Okay, so this is a post late, but here's an introduction none the less.

I'm an avid book reader. I always have been. From the time I learned how to read, I have yet to put down a book. In my years, I have read a LOT of books and bought almost all of those. As I'm moving on in my life, I'm finding that I have less and less space for said book collection. Okay, moving on as in moving out of my parents' house and into my own place, but not only do I lack the space, I lack the book cases, and I refuse to have five foot piles of books littering my apartment!

Besides, who couldn't use the extra money?

Over the course of my reading life, I have developed a very specific taste for books: they must entertain me. Just like what I require from movies I watch. If I can be taken away to another place during my time with it, be it book or movie, and at the end, I don't feel as though my time has been wasted, I like it. Now, how much I like it has a few more requirements than that, but we'll get to all of that later.

I read all kinds of books, all genres, both fiction and non-fiction. And I always have an opinion once I'm finished with them. I will always post a review of a book I'm selling if I read it in its entirety. If not, I won't try to make something up. I will also be posting reviews about books I'm not selling, but for those books that I highly recommend to people, should they have a similar taste in books as myself.

I do hope that this blog will be of help to avid book readers out there. If you have any recommendations, complaints, or just run of the mill comments, just let me know and I'll do my best to honor whatever it is you say!

Welcome to my bookstore!

I have been aching for a horror novel. The kind of horror novel that makes me afraid to sleep at night, to look out the window, to live alone. I picked up The Ruins by Scott Smith because the reviews promised such a terrifying experience. In all honesty, it was not that scary, but then again, I've never been to Mexico.

It was a good book. It was written differently. I can't quite put words to it, but it was...different. Enjoyable, but different.

I liked the book quite a bit looking back on it now. However, reading it, I felt like it was definitely over-hyped in its terrifying-ness. The images depicted were incredibly vivid, and at times, stomach-turning. I felt the ending was justified and added some to the terror.

So, when visiting Mexico...avoid all hills covered with beautiful red flowers. And when a community of Mayans is shooing you away, DO WHAT THEY SAY!

I would recommend this book, absolutely, but not as the most horrifying book in the last 50 years.

Rating: (7.6/10)