Miss Queenie – 4/5 Stars This is a brilliant follow-up to The Pilgrimage of Harold Fry that came out a few years earlier. Like very few, but very potent sequels, this one eclipses the original. While the original book is heart-warming and touching, something akin to the Straight Story meeting BBC2, this book is downright beautiful and devastating. Harold Fry was about a man who receives a simple and cryptic postcard from a former colleague from the time he worked for a local brewery. His […]
Christmas is Creepy Here
Just the other day I assumed I would take forever to finish Joe Hill’s NOS4A2, pushing me past CBR9. I was wrong; there comes a point in the novel where it becomes really difficult to put it down and I reached it and blitzed through til almost 1am last night. Which is saying something I suppose, considering I’m usually snoring loudly by 11:30 most nights. NOS4A2 is a supernatural thriller slash crime novel with a kickass heroine and a pretty good cast of supporting characters. […]
Apple, Tree, and All That
In my reading history, there is a longstanding tradition of Stephen King books and summer. When I was in high school and started my first summer job lifeguarding at the local park district pool, I spent a lot of time on my breaks talking with the cashier, Amy. She was a year older than me and I remember she always had a Stephen King novel with her. On her recommendation, I read Carrie, The Stand, and my favorite, The Dead Zone that summer and those […]
Apocalypse literature at its best
I know it’s not fair to compare because Joe Hill has only written four novels whereas his father has written more than ninety (!!), but I dare say that Joe Hill might be the better author of the two. Although he certainly hasn’t written anything on the scope of The Stand or the Dark Tower series, so that might be a hasty judgment. But I can say this for certain—I’ve loved everything Hill has written so far, and I’ve been enjoying each book he comes […]