I promised to be the best I could. I promised to try… Forgive me. Wow. This book was far, far better than I was expecting it to be. I had left it in my library for so long that I had forgotten what it was even about before I picked it up to read. Be …
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The most important thing you should know about REAL WITCHES is this. Listen very carefully. Never forget what is coming next. REAL WITCHES dress in ordinary clothes and look very much like ordinary women. They live in ordinary houses and they work in ORDINARY JOBS. That is why they are so hard to catch. Truth …
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Are you happy with your life? This book has ripped me up inside. I’m not even that into sci-fi books, but this had me gripped and emotional from the very first page. If you’re looking to be whisked away to somewhere new, then pick up this. Dark Matter is an experience. I actually don’t know what else I …
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
It came to Lib then that the question to ask was not how a child might commit such a fraud, but why? The Wonder is an absolutely beautiful and thought-provoking novel and by far one of the best books I’ve read this year. Set in towards the end of the 19th century, we meet one of …
Misery by Stephen King
”Annie Annie oh Annie please please no please don’t Annie I swear to you I’ll be good I swear to God I’ll be good please give me a chance to be good OH ANNIE PLEASE LET ME BE GOOD -” “Just a little pain. Then this nasty business will be behind us for good Paul.” …
The Girl Before by Rena Olsen
I am nothing if not obedient. I was anticipating this novel for a goddamn long time and so when it finally showed up at work (I’d pre-ordered it months in advance) I was so excited to finally get my hands on it and start reading it and from page 1 it did not disappoint! This …
A Pleasure and a Calling by Phil Hogan
You won’t remember Mr Heming. He showed you round your comfortable home, suggested a sustainable financial package, negotiated a price with the owner and called you with the good news. The less good news is that, all these years later, he still has the key. That’s absurd, you laugh. Of all the many hundreds of …
The Last One by Alexandra Oliva
”If I were to say the words, would the electricity flicker on? Would the front doors slide open? Would Emery stride in and pat me on the back, tell me I made a noble effort… Would a car be waiting outside? Or would nothing happen at all? The thought pinches. I cannot give up.” Zoo …
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
”Right up until that moment it was sweet and funny. Odd couple that they were, they had a real connection. Then he tugged her boot off and kissed the bottom of her bare foot. I could see him doing that kind of thing to his own kid, but she wasn’t. She was somebody else’s little …
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