Not sure why some say they had a hard time getting into this. I was hooked from the eerie opening chapter. Tananarive Due works a good spell. I'm eager to read more from her.

Pretty damn enchanted by this book. Caroline Leavitt is a remarkable storyteller and knows how to draw you into a character's heart.

#fridayreads An old favorite. Florida noir about a brother gone bad, a robbery gone worse, & the "alligator mafia."

Another favorite recent read. The story of a kid who becomes preoccupied by funerals. Moving, yes. But also surprisingly funny.

This collection takes its name from the Paul Simon song "My Little Town," and Ryan W. Bradley's stories capture the same wistful melancholy. These are hardscrabble tales of blue-collar life in Alaska, where the sun may not always shine, but when it does...

The novels of Caroline Kepnes are simultaneously so funny and so twisted that they coil down into the mud at the bottom of our brains and unsettle every selfish, creepy, and chaotic impulse. As a sequel to her outstanding stalker thriller "You," "Hidden Bodies" cuts deep and twists the knife.

Just finished this vintage horror tale. Bought it used, no cover, with an inscription inside: "Nancy Walters, Nov. 1973." She must have bought it new. The pages and cover are worn, so it has passed through a number of hands over 43 years. Good, long life for a book.

I'm writing about Marvel's new Captain America: Civil War movie for EW, and the battle between heroes reminded me of this line from Sherman Alexie's story "Every Little Hurricane," collected in "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven."

Been on a mystery binge lately, and Steph Cha's second installment in the Juniper Song series has been calling to me. Song is an apprentice at a seedy private investigator's office, and she she's also a noir fan. I love the contrast of her fantasy of the job with its grim realities...