by Lee Cross Book Review of Piercing by Ryu Murakami So… you know how it usually takes you a few chapters to get into a book? – Well, don’t ask me how Ryu Murakami did it, but after a few chapters ‘Piercing’ managed to get into me. UInder my skin… Into my head… honestly, he … Continue reading Book Review: Piercing by Ryu Murakami
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October Review: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Colleen White New England in the fall is a magical place; nights grow crisp, tables are filled with tasty fall treats, and the hills are blanketed with vibrant shades of orange, scarlet, and gold. No one captures the sights and feelings of autumn than Washington Irving, the granddaddy of American literature, and for that … Continue reading October Review: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
October Review: Barcelona Shadows
Halloween in Translation: Book Three by Lee Cross Book Review: Barcelona Shadows by Marc Pastor Ok…so wow! What a book! I really enjoyed this one, so much so that I can’t wait to pass it onto my friends. Barcelona Shadows is a dark and gothic detective novel, based on series of real murders that took place … Continue reading October Review: Barcelona Shadows
October Review: The Witchcraft of Salem Village by Shirley Jackson
by Kaley Ingenito Have you read Arthur Miller's The Crucible? Great. Then don't bother with this book. This is literally exactly the same story, minus the torrid love affair and a moving speech by John Proctor. Arthur Miller had his play published in 1953 and Shirley Jackson published this historical account three years later... so there … Continue reading October Review: The Witchcraft of Salem Village by Shirley Jackson
October Review: She Who Was No More
by Lee Cross She Who Was No More by Boileau-Narcejac I’m going to recommend this book to our Halloween ‘Top Shelf.’ It’s well worth reading, especially if you’re a devotee of the Thriller genre. The story opens with the passionless murder of a woman by her husband and his lover; detailing the events immediately after … Continue reading October Review: She Who Was No More
October Read: 1984
by Lee Cross The first thing that needs to be made clear about 1984 is that George Orwell wrote it more than 60 years and that itself makes it scary, not because of what you see on the page, but because of what you see out of your window… If you don’t know what I … Continue reading October Read: 1984
October Read: The Witches by Roald Dahl
by Lee Cross Roald Dahl’s The Witches – It’s Scary. The story has all the hallmarks of the great Roald Dahl tales; a young orphaned child, the fear and excitement of discovering the unknown, elements of the supernatural... all the wonderful things that made him such a brilliant writer for children. The Witches has something … Continue reading October Read: The Witches by Roald Dahl
October Read: The Haunting of Hill House
by Kaley Ingenito Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House is, in a word, unsettling. It's the story of a very old house (on, you guessed it- a hill) and the motley crew who decides to investigate the odd happenings that are rumored to go on there. Our story begins with Dr. John Montague, who … Continue reading October Read: The Haunting of Hill House
October Read: The Dante Club
by Kaley Ingenito Matthew Pearl's The Dante Club is a riveting story that follows a group of literary academics undertaking the arduous task of translating the classic Dante's Inferno from the original Italian into English. The plot thickens when the group slowly begins to realize that a recent slew of murders bears a striking resemblance … Continue reading October Read: The Dante Club
October Read: Coraline
by Regina Kenney Trying to find the right words.... This is a cute, horrifying read. Yup, that's it. Neil Gaiman's Coraline is a dark children's book about a lonely little girl who finds a secret door in her family's new house. She begs her mother for the key and once opened they find that the … Continue reading October Read: Coraline
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