Just a girl and her books
HORRORSTÖR | Grady Hendrix 09.23.2014 | Quirk 5/5 stars Strange things have started happening at the Cleveland, Ohio location of Orsk. Every morning the opening employees arrive to find broken, damaged, or shattered items. Security cameras don’t show anything happening overnight or anyone on the premise. The store manager is starting to panic, as sales … Continue reading Book Review: Horrorstor
THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB’S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES | Grady Hendrix 04.07.2020 | Quirk Books Rating: 5/5 stars Patricia Campbell has always wanted a big life, but ended up giving up her nursing career in order to marry an ambitious doctor and become a mother. She now finds herself living a life that feels small. … Continue reading Book Review: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires
THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS | Stephen Graham Jones 05.19.2020 | Gallery/Saga Press Rating: 3/5 stars Four American Indian men took part in a traumatic and disturbing event during their youth, that to this day seems to linger in their minds. Each man has found their own way to deal with the feelings associated with this … Continue reading Book Review: The Only Good Indians
HALLOWEEN FIEND | C.V. Hunt 02.16.2019 | Grindhouse Press Rating: 4/5 stars This is the story of Strang, a small, isolated town. On the outside it looks like any other town of similar size, however, once night strikes there is one noticeable difference. The residents can be spotted leaving small animals in cages outside their … Continue reading Book Review: Halloween Fiend
ROSEMARY’S BABY | Ira Levin Rosemary’s Baby #1 2011 (first published 03.12.1967) | Corsair Rating: 5/5 stars Rosemary Woodhouse and her struggling actor husband, Guy, have recently moved into the Bramford. This old New York City apartment building holds a haunted past, an ominous reputation, and is home to a large elderly population. The Woodhouse’s … Continue reading Book Review: Rosemary’s Baby
THE SATURDAY NIGHT GHOST CLUB | Craig Davidson 07.09.2019 | Penguin Books Rating: 4/5 stars Niagara Falls in the 1980’s is a seedy, slightly haunted place where Jake Baker is growing up. The summer Jake turns twelve he forms a close bond with his uncle, Calvin, who is filled to the brim with eccentric tales … Continue reading Book Review: The Saturday Night Ghost Club
DRACULA | Bram Stoker 2018 | Paper Mill Press First published 05.26.1897 Rating: 4.5/5 stars Jonathan Harker has recently been sent to Transylvania for a work assignment to assist a man known as Dracula with his move to England. While residing at his home, a castle upon a hill, Harker comes to realize that there … Continue reading Book Review: Dracula
RULES FOR VANISHING | Kate Alice Marshall 09.24.2019 | Viking Books/Penguin Teen Rating: 4/5 stars Once a year a path appears in the forest and Lucy Gallows beckons someone to come and find her. Are you willing to walk along this mysterious path filled with traps to find a lost girl? What happens to those … Continue reading Book Review: Rules for Vanishing
VIOLET | Scott Thomas 09.24.2019 | Inkshares Rating: 3.5/5 stars When Kris Barlow was ten years old she experienced the tragedy of saying goodbye to her dying mother. Unknown to Kris for many years, her mother was fighting against cancer. Away at their family lakehouse the moment finally came after many days of suffering to … Continue reading Book Review: Violet
THE GREEN MILE | Stephen King 07.01.2009 (originally published 1996) | Orion Rating: 5/5 stars The Green Mile is the nickname of the long corridor that death row inmates walk before meeting their fate at the electric chair. Those who travel the mile do not return. Cold Mountain Penitentiary is home to some of the … Continue reading Book Review: The Green Mile
