A surprisingly potent aura of menace casts a long shadow over this Point Horror entry, which again features a thoughtful, reasonable protagonist finding herself in
Tag: books
Point Horror: “Blind Date,” by R.L. Stine (1986)
This first entry in the popular Point Horror young adult series is one of R.L. Stine’s best thrillers. While Stine’s usual literary approach has an
‘The Picture of Dorian Gray,’ by Oscar Wilde (1890)
Oscar Wilde’s classic is just as bewildering as it is glorious entertaining. Covering everything from philosophy to suspense to drama to satire, Wilde’s narrative voice
‘And Then There Were None’ by Agatha Christie (1939)
If this is not the best mystery novel ever written, then I don’t know what is. Agatha Christie’s meticulously plotted thriller has been imitated many
‘Logical Family,’ by Armistead Maupin (2017)
Armistead Maupin is one of my favorite authors. In addition to the classic “Tales of the City” novels, his other works like “Maybe the Moon”
Could It Happen Here: Canada in the Age of Trump and Brexit, by Michael Adams (2017)
Presenting a wide variety of newly available data about the alternate cultural similarities and differences between Canada and the United States (not to mention a
