Bonfire of the Beasts
Review Bonfire of the Beasts retells Orwell's Animal Farm with touches of Nineteen Eighty-Four, but updated for the 21st century. This biting political satire sets its sights on diversity. I…
Total Recall
Review I will be honest, I have never watched either of the Total Recall film adaptations and I count myself lucky that I got to go into this story near…
The Only Good Indians
Review There are very few horror books that genuinely spook me and make me anxious about the fate of the main characters. Even though I knew that something bad was…
The Monstrous-Feminine in Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture
Review Feminist theory and Japanese horror media, two of my favorite things all wrapped up in one book. I couldn't help but pick this book up, the premise sounded incredibly…
We Go High: How 30 Women of Colour Achieved Greatness against all Odds
Review We Go High is an inspiring little book that is perfect for libraries and classrooms. It's a great resource to learn about the trials and triumphs of women from…
Verity
Review This book was a crazy one, it was not at all what I was expecting and I had a blast reading it regardless. Lowen is a writer hired to…
Malibu Rising
Review We tend to take celebrity infidelities as a given, a form of entertainment, so much so that families are forgotten, human emotion barely feels real to the casual observer.…
Skinner Box
Review Skinner Box is a clever little story that blends psychological horror and hard science fiction seamlessly. Evie is a neuropsychologist aboard a shuttle with her husband, an abusive and…
Hide
Review Hide is easily one of my most anticipated reads this year, and it did not disappoint. A sweltering hide-and-seek game in an abandoned theme park with a supernatural horror…
The Yellow Wallpaper
Review The Yellow Wallpaper is a classic short story about a woman suffering from postpartum depression. This story says more than most books in such a short amount of pages…