The Fiction Addiction https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/ Book reviews with all the feelings Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:50:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://i0.wp.com/www.thefictionaddiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-fiction-addiction-FB-icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 The Fiction Addiction https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/ 32 32 81453742 Rereading “Carrie” Before the TV Series https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/rereading-carrie-before-the-tv-series/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/rereading-carrie-before-the-tv-series/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:50:27 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=18164 Stephen King’s Carrie was first published in 1974, and it’s still a solid horror/thriller reread for me. I feel like the bloody prom scene is pretty familiar for anyone with a passing interest in thrillers or horror, but the novel has a lot more that just that famous horror-movie moment. An adult reread can highlight […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/rereading-carrie-before-the-tv-series/feed/ 0 18164 Roma Eterna https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/roma-eterna/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/roma-eterna/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:09:24 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=18112 Rome Eterna is an interesting alternate history in which the Roman Empire never fell, written by scifi author Robert Silverberg. It’s perfectly good, but I read a lot of fiction set in Rome, so this isn’t my favorite ancient-Roman novel (the entire SPQR series is basically tied for first place) or my favorite alternate history […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/roma-eterna/feed/ 0 18112 Continued “Yesteryear” Thoughts https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/continued-yesteryear-thoughts/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/continued-yesteryear-thoughts/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:03:06 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=18107 Not every book is for every reader, obviously you don’t have to love a book to have a thoughtful reaction to it,  but when I see these negative reactions to Yesteryear because of “inconsistencies” or the author’s “errors,” I realize those readers have missed the entire idea of an unreliable narrator, and they’re about to […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/continued-yesteryear-thoughts/feed/ 0 18107 Count to Ten, by Raul Quintana Selleras https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/count-to-ten-by-raul-quintana-selleras/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/count-to-ten-by-raul-quintana-selleras/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:47:50 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=18045 The upcoming Count to Ten, by Raul Quintana Selleras, was described as a psychological thriller, but as I read, I realized it’s more of a dark look at evil and revenge. It’s almost impossible to review this without spoilers, and in a suspense novel like this, you don’t want any of the twists revealed. In […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/count-to-ten-by-raul-quintana-selleras/feed/ 0 18045 Overbearing and Overhearing in “Crosstalk” https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/overbearing-and-overhearing-in-crosstalk/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/overbearing-and-overhearing-in-crosstalk/#respond Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:11:52 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=17978 A few years ago, I read Joe Hill’s dark novel Horns and while I liked it overall, I thought the dark sides of people were just way too dark, that basically everyone had a horrific dark secret revealed by the mind-reading aspect. Revealing my mind wouldn’t show me hiding a murder or planning to abandon […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/overbearing-and-overhearing-in-crosstalk/feed/ 0 17978 Love Galaxy: The Hunger Games… IN SPACE! https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/love-galaxy-the-hunger-games-in-space/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/love-galaxy-the-hunger-games-in-space/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:17:21 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=15544 Love Galaxy, by Sierra Branham, offers a unique mashup of things I love in fiction:  A reality-show backstab-fest crossed with layered galactic diplomacy. Trash collector Artemis is working a double shift when she tells some spoiled rich kids to move away from the dumpster she’s trying to empty. Those rich kids, though, are the twin […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/love-galaxy-the-hunger-games-in-space/feed/ 1 15544 Oxford Time Travel: Blackout / All Clear https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/oxford-time-travel-blackout-all-clear/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/oxford-time-travel-blackout-all-clear/#respond Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:15:43 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=17803 I loved Connie Willis’ Doomsday Book, and To Say Nothing of the Dog, but somehow missed that there are two more novels in the Oxford Time Travel series, Blackout and All Clear, and I was delighted to find them and go back to this world. Blackout and All Clear are more like two halves of the […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/oxford-time-travel-blackout-all-clear/feed/ 0 17803 Chatbots, Pop Rocks, Booksta and Loss in YA “Message Not Found” https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/message-not-found/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/message-not-found/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:36:36 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=7990 In the beginning of Message Not Found, by Dante Medema, Bailey and Vanessa are high school besties, with so many private jokes and rituals, sure to be lifelong friends. When Vanessa dies in a random, tragic car crash after leaving Bailey’s house, naturally Bailey is miserable.  But even in her grief, there’s just one thing […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/message-not-found/feed/ 2 7990 Daisy https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/daisy/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/daisy/#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:36:55 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=17821 Katie Cotugno’s upoming novel Daisy is a revisiting of The Great Gatsby, from Daisy’s perspective, opening after the events of that novel. Daisy takes place in the present day, even if the characters do go to a lot of jazz clubs and 20s-themed parties. Meh.  Some of this is on me, I think. I enjoyed […]

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]]> https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/daisy/feed/ 0 17821 Book Lovers Day https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/book-lovers-day/ https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/book-lovers-day/#respond Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:25:58 +0000 https://www.thefictionaddiction.com/?p=17804 Obviously, every day is Book Lovers Day for me personally, but here are some extra suggestions to celebrate books on the official holiday, August 9th. You can visit your local independent bookstore and browse for a new book. You can post a recommended new release or an all-time favorite book on your social media. (Like […]

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