Just a girl and her books
FIRESTARTER | Stephen King 12.11.2018 (first published 09.29.1980) | Gallery Books Rating: 5/5 stars When Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were college students they both needed a way to make some extra cash. They volunteered to participate in an experiment for a drug. Unbeknownst to them, this experiment wasn’t being run by a professor, but … Continue reading Book Review: Firestarter
IN THE RIVER | Jeremy Robert Johnson 08.02.2017 | Lazy Fascist Press Rating: 5/5 stars This is a novella about loss, how it impacts us, and the lengths that we are willing to go to for those that we love. Every parent’s nightmare has happened. While out on a father/son fishing lesson, a man watches … Continue reading Book Review: In the River
RABID HEART | Jeremy Wagner 08.10.2018 | Riverdale Avenue Books Rating: 4/5 stars Six months have passed since the Necro Rabies pandemic swept the Earth. Rhonda is now living in a world filled with hordes of rabid undead humans known as “Cujos”. She has thought for these last six months that her fiance, Brad, was … Continue reading Book Review: Rabid Heart
DEAD OF WINTER | Kealan Patrick Burke 12.11.2018 | Independently published Rating: 4/5 stars Winter is traditionally recognized as the time for holiday cheer. The time you go and play out in the snow and build snowmen. What if you don’t remember building those snowmen in your yard? What if they’ve come to life? There … Continue reading Book Review: Dead of Winter
DUMA KEY | Stephen King 03.20.2018 (first published 01.22.2008) | Gallery Books Rating: 5/5 stars Edgar Freemantle’s world is flipped upside down thanks to a terrible construction accident that leaves him without a right arm, prone to memory issues, and struggling with his words and vocabulary. Rehabilitation is no easy experience and Edgar is often … Continue reading Book Review: Duma Key
THE CORMORANT | Stephen Gregory 06.18.2013 (original written in 1986) | Valancourt Books Rating 3/5 stars A young family has inherited a small cottage in north Wales. The home was surprisingly left to them by a bachelor uncle, who lived a quiet life. This cottage affords the couple a new start outside of the bustling … Continue reading Book Review: The Cormorant
CREATURES OF WANT AND RUIN | Molly Tanzer 11.13.2018 | John Joseph Adams/Mariner Books Rating: 4/5 stars Ellie West is a moonshine bootlegger living in a small town in Long Island, known as Amityville. Here she finds herself working to assist her family and send her brother to college through any means necessary. Fishing by … Continue reading Book Review: Creatures of Want & Ruin
OUT BEHIND THE BARN | John Boden & Chad Lutzke 09.27.2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Rating: 5/5 stars Davey and Ronny can hear Miss Maggie returning in the middle of the night. As they creep to their window, they spot her heading to the barn with a long bundle, the weight of which makes … Continue reading Book Review: Out Behind the Barn
STIRRING THE SHEETS | Chad Lutzke 04.13.2018 | Bloodshot Books Rating: 5/5 stars Emmett is an elderly funeral home worker who is struggling to cope with the loss of his wife. He can’t bring himself to change the sheets from the last night she slept in their bed. Emmett knows that he needs to move … Continue reading Book Review: Stirring the Sheets
PET SEMATARY | Stephen King 12.04.2018 (first published 11.14.1983) | Scribner Rating: 4/5 stars Dr. Louis Creed has landed a new job, which takes his family from Chicago to the rural town of Ludlow, Maine. Their new house is located in a quiet section of the town and seems to be the perfect place for … Continue reading Book Review: Pet Sematary
