I was really certain that I’d posted this review when I finished this book over a week ago, but apparently I didn’t. So apologies if my memory is a bit sketchy here… “Now there’s only me and everything else is on the periphery, just slightly out of reach or out of touch or out of time.” Mark Genevich stars in The Little Sleep (a play off Raymond Chandler’s far superior The Big Sleep). Mark is a P.I. in Boston, and suffers from narcolepsy as a result of a […]
Okay, Bea Pants, I read it!
Ack! This was so good! Go read it!! “On the morning of the exorcism, I stayed home from school.” Fifteen years ago, Meredith (“Merry”)’s sister Marjorie began acting…strange. Her symptoms and behavior led her family to consult a priest, and eventually landed them on a reality TV show — with the intent of broadcasting an exorcism. In present day, Merry revisits those events with a writer, as she tries to understand what really happen, and clear up the lies displayed by the show. This book […]
A beautifully done maybe-possession story.
I don’t even know what to say about this book, but it has to be one of my top ten favorites. I absolutely could not put it down, except when I had to put it down to shake off the creepiness. This book is responsible for several nights of nightmares and one weird middle of the night episode where my toddler who never crawls was inexplicably crawling around my bedroom and in my bleary state I really really thought she was possessed. Marjorie is 14 […]