Southern Reach Trilogy is a smart and scary science fiction story that offers literate thrills for those willing to stick through it. The trilogy is LOST crossed with an apocalyptic Lovecraft scenario. It’s an ecological disaster story at heart but spends considerable amount of time examining the people and things that are exposed to the mysterious Area X and detailing the effects it has on them. Note: I read the 3 volumes that make up the Southern Reach trilogy separately. The Amazon link is for […]
“I was starting to feel slightly superior. ‘You should soak raw almonds in water,’ I said to my friend…”
Rebecca Harrington posted a series of articles where she tries celebrity diets. Her book repeats a lot of those articles, but also includes new ones. I found the book entertaining, even though I had already read almost half of it. I loved reading about the crazier diets, and though I feel mean saying it, the harder the diet was the more I liked reading about it. There are chapters on modern celebrities, such as Gwyneth Paltrow, and classic stars such as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth […]
“Rachelle wanted to sew the world back to safety, if she must use her own bones for needles…”
Crimson Bound is the second of Rosamund Hodge’s fairy tale inspired novels, though they aren’t sequels. This one is very loosely based on Red Riding Hood. Rachelle was the innocent young girl in the forest. The Big Bad Wolf is a creature called a forestborn. He charms her into letting down her cloak, a cloak with defensive charms sewn into it. The creature then marks her. Once marked, you must kill someone within three days or you die. After you kill someone, you become a […]
“Take it from one whose role has been, for years, The Girl I Knew Really Well Who Tragically Died One Day…”
Aza Ray is sick, so sick that they named her disease after her. The problem is that her body doesn’t breathe in air properly. Aza isn’t one of those saintly sick kids, though. She’s angry and snarky and I just love her. She spends all her time with her childhood BFF Jason, and they are adorable, from alligator suits to giant squid videos. When Aza sees a ship in the sky, she thinks she is hallucinating. Jason researches and finds out about Magonia, a city […]