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Sadie Hartmann's Book Review: BAD DOLLS by Rachel Harrison
BAD DOLLS by Rachel Harrison (The Return, Cackle, Such Sharp Teeth)
Release Date: December 6th, 2022 from Berkley
Genre: Adult Horror Fiction, Short Stories, Audio/eBook Only, Thriller, Female-Centered
Themes/Sub-Genres: Female friendships, queer relationships, supernatural, bachelorette party, jealousy, ritualistic sacrifice, disordered eating, diets, grief, siblings, family, death, hinted suicide, creepy dolls, trauma, therapy
What You Need to Know: This is a...
Sadie Hartmann's Book Review: Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie
Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie (The Children of Red Peak, Suffer the Children)
Release Date: January 24th, 2023
I read a NetGalley ARC on my Kindle Paperwhite and a physical ARC
Sub-genre: Found Footage/Found Media
Writing Style: Epistolary format: journal entries, text messages, emails, raw video footage
What you need to know: The crew of "Fade to Black", a 'ghost hunters' like show, led by a married couple, Claire &...
Sub-genre: Found Footage/Found Media
Writing Style: Epistolary format: journal entries, text messages, emails, raw video footage
What you need to know: The crew of "Fade to Black", a 'ghost hunters' like show, led by a married couple, Claire &...
Book Review: BAD CHILI by Joe R. Lansdale | BIG Hap & Leonard Read Along with Mother Horror
Bad Chili Hap & Leonard Book 4 Joe R. Lansdale In a classic Lansdale move, Bad Chili begins with Hap & Leonard giving each other shit. These two get roasted! A rabid squirrel jumps out of nowhere and chases the men around, ultimately biting Hap which sends him to the ER. He meets a bombshell woman with red hair and a no-bullshit attitude (because of course he does!).
Things take a sharp turn when he learns that his best friend is in some pretty serious trouble and is now missing....
Book Review: THE TWO-BEAR MAMBO by Joe R. Lansdale | BIG Hap & Leonard Read Along with Mother Horror
THE TWO-BEAR MAMBO by Joe R. Lansdale
Book three, The Two-Bear Mambo in the Hap & Leonard series, does not fuck around. This rough & tumble, country noir is filled to the brim with crude sexual inneuendos, obscene racism, and Hap & Leonard once again, fighting their demons in the devil’s lair.
And it’s brilliant.
The evolution of this series is actually blowing my mind. Savage Season works well as an introduction because it bends the reader’s affections toward the duo. It’s impossible not to...
Book Review: MUCHO MOJO by Joe R. Lansdale | BIG Hap & Leonard Read Along with Mother Horror
MUCHO MOJO by Joe R. Lansdale
Book 2 in the Hap & Leonard Series
“I like ambition. I like someone who gets up in the morning and has a purpose. A real purpose. I have one. I want whoever I love to have one."
"I always look forward to breakfast.”
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Book 2 starts off right where SAVAGE SEASON leaves off. There are some references to situational stuff from the previous book but for the most part, MUCHO MOJO could totally work as a standalone novel...