The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) By: Lemony Snicket 9780064407663 Published by: HarperCollins Genre: Children Pages: 162 Author’s Website: http://www.lemonysnicket.com/ Recommendable for: Children (and adults too!!!) Synopsis (from the back cover): Dear Reader, I’m sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. It tells an unhappy tale about three very unlucky children. Even though they are charming and clever, the Baudelaire siblings lead lives filled with misery and woe. From the very first page of this book when the…
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Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
Purchased: May 30, 2009 Read: Feb 2010 Hannibal Rising by:Thomas Harris 0385339410 9780385339414 Published by: Delacorte Press Genre: Thriller Pages: 336 Author’s Website: www.randomhouse.com/features/thomasharris/ Author’s Twitter: Recommendable for people who: Hannibal fans (of course), historical fiction lovers, thriller & crime drama fans The Book: HE IS ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTING CHARACTERS IN ALL OF LITERATURE. AT LAST THE EVOLUTION OF HIS EVIL IS REVEALED. Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. He seems utterly…
Read More20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Purchased: April 18, 2008 Read: May 2008 20th Century Ghosts by:Joe Hill 0061147974 9780061147975 Published by: William Morrow Genre: Horror Pages: 336 Author’s Website: www.joehillfiction.com Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/Joe_Hill Recommendable for people who: enjoy ghost stories, short stories, fiction The Book: Collection of short stories by author Joe Hill. Has won: 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS received the Bram Stoker Award, the British Fantasy Award, and the International Horror Guild Award for best collection, while the story that closes the book, “Voluntary Committal,” won the 2006 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella. Look…
Read MoreBonemans Daughters by Ted Dekker
BoneMan’s Daughters By: Ted Dekker 0446547204 Published by: Center Street Genre: Pages: 432 Author’s Website: http://www.teddekker.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/teddekker Author’s Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/teddekker Recommendable for people who like: thriller, suspense, crime drama, maybe even military/war stories. (NOT a horror book I.M.O.) Synopsis for BoneMan’s Daughters {from author’s site}: They call him BoneMan, a serial killer who’s abducted six young women. He’s the perfect father looking for the perfect daughter, and when his victims fail to meet his lofty expectations, he kills them by breaking their bones and leaving them to…
Read MoreFace of Betrayal
I am so enjoying my vacation! Finally getting CAUGHT UP! Today I finished Face of Betrayal (A Triple Threat Novel) ISBN: 1595547053ISBN-13: 9781595547057 The Book: Face of Betrayal is a fiction suspense novel about Katie Converse, a pretty "All American – Girl Next Door" seventeen year old MISSING Senate page. This story is about how 3 friends a reporter, a lawyer, and an FBI agent come together to solve the case in time to save the girl. My thoughts: I like to read murder mysteries, I had not heard of…
Read MoreEVERYTHINGS EVENTUAL by Stephen King
originally reviewed on my personal blog. Everything’s Eventual : 14 Dark Tales By: Stephen King 9780743457354 Published by: Pocket Genre: Pages: 608 Author’s Website: www.stephenking.com Author’s Twitter: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stephen-King/108106745883656 Recommendable for people who: enjoy short stories, scary, and Stephen King enthusiasts! Synopsis: (From the Flap) The first collection of stories Stephen King has published since Nightmares & Dreamscapes nine years ago, Everything’s Eventual includes one O. Henry Prize winner, two other award winners, four stories published by The New Yorker, and "Riding the Bullet," King’s original e-book, which attracted over…
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