Lockup Library What are your quirky reading habits? Shawshank, December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Can you only read whilst death metal plays softly in the background? Or does Mars have to be in retrograde? What are your quirky reading habits? I want to know. I don’t think any of my book habits are quirky. When I read, it has to be quiet. Quiet. If the TV is on, I… Continue Reading
Lockup Library 4 books I’ve discovered while blogging Shawshank, November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Since I’ve started blogging, I’ve tried to stick to new and interesting books. Books out of left field, like Ship of Theseus, House of Leaves, etc. I’m trying not to just go back to the old comfortables, like the Dresden Files, random, mysteries, etc. I like to be challenged. Make me work for it! I… Continue Reading
Lockup Library Book Club Book Club: Full Dark, No Stars Shawshank, November 29, 2020November 29, 2020 Finally I got some time to do some reading. And since I was behind a week, I decided to read the last two stories in Full Dark, No Stars, our book club book. Now, we’re back on track. Fair Extension This was a disturbing one, at least for me. It shows that even your best… Continue Reading
Lockup Library Book Review: The Raw Shark Texts Shawshank, November 28, 2020November 21, 2020 Welcome to my book review of The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. As I was gathering a couple pictures, and reading the synopsis of the book to refresh myself on the book, I could swear that I’d done a review on it before. So I went to my site, and looked, I couldn’t find… Continue Reading
Lockup Library First Line Friday Shawshank, November 27, 2020November 14, 2020 So did everyone guess correctly? Was it too difficult? Will this one stump you or not? Ok, last weeks book was: House of Leaves. Quite possibly my favourite book. If you haven’t read it, you probably should. And now this weeks: The naked child ran out of the hide-covered lean-to toward the Rocky beach at… Continue Reading
Lockup Library Book Review: Midnight Sun Shawshank, November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 The book I didn’t think I needed to read! It’s not secret that I loved the Twilight Saga (although, I haven’t finished any other Twilight book since I got here), I didn’t think I needed to read a, and let’s be honest, a retelling of Twilight. I was wrong. This book is pretty much all… Continue Reading