Category: Book Reviews

  Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn I loved the back and forth in this book. At times, I liked both characters, felt sorry for them, didn’t trust them, hated them & then just went along for the freak show ride. Flynn does an excellent job writing from two different...

Game of Thrones Author: George. R. R. Martin I had not read Game of Thrones before it became a series on HBO. I had no intention of actually reading it until I had watched one episode. After being hooked by the television series after the pilot, I wanted the back...

The Post-Birthday World Author: Lionel Shriver Irina McGovern is an American children’s book illustrator living in London with her long-time boyfriend Lawrence that might as well be her husband. He is a solid, dependable man who isn’t very romantic or passionate. They have their routines and that’s pretty much...

I usually have an idea of what book I should read next, but I can’t make up my mind so help me! I love to buy books so I have tons sitting around that haven’t been read yet. Here are the links for the book descriptions: Diary by Chuck...

In The Flesh Author: Clive Barker I had read a lot of Clive Barker’s short stories when I was younger, but forgot which ones I had read since I hadn’t read them all. I couldn’t remember if I had read In the Flesh or Inhuman Condition since they both...

The Great and Secret Show Author: Clive Barker Randolf Jaffe works in the Dead Letter Office in Omaha, Nebraska where he stumbles across people talking about the Art, which is something that exists in another plane of existence. He learns about Quiddity, which is called a dream sea where...

Sharp Objects Author: Gillian Flynn A newspaper reporter at a small Chicago newspaper is sent on assignment to her old hometown in Wind Gap, Mo. to find out why young girls keep showing up dead. This was a really quick read. I found it very enthralling, especially the parts...

A Dirty Job Author: Christopher Moore A man loses his wife just after she gives birth to their daughter and he discovers he is a death merchant that needs to collect soul objects after people die. I loved this book. I loved the way Christopher Moore described completely normal, everyday...

Stardust Author: Neil Gaiman In old English times, young Tristan has fallen in love with the most beautiful girl in the village of Wall. She has promised him a kiss if he retrieves a fallen star, so he goes off searching for it. A quick read, written like the...

Survivor Author: Chuck Palahniuk Tender Branson is the last surviving member of the Creedish cult, but not for long as he has hijacked a plane which he intends to crash after he finishes telling his life story into the flight recorder. The book starts and ends with Tender Branson...