Book Tuesday!

Synopsis
To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world....
It's where he was born, it's where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn.  There are endless wonders that let loose Jack's imagination-the snake under Bed that he constructs out of eggshells, the imaginary world projected through the TV, the coziness of Wardrobe beneath Ma's clothes, where she tucks him in safely at night, in case Old Nick comes.
Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it's the prison where she's been held since she was nineteen-for seven long years.  Through her fierce love for her son, she has created a life for him in that eleven-by-eleven-foot space. But Jack's curiosity is building alongside her own desperation—and she knows that Room cannot contain either indefinitely....
Told in the inventive, funny, and poignant voice of Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience-and a powerful story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible.

This book in one word- AMAZING! I have never read a book quite like it. Emma Donoghue had captured the innocence and beauty of a five year old perspective as well as creating a world that is dark and terrifying.
You NEED to read this book!

JACK KETCHUM

(The video above is movie trailer for Red, which is based on a Jack Ketchum Novel. Very good by the way!)

I have become a HUGE fan of his in the past couple of months. His writing style is just so raw, edgy and just REAL. What I love so much about his novels is that what he writes- could actually happen.

His novels are not for the faint of heart. It can be disturbing, horrifying and just plain mean! So if you only read novels with a happy ending- it might not be for you. But I highly recommend you read just one of his books.