The Ruins by Scott Smith

Synopsis: A jungle adventure turns into a nightmare when six tourists find themselves trapped in a clearing, unable to leave without being shot by Mayans, and finding a gory secret that brings new definition to the word flesh-eating. Review: I had to finish The Ruins during the day time, because I really did not want to face the heebie-jeebies again tonight. This book is scary, y’all–one of the scariest I’ve read in quite some time. It’s scary like I like, too, not just gore and…

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I Want to Buy You a Book

It’s Buy a Friend a Book Week and I want to buy a book for one of my readers. To enter the contest, you just need to answer a simple trivia question about the Superfast Reader: What’s one of Superfast Reader’s other hobbies, besides reading? I’ll collect entries through the Contact Form below or by email until Thursday, 3pm EST. The winner will be chosen randomly from participants with the correct answer, and I’ll buy you the book of your choice up to $15USD. Good…

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Anna’s Book by Barbara Vine

Synopsis: After the death of the tortured aunt who edited her grandmother’s best-selling diaries, a second-generation Danish-British woman seeks to find out the truth of her aunt’s parentage, which may be linked to an infamous murder case. Review: The complexity of Anna’s Book (originally published as Asta’s Book) is reminiscent of A Dark-Adapted Eye, and both books are now tied as my favorite of the books crime novelist Ruth Rendell has written as Barbara Vine. Both books deal with a tangled family history as revealed…

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