Book Reviews and a Little More…
Book #48 was Ghost Story by Peter Straub. The back of the book reads: For four aging men in the terror-stricken town of Milburn, New York, an act inadvertently carried out in their youth has come back to haunt them. Now they are about to learn what happens to those who believe they can bury the past — and get away with murder. This is
Read moreBook #112 was Under the Overtree by James A. Moore. The back of the book reads: Can you hear it? The whispered laughter carried by the wind? Can you see Them? The faint shadowy forms that move through the woods near Lake Overtree. The ones whose very presence is silencing the wild life? Can you feel the changes in the air? The changes taking place
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This wasn’t bad, but I felt like things wrapped up a little too quickly and easily at the end. One second the girl’s getting locked up, the next, everything’s hunky dory. I’ll be interested in seeing how things continue in the next book — if it takes. Otherwise, I like it.
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Book 19 was Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, part of the Stephen King Horror Library (same way I got Rosemary’s Baby). Another great horror story. I loved how Jackson portrayed the slow unraveling of Eleanor’s mind, with those little bursts of clarity. It’s no surprise that this is considered a classic. Another interesting thing about reading these classics, is that the style of
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