Just a girl and her books
STIRRING THE SHEETS | Chad Lutzke 04.13.2018 | Bloodshot Books Rating: 5/5 stars Emmett is an elderly funeral home worker who is struggling to cope with the loss of his wife. He can’t bring himself to change the sheets from the last night she slept in their bed. Emmett knows that he needs to move … Continue reading Book Review: Stirring the Sheets
PET SEMATARY | Stephen King 12.04.2018 (first published 11.14.1983) | Scribner Rating: 4/5 stars Dr. Louis Creed has landed a new job, which takes his family from Chicago to the rural town of Ludlow, Maine. Their new house is located in a quiet section of the town and seems to be the perfect place for … Continue reading Book Review: Pet Sematary
THE VALANCOURT BOOK OF VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS GHOST STORIES: VOLUME 2 | Edited by Allen Grove November 2017 | Valancourt Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars THE VALANCOURT BOOK OF VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS GHOST STORIES: VOLUME 2 is a collection of fifteen short stories from the Victorian era that were collected from various periodicals of the time. After the … Continue reading Book Review: The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories: Volume Two
WRAITH | Joe Hill 08.12.2014 | IDW Publishing Rating: 5/5 stars Joe Hill’s NOS4A2 brought readers the man known as Charlie Talent Manx III. WRAITH brings readers the prequel to what made Manx who he is and how Christmasland came to be. Originally released as a comic mini-series, each chapter within WRAITH is an issue … Continue reading Book Review: Wraith
UNMEMORY | Kristi DeMeester 2018 | Tallhat Press Rating: 4/5 stars UNMEMORY is a short story that truly delivers something haunting! The premise of this story focuses on a college student who was traumatized by a film that she accidentally watched when she was a young child. This film is about a Santa Claus who … Continue reading Book Review: Unmemory
HARK! THE HAROLD ANGELS SCREAM | Edited by Christopher Golden 10.23.2018 | Blumhouse Books/Anchor Books Rating: 4/5 stars HARK! THE HAROLD ANGELS SCREAM is an anthology of eighteen Christmas horror stories from various authors. If you’ve never considered Christmas to be the perfect time to indulge in stories that will creep you out and leave … Continue reading Book Review: Hark! The Herald Angels Scream
THE MANSION | Ezekiel Boone 12.04.2018 | Atria/Emily Bestler Books Rating: 3/5 stars Shawn Eagle and Billy Stafford spent two years living in a dilapidated cabin outside of the desolate, empty Eagle Mansion, subsisting on cheap beer and an enthusiasm to create something new. The two programmers worked hand in hand to create the revolutionary … Continue reading Book Review: The Mansion
DOCTOR SLEEP | Stephen King (The Shining #2) 09.24.2013 | Scribner Rating: 5/5 stars Danny Torrance is all grown up since he experienced that terrifying winter’s stay at The Overlook Hotel in his childhood. The memories of that winter have stayed with him his whole life. Along with his ability, known as the shining, Danny … Continue reading Book Review: Doctor Sleep
DEAD LEAVES | Kealan Patrick Burke 09.18.2018 | Independently published Rating: 4/5 stars DEAD LEAVES is a collection of nine short stories that are all about different creepy and interesting topics. Since Goodreads already had a great synopsis for each short story, I’m just going to snag that for you all to read! This was … Continue reading Book Review: Dead Leaves
BROTHER | Ania Ahlborn 09.29.2015 | Gallery Books Rating: 4/5 stars Deep in the Appalachian woods is a farmhouse full of secrets. The Morrows reside here. They keep to themselves and are hardly seen in the neighboring town as they live a largely self-sufficient life on their property. The highway is full of hitchhikers, so … Continue reading Book Review: Brother
