Death Note Vol. 6, by Tsugumi Ohba
Oh. Em. Gee. This is another of the books I’ve read recently only because they were due back at the library. After things got very wonky in the last book, I was not sure I was going to like this next one. But I did. Things? Still wonky. L still doesn’t trust Light, which is … Read more
The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson certainly knows how to do creepy well. I read her short novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle for last year’s RIP Challenge, so grabbing another book by her seemed very smart for this year’s! The premise of the book is that there is a fellow, Dr. Montague, who is conducting some … Read more
Double Indemnity, by James M. Cain
Another Cain! I really like this guy’s work. This book is more like The Postman Always Rings Twice than Mildred Pierce, because there’s more murder plotting, but it of course still has that don’t-trust-charismatic-people aspect to it. So good. And the murder plotting here is EXCELLENT, because the murderer fellow, who is again offing a … Read more
The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain
I read Mildred Pierce for my book club a little while ago and loved it, so the fact that I had a couple other Cain works sitting in anthology form turned out to be an excellent thing. Of course, The Postman Always Rings Twice isn’t really anything like Mildred Pierce. In Mildred, Cain writes a … Read more
Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh
When I was in elementary school, I had a Spy Club. My two best friends (at the time) and I would go out into the neighborhood and write down what was going on, no matter how boring it was, and then we would meet in my room to discuss. I don’t know for certain, but … Read more
Matilda, by Roald Dahl
Oh, Matilda. This was my first-ever Dahl book, and in fact the only one I’d read until reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory this January. Good thing I bought that boxed set, so I can catch up! Anyway, I read this in fifth grade as part of the not-yet-awesome Project Plus gifted program in my … Read more
Death Note Vol. 5, by Tsugumi Ohba
Another one of these Death Note books… in this one things get rather more wonky than they have been previously, which is to say VERY WONKY. Light gives up his Death Note (that thing that lets him kill criminals), and with it his memories of using said Note, which leaves him wondering if he could … Read more
Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie
Before we even get into the story here, let me tell you that I. Hate. Acid paper. My copy of this book is the 1974 movie tie-in edition, and although I thought they were done with this terrible paper by then, they were not. So now my copy of Murder on the Orient Express is … Read more
Death Note Vol. 4, by Tsugumi Ohba
Not much to say here… this series is really addictive and also confusing beyond belief. In this book we have shenanigans with the second Kira, who has the ability to learn anyone’s name just by looking at that person (thus being able to kill said person more easily than Light can), more “I have to … Read more
Gaudy Night, by Dorothy Sayers
This was a weird pick for my book club, largely because we all liked it. When we hopped on Skype to chat about it, we were all like, “Um, it’s good… and stuff… can we read some more Dorothy Sayers now?” Which is interesting, because it’s not really a straight-forward mystery novel like others of … Read more
