“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.” The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Read more
Monthly Archives: April 2017
New on the Shelves
Atlas of Cursed Places: A Travel Guide to Dangerous and Frightful Destinations by Olivier LeCarrer Oliver Le Carrer brings us a fascinating history and armchair journey to the world’s most dangerous and frightful places, complete with vintage maps and period illustrations in a handsome volume. This alluring read includes 40 locations that are rife with disaster, chaos, paranormal activity,… Read more
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Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror. Photos soon emerge online of heads on spikes outside of… Read more
First Words
“I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.” The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon Read more
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The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day: From the award-winning author of Little Pretty Things comes this gripping, unforgettable tale of a mother’s desperate search for a lost boy. Anna Winger can know people better than they know themselves with only a glance—at their handwriting. Hired out by companies wanting to land trustworthy employees and by the lovelorn hoping to… Read more
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I saw this one an couldn’t resist! I love collections of short stories, I love horror stories, and I love this title. Gutted: From Bram Stoker Award-nominated publisher, Crystal Lake Publishing, and the editing duo who brought you the best-selling and critically acclaimed small-town Lovecraftian horror anthology Shadows Over Main Street, comes Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories–a disturbing journey into the… Read more
First Words
First words… “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderlay again.” Rebecca Daphne DuMaurier Read more
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Death at Breakfast by Beth Gutcheon From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Still Missing, More Than You Know, and Gossip comes the first entry in a stylish and witty mystery series featuring a pair of unlikely investigators—a shrewd novel of manners with a dark heart of murder at its center, set in small-town New England. Indulging their… Read more
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Another cookbook! I follow Chrissy on Twitter – I love her no-fucks-to-give attitude and I love her food pics. Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat by Chrissy Tiegen: Maybe she’s on a photo shoot in Zanzibar. Maybe she’s making people laugh on TV. But all Chrissy Teigen really wants to do is talk about dinner. Or… Read more
First Words
“‘Do your neighbors burn one another alive?’ was how Fraa Orolo began his conversation with Artisan Flec.” Anathem Neal Stephenson Read more