sunday july 22
There is one corpse in the body count and the novel isn't open yet. Richard Bachman, pseudonym for Stephen King, died of cancer of the pseudonym back in 1985. This novel, Blaze, was unearthed by Stephen King and published just this year. It's about a dead guy and written by a different dead guy yet the codex exists right here in my hot little hands in all it's jacketed black and orange glory.
Clayton Blaisdell Jr. is one of the most unfortunate characters of the lot of Stephen King's books. His mother dies and Clayton is left with his alcoholic and abusive father who throws him down the apartment stairs one time too many.
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sunday july 08
Schaffert’s
Devils in the Sugar Shop is sophisticated chick lit set in present day Omaha, Nebraska. The story is centered around a group of women who, try as they might, just can’t seem to get it right. DeeDee is the proprietress of a very tasteful adult oriented store called the Sugar Shop. Ashley is a failed writer of erotic fiction. Artist and bookstore owners are also among the occupations of the group. Add stalker to the list, but just whom that happens to be is a delicious mystery deeply embedded in the novel.
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sunday june 24
Justin Evans’ psychological thriller debut, A Good and Happy Child doesn’t open, it launches. Once began, the story grimly informs the reader that the protagonist, George Davies is neither good nor happy.
George Davies is a married New Yorker with a newborn son. George and his wife aren't getting along because he cannot hold his infant son. His wife orders him to seek help, so he begins to see a psychiatrist and record his past in notebooks. Each chapter is representative of a notebook and they reveal that George was admitted to a mental institution in his adolescent years for violent behavior and possible demonic possession.
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sunday may 13
Drivers wanted for Burt (B.S) Levy's Series of 1950's open-road car racing novels!
The Last Open Road series features narrator and small-town New Jersey resident Buddy Palumbo. Willing to do anything besides follow in his father’s footsteps by working in a chemical plant, Buddy finds work as an auto mechanic. Through this medium, Buddy discovers his talent for fixing classic sports cars. Among his favorites are MG’s, Ferraris and Jaguars. Eventually, Buddy falls into the practice of racing the sports cars and testing out his skills and handiwork. He develops a deep love for the cars, the racing, and the boss’ off-limits daughter, Julie Finzio.
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thursday april 19
Call it ‘literary crack cocaine’ like the blurb on the volume's cover from Kirkus reviews or on a less exotic plane; call it psychological coconut sorbet for the soul. Christopher Pike’s Falling possesses a title that’s simple, benign, and unassuming but don’t be fooled. Beware. It is anything but. Start down this pike and fall you will.
Matt Connor is an average American male. He has a wonderful girlfriend, Amy, who keeps him at arms length constantly over the course of a year. Thinking all is roses between them, Matt is shocked to discover his beloved with her ex-boyfriend David. He’s even more perplexed when he finds that she is with child, David’s child, and does not wish to reconcile with him. Utterly incensed and hopelessly obsessed, Matt devises a plan to make Amy pay and pay she does, in droves.
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