reviews

Two alternating timelines. One killer. Author: R. L. Stine Two groups of teenagers seeking sun and fun during a beach vacation are separated by decades, but they are brought together by one ill fated beach and a house on pylons: a strange house no one has ever lived in. Back in the 50s the group slowly dwindled, separated and culled by a ruthless killer. And now – today? The same thing is happening again in Beach House. Will the survivors be able to figure out the secret of the beach house and stop the anger behind the deadly force bent on [...]

More Academic Than Entertaining Author: Edith Hamilton I remember Edit Hamilton’s Mythology with its depiction of a warrior riding a Pegasus from my childhood. This book was in my mom’s growing collection, and I would always look at it as a child and say “that, that I HAVE to read someday.” In grade school I adored anything to do with Greek mythology, despite the fact that what I read was inevitably watered down and sanitized for children. After 20+ years (ok, going on 30+, but whatever) I finally got to follow-through on my childhood promise when I snatched Hamilton’s now famous [...]

The Aftermath of Rape Author: Caitlin Wahrer Nick has a bright, promising future. College is going well. He has friends and a doting, almost fatherly older brother, Tony, who saw him through a brutal childhood and out the other side. The only thing that isn’t going to plan is Nick’s current crush, an on-again off-again man with obvious commitment problems and some game playing to boot. When a handsome stranger hits on Nick the night he has been stood up he thinks, why not? Maybe the news will get back to his crush/pseudo-boyfriend. When the stranger takes Nick to a hotel [...]