Category: Classics

Book Review – Branden Chowen on And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Title: And Then There Were None Author: Agatha Christie Published: 1939 Publisher: Collins Crime Club Audiobook Narrator: Dan Stevens — As a big fan of slasher films, it’s no surprise that And Then There Were None was an enjoyable ride. Ten people accept invitations to join U.N. Owen on Soldier Island. All ten are lured…


Book Review – Branden Chowen on The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Title: The Haunting of Hill House Author: Shirley Jackson Published: 1959 Publisher: Viking Audiobook Narrator: Bernadette Dunne — I decided recently to put together an extremely non-definitive, definitive list of the “scariest novels ever written”. I put this together by googling that quoted search term, and then using 28 different lists from (seemingly) reputable sources,…


Book Review – Branden Chowen on To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Title: To Kill a Mockingbird Author: Harper Lee Published: July 11, 1960 Publisher: J. B. Lippincott & Co. Audiobook Narrator: Sissy Spacek — Sometimes when you finish a piece of media, you immediately know that something just changed. It can be as profound as the way you feel or think about the world, or as…