This month I have read 5 books, bringing my total for the year up to 46. I felt like this was a slow reading month for me, but the last two books I read were fairly quick reads so that made up for it. Here are mini reviews of each: V for Vendetta by Alan Moore… Read More November Reading Wrap Up
October has been a good month on the old reading front. I read seven books – pretty good going I would say. A mixed bag but a few gems. Here are some speedy review for your enjoyment. The Help by Kathryn Stockett Hmm, might be controversial, but I didn’t love it. It felt like a very… Read More October Reading Wrap Up
I love a bit of film theory. And especially if it’s about horror movies. And especially if it’s tongue in cheek, poking fun at well-worn tropes and rules. How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills by Seth Grahame-Smith, is quite an old book (2007) in terms of popular culture, but it’s… Read More What to Read this Halloween | How to Survive a Horror Movie
The Bees is a difficult book to describe. My best attempt is that it is a dystopian fiction in the tradition of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale but with bees – so based on true events…for bees. Flora is a worker bee of the lowest order. Her kin are worthy only of cleaning the hive… Read More Book Review | The Bees
When Imogen Tate returns to her job as Editor in Chief of Glossy magazine after a leave of absence she is bemused to find herself confronted by her former assistant, Eve Morton. Bemusement soon turns to concern when she discovers that Eve has the backing of the head honchos to turn Imogen’s beloved magazine into… Read More Book Review | Techbitch
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh is very typical of the kind of book I’ve been reading a lot recently – a fairly classic psychological thriller – but this one brings it’s A-game, making it a must read if you are a fan of the genre. It’s hard to sum up without spoilers, so I’m… Read More Book Review | I Let You Go
Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix is one of those books that you’d instantly pick up in a bookshop, but possibly dismiss as being a bit gimmicky. And it is gimmicky. But you should give it a try anyway. Horrorstor is a modern day haunted house story. ORSK is an IKEA knock-off, identical in every way but surviving by undercutting… Read More Book Review | Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
