Wicked Little Things by Adam Ickes

 

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Rating (1-5) - 📘📘📘
Genre - Horror
Format - Paperback
Length - 110 pages


*Amazon Blurb*

100 tiny tales of terror gave birth to 100 monstrosities. The time has come for 100 more tales of terrible things to haunt your dreams and drive home a healthy dose of fear of those horrible creatures that dwell mostly in the darkness, but sometimes in the light. Devour these Wicked Little Things in one sitting if you think your fragile mind can handle it, or drink them in one at a time and let your fright strangle your sanity as the fear really sinks in and takes hold.

*My Review* 

 

100 short stories. Some of these left me wanting more and wishing they were a novel and not just a short story. Others I didn't really understand at all. Mostly it was just a nice quick read without my mind trying to guess who did what to who and if they'll get caught.

The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

 

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Rating (1-5) - 📘📘📘📘📘
Genre - Children's European Biographies, Children's Holocaust Fiction Books, Children's European Historical Fiction
Format - Paperback
Length - 208 pages


*Amazon Blurb*

A powerful and gripping novel about a youth in Nazi Germany who dares to the truth about Hitler, written by a Newbery Honor Book author. Susan Campbell Bartoletti has taken one episode from her Newbery Honor Book, Hitler Youth, and fleshed it out into a thought-provoking nonfiction novel. When 16-year-old Helmut Hubner listens to the BBC news on an illegal short-wave radio, he quickly discovers Germany is lying to the people. But when he tries to expose the truth with leaflets, he's tried for treason. Sentenced to death and waiting in a jail cell, Helmut's story emerges in a series of flashbacks that show his growth from a naive child caught up in the patriotism of the times, to a sensitive and mature young man who thinks for himself.

*My Review* 

 

I needed to quick read so I grabbed this book and I am so glad that I did. I am always amazed at the awful treatment that people went thru during the Holocust. Not only the treatment that so many received, but how some of them were able to deal with what was going on around them.

Unlike most books, this one isn't about a Jewish child, but actually a German on who was appalled by the lies spread throughout and found a way to tell the truth. 

Children back then were so mature for their age. They missed out on so much of their childhood having to grow up fast to help take care of their families.

A Woman Alone by Nina Laurin

 

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Rating (1-5) - 📘📘📘
Genre - Psychological Thriller, Domestic Thriller, Psychic Thriller
Format - Hardcover
Length - 384 pages

*Amazon Blurb*

It's another bright, sunny day in Venture, Illinois, the sort of place where dreams come true and families can get a fresh start. Cecelia Holmes deserves it after the home invasion that shattered her previous life. Now everything seems perfect - her high-security SmartHome, her doting husband, her sweet daughter.
Until she begins to feel spied on. Her husband doesn't believe her. Her neighbors ignore her. So when she discovers a shocking secret about the prior occupant of their house, she feels that she has no one to turn to. And now Cecelia must face her fears alone...

*My Review* 

 

This book was definitely different. It reminded me of a sci-fi book I had read with all the smart home features.

The new house that Cecelia and her family move into is supposed to make her feel safe and not have to worry about anything. It knows exactly how she likes her coffee, the temperature of her bath water and there is even a maid that takes care of everything. So why doesn't Cecelia feel safe? When the home starts making mistakes it is assumed to just be a malfunction, but when it keeps happening and starts putting your family in danger....is it really just a malfunction or something more?