August through November Reads, way overdue and in no particular order!
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
All things Lizzie Borden are strange and eerie and essentially horrifying, and this book is no exception. Didn’t quite hit the mark for me, but still worth the visit.
The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon
Had high hopes for this one but it’s ultimately forgettable. Good plot and interesting characters, though.
The Next by Stephanie Gangi
Interesting concept, but a little bit too current day for me. Got a little bit old after awhile.
Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
A haunted town where the population has grown accustomed to a ghost with stitched up eyes and lips showing up in their homes, watching over their beds, and appearing in the town square? I had my mom check this out from her library in NC because I didn’t want to wait for the Charlottesville one to order it; I was THAT excited to read it. It was a story that I’ve never read before and it was so enjoyable.
Really nice journalistic writing chronicling the quest to break the 2-hour marathon, but even more so about the human spirit, human limits, and the incomparable internal strength of long distance runners.
When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams
Some beautiful writing, but felt a little incomplete, and stylistically didn’t work for me all the time.
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
THIS. BOOK. WAS. SO. UPSETTING. Truly hard to get through. Read it on the MegaBus to NYC and couldn’t tell if I was going to throw up from the bus or from this book. Horrifying fiction loosely based on true crime.
Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Cute, but in one ear and out the other.
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Sad, complex, and emotionally layered. What strength by Jeannette and her siblings.