I read mostly horror/thrillers anyway, but of course I’m going to read a bunch in October! Here are my October reads and what I thought of them: The Family Plot by Cherie Priest is a fantastic take on the classic haunted house trope. Instead of an unassuming family moving to a haunted house in theContinue reading “My October Reads Part 1”
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Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
“Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago’s lung. Acting on fierce maternal instinct and the dubious logic of an old folktale, she nurtures the lung until it gains sentience, growing into the carnivorous little Monstrilio she keeps hidden within the walls of her family’s decaying Mexico City estate. Eventually,Continue reading “Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova”
Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
“For Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their wedding, Lewis receives a rare diagnosis. He will retain most of his consciousness, memories, and intellect, but his physical body will gradually turn into a great white shark. As Lewis develops the features and impulses of oneContinue reading “Shark Heart by Emily Habeck”
H.G. Wells Novels (my personal ranking)
H.G. Wells is undeniably one of the fathers of the Sci-Fi novel. He had quite the vision of what our future could hold and what humanity could accomplish if we were only to put our minds to it. While H.G. Wells does do extremely well telling stories of other-worldly brings and of the consequences wroughtContinue reading “H.G. Wells Novels (my personal ranking)”
The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus by Jaime Jo Wright
This dual timeline story centers around Bonaventure Circus, the diverse cast of characters within it, and the mysterious deaths following the train to its destination back in 1928. Chandler Faulk finds herself in the town the circus would stop at over the winter on a project to restore the abandoned train depot located near whereContinue reading “The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus by Jaime Jo Wright”
The Night Flowers by Sara Herchenroether
In 1983, a woman and two children were found in a couple barrels in a forest in New Mexico. Thirty years later, the case is cold but that doesn’t stop two women who are determined to solve the mystery of who the woman and children are and how they ended up in those barrels. LibrarianContinue reading “The Night Flowers by Sara Herchenroether”
Shark by Paul De Gelder
“From shark attack survivor to the shark’s biggest advocate, Paul de Gelder tells us just why these majestic diverse animals need our help as much as we need them. Something happens to you the first time you dive with sharks… We have a perennial fascination with sharks. Portrayed in the media and popular culture asContinue reading “Shark by Paul De Gelder”
Haunted Houses and Family Secrets
Haunted houses are an absolute classic horror trope, and these books take that trope to the next level, making it personal as well as unsettling. Every family most likely has some secrets, some members the others in the family don’t like to mention, but the families in these books have secrets that go above andContinue reading “Haunted Houses and Family Secrets”
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
“Lynnette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting, and their worst fears areContinue reading “The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix”
Re-imaginings of Classics
I love when an author can take a classic story and make it their own. The best ones often add to the original in a stunningly complimentary way. The following are some such books that I have read recently and believe to be masterful pieces of work that could become classics themselves. What Moves theContinue reading “Re-imaginings of Classics”
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