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The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: Meet Frank Cauldhame. Just sixteen, and unconventional to say the least: Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different and more fundamental reasons than I’d disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for...

The Dark Glamour by Gabriella Pierce

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Fantasy, Romance

Summary: Jane Boyle married her prince charming and moved into his upper east side castle–but she didn’t get her fairy-tale ending It’s hard to live happily ever after when you discover your demanding and controlling mother-in-law is literally a...

2 A.M. at The Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: Madeleine Altimari is a smart-mouthed, precocious nine-year-old and an aspiring jazz singer. As she mourns the recent death of her mother, she doesn’t realize that on Christmas Eve she is about to have the most extraordinary day—and night—of her life. After...

14 by Peter Clines

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Fantasy, SciFi

Summary: Padlocked doors. Strange light fixtures. Mutant cockroaches. There are some odd things about Nate’s new apartment. Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans for the future. So while his...

11/22/63 by Stephen King

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | Alternate History, Book Review

Summary: If you had the chance to change the course of history, would you? Would the consequences be worth it? Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who teaches adults for extra money. One student submits a gruesome,...