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Mexican Gothic: A Novel

July 24, 2020

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Sometimes it requires a bit of effort to tease out a book’s theme or premise based on the title. That’s not the case in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s debut novel, Mexican Gothic. It is exactly that, a noir ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: fantasy, historical fiction, horror, Mexico

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

March 2, 2020

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You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget. A man and his young son are walking on a desolate road surrounded by burnt trees and ashes. In the distance fires still ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, dystopia, horror, literary, Pulitzer Prize, science fiction

In the House in the Dark of the Woods

November 14, 2018

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Halloween may be over but the advancing winter weather still makes a perfect backdrop for creepy reading. Last week I wrote about Killing Commendatore, a Japanese novel that was oddly unsettling, but ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: horror, literary, Little Brown and Company, mystery, New England

The Library at Mount Char

October 30, 2015

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  When Carolyn was eight, she and a number of her neighborhood friends lost their homes and families and were subsequently adopted by a man they called Father. And that’s as normal as Scott ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Crown, debut, fantasy, magical realism, mystery

The Deep by Nick Cutter

February 4, 2015

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  There is a virulent disease striking the world. One that robs its victims of their ability to remember. And not just mentally but physically—to the point where they no longer know to eat or ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Gallery, horror, suspense

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