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Voices in the Snow

“Is he a sadist who kidnapped you? Or a man who saved your life?” Author: Darcy Coates She’s driving, desperate to get to her sister in time. The news channels on the radio all predict doom and terror. Then, in the depths of the forest she is cutting through, something leaps into the road. Then there is silence, snow, and pain. Clare wakes, not remembering why she left her home nor what happened on the road. She’s hurt, but apparently taken care of, in a bed in an imposing old mansion, cared for by a strange, large man. He claims that [...]

Frances Carden2026-11-08T18:00:06-07:00November 8th, 2026|Tags: Black Winter, book review, Darcy Coates, horror, read, reading, zombies|

Ashes of August Manor

Memories in the Ashes of Death Author: Blaine Daigle A gloomy old mansion in an ash lined forest where an old man, an evil man many say, is dying. A strange phone call, a chance at escape through just one last dance with death. A secret, a history of sacrifices, and faces in the ash – August Manor supposedly has it all, yet despite the atmosphere of a waking nightmare, the story fails to capture the heart and ultimately even the imagination. At least, for me. Now, I seem to be the lone voice in the wilderness. Judging by Goodreads, Ashes [...]

Frances Carden2026-11-07T18:32:48-07:00November 7th, 2026|Tags: Ashes of August Manor, Blaine Daigle, book review, horror, read, reading|

Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery

Fight Like Charlie Author: Lawrence Ingrassia It’s standard now when you go to the doctor – that long litany of relatives, close and far, and every disease they’ve ever had, at what age, to what extent, and success (or failure) of treatment. Cancer, of course, is the one we all fear the most, and from young ages we start to memorize the people in our line, many of whom are only a bare flicker of memory, and how cancer morphed their future. But it wasn’t always like this. Enter A Fatal Inheritance where journalist Lawrence Ingrassia examines both his wrought family [...]

Frances Carden2026-10-25T16:13:01-07:00October 25th, 2026|Tags: book review, cancer, medical, read, reading|