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Black River Orchard

This Book Is One Bad Apple Author: Chuck Wendig Dan Paxson is holding on to his father’s crumbling legacy, no matter what. His only hope is that his newly bred apple, named the Ruby Slipper, will garner enough popularity and therefore enough cash to keep his inherited orchard going. The Crossed Keys, a group of good-old-boy, conspiratorial, wealthy white men, once again have their eyes on Dan’s orchard, and this is his last chance to make daddy proud and claim his way in the world. The only issue: something is sinister about this apple. Meanwhile, Paxson’s teenage daughter, Calla, is growing [...]

Frances Carden2024-06-16T16:32:24-07:00June 16th, 2024|Tags: book review, horror, read, reading|

Lesser Dead, The

“We often live next to monsters unawares.” Author: Christopher Buehlman Joey Peacock’s life is frozen at fourteen. Forty years later, still with the drive and desires of an adolescent, living in the subway tunnels as the undead, Joey tells his story: the dirty, the ugly, the desperate, the horrifying buried in the ordinary. Whether he is seducing young women and telling himself that it wasn’t the vampiric charm, or bleeding obnoxious businessmen in the back of dirty cabs, Joey is getting by. He even likes part of his life, including his visits to an easily hypnotized family, whom he feeds on [...]

Frances Carden2024-06-14T19:26:59-07:00June 14th, 2024|Tags: book review, horror, read, reading, vampire, vampires|

Oresteia

A Family Affair Author: Aeschylus In Aeschylus’ famous triad, The Oresteia, the author explores themes of violence and honor killings, leading readers from primeval bloodlust into law and order and the establishment of civilization. It starts, as many know, with the House of Atreus and its escalating curse. Agamemnon triggers the curse again when he sacrifices his daughter, Iphigenia, for political gain and a successful war against Troy. Agamemnon’s wife, Clytemnestra, begins an assassination plan that ends when Agamemnon comes home, triumphant, and oblivious, new mistress in tow. The chain reaction is set, and Orestes determines to murder his mother [...]

Frances Carden2024-06-14T17:15:53-07:00June 14th, 2024|Tags: Aeschylus, book, book review, classic, play, read, reading|