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Book Review: The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Posted on July 24, 2013 Leave a Comment

The Drowning Girl byCaitlín R. Kiernan This novel was our book club’s choice for July, the theme of which was “Nominees for the 2012 Nebula Awards”. Though this book hadn’t been on my to-read list, nor had I a clue what it was going to be about, I’d looked forward to checking it out. The […]

Comic Review: Locke & Key vol.1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez

Posted on July 22, 2013 1 Comment

Locke and Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill I grabbed the hardcover copies of these books the moment I saw them and warned the librarian that they would look lovely on my bookshelf. She politely reminded me that she has my address on file. I’ve heard good things about this series from […]

Manga Review: Deadman Wonderland, Volume 4 by Jinsei Kataoka

Posted on July 19, 2013 Leave a Comment

Deadman Wonderland, Volume 4 by Jinsei Kataoka This manga. I can already tell that this is going to be one of my all time favorite mangas. It may even beat out my current #1 favorite manga, a title held by Bleach. It just seems to be the perfect combination of horror, thriller, mystery, drama, and […]

Book Review: Mockingbird by Chuck Wendig

Posted on July 17, 2013 3 Comments

Mockingbird by Chuck Wendig I can’t get enough of Miriam Black. I just can’t. I thought the initial delight of discovering this twisted and refreshingly candid series would have worn off a bit by now, but it hasn’t. If anything, I think I’m finally starting to sense of who Miriam is and the direction in […]

Review Bites

Posted on July 11, 2013 2 Comments

Water Witches by Chris Bohjalian Scottie Winston’s wife, sister-in-law, and daughter are all dowsers or “water witches,” meaning they can divine the location of water sources. He finds himself at odds with his family when he lobbies for a ski resort that wants to move into the drought stricken town and use the river to […]

Audiobook Review: The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan

Posted on July 7, 2013 1 Comment

The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan First of all, let me get this out of my system: dead people aren’t tossing anything. They are being tossed. In my head, this book is more accurately titled The Wave-Tossed Dead. Secondly, this was an audiobook listen and while Tara Sands did a good job and her voice […]

July Book Club Read: The Drowning Girl

Posted on July 1, 2013 Leave a Comment

With the winners of the 2012 Nebula Award announced last month, members of the LeVar’s Rainbow Book Club selected The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan from the list of nominees. India Morgan Phelps – Imp to her friends – is schizophrenic. Struggling with her perceptions of reality, Imp must uncover the truth about her encounters […]

Book Review: The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey

Posted on June 29, 2013 Leave a Comment

The Curse of the Wendigo byRick Yancey I loved Rick Yancy’s The Monstrumologist so much (my review here) that I quickly picked up this one, the second book of the series. Now that I’ve finished it, I’d probably hesitate to say that it was as strong as its predecessor, but nevertheless I wasn’t disappointed. This […]

Book Review: World War Z by Max Brooks

Posted on June 22, 2013 Leave a Comment

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks The thing that sets this zombie story apart from the others I’ve experienced is right there in the title: WORLD War Z. So many other zombie stories are America-centric and work on the vague notion that the epidemic is occurring elsewhere in […]

Book Review: Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig

Posted on June 20, 2013 3 Comments

Blackbirds byChuck Wendig Oh man, what can I say about Miriam Black? Funny how Chuck Wendig was able to hook me on his Blackbirds female protagonist the way he couldn’t with Mookie Pearl in The Blue Blazes, my first book by this author. I may have mentioned my aversion for rough, brutish, brawn-over-brains characters like […]