I liked all of these covers, so I added them all. For some reason, I had no idea that this book was published in 1986. It feels so so current. I wanted to read it before watching any of the Hulu series, which looks great. This will officially be my fifth Margaret Atwood book. I think I like her :) This book just tosses you right into the everday slog of being a Handmaiden. You wake up in a blank, meaningless room, put on your […]
It’s not always the scariest to listen while walking in the woods, but…
This collection is basically a much darker Twilight Zone marathon. Darker because it involves a lot more violence, rape, suicide, and because a lot of the “monsters” are not necessarily explicitly real, which makes them much more possible. Nightmare at 20,000 feet – The title story is the same as the episode, except instead of just being wrung out, the lead character is suicidal and so the various steps he takes might simply be an output of his desires. Dress in White Silk – I […]
This is what KA demands.
I couldn’t tell you whether it’s because I have finally given in to this journey, or whether it’s that the telling gets stronger as King’s writing matures, but riding this wave has become comfortable, easy, and more and more thrilling. I probably should (but choose not to) brace myself for the next book, Wolves of Calla (Book 5), because this one, The Wind Through the Keyhole (Book 4.5) was written eight years after the final book of the “The Dark Tower” series. I had a choice to […]
“My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. “
“Merricat, said Connie, would you like a cup of tea? Oh no, said Merricat, you’ll poison me. Merricat, said Connie, would you like to go to sleep? Down in the boneyard ten feet deep!” This was an excellently creepy, dripping with atmosphere, delight of a book. It hard to properly give this novel its due without spoiling the whole thing so you’ll just have to trust me, and the countless reviewers before me, that this is worth seeking out. The Blackwood family consists of: Mary […]