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Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, The

A Quirky Read Worth the Hype Author: Grady Hendrix I’m not a Grady Hendrix fan, or at least I wasn’t, but my book clubs keep selecting his offerings. And I admit, I’ve been curious about this one for a while. So, I dove in. It begins with Patricia and her family. Her no-nonsense, all-business, absentee husband; her weird, Nazi fascinated child (Blue); and her declining and sometimes presciently creepy mother-in-law. Patricia is your everyday suburban mom: stressed, bored, trying to keep it together. Mildly affluent. Mildly happy. Mildly fake. This all changes one night when Patricia goes to take the trash [...]

2023-06-26T17:05:24-07:00June 26th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

Sallow Bend

A Haunted Town and a Janitor Who Knows All Author: Alan Baxter In the small town of Sallow Bend two teenagers go missing just as the carnival rolls into town. The locals suspect the carnies, but the truth is far worse, mired in the history of the town itself. Two teenage girls went missing, but three come back. One of the girls has long black hair with a white streak, and everyone claims to remember her, except the school janitor, Caleb, an isolated man with a haunting past and an extreme sensitivity to people’s emotions and their lies. Caleb teams up [...]

2023-06-25T10:37:47-07:00June 25th, 2023|Tags: , , , |

In the Name of the Children

A So-So Vignette Into Tracking Child Predators Author: Jeffrey L. Rinek Jeff Rinek always wanted to be part of the FBI, even as a child. To him it was a real way to get involved, to be a hero, to help people. He thrived on FBI stories growing up. But it didn’t look like it was ever meant to be. For one thing, Jeff was Jewish, and in the 70s the FBI was mostly comprised of white Christians. Not a place for a Jewish man, especially one with physical disabilities. Passing the physical tests alone was a nearly insurmountable challenge. But [...]

2023-06-24T11:31:14-07:00June 24th, 2023|Tags: , , , |
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