The Carnivore, by Mark Sinnett

Reading The Carnivore was an interesting experience for me, because I’ve never been so engrossed in a story centered on characters I couldn’t stand. Both of the protagonists teetered on the border of unbearable, and perhaps it was because I anxiously wanted to see what abyss they’d sink into next, but I just couldn’t get [...]

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Skim, by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki

I had never read a graphic novel until I picked up Skim, but I was definitely interested in doing so. I initially started with The Watchmen, which I found terribly hard to follow (the boyfriend informed me after this first futile foray that it is a particularly difficult graphic novel). Having come across some of [...]

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The Killing Circle, by Andrew Pyper

Last night I woke up at 3:30 am, struck by sudden-onset insomnia. I had only gone to bed 3 hours before, and generally I sleep like the dead, so this was strange. But after a few minutes of groggy incomprehension, I realized I wasn’t going back to sleep any time soon. And in those eerie [...]

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