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Joyland

Coming of Age and Killers Author: Stephen King Devin Jones is having a strange summer. It’s half magical, and half deadly. His long-time girlfriend has recently dumped him, and now that he is growing up, still a virgin, he is experiencing his first heartache. Everywhere at the college reminds him of the girl who left, and so this summer, instead of working at the college, he goes to a small-town amusement park in North Carolina, named Joyland, to get away from it all. He is seeking isolation, but what he finds is a strange kind of magic. Some of it is [...]

Frances Carden2022-09-17T21:03:10-07:00September 17th, 2022|Tags: book review, crime, ghost, horror, mystery, read, reading, stephen king, vintage|

Landfall

Revelations & Revenge Author: Dawn Lee McKenna With a hurricane just offshore and Wyatt hours away in the hospital, preparing for surgery, Maggie is on her own. She must prep her house, lock up her chickens safely (including the difficult to catch Stoopid), and shoo her two children into the car. They must leave Apalachicola before the hurricane hits. So far everything is going according to plan. During Wyatt’s last phone call Maggie was already packed and settling just a few of the last-minute necessities before hitting the road. But when the next day comes, and Maggie and family aren’t there [...]

Frances Carden2022-09-17T10:39:05-07:00September 17th, 2022|Tags: book review, cozy mystery, mystery, read, reading, review, thriller|

Rats, The

A Problematic Creature Feature Author: James Herbert There have been a few gruesome incidents in East London lately. Rats eating sleeping homeless men alive, swarming isolated people, picking over the remains. And these rats, they aren’t your regular city rodents. They are bigger. Much bigger. And somehow more aware. Will Harrison, a nearby schoolteacher, doesn’t know anything about the growing problem. He’s just here to do his job, tame his unruly students, try to teach them something. But when the classroom degenerate gets bitten by a large rat and is rushed to the emergency room, Will wonders about what the boy [...]

Frances Carden2022-09-11T10:11:24-07:00September 11th, 2022|Tags: book review, horror, read, reading|