Welcome back to Books With Cause. Let’s dive into my latest review — Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare, a bloody, fast-paced slasher that proves the killer clown trope still has plenty of bite. There’s a strong chance you’ve seen the trailer for the movie adaptation of this book. You might well have seen …
Welcome back to Books With Cause! Let’s dive into my latest read — Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana, a chilling tale of obsession, darkness, and devotion that goes far beyond reason. This one was another esteemed winner selected by the members of Horror Aficionados. This is also another one of those …
Welcome back to Books With Cause! Let’s dive into my latest review — Diary by Chuck Palahniuk. This is my eighth experience of reading a Palahniuk novel and what always blows me away about his work is that he finds new ways of telling his stories. If you’re familiar with Survivor, for example, you’ll know …
Welcome back to Books With Cause! Let’s dive into my latest review: I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan — the original 1973 YA thriller that inspired the 1997 slasher film, though the book itself tells a very different story. Yes. This is the book that inspired the 1997 movie that starred …
Welcome back to Books With Cause! Let’s dive into my latest review: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due — a supernatural horror novel set in 1950s Florida, where racism and brutality are more terrifying than ghosts. If you’ve been following my blog for any time now, you’ve probably noticed that I do enjoy a book recommendation. …
Welcome back to Books With Cause! Let’s dive into my latest review: The Life Impossible by Matt Haig. A novel that blends grief, forgiveness, and the supernatural against the backdrop of sun-soaked Ibiza. This was my fifth time reading a Matt Haig novel. Starting with How to Stop Time, followed by The Humans, The Dead …
Welcome back to Books With Cause! Let’s dive into my latest review: The Long Walk by Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman). This dystopian classic pushes one hundred teenage boys to their limits in a brutal endurance test — and only one can survive. Forty-six years feels like a long time. When you consider The …
Sometimes it feels like I’ve been growing up with Richard Osman on television for my entire life. I wasn’t one of the people who watched Pointless from the very start. I saw the occasional episode of Two Tribes when that was on. But I am a huge fan of House of Games. I don’t know …
I usually visit the library once every couple of weeks. I’ve got quite the system in place where I often have two to three books to return and two to three requested books to pick up at any given time. Yet I can rarely stick just to the books I’ve requested. I can’t help myself …
Stephanie Booth is shit out of luck and jolly well fucked. AKA homeless. And it’s not through any fault of her own. As far as we’re aware, she’s done all the right things in life. She kept her head down, and she got a good education. At the time the book opens, she’s just finished …