I‘ll be honest, I was hoping for something a little different from this book. The idea of a family vacation on a Greek island being overshadowed by a dark, menacing evil sounded great, but it was too slow for me. Tense moments were a little too spread out to really build, and the only truly scary moment came about 15 pages before the end. The family‘s dynamics were interesting, but I don‘t know. It just didn‘t click for me.

I‘ve tried to read this book several times since I was a teen, and it finally clicked for me. Right place, right time! The story was everything I‘ve come to expect from King: rich setting, sympathetic characters (and some not-so-sympathetic!), and creeping dread that I sometimes had to put down and walk away from for a bit. Very glad I finally managed to read this one, and I could see myself reading it again someday!

T Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon is one of my favorite authors, hands down. Her books are always a delight, even as they are often (at least the horror novels) creepy and disturbing. What Moves the Dead, a re-envisioning of the Fall of the House of Usher, is no exception. I'll never look at hares the same way again. Loved Easton and ka manservant, Angus, and the inestimable mycologist, Miss Potter. There's a sequel coming next year and I can't wait!

Sallow Bend has been looking forward to the yearly carnival's arrival, but when two girls from the small town go missing and strange things start happening, both the carnival employees and the townspeople's lives are in danger. This isn't the first time in the town's history that such a thing has happened either...

Loved this audiobook! Full of twists and turns and I had my heart in my throat a couple of times. Great spooky summertime horror.

A pick overall because I found the book very accessible and readable, but I did get a little tired of the author name-dropping the various Shark Week shows he's appeared in. YMMV 🤷‍♀️ A good book for someone who's interested in the world of sharks, but doesn't want to do a deep dive on science 🦈

David Ash is a skeptic sent to investigate (and disprove) a haunting at Edbrook House on behalf of the Psychical Research Institute. Once there he finds a strange family of unsettling characters who seem to be playing dangerous games of their own with him—games which may cost David his life.

A fun, spooky read! Fast paced, mysterious, and the type of book where the reader knows something is Not Right before the protagonist catches on. 👻🏚️

Read a couple of Star Trek novels & actually enjoyed both quite a bit!

Mindshadow sees Kirk's Enterprise defending an agrarian world against raiders, dealing with spies aboard the ship, & coping with the effects of a brain injury Spock receives while planetside.

Nightshade features Picard & co trying to end a planetary civil war, but things get complicated when Picard is accused of murder and Worf has to act as both diplomat and detective.

A group of friends venture into the Paris catacombs to try and find the woman whose video camera was found on a previous trip, and which recorded what sounded like her murder. They soon find that the miles of tunnels under Paris hide a lot more than old bones.

A decent horror novel, if a little...cliché is the word for it, I guess. Some errors and typos, but they didn't bother me too much. Overall, I enjoyed it without being blown away.

Listened to this one on audiobook, which worked really nicely because the chapter length was just about the amount of time I usually was able to spend listening. Covers a fascinating array of topics, ones you don't often hear about because they're "gross" or otherwise unusual.

Revisited an old fave from my childhood this weekend! While I'm no longer in the target age range, I still enjoyed this nostalgic read.

This book was S-L-O-W. Guess I put too much stock in the title & expected something thriller-ish. Instead, this was a slow meander through the life of a weaver on the cusp of independence who decides she might want to know a little more about her parents' strange deaths. The second to last chapter has a sudden uptick in pace, a twist I saw coming, and then over. I mean, I read the whole thing, but it could've been so much more.

My current read. It's a broad survey that covers a number of different cults. Some seem a little out of place to me, especially some of the historical ones, but I guess they all fit the general definition—it just varies in how extreme the cults are. Personally, I would've focused with more depth on a fewer number overall, though.

Though it takes a bit for the plot to really get going, the story was interesting enough that it carried me through the slow parts. I was actually pleasantly surprised by this #mystery and glad I gave it a shot.

Features a missing college student, suspicious peers and professors who may or may not be involved, a former journalist turned unofficial PI, and dinosaur bones. 🦖🦕