I'm a mother, rabid online gamer, bellydancer, Appalachian Trail thru-hiker and voracious reader. I don't have television reception or know how to "tweet". My mother read me Poe at bedtime when I was little which has instilled in me a life long love of all things morbid and disturbing. 
Aging, mortality and giant turtles are just some of subjects that Sedaris tackles in his newest collection of essays that center on his family and their decades of putting the fun in dysfunction. I laughed, I cried and then laughed some more. Sedaris is a guilty pleasure. ~ Reviewed by Sarah Donner
Mike's love for Verity is undying. He has created the perfect life for them, with everything just so. Everything just for her. The fact that Verity left Mike for another man months ago makes no difference. Mike knows Verity. Knows this is just an elaborate new twist in their courtship. This is a fast paced spiral down the rabbit hole of infatuation and delusion. Where does facade of love crumble and the terror of obsession begin? ~ Reviewed by Sarah Donner
The daughter of an Evangelical preacher, Essie Hicks has grown up on reality television. When Essie becomes pregnant the handlers of Six For Hicks need to decide what will be best for ratings, not what will be best for Essie. However, Essie has a plan of her own. An eye-opening novel in this age of the Kardashian's and Dugger's that will cause the reader to question if reality TV is in fact real. ~ Reviewed by Sarah Donner
Idlewild Hall, the abandoned, rotting and perhaps haunted Vermont boarding school for "troubled girls" is the backdrop for this superbly crafted mystery. Past and present crimes weave together to create an eerie and unsettling read that is impossible to put down. I loved this book!!! ~ Reviewed by Sarah Donner
This eerie tale of a newly widowed woman sent to live at her late husband's estate is Victorian Gothic at its best. Reminiscent of The Woman In Black and The Turn of the Screw, this book is best read with all the doors locked and lights on. Delightfully creepy. ~ Reviewed by Sarah Donner
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