Just a girl and her books
CARRIE | Stephen King 12.31.2018 (first published 1974) | Anchor Books Rating: 4/5 stars Carrie White is an unpopular high school student growing up in Chamberlain, Maine. Her mother is a religious fanatic who constantly berates Carrie for her actions. She doesn’t want her to dress like the other kids, behave like the other kids, … Continue reading Book Review: Carrie
HARK! THE HAROLD ANGELS SCREAM | Edited by Christopher Golden 10.23.2018 | Blumhouse Books/Anchor Books Rating: 4/5 stars HARK! THE HAROLD ANGELS SCREAM is an anthology of eighteen Christmas horror stories from various authors. If you’ve never considered Christmas to be the perfect time to indulge in stories that will creep you out and leave … Continue reading Book Review: Hark! The Herald Angels Scream
THE STAND | Stephen King 08.07.2012 (first published in 1978) | Vintage Anchor Rating: 5/5 stars The military has been working on the next great form of biological warfare in order to protect the United States, should the time ever come. Something has gone horribly wrong and the super-flu these military scientists have created has … Continue reading Book Review: The Stand
Read: WONDER WOMAN, VOL. 1: THE LIES by Greg Rucka DOCTOR STRANGE: THE OATH by Brian K. Vaughan DEADLY CLASS, VOL. 2: KIDS OF THE BLACK HOLE by Rick Remender ALL THE MISSING GIRLS by Megan Miranda THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood THE PARTY by Robyn Harding THE WEIGHT OF LIES by Emily Carpenter … Continue reading June Wrap Up
THE HANDMAID’S TALE | Margaret Atwood Anchor Books | 03.16.1998 Rating: 5/5 stars In this dystopian novel, the world as we know it has been replaced by the Republic of Gilead. The caste system of Gilead has broken women into legitimate and illegitimate groups. The legitimate women are further broken down into categories known as … Continue reading Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale
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