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
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson follows twins Noah and Jude who were once super close, but jealously, mistrust and family tragedy tore them apart. The narrative is interesting with alternate chapters being told by 13 year old Noah and a 16 year old Jude. At 13 Noah was socially isolated, desperate to find his… Read More Book Review | I’ll Give You the Sun
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
Rosemary is an apparently introverted college student, a bit of a loner, reluctant to open herself up and share her life with anyone. She has some heavy baggage from childhood that she will absolutely not discuss. In fact, she won’t even allow herself to think about it, self-censoring her own thoughts. Until one day when… Read More Book Review | We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
This One is Mine by Maria Semple Violet Parry is bored. Bored, depressed and on the verge of of doing something reckless. Once a well-known TV writer, she gave up her job to become a stay-at-home mother to baby Dot and wife to hot-shot music exec David. However, she feels isolated by David’s busy career… Read More Book Review | This One Is Mine by Maria Semple
