Every evil in the bud is easily crushed; as it grows older, it becomes stronger. – Cicero, Philippicoe Well, it’s October and for me, it’s basically a month-long reminder that’s it’s fun to be terrified, to watch as much horror movies as possible and to read as many […]
“See my lips tremble and my eyeballs roll, Suck my last breath, and catch my flying soul!” – Alexander Pope, “Eloise to Abelard” I read Twenty-Seven Bones way back in 2007 and I enjoyed it. Especially since the story takes place in the Caribbean. Although St. Luke is […]
I read this amazing book some time ago, I didn’t write a review about it then, however, on my second reading of it, I’ve decided to go ahead and add my take on it.đ Watching Glass Shatter, I just love the title of James Cudney’s debut novel, published […]
You’ll want to turn the lights on for this one, or at least read it in daylight. The fact that this its base on historical facts makes it even scarier, mix in the supernatural and it gets even more so. Think about this for a moment, you’re trapped […]
“Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by such slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity or ruin – Mary Shelley, Frankenstein.” Iâm always looking for a great read and when I stumbled upon Martina McAteeâs Children Shouldnât Play with Dead Things, her debut YA novel back in […]
An Unkindness of Ghosts, awesome title right, I thought so. Rivers Solomon is a new Author for me, in fact, this is her debut novel. When I first read the book jacket, it sounded quite intriguing, plus the title helpedđ. I did not at first realized that it […]
The Shining, one of Stephen King’s most beloved and iconic novels, which was also adapted into a film by Stanley Kubrick, follows the Torrance family trapped in a luxury hotel, rife with malevolent spirits and evil forces seeking to destroy a psychically gifted Danny Torrance, his mother, and […]
âAppetite is Craving; Hunger is Desire. Craving is never satisfied; but Desire is relieved when Want is supplied,â – Linda Burfield Hazzard This my second reading of the book. Itâs always a fascinating and horrifying thing to bear witness to the ways the mind can be manipulated by […]
âFor the power of man to make himself what he pleases means, as we have seen, the power of some men to make other men what they please.â â C.K. Lewis, The Abolition of Man The first book in this Frankenstein series is the Prodigal Son. I read […]
What would you do? If while driving down the road one night during a thunderstorm and you saw a car stopped at the side of the road, you see itâs a woman by herself sitting there as if waiting for someone. Do you get out of your car to […]
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