![[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] The Ruins [Scott Smith] by Bea Harper](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/21726.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] The Ruins [Scott Smith] by Bea Harper")
Author: Scott Smith First published: 2006 Publisher: Vintage A bitter pill of arsenic is Scott Smiths’ brisk and furious The Ruins. Survival horror, suspense, psychological thriller and drama are but some of the more accurate descriptors this novel has under its belt for good reason. It is cruel, it is unkind and it has a … Continue reading
![[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin [by Bea Harper]](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tumblr_mcr5wjlrzt1ro0ixho1_500.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin [by Bea Harper]")
Author: George R.R. Martin Published: 1982 One damn fine tale told by a damn fine author about vampires, steamboats, misty bayous, bloody parlors and the power of friendship. REALLY! So lusturous is the detail, so interesting the lead characters that Fevre Dream is still a treasure that is still awaiting discovery by lovers of the … Continue reading
![[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Hell House by Richard Matheson [by Bea Harper]](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hell-house.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Hell House by Richard Matheson [by Bea Harper]")
Author: Richard Matheson Published: 1971 Oh for the love of all cupcakes and puppies, read this book. Brutal, predatory, disturbing and highly imaginative, Master Matheson is in top form in one of his finest works. Absolutely compulsory for any fan of the haunted house/horror genre or to those who are looking for something quite different … Continue reading
![[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Dracula [Bram Stoker]](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dracula_by_mythrilgolem1-d81jukc1.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Dracula [Bram Stoker]")
Note: I personally own five editions of Dracula, but The New Annotated Dracula with notes and essays by Leslie S. Klinger is by far one of the most impressive guides to not only Stokers’ text but everything surrounding in from the man himself, to his personal inspirations and the countless litany of Dracula-related media that … Continue reading
![[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] The Dark Tower: The Dark Tower [2004]](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/b9aa842ee4b2c368e3dd59c9528bf624.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] The Dark Tower: The Dark Tower [2004]")
Author: Stephen King Original Publisher: Grant So. Here we are. Below I share my thoughts on this novel (without spoilers, no fear), as well as my feeling about this quest I have just embarked on with King and the fruits of this gargantuan labor of love and how this has inspired me as an amateur … Continue reading
![[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] The Dark Tower: Wolves of the Calla [2004]](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/the-wolves-of-the-calla.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] The Dark Tower: Wolves of the Calla [2004]")
Brothers and sisters let us give praise to Father Donald Frank Fucking Callahan. Author: Stephen King Originally published: 2004 Original publisher: Grant After enduring the horrors of the alternate world of Topeka and the evil wizard Randall Flagg in ‘The Wizard and Glass’, Roland’s ka-tet find themselves in the pastoral village of Calla Bryn Sturgis where … Continue reading
![[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] The Dark Tower: The Wizard And Glass [1997]](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/wizard-and-glass-new1.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] The Dark Tower: The Wizard And Glass [1997]")
Original publisher: Grant Originally published: 1997 (Judgement Day!) Yyyyyyep, this is perhaps my personal favourite installment of The Dark Tower bar none. Although The Wastelands well and truly kicked the ball high, The Wizard And Glass kicks that baby high into the sky and makes it sail like a damned comet of awesomeness with a … Continue reading
![[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] The Dark Tower: The Wastelands [1991]](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/34084.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] The Dark Tower: The Wastelands [1991]")
Originally published: 1991 Original Publisher: Sphere Books Okay, NOW we are cooking with gas, sports fans! The third installment to ‘The Dark Tower‘ can confidently be called the book of which things really start to shake. After a modest first and second chapter, ‘The Wastelands’ illustrates the travels Roland and his ka-tet venturing towards the perilous realm of Lud, a … Continue reading
![[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] The Stand [1978]](https://supermarcey.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/the_stand_uncut.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] The Stand [1978]")
Author: Stephen King Publisher: Doubleday Books Originally published: 1978 It truly is the phenomenon you have heard it to be and worthy of every accolade and piece of praise it has received ever since 1978. I highly recommend picking it up in it’s unabridged form complete with King’s own preface. It’s an perilous journey, a … Continue reading
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