Still in the mood for thrillers. Here are some recent reads: And Then There Were None, 1939, by Agatha Christie This one is unlikely to be reimagined by Kenneth Branagh, but you never know. And Then There Were None is one of Christie’s grimmest, and most famous tales. Due to its original title, it is also one of her most controversial. Christie loved to use nursery rhyme references in her book titles, and this book actually incorporates an entire rhyme in the book as a twisted […]
Episode 1-15: Clowns to the Left of Me, Vampire-Killing Lincoln to My Right
https://killingmykindle.com/2018/04/16/episode-1-15-clowns-to-the-left-of-me-vampire-killing-lincoln-to-my-right/ Wherein I review: 49. The Last American Vampire by Seth-Grahame Smith 50. The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa 51. ClownFellas: Tales of the Bozo Family by Carlton Mellick III 52. Shoot First by Stuart Woods FIRST CANNONBALL DONE. For this run Stuart Woods was the Alpha and Omega. SGS goes all Forrest Gump with his vampire Henry Sturges. I get creeped the f out by one the best Japanese authors working today AGAIN. A man I’m convinced is three teen boys in a trenchcoat […]
Cats were the gangsters of the animal world, living outside the law and often dying there. There were a great many of them who never grew old by the fire
Somehow I never read this one as a kid. I think I recall my brother reading it and being super scared by it. Which is strange, because it IS terrifying, but I don’t think kids would be particularly vulnerable to it, as opposed to like It or The Stand. And then as an adult, I avoided it because I figured it would be outdated or cheesy (blaming the outdated and cheesy movie for that), but since they are thinking about remaking the movie, I figured why not. Oh! […]
The Invasion increases the fear in the already terrifying Call series
Please check out my last review for a more detailed description of the plot of The Call series, of which this is the second and final book. In short, this series is set in an Ireland where humans and fairies (or Sidhe) are mortal enemies, and teenagers are called to the land of the Sidhe to die horrible deaths or face mutilation as vengeance for the crimes of all humanity. The sequel follows Nessa, our main character from the first book, and fellow survivor Anto, in […]