For the First Time: ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ by Anne Frank (Book Review)
I’ve asked myself again and again whether it wouldn’t have been better if we hadn’t gone into hiding, if we were dead now and didn’t have to go through this misery, especially so that the others could...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘MEG’ by Steve Alten
The shark, in popular culture, has been bastardized more than any living creature today. It seems like the Syfy channel has a new shark movie just about every weekend, and the ones that they have made...
View Article“Been Meaning To” Book/Movie Club Review: ‘Fahrenheit 451′&‘Enter the Dragon’
When Kevin Hellions chose this as a book club selection, I had wanted to return to it for some time. I always feel guilty about re-reading something when I have so many books to read in the first...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ by E L James or Snowqueens Icedragon
“This man is insatiable, or maybe all men are like him. I have no idea, no one to compare him to.” My relationship with Fifty Shades of Grey is a tumultuous one, and one that I’d like to put out of my...
View ArticleBook Review: ’20th Century Ghosts’ by Joe Hill
Joe Hill is one of those guys that you generally hear in passing the first time. The first time I encountered him, I had bought his book Heart-Shaped Box from my local Kinney Drug Store back in 2008 or...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Monster Variations’ by Daniel Kraus
I didn’t know what to expect from The Monster Variations at first glance. I picked it up after reading a review posted on the A.V. Club; I mean, if someone was throwing the name of Stephen King around,...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Mothman Prophecies’ by John A. Keel
When you look at the latest cover of John A. Keel’s The Mothman Prophecies - the book for which the movie, staring Richard Gere is based upon – you see the words: ”a true story.” Those three words...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions’ by Neil Gaiman
This summer I’ve decided to delve into the writings of Neil Gaiman. He’s one of those writers that feel like a crime for not reading at least once in your life. This summer, I’ve pinned down nine...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Hallowtide’ by Karl Pfeiffer
These, our scientists, our physicians, the defenders of the physical world against the physical intrusions. The men who’d destroyed demons with labels and hypnosis and regressive discussion. They...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Running Home’ by Julie Hutchings
The main theme of fiction, of writing in general, is that nothing is original. That everything is exploitation, and all ideas are available from the corner whore. I’ve never subscribed to the idea,...
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