Honestly, when I was just a few chapters into Scream All Night by Derek Milman, I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to be feeling about it.
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Book Review: All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns by Betty Gilpin
While I have not seen Betty Gilpin in a lot of things over the years (sorry GLOW, I’m just not there yet), it’s her interviews about the projects that prompted me to seek out her collection of essays. Seriously, if you have not watched a single one of her interviews before, do it. She’s hilarious, and even though the collection of essays goes to some dark places, having heard her speak before really helped me get into her headspace and really hear her telling these stories.
Read moreBook Review: Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
Full disclosure, the only reason I even picked up this novel, Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll, was because I saw the Netflix trailer and was intrigued by its mystery. That’s sad that Netflix movies are what’s driving my reading choices, but when People magazine is the only source for “new hits,” I suppose I shouldn’t be that surprised.
Read moreMr. Harrigan’s Phone – Short Story and Film Review
The literary horror family are getting all the film adaptations this year! First, Joe Hill’s short story, The Black Phone, gets an awesome Ethan Hawke led masterpiece, and now Stephen King’s Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is getting a similar treatment?! Count me in! Admittedly, the latter had a rather quiet release on Netflix just a couple of weeks ago, but I enjoyed it just the same.
Read moreBook Review: White Noise by Don DeLillo
So look, back almost a year ago to the day I managed to land some work as a background actor in the upcoming film adaptation of this Don DeLillo novel of the same name, White Noise. Other than the basic premise that was described in the casting call, I didn’t know anything about this story. Thus, after filming, I decided to give this novel a try. And just in the nick of time I’ve finished it! The final film product is due to hit theaters (and Netflix) at the end of December!
Read moreBook Review: Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus
For someone that cranks out novels so fast, Karen M. McManus has yet to write a bad one. That rule definitely applies to her latest, Nothing More to Tell, too.
Read moreBook Review: The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
Well, geez. My friend has some dark taste in reading materials. Off the heels of her recommendation for Pretty Girls, I maybe stupidly didn’t give myself a break and picked up Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door.
Read moreBook Review: Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
My friend warned me that this book, Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter, was intense, but I think what she meant was disturbing. I’ve consumed a lot of media over the course of my life, whether it be print or onscreen, so I’d consider myself somewhat desensitized, but this book was kind of on a whole other level.
Read moreBook Review: The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
As interesting as Alex Michaelides’ debut novel, The Silent Patient was, I wasn’t necessarily in the market to find out about any more of his work. Strangely enough, his second novel, The Maidens, appealed to me based off the brief “new in paperback” description given in my mother’s People Magazine subscription. I only really paid attention to Michaelides as the author when I looked it up at my local library.
Read moreBook Review: The Temperature of Me and You by Brian Zepka
I gotta say, I haven’t been totally nailing the young adult selections recently. The Temperature of Me and You by Brian Zepka just left me feeling lukewarm (pun intended).
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