I
know I was a few years late getting to this one, and that’s on me, as it was in
my TBR pile since the day it was released. I found the book intensely captivating.
It drew me in from the very first page, and from there, it’s a rollicking,
non-stop thrill ride to the end.
Combine that with the very realistic
depictions of the Institute itself, which you can almost believe is a real
place.
King has always been great at bringing his characters to life, and this
book is no exception. It is classic King, and I would recommend it to any fan
of horror or supernatural thrillers.
'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express
'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent
'Captivating' The Sunday Times
'An absorbing thriller' Mail on Sunday
NO ONE HAS EVER ESCAPED FROM THE INSTITUTE.
Luke Ellis, a super-smart twelve-year-old with an exceptional gift, is the latest in a long line of kids abducted and taken to a secret government facility, hidden deep in the forest in Maine.
Here, kids with special talents - telekinesis and telepathy - like Luke's new friends Kalisha, Nick and Iris, are subjected to a series of experiments.
Although
this was a novella, not a novel, I have to put it as my 2nd-favorite
book of 2022. When I read this, Mia Dalia was an author I wasn’t familiar with
at all. Well, that has certainly changed!
Discordant is a supernatural tale of
love, loss, and music set in the world of rock and roll. As a guitar player
myself, this one hit really close to home, but you don’t need to be a musician
to appreciate the rise and fall of a bar band musician and his desire to be so
much more, even if it means giving up his life – or worse.
Dalia’s writing is
almost lyrical, and her characters practically leap from the page because they
are so real. The ending might very well bring tears to your eyes.
From Mia Dalia, author of Estate Sale, Smile so Red, and Tell Me a Story comes a new nightmare of rock and roll dreams and Faustian bargains. Never settle for less. Never stop dreaming. Never meet your heroes. Never bargain recklessly. Play music like your soul is on fire.
Antarctic Sea Beasts was simply a fun, fun read!
Although it’s about 4 years old, I snagged a copy in 2023. It only takes a
few pages to realize it’s an homage to The Thing, a movie I absolutely love,
and that each page is going to be delightfully gruesome.
It’s like reading a
sci-fi movie from the fifties, complete with trapped scientists, isolated from
the entire world by both distance and storms and evil creatures that become
more threatening and dangerous with each passing hour.
This is the kind of book
I like to read strictly to forget the world for a while.
The South Pole in winter is one of the deadliest places on Earth. The seven person crew of the US Freedom Base lives alone in months of utter darkness with no hope of help or rescue. A freak storm batters the walls and threatens to expose them to the deadly cold. All they can do is wait…and pray. The ground quakes. An alien screech rips through the night. There’s something, or someone, lurking outside. Fists bang on the walls. Each tiny crack in the base spells death by hypothermia. Untold horrors have come to Freedom Base…and they want in! Praise…
Songs in the Key of Death is a collection of dark poetry that ranges
from horror to science fiction and from somber views of modern society to
fantastical visions of worlds that don’t exist – and hopefully never will.
