Date Read: March 7 Author: Stephen King Genre: Thriller Rating: 5/5 Children with paranormal abilities are disappearing from their beds in the middle of the night, and waking up in a facility called the Institute. When child genius Luke Ellis wakes up there, he knows that he will do anything to escape. Thrilling, and anContinue reading “The Institute”
Monthly Archives: March 2020
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers
Date Read: March 5 Author: Sady Doyle Genre: Nonfiction Rating: 5/5 Sady Doyle examines the patriarchal fear of women by exploring characters from Dracula‘s Lucy Westenra to the T-Rex in Jurassic Park. She looks at women in three stages: daughters, wives, and mothers, and takes apart the assumptions that exist around a women in eachContinue reading “Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers”
See What I Have Done
Date Read: March 5 Author: Sarah Schmidt Genre: Historical Fiction Rating: 2/5 I had heard some good things about this book, but from almost the first page it felt boring, repetitive, and cliche. The characters were flat, and the book was at least 100 pages too long. How many years does it take to growContinue reading “See What I Have Done”
Dracula
Date Read: March 4 Author: Bram Stoker Genre: Horror Rating: 5/5 I decided to read Dracula when I finished reading Dracul, and I was definitely not disappointed. It’s clear why this novel has become a classic. How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing thatContinue reading “Dracula”
Best Book of February
And the best book of February is….Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones! Werewolves, adventures, and the struggle of being a teenager. For the original post, click here.
Zoey's Year in Books 2020 