The premise hooked me for this one. A bunch of aspiring writers are invited to the world’s most lauded author’s secluded home for a writers’ retreat. There’s a prize of a wad of cash and instant fame for the winner, a return to obscurity for the rest. As one could imagine, tensions are high and the competition is fierce, but […]
Not Me: Dude, you’re reading a lot of books lately? Don’t you have other stuff to do? Me (Looks at all the stuff I should be doing): Um, nope? Okay, onto Bird Box. If any of you follow me on Goodreads or Twitter, you may notice I started reading Josh Malerman’s apocalyptic horror a couple of days ago. well. it’s […]
Another day, another audiobook finished. This time we have CT Phipps’ homage to HP Lovecraft, and we run the gamut through much of HPL’s more popular stories, tying it all together nicely along the way. The Old Ones have returned and laid waste to the Earth, leaving a planet greatly changed from the one we know. Much of the Earth […]
Doesn’t seem like five minutes ago I was writing my last review, a fine historical fiction piece. A big genre jump this time, as I delve into another favourite, this time horror. I reviewed Alan Baxter’s Manifest Recall not so long ago, and I loved it. I read today in an interview with Baxter that one of his main influences […]
It’s been an interesting first few months reviewing for Netgalley. Some of the books have been, let’s say “less fun,” while others have been great. This one definitely leans towards the latter category. When I signed up for it a while back, the premise sounded interesting, but by the time I actually started it (about 36 hours ago), I had […]
So, with a to-read list as long as mine, it’s no surprise that it took me a while to get round to reading Joe Hill‘s Horns. In addition, in a bumper reading work, I also got round to reading a couple more books, which I will mention later. On to Horns. Horns was first published back in 2010, and is considered […]
You might find Hurley’s novel filed under Horror or Mystery, but in truth it doesn’t fit neatly into either. This is no criticism. There is enough of a supernatural feel, and an element of mystery, to justify either classification, but this tale is really about the fragility of faith. The story is told through the eyes of a boy, and revolves […]
