{I've Been Reading} Listen to Your Sister

 Listen to Your Sister by Neena Viel

If you've ever wondered how characters wind up in those isolated horror movie cabins, and why on earth they stay once they see the place, this book makes sense of it. Things went wrong for Calla and her brothers long before they booked the reservation. By the time they reach the cabin, they have nowhere else to turn. Between the sibling dynamics, their real world problems, and whaetever the supernatural nightmare is that surrounds them, this horror novel is a LOT. At times I felt like the nightmare scenes were all dragging on for a bit too long, but it all does come together....and I've never read anything quite like it. There's a lot of strong language and intense imagry here, but it works with this book. (And I'm feeling way too old because I have no idea which Sponge Bob scene they keep referring to...) 

Her Hiding Place by Shannon Hollinger

This fast paced thriller kept me turning pages until the very end. It's not bad enough that Charlotte is in the path of a hurricane, unable to leave her job at a luxury island resort. She's got to survive while keeping the prescence of a three year old girl hidden. Bits of backstory are woven in, just enough to hint at how she got herself into such dire straits, but the bulk of the plot is set in the days leading up to the storm. I got quickly caught up in the plot and writing style and I look forward to tracking down the author's other books. 

Dead Air by William Elliott Hazelgrove

I was more familiar with Orson Welles's radio show The Shadow than his notorious War of the Worlds broadcast (and I've somehow never seen Citizen Kane at all.) Dead Air: The Night that Orson Welles Terrified America tells the story of the program and its aftermath and, while it's a bit dry at time, it's also absolutely fascinating. I know what I've heard over the years, but I'd never stopped to really thnk of what was going on in the world at the time the show aired. It's easy to imagine those radio listeners as foolish -- but we're part of a generation that fell for The Blair Witch Project and that documentary about real mermaids. If you like historical non-fiction, this is worth a read. 

Disclosure -- The publisher provided me with an advance review copy.