reviews

I hunt the next book in this series... Author: Barry Lyga You know, when I think about serial killers (which, given the books I read, is likely far more often than is healthy) I never think much about their offspring.  As presented in book form, these monsters simply don’t seem to be the type to settle down and reproduce.  Yet…what if they did?  How would a serial killer raise a child?  I suppose it’s either TV’s Dexter – hiding his murder habits – or Billy Dent – making his son into a protégé. Who is Billy Dent?  Well, he’s the [...]

Tepid Tearjerker Author: Anna Quindlen There’s something uniquely cathartic about the tearjerker.  In book or movie form, we go into them knowing that they will be sad but still hoping for the best for the characters.  At least I do.  When I opened Anna Quindlen’s Every Last One I knew full well that it wasn’t going to be some mundane tale of suburban woe.  I was looking for those tears. Every Last One follows, in the first person, the mid-life of Mary Beth Latham.  She has a husband, three kids, a nice house in a good neighborhood and a business [...]

Painful Past Revisited Author: Jamie Ford Before even beginning this review I feel you should know that there are three anachronisms in the first two pages of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.  If you’re like me, they’ll bother you.  But I suggest you look past them, for the story is well worth the momentary aggravation. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet tells the story of Henry Lee.  We meet him first in 1986.  He is a recent widower, just beginning to come out of mourning to do a little wandering around his longtime Seattle neighborhood.  [...]