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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
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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 25, 2024
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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
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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
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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 28, 2023
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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 21, 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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