brennan, but that is where the similarities end. It took... Continue Reading →
The second summer of the sisterhood
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares is like slipping into a pair of well-worn jeans and sharing a pint of cookie dough ice cream with your best friends. I was hesitant to revisit the sisterhood, fearing that like many sequels, this book could not possibly live up to the original.I was wrong.Brashares writes... Continue Reading →
The river knows
Another Amanda Quick bodice ripper. OK, no bodices were actually ripped in The River Knows, but it could have happened.Again with the corsets, petticoats, bustles, fans, and ridiculous undergarments. But in this novel, our heroine agrees that it is all ridiculous and refuses to wear half of it. The sheer bulk of fabric worn by most... Continue Reading →
The long walk
Stephen King had an alter ego for awhile. His name was Richard Bachman. His view of the world was a little darker than King's. The Long Walk is one of his novels.Just like King, Bachman realizes that a scary story does not have to be big. It does not have to deal with the supernatural. It... Continue Reading →
The Pet
Ah, a boy and his dog. I mean, horse. The Pet by Charles L Grant is a lovely story about a boy who wants to be a vet. He has posters of animals on his walls, stuffed animals and other fake creatures in his room. His parents don't approve. In the midst of his teenage angst... Continue Reading →
The zombie curse
The Zombie Curse: A Doctor's 25-year Journey Into the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic in Haiti may be a slightly misnamed book, but that does not take away from the power of the story. Arthur Fournier first stumbled across AIDS in Miami when it was still believed to be a disease of gay men. Here's the... Continue Reading →
When Michael calls
When Michael Calls by John Farris reads like a 70s made for TV movie. Oh, wait, that's exactly what it is. The premise of the novel centers around a woman who starts getting phone calls from her nephew (who's been dead for 15 years). Then people start dying. A "twist" near the end of the novel... Continue Reading →
Susan Monroe McGrath 