The Rogue Book Reviewer

Anyone that read my review of Brave by Rose McGowan knows that I do not typically give a number rating for memoirs, because how can you reasonably rate someone else's life experiences? That doesn't mean that I don't hold Brave up as the standard of the awful memoir. I found myself consistently comparing Demi Moore's consistent reflection on what had happened in relation to herself with McGowan's constant blaming of everyone and everything around her for status as a victim.  This book is incredible.  I have always been a fan of Demi Moore, but didn't realize how few of her movies I had actually seen until I read the book. I had heard of her in a lot of them but I have seen her in relatively few movies. I know her, specifically, from G.I. Jane . I was barely nine years old when G.I. Jane came out and it was, and still is, one of my favourite movies. I was nine so I couldn't relate to her on an adult level but I watched a strong woman fight to overcome ...

2.5/5 As most of you know, I am not a connoisseur of horror.   I am a huge chicken. I don’t watch horror movies or shows, and I don’t read horror books. I’ve read The Talisman and Desperation by Stephen King and enjoyed both but while they are “horror” they are more creepy to me than actually scary. Those of you that follow me on Facebook are well aware that while reading this book I was super freaked out because I made the mistake of reading the book, at night, alone. Terrible decision, really. The book is about four people who go to the Belasco House, or “Hell House” commonly referred to as the Everest of haunted houses. In the 1920s the owner of the house, Emeric Belasco, would invite guests to come and live in excess. The best food, drink, and carnal pleasures, which eventually descended into utter chaos up to, and including, murder and cannibalism. A group of people went to cleanse the house two times prior to the current expedition which occurs in 1970. The four peopl...