When Joey Crouch’s mother tragically dies, he is forced to leave his Chicago home and all that he knows to live in the small town of Bloughton with a father he has never met. Joey’s father Ken is by and large disinterested in him, lives in a shack and is collectively known about town as […]
Book Review: The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing Hahn
April 4, 2011
I would classify The Ghost Of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing Hahn as historical fiction horror. The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall is a very brief middle grade book chock full of orphans, servants, a mean old lady, and a ghost. 12 year old Florence’s parents died in a boating accident when she was very young. […]
Book Review: The Dark And Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan
March 22, 2011
The Previous Books: Book One: The Forest of Hands And Teeth Book Two: The Dead Tossed Waves The Dark And Hollow Places is Carrie Ryan’s third book and the final read in her zombie trilogy. I thought The Dark And Hollow Places showed real maturity in writing. It feels like Ryan has hit her stride […]
Review of Siren by Tricia Rayburn
January 6, 2011
Siren by Tricia Rayburn is one creepy book. I mean, you would think mermaids aren’t exactly creepers as they swim around signing about how they ‘want to live out of these waters and spend a day warm on the sand.’ Sirens, on the other hand, are MEAN. They sing and lure people to their deaths. […]
Review: The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
November 15, 2010
What ensues in The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey is Stephen-King quality macabre. FYI coming from me and my tastes, that is a compliment of the highest order. (SK, ILY!!).
Review: Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon
October 6, 2010
Renee’s sixteenth birthday should have gone off without a hitch. She’s got great friends and a perfect boyfriend, not to mention a wonderful relationship with her parents. Life, however, doesn’t always go according to plan. Renee, while taking a drive through the country with her best friend, happens upon her parents lying dead in the […]