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The Eclectic Reader


Easy as Pie
“My best friend is back in town—and I refuse to let my pesky attraction to him ruin our friendship. Tripp Sharpe and I have been best...

Alex Armstrong
Feb 10, 2024


One of Koontz’s Best!
“A group of strangers bound by terrifying synchronicity becomes humankind’s hope of survival in an exhilarating, twist-filled novel by...

Alex Armstrong
Jan 24, 2024


The Pram
“A husband’s obsessive desire for a child leads to an unexpected manifestation of his yearning in a nightmarish short story about...

Alex Armstrong
Jan 5, 2024


The Memory Box
Man oh man did Kathryn Hughes knock it out of the park with this one! After reading Her Last Promise and The Key, I had no doubt...

Alex Armstrong
Sep 1, 2023


Ghostwritten
"From the bestselling author of Come with Me, four standalone horror novellas set in a shared universe! In The Skin of Her Teeth, a...

Alex Armstrong
Jun 27, 2023


The Key
Remember when I told you Her Last Promise was no longer my favorite book? No? Maybe you should go back and check out that post again! Are...

Alex Armstrong
May 20, 2023


The Wehrwolf by Alma Katsu
"Germany, 1945. In the waning days of World War II, the Nazis have been all but defeated. Uwe Fuchs, never a fighter, feels fortunate to...

Alex Armstrong
Mar 31, 2023


Her Last Promise
When I stumbled across Her Last Promise, I'd never heard of Kathryn Hughes, but the reviews were great and the price was right, so I...

Alex Armstrong
Jan 24, 2023


Don’t Go in There!
After that last stinker of a book, I didn't read anything at all for a few days. Of course, I wasn't going to let one bad book ruin...

Alex Armstrong
Jan 21, 2023


They Can’t All Be Winners
I didn't start this blog to bad mouth books, and I know one person's trash is another person's treasure, but I guess it's inevitable that...

Alex Armstrong
Jan 3, 2023


Soon It Will Be Christmas Day
This book has been on my TBR list for about as long as I can remember. Every year when Christmas rolls around, I think, okay, this is the...

Alex Armstrong
Dec 23, 2022


Starting with a Bang!
When I decided to start this blog, I had a lot of trouble settling on what to do first. Should I start with my all-time favorite book—The...

Alex Armstrong
Dec 1, 2022
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