http://neozaz.com/strutting-and-fretting-his-hour-upon-the-stage/ Wherein I review: 6. Odd Interlude #1 (Odd Thomas series) by Dean Koontz 7. Odd Interlude #2 (Odd Thomas series) by Dean Koontz 8. Odd Interlude #3 (Odd Thomas series) by Dean Koontz 9. Back Story by David Mitchell 10. City of Endless Night (Agent Pendergast #17) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Releases I’m Stoked About This Week: Ms. Ice Sandwich by Meiko Kawakami The Sky is Yours by Chandler Klang Smith The Raptor & The Wren by Chuck Wendig
In which Joe Hill takes one step closer to becoming the world’s greatest Stephen King impersonator.
I’ve said this before: I can’t imagine it would have taken very long for the reading public to figure out that Joe Hill was really Joe King if he hadn’t admitted it himself. And in each book of Hill’s that I read, I see more and more of his dad in the writing. In fact, if you told me that two of the four novellas in Strange Weather had actually been written by Uncle Stevie, I would just nod, and say, “of course they were.” […]
Beukes is breaking her readers again
I’ve read several Lauren Beukes books over the last few years and I’ve loved each of them. This is definitely the darkest I’ve read of hers. Maybe also one of the darkest books I’ve ever read to be honest. I thought it was going to be more on the mystery side of genre fiction, but it turns out it was really more on the horror side. The thing about Beukes is that no matter what she’s writing about, it’s going to be good because she […]
Yo, I Don’t Know What I Read…But It Was Fine
A handyman and his wife live with their two young children Matt and Amber in a pretty large apartment complex. Right off the bat we are alerted to the fact that things aren’t quite right in this household. One, Lynn (the wife) is seeing a marriage counselor behind Harris’s back. Two, both Harris and Lynn undermine each other as parents, catering to one child only. Matt is meticulously neat and clean, quiet, artistic and obviously Harris’s favorite. Lynn, favors her intelligent, kind, loving daughter Amber. […]