Anmeldelser, boktrailere, månedens bokanbefalinger og andre diverse ting om...bøker.
'But will talking teach us anything about what we're
doing here? You have no more idea than I do or any of the
rest of us do.'
I Who Have Never Known Men fikk mye oppmerksomhet i fjor, spesielt på Goodreads. Godt mulig fordi boka fylte tretti år, eller var det en annen grunn?
Afraid the dog might change its mind and come after me
again, I ran for all I was worth until I reached the edge of
the woods. Then I stoppped and turned around.
The Travelling Vampire Show ble utgitt i 2000. Året før han døde på selveste Valentinesdagen.
Thomas shook his head. "We've long overstayed our time limit, kiddo."
He motioned his family toward the foyer. But as they filed out, he lingered
behind, hands in his pockets, eyes still on the basement door.
"Why?" I shot back 'Why is it so damned important?"
She took a deep breath. Considered. Finally, she said, "You
understand that much of the research that is at the core of Clarity
has its origin in your mother's lab, right?"
I did not know that, yet I wasn't overly surprised.
Vanskelig bransje å være i.
The noise came from the kitchen this time, a low, agonized
moan.
Her bedside light flickered.
Anna slapped at the lamp, more annoyed than scared, but
the groaning itensified, and fear took the lead.
Someone was stumbling around out there.
Boka minnet meg en smule på Drag me to Hell. Ikke selve konseptet, men tonen. En horrorkomedie som jeg hatet.
This was where Sadie had been found. A call to the police,
around 10:45 p.m. from a man walking his dog that night. A local
who knew the shape of the place. Who saw something in the shad-
ows, a shimmer of blue in the moonlight.
Er ting som de ser ut som? ...
They went so relentlessly fast, the thin child saw
and understod,, because they lived in perpetual
fear. Behind the sun, behind the moon, were wolves
stretched out in full gallop, their hackles bristling,
their tongues lolling, untiring, as wolves are in
pursuit, waiting for their prey to falter or stumble.
"It's reasonable, Lise. Don't worry. If you need help, I can help."
"I don't need charity."
She huffed. "That's not what I said. This hotel was my pick. If
it's too much for you, I can help. It's not a big deal, okay?"
"I can pay for my own room."
Det nye året startet med et smell. Neida. Bare tulla ...
'You ready to go?' I say. Even if it's just for coffee and
wi-fi, I'm excited by the prospect. I don't want to waste any
more of our first day in Paris cooped up in this dingy flat.
The Apartment er skrevet av to forfattere, som var lett å legge merke til siden skrivestilen var noe ujevn.
"No," Santon said slowly. "No, I don't think so."
Reed stared at him. "So you believe this story of mon-
sters in the woods?"
"I don't believe in monsters," Santon said. "Only men
who behave like them."
Historiske romaner er ofte kjedelige og tørre, men det hjelper med horrorelementer.
As I laid in bed wrapped in a sleeping bag atop the musty,
pale bedspread, I tried not to think about what had gone on here
that week in 1984. I must have tried too hard, though, as my
headache started up again.
Rotterdam Mansion er ikke et hus fra virkeligheten, men er løst basert på et hus i Massachusetts.
Something flapped behind her, and she whirled, to see the
spread and blankets landing on the rug.
There was something underneath the sheet.
Florence stared at it. It was a figure of a man. She
started toward the bed, tightening as she saw that the figure
was nude.
Norskættede Richard Matheson døde i 2013, og etterlot seg noen moderne klassikere som Hell House og I Am Legend. Han skrev også manuskriptet til Duel som var regissert av Steven Spielberg. Matheson var en forfatter de fleste har et eller annet forhold til.
The darkness was absolute - her eyes refused to adjust.
It wasn't like London; there were no streetlamps outsie.
She was forced to inch along, feeling her way forwards.
Det har vært få bøker å like i det siste. Det går lenger og lenger tid mellom godbitene, men heldigvis var ikke denne så verst.
'Yes, that's the one. Sounds like a woman being knifed to
death. We had them at home."
"What I always thought, too. Sounds grisly." He wondered if
she'd heard the same shriek, and how. No way she could have
heard it from her cabin. "Window open?" he said.
Dette er oppfølgeren til The River, noe som er dårlig markert, men det gjør ikke noe om man leser denne først. Det er bare noen få detaljer fra første bok som blir nevnt, og slike ting plager ikke meg. Men om man er fisefin på spoilere, bør man nok lese The River først.
Thursday morning was foggy - a wet ground fog so
thick that it had a taste: sharp and puffy cumulus clouds
maundered across the sky beneath a high blanket of
cirrus.
Jubilanten som fyller femti år i år og som holder seg svært godt. Noe av språket og noen av ordene som er brukt kan være noe utdatert, men samtdidig gjorde det ikke noe, da meste av spenningen var til stede.
He discovered a torch among all the other tools, and is
shining it on the floor It's only then I realise that some of
the giant slabs we are standing on are old tombstones. People
were buried here once upon a time, and someone thought they
should be remembered. But the names that were engraved have
worn away after years of being walked over.
Alice Feeney er en svært populær thrillerforfatter for tiden, og jeg valgte å lese hennes mest kjente bok for å se om det var noe spesielt med den eller ikke.
Jade tries to stop but it's slick, so, yeah, the perfect crapper to
the perfect night: she goes flailing over the end, just like every kid
all summer long, except it's not summer yet, and she' s seventeen,
and it's cold-thirty in the dead-dead morning.
Med denne boka beviser Stephen Graham Jones sin store interesse for slasher og horrorsjangeren.
'More eggs?' Heidi asked, breaking into his reverie.
'No. No, thanks.' He looked down at his clean plate with some
guilt: no matter how bad things got, they had never gotten
bad enough to cause him to lose either sleep or his appetite.
Thinner ble utgitt for akkurat førti år siden, og Stephen King gjemte seg bak navnet Richard Bachman. Tror også det var boka da Stephen King til slutt ble avslørt.
'I mean, probably not. It could suggest that a viral infection
is coming on. So they'll probably keep him in the sanatorium
until T-minus twelve, and monitor him just to make sure he can
fly tomorrow.' Poppy's brow furrowed. 'He'll probably be fine,
though,,' Juno added.
En slik avreise skjer uten dramatikk, eller?
The very last thing Amber heard before running straight into the
trunk of a conifer and smashing her face, shattering her nose and
blacking out completely, was Ella Louise calling her -
Home.
