January Books
It's been a tough 2020, but it didn't stop us from starting up and having an amazing launch.
We have hand picked some exciting titles to bring in the new year. Our January box will include Will Haunt You by Brian Kirk and Suicide Club by Rachel Heng.
What we think Will Haunt You:
I hadn’t really realised horror and surrealism went together until I read Will Haunt You. I remember about twenty pages in thinking, “What on earth is happening?” But hang on for the ride and what you’ve got is a glorious gory spooky ride of weirdness!
Suicide Club by Rachel Heng
Lea Kirino is a 'Lifer,' who has the potential to live forever - if she does everything right. She has lived her life by religiously following the state directives that ensure she remains fit and healthy. She knows she wants to live forever, and she is going to green juice, yoga-cise and meditate her way to immortality.
Yet, when a brush with death brings her face to face with a mysterious group who believe in everything the state has banned, memories of now-forbidden childhood pleasures resurge alongside ghosts of her past. As Lea's long-held beliefs begin to crack, she is forced to consider: What does it really mean to live?
What we think Suicide Club:
In the, by now, frankly enormous genre of utopia/dystopia and particularly feminist dystopia, Suicide Club stands out for its focus on the wellness movement and the way capitalist society focuses so heavily on health for the sake of productivity. Suicide Club takes this to its Nth degree and asks where the point will come when our bodies aren’t really even our bodies anymore, while still delivering a heartwarming story about family.
Will Haunt You, Brian Kirk
You don’t read the book. It reads you.
Rumors of a deadly book have been floating around the dark corners of the deep web. A disturbing tale about a mysterious figure who preys on those who read the book and subjects them to a world of personalized terror.
Jesse Wheeler―former guitarist of the heavy metal group The Rising Dead―was quick to discount the ominous folklore associated with the book. It takes more than some urban legend to frighten him. Hell, reality is scary enough. Seven years ago his greatest responsibility was the nightly guitar solo. Then one night when Jesse was blackout drunk, he accidentally injured his son, leaving him permanently disabled. Dreams of being a rock star died when he destroyed his son's future. Now he cuts radio jingles and fights to stay clean.
But Jesse is wrong. The legend is real―and tonight he will become the protagonist in an elaborate scheme specifically tailored to prey on his fears and resurrect the ghosts from his past.
Jesse is not the only one in danger, however. By reading the book, you have volunteered to participate in the author’s deadly game, with every page drawing you closer to your own personalized nightmare. The real horror doesn’t begin until you reach the end.
That’s when the evil comes for you.
Our Previous Boxes
