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Category Archives: Creepy/Weird
Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
Childhood’s End was sent my way by my college-aged son to whom it was recommended by a friend who read it for a poli-sci class. We both struggled a bit to get into it, but he ended up loving it. Me, not … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Creepy/Weird, Sci-Fi
Tagged challenges, creepy/weird, Sci-Fi, ugly covers
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
By turns ghastly and intriguing, this nonfiction piece looks at what happens to our bodies after we die, particularly for cadavers willed to science. The realities are somewhat unsettling, but Roach treats the subject with a light, irreverent tone that … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Creepy/Weird, Nonfiction
Tagged cadavers, Mary Roach, nonfiction, Stiff
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The Black: A Deep Sea Thriller by Paul E. Cooley
This had a bit of a Peter Benchley feel and to be honest, I really like one-off, fast paced thrillers that are tech- or science-based and at least pseudo-believable. And, for a buck as a Kindle promo, it was worth a … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Creepy/Weird, Fiction, Paranormal
Tagged Paul Cooley, The Black, thriller
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Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
I liked Gone Girl so much in book club that I decided to add this in for my “book by an author you love that you haven’t read yet” category in the Popsugar Reading challenge. It is one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Creepy/Weird, Fiction, Film Based on Books, I Want My Money Back!, Mystery, Re - releases
Tagged Dark Places, Gillian Flynn, myster
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Two Dorks, One Book: The Bear by Claire Cameron – A Publisher ARC
Ah, shit. This one’s gonna be all nature-y and survivalish. Totally not my kind of book at all, except FREE****, so there’s that. I KNOW everyone on the internet (weird, since this is a pre-release but many have already read … Continue reading
Posted in 2 Dorks 1 Book, book club reads, Contemporary, Creepy/Weird, Fiction, WTF?
Tagged ARC, book club, Claire Cameron, prerelease, The Bear
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The Bear – Claire Cameron
The Bear will be released on February 11, 2014 by Little, Brown and Company. This book was received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. So…I finished The Bear a few days ago, and I’m STILL not sure … Continue reading
Posted in 2 Dorks 1 Book, Contemporary, Creepy/Weird, Fiction
Tagged Advanced Reader Copy, animal attacks, ARC, child's POVs, Claire Cameron, fiction, scary as shit, The Bear
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Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
Yep, it’s dark all right. Stephen King’s most recent (I think?) short story collection Full Dark, No Stars was a return for me to “classic” Stephen King. And I have to say, I enjoyed it, although I’m not sure I’m jumping … Continue reading
Posted in Creepy/Weird, Fiction
Tagged Full Dark No Stars, short story collections, Stephen King
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The Gunslinger – Stephen King
Soooooo…you know how The Dark Tower series is supposed to be like this huge awesome epic fantasy-type story that everyone in the world loves? There are countless websites devoted to it, in fact the people at the WoT/ASoIaF forum I … Continue reading
Posted in Creepy/Weird, Dystopian, Fantasy, Fiction, WTF?
Tagged creepy/weird, Dark Tower, dystopian, fantasy, fiction, Stephen King, the gunslinger, WTF?
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Centuries of June by Keith Donohue
WEIRD. Centuries of June is just plain weird, but compellingly so. At times, it is laugh-out-loud funny and at others, it is simply surreal and hallucinatory. And I loved it. The novel begins with our narrator landing on his … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary, Creepy/Weird, Excuse me, Fantasy, Fiction
Tagged Centuries of June, Keith Donohue, magical realism
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Ancestor by Scott Sigler
I read Ancestor simultaneously with my husband, a definite non-reader. I bought him the paperback for his birthday and I also had a copy on my Kindle because we both LOVED Sigler’s last books Infected and Contagious. (What can I … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary, Creepy/Weird, Fiction
Tagged Ancestor, Scott Sigler, thriller
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