Just a girl and her books
DEAD LEAVES | Kealan Patrick Burke 09.18.2018 | Independently published Rating: 4/5 stars DEAD LEAVES is a collection of nine short stories that are all about different creepy and interesting topics. Since Goodreads already had a great synopsis for each short story, I’m just going to snag that for you all to read! This was … Continue reading Book Review: Dead Leaves
BROTHER | Ania Ahlborn 09.29.2015 | Gallery Books Rating: 4/5 stars Deep in the Appalachian woods is a farmhouse full of secrets. The Morrows reside here. They keep to themselves and are hardly seen in the neighboring town as they live a largely self-sufficient life on their property. The highway is full of hitchhikers, so … Continue reading Book Review: Brother
THE SHINING | Stephen King 06.2007 (first published 01.28.1977) | Hodder Rating: 5/5 stars Jack Torrence has recently been let go from his job. He and his family are struggling to make ends meet. It seems that things are on the upward swing when a close friend of Jack’s offers him the opportunity to be … Continue reading Book Review: The Shining
MISERY | Stephen King 01.05.2016 (first published 1987) | Scribner Rating: 4/5 stars Paul Sheldon is a bestselling writer known for his Misery series, which focuses on a woman named Misery and her many adventures. Annie Wilkes is Paul’s number one fan, but she’s also much more. Paul has just been in a terrible car … Continue reading Book Review: Misery
THE BUS ON THURSDAY | Shirley Barrett 09.18.2018 | MCD Books Rating: 4/5 stars Eleanor Mellett is living a normal, everyday life as an elementary school teacher, until things slowly start to unravel, starting with her boyfriend breaking up with her. Eleanor certainly didn’t see that coming and isn’t quite sure how to react. While … Continue reading Book Review: The Bus on Thursday
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
MY BEST FRIEND’S EXORCISM | Grady Hendrix 05.17.2016 | Quirk Books Rating: 4/5 stars Abby and Gretchen are high school sophomores. They’re inseparable and have called each other best friends since Abby’s birthday party in 4th grade. One night the girls are hanging out with their close friends, Margaret and Glee, and everything changes between … Continue reading Book Review: My Best Friend’s Exorcism
JACK & JILL | Kealan Patrick Burke 12.02.2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Rating: 5/5 stars In order to escape the brutal reality of their childhood, Gillian and John would visit the local cemetery by their church every Sunday. Perhaps an odd place to frequent, but they had their reasons. Here they would pretend to … Continue reading Book Review: Jack & Jill
BIRD BOX | Josh Malerman 03.01.2014 | Ecco Rating: 5/5 stars Five years ago something started happening. People were seeing things. Things that caused them to go mad. Things that drove them to violence and suicide. No one knows what this thing is. No one has lived to tell the tale of what it looks … Continue reading Book Review: Bird Box
PENPAL | Dathan Auerbach 07.11.2012 | 1000Vultures Rating: 5/5 stars A man is haunted by the events of his childhood and trying to understand a past he hasn’t been able to fully grasp until now. He decides to look back into his past and investigate a series of memories about strange, tragic, and downright horrifying … Continue reading Book Review: Penpal
