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.
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Book 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).
Read moreBook Review: The IT Girl by Ruth Ware
Wow, Ruth Ware is really cranking them out! Well, I suppose it’s actually been since 2020 when her last novel came out, but the time seems to have just flown by! Anyways, my sister checked out The IT Girl first and was shocked at the ending, so I knew I needed to read it before it went back to the library.
Read moreBook Review: The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
New Riley Sager!! I’d be so happy if this guy manages to pump out a new book every year, mainly because they’ve all been thoroughly enjoyable. And honestly, I’m a little surprised I’m saying that about his newest release, The House Across the Lake, but you’ll just have to keep reading to find out why. And on that note, just know there are some SPOILERS ahead.
Read moreBook Review: Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
Well, I really had every intention of watching the Netflix film adaptation Jenna Evans Welch’s young adult novel, Love & Gelato, before reading it, but that just never happened. You all know why at this point. And while I’m still going to watch the movie, I just know it is going to be bad.
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