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I have reviewed many books over the years, and some reviews have been more interesting or fun to write than others. The below list were my favorites to write.
• Ada, or Ardor
• Choose Your Own Autobiography
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• The Dream Thieves
• Firstborn
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Landline
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• Mockingjay
• The Monk
• The Night Circus
• Return of the Native
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The Unit
• WinterCategories:
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Tag Archives: circus horror
The Motion of Puppets, by Keith Donohue (audio)
Theo and Kay Harper are newly married and spending the summer in Quebec when Kay goes missing. Theo frantically tries to find her, but Kay has been turned into a puppet, and while it’s possible for him to rescue her … Continue reading
The Creeping Shadow, by Jonathan Stroud (audio)
Book 4 in the Lockwood & Co series. This review will have minor spoilers from previous books but no spoilers from this volume. So this book begins a few months after the abrupt end of The Hollow Boy. Lucy is … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Children's, Prose
Tagged atmospheric, audio, circus horror, favorite, RIP-worthy, speculative
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The Raven King, by Maggie Stiefvater
1. Book 4 of the Raven Cycle. 2. There will be no spoilers at all in this review (book or series). 3. I honestly considered simply writing the word LOVE!!!!! on this review and being done with it. 4. I … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, 2017, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged atmospheric, audio, circus horror, comfort, divinity, dream-invader, favorite, humor, LGBTQIA, memorable, multi-read, place-character, portentous, reread, RIP-worthy, speculative
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Wink Poppy Midnight, by April Genevieve Tucholke
I’m not going to summarize this book. Even a small summary would provide spoilers. The book jacket is extremely vague on purpose. The GoodReads summary provides a little more, but even then, I’d be a bit wary. Read it if … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Prose, Young Adult
Tagged atmospheric, circus horror, LGBTQIA, portentous, RIP-worthy, tarot
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The Children’s Home, by Charles Lambert (audio)
Morgan is a disfigured recluse living in a large manor home with only a housekeeper, Engel, for company. Then the children begin to arrive on the grounds, their origins mysterious, and they are welcomed into the home. The family grows … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Adult, Prose
Tagged atmospheric, audio, circus horror, RIP-worthy, speculative, WTF moments
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The Hollow Boy, by Jonathan Stroud
Lockwood & Co. are still on the case(s), this time trying to contain one of the largest sources of supernatural outbreak since the Problem began. Only now, the team is disjointed. Business has been booming, the team is split up … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, 2016, Children's, Prose
Tagged atmospheric, audio, circus horror, dream-invader, favorite, reread, RIP-worthy, speculative
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Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
Richard Mayhew is ordinary and passive, floating through life and letting things happen to him. One day he makes the choice to take an action, helping an injured girl that he stumbles upon. Suddenly, he’s thrown into an alternate London: … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Adult, Prose
Tagged circus horror, divinity, dream-invader, place-character, RIP-worthy, speculative
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