Today dear friends you’re getting a two-fer…because I don’t know how to break them up. Last year during CB7 I read the first 6 books in this series and feel deeply, deeply in love with it. If you don’t remember, or if you don’t read my reviews–in short here’s the basic plot: in a single night most everyone gets attacked by these weird creatures (called ghouls by the survivors) who seem to be half zombie/half vampire. Neither of those terms get used, but that’s what […]
Back Seat Driver
Happily, I was given an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley for an honest review which was exciting since I’ve been a fan of Lisa Lutz for a long time now. The Spellman Files is a six book series that follows the quirky Spellman family who have no boundaries and run their own investigative business out of their home in San Francisco. In Heads, You Lose, every other chapter is written either by Lutz or her ex-boyfriend David Hayword and as they write a […]
This Will Make a Great Lifetime Movie–That’s Not A Slam
On the night of their high school graduation, Kathryn’s best friend Jennifer says that she’ll be right back and never returns to the bonfire. She’s never heard from and no body ever turns up. She simply disappeared from the woods, leaving questions and secrets behind. Ten years later, Kathryn is returning home after a divorce to stay at her childhood home and regroup. Everything that was never dealt with that night will be, as Kathryn is asked to write a follow up article on […]
It’s Not You, It’s Me
For the first time in my adult life the phrase, “It’s not you, it’s me” is finally true. Sure, I said it to the creepy body builder guy who liked to read me children’s books after sex and stroke my hair (I was shocked after the first time, I knew I had to get out after the second time. He did introduce to me to Harry Potter…that’s the only nice thing I have to say about that guy… he wore Jesus sandals and always was […]