Top 5 Reads of 2018

For me 2018 was a slow reading year. I was too busy to meet my GoodReads reading goal for the year and I spent most of my time struggling to find something that really caught my interest. That didnt stop me finding a few gems, so here are the top five books that I read…

Stephen King Review: Gerald’s Game

Summary: "A game. A husband and wife game. Gerald's Game. But this time Jesse didn't want to play. Lying there, spreadeagled and handcuffed to the bedstead while he'd loomed and drooled over her, she felt angry and humiliated. So she'd kicked out hard. Aimed to hit him where it hurt. He wasn't meant to die,…

Stephen King Review: Pet Sematary

Summary: Sometimes dead is better....When the Creeds move into a beautiful old house in rural Maine, it all seems too good to be true: physician father, beautiful wife, charming little daughter, adorable infant son -- and now an idyllic home. As a family, they've got it all...right down to the friendly cat. But the nearby…

Top 5 Halloween Reads

It has been YEARS since I last wrote a “Halloween Reads” blog post, and since my last one I have read hundreds of books (literally) and I discovered a whole pile of new reads that are now Halloween favourites of mine. The majority of this list is suitable for all readers but 2 of them…

2018 Reading Goals and Blogging Resolutions

Happy New Year! And, to the pile of new followers I somehow got during the Christmas break when I wasn't blogging, welcome. A new year means new targets for the year, bookish resolutions and lots of general reflections on the past blogging year so here are my bookish resolutions for 2018. Read 105 Books I…

Top 5 Reads of 2017

There are only 10 days left of 2017. That means lots of reminiscing about the events of the last year and book bloggers are compiling lists of the best books they have read over the last 365 days. I love reading Best Reads of the Year posts because they contain the best of the best…

Frightful Fridays: The Shining

Well it is coming up to Halloween so I thought I would finally brush the dust of an old series idea of mine called Frightful Fridays where I look at the real life horror stories behind our favourite horror novels. The whole world is on a Stephen King kick right now so we are going…

A King Hater Reads King: The Shining

This might be a surprise to a lot of people but I hadn't read The Shining before this month. I loved the film with Jack Nicholson but when it came to the book my view on King's work has been seriously tainted so I just didn't bother reading it even though I owned a copy.…

A King Hater Reads King: ‘Salem’s Lot

If you are unfamiliar with 'Salem's Lot, this book is about a writer who returns to his home town to write a book and the locals start turning into vampires. This is going to be a very mixed review. I know a lot of people love this novel and say it is their favourite Stephen…

Book Haul

I haven't treated myself to books in months so I thought my new pile of books deserved a post to celebrate. Some of these books you will already know about because I have reviewed one or two of them and I have mentioned a few others in other posts. I never buy books at their full…