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Behind Her Eyes

Supernatural Thriller Author: Sarah Pinborough What happens when sleepless nights, strange dreams of doors, hope, and betrayal combine? On the outside, David and Adele have the perfect marriage. They ARE the perfect couple. Beautiful, successful, in love. But scratch the surface and there is a darkness there. No one knows this better than David’s secretary and secret mistress, Louise. She never meant to get involved with a married man or accidentally become best friends with his wife. But now she is torn between the two, in love with one, desperately worried about the other, and always guilty and lonely. This cannot [...]

Frances Carden2022-07-26T09:43:20-07:00June 12th, 2022|Tags: book review, botm, read, reading, reviews, supernatural, thriller|

House of Leaves

An Endless House, a Childhood Secret Author: Mark Z. Danielelewski I remember prowling through Barnes and Noble as a teen and invariably running across House of Leaves, picking it up, and flipping through to see the bizarre format: words stair stepping down pages, inverted, magnified, split. This layout, among other things, gained House of Leaves its notoriety. At the bookstore I’d always read the back cover, flirt with the idea of buying the book and seeing what all the fuss was about, but I’d always end up putting it right back on the shelf and walking away. I was discouraged by [...]

Frances Carden2022-07-26T09:02:16-07:00May 13th, 2022|Tags: book review, house of leaves, read, reading, reviews|

Dance of the Dead

Of Zombies and Love Author: Christie Golden Larissa Snowmane is the lead dancer on La Demoiselle du Musarde, a riverboat that travels the dangerous mists, port to port, bringing entertainment. Growing up onboard this boat, Larissa only vaguely remembers her father, a man who abandoned her. Captain Dumont has taken his role as her defacto uncle seriously, however, and despite the rough ports La Demoiselle frequents and some of its less than savory business, Larissa has maintained her innocence and naïve trust. But it’s time for her to grow up, because Dumont has bided his time. He wants Larissa as his [...]

Frances Carden2025-11-08T15:36:20-07:00May 11th, 2022|Tags: book review, fantasy, horror, read, reading, reviews|