About Sue

Sue photoSue is an old-school book nerd who remembers when Arrow and Tab book club delivery days were the highlight of elementary school. She would trudge home with her stack of paperbacks and lie on the front porch swing and read – Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume, and so many more. After switching to Stephen King at age 12, clearly marking her as a JDR (Juvenile Delinquent Reader), she was able to hide just enough of her inner nerd to survive high school.

After graduating from college with a whole bunch of degrees, she abruptly abandoned her first career and stayed home with her babies. With few societal constraints, she turned back to the world of horror fiction and expanded into pretty much every other genre available. Which explains the 20 books currently residing on her bedside table.

When she isn’t reading, watching TV and movies, having a love/hate relationship with her two cats, drinking martinis with her husband, or trying to over-mother her grown children, Sue is the Editorial Director at Silver Beacon Marketing. She oversees Readers Lane and Movie Rewind and nags her boss about his schedule. She feels that this is an ideal use of her skill sets.

Sue’s Reviews

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Daughter of Fortune

Dense Historical Fiction Author: Isabel Allende The Plot Daughter of Fortune is ostensibly the story of Eliza Sommers.  Abandoned as ...
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Broom With a View

X Marks the Witch Authors: Gayla Twist, Ted Naifeh One of the things I enjoy most about YA fantasy novels ...
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Flip, The

Flipped Off Author: C. Dennis Moore I can take quite a lot when it comes to reading horror.  Not watching ...
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Stormy Weather

Dream or Nightmare? Author: Dermot Davis Do you remember your dreams?  I have the tendency to dream a lot early ...
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Bag of Bones

Letting the Bones Out of the Bag Author: Stephen King Calling something “average” really doesn’t sound like a compliment.  But ...
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Infinity Program, The

Alien Computer?  Hell Yes! Author: Richard Hardy I am not a hater of technobabble.  I’m perfectly happy to have my ...
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Worst Thing, The

Icelandic Abduction Author: Aaron Elkins So I guess there are places where kidnap for ransom is big business.  Not just ...
Language of Flowers, The

Language of Flowers, The

Speaking in Petals Author: Vanessa Diffenbaugh Once upon a time, I worked for a florist.  In all honesty, I still ...
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Dying to Know

Gumshoe Ghost Series Premier Author: T.J. O'Connor I do love a good haunting.  And while I generally look for my ...
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Doctor Sleep (Sue)

The Shining, The Sequel Author: Stephen King No matter how rich, famous, beloved, acclaimed or just plain awesome an author ...
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Seduction of Miriam Cross, The

Sleuth it, Sisters Author: W.A. Tyson It can be hard, in today’s literary world, to put together a group of ...
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Serena

Loggers No Match for Serena Author: Ron Rash Historical fiction is always more fun when I have a connection with ...
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Leave Tomorrow Behind

It's Tough to be a Quirky Female Protagonist Author: Judy Clemens “A quirky, tough female protagonist with a soft center”, ...
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Shining, The

Shine On, Horror Diamond Author: Stephen King It’s so easy to forget why we loved the things we did as ...
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Inferno

Dante the Riddler Author: Dan Brown Robert Langdon is back!  I haven’t personally seen our Harvard professor and expert in ...
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Tin God

A Godly Pretense Author: Terese Svoboda There’s something truly fun about an author who is willing to tell their story ...
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Wonder

On the Face of Things Author: R. J. Palacio Did you ever wonder what it would be like to be ...
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Game

A Killing Game, That Is Author: Barry Lyga Just when you think you know what you can expect from a ...
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Bloody Lessons: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery

Victorian Intrigue, Cont. Author: M. Louisa Locke Welcome back to the world of San Francisco circa 1880.  Author M. Louisa ...
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Uneasy Spirits: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery

Does she see dead people? Author: M. Louisa Locke There are things we expect from cozy mystery-type series.  Intrepid heroes ...