I picked this up in SFO during a layover/delay, and it was the perfect travel companion: short chapters, lots of action, and good storytelling. And, of course, zombies.
Like many people, I've always found "The Lottery" to be a disturbing and fascinating reflection on humans and tradition, and Jackson's mastery of suspense and surprise packs a punch. In a recent articles, the author mentioned this novel--more of a novella, I suppose, at 160 pages in paperback--and I realized I had never read it. I immediately downloaded the book and raced through it, finding all the same Jackson elements present in her short fiction, with the added satisfaction of a (slightly) longer read.
I'm a huge King fan, so I enjoyed this crime thriller. Harkening back to pulp crime fiction, the novel is set in the 1980s and combines a love story and a cold-case crime, overlaid with just enough of the supernatural to maintain the King flavor.
Eddie and I read this book together when driving on trips out of the area. (I read aloud while he drives, our version of an audiobook.) As a native Detroiter, LeDuff's combination memoir and journalistic report provides a gritty, honest, depressing, uplifting, and insightful look into a failing city. You'll likely love or hate LeDuff and/or the book; we leaned toward the first.
I'm a huge fan of Joe Hill's Locke and Key comics, so I picked up his latest novel. Like his father (Stephen King), Hill is a remarkable storyteller--even of stories that are hard to engage in at first contact. I struggled to connect in the first 50 pages, but after that I couldn't stop: creepy but compelling, with great characters and surreal plot. (I'm
catching up on my neglected blog, so these are short entries. Post a comment if
you read the book--or are interested in doing so--and I'll share more!)
This book won wide acclaim in Canada, and for good reason. It's a fantastic, genre-bending Western--funny, thoughtful, and action-packed. It's the best book I've read in recent memory, so pick it up today! (I'm
catching up on my neglected blog, so these are short entries. Post a comment if
you read the book--or are interested in doing so--and I'll share more!)
This is the first novel by a Canadian author I discovered in a bookstore in Victoria, BC this summer. I can't wait to read her later work! (I'm
catching up on my neglected blog, so these are short entries. Post a comment if
you read the book--or are interested in doing so--and I'll share more!)
