101 Horror Books: Just Like Home Review - Let's Talk Houses
Phew! Let me tell you, this novel was an entire journey. It takes place over a short period and more or less all in one location, but my emotions and brain went on quite the adventure. All from the comfort of my recliner. Just the way I like. (I’m older than most adventuring protagonists, but…
Donna101 Horror Books: The Book of Accidents - Review and Plot Summary
Earlier this week I posted that I’d be reviewing 101 books from Sadie Hartmann’s 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered.Let’s Read 101 Horror Books To Read Before You’re MURDERED! – I’m working on snagging all of them and plan to go through each section one at a time. This first book, The Book…
DonnaLet's Read 101 Horror Books To Read Before You're MURDERED!
Sadie Hartmann has blessed the horror fans among us with a compilation of horror novels from every subgenre to satisfy even the most ardent fans. Guys, I admit I was cocky. I picked this up for myself early this year, sure I’d have read perhaps 60 maybe 70 percent of these. My hubris was astounding.…
DonnaInfluencing Death Review: An Unexpected Memoir
Between watching our studios dances and chaotic renditions of The Wobble as a hundred dancers waited for adjudications to begin, I finished TikTok influencer Penny Hawkins Smith‘s (@HospiceNursePenny) book Influencing Death. When the book arrived, I was expecting something akin to Mary Roach’s Stiff or Spook, but obviously the before death portion. Mostly informative, but…
DonnaBook Review: Is There Something In The Walls?
This one is a long time coming. Life has been life and there is nothing like a family plague of norovirus to keep a blogger down. (Also, apparently it can give you a rash that looks like measles or chicken pox or possibly yersinia pestis and require you to rush your child to kids express…
DonnaStephen King's The Monkey: Drums, Cymbals, and Actually Testing an Old Adage
This weekend as promised, I saw and read, Stephen King’s The Monkey. Actually, if you read it, you’ll need to pick up the collection of short stories called Skeleton Crew. Don’t worry though, this one has The Mist in it too. There’s plenty to read outside the about 50ish pages that make up The Monkey…
DonnaHead Cases Book Review: Dexter, Is That You?
This past week I read Head Cases by John McMahon. It is the first book in a new series that follows a group of FBI agents working on cold cases and the first book I’ve ever read of his. I was excited to go into a fresh novel by a new-to-me author. This was massively…
DonnaWe Need to Talk About Family Vloggers Part 2
Read Part 1 here. The second half of Sheri Franke’s book, The House of My Mother, is both more intense and more personal than the first. It is during this section where we witness the downfall of her mother, Ruby, as the authorities finally take action against her abuses and bring charges against Ruby for…
DonnaWe Need to Talk About Family Vloggers Part 1
Sheri Franke’s book, The House of My Mother, released this past Tuesday, and it details her experience as the child of a family vlogger. I put it as an add-in book with my Book of the Month selection, expecting it to be both distressing and enlightening. I’ve seen videos of Sheri, now an advocate for…
DonnaThe Unseen Horror: How "The Ring" Novel and Movie Scares Compare
Did you know that “The Ring”, a 2002 blockbuster hit, was based on a book? It paved the way for the J-horror craze of the early 2000s and it terrified me when I saw it in theaters. Don’t let the PG-13 rating fool you. The Ring is scary. While the book doesn’t deliver terror in…
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