Just a girl and her books
HOLIDAY MINI REVIEWS PT. 1 THE LIGHTS by Carrie Pack: Molly Monroe and her family have gone out to enjoy the town’s Festival of Lights along with her girlfriend Chelsea. As the lights go on, the town’s children start to act strangely, especially Molly’s brother, Roger. When the Monroe’s next door neighbors are killed in … Continue reading Holiday Mini Reviews Pt. 1: The Lights & ‘Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
RING SHOUT | P. Djèlí Clark 10.13.2020 | Tordotcom Rating: 5/5 stars Maryse Boudreaux has a magic sword, a head full of tales, and the gift of sight. She can see what the Ku Klux Klan have hiding under their hoods. D.W. Griffith is a sorcerer and he’s using The Birth of a Nation as … Continue reading Book Review: Ring Shout
THE BOY IN THE WOODS | Scott Thomas 10.31.2020 | Inkshares Rating: 5/5 stars Today was supposed to be Eddie Reicher’s last day at summer camp, however, his parents can’t come to pick him up. Eddie is forced to spend one more night at Camp Cottonwood. He finds himself as one of the last campers … Continue reading Novella review: The Boy in the Woods
Keeping on trend for this month, I’ve checked off two additional novellas from my TBR that are perfect for spooky season reading! Below are some quick mini reviews for them! DARK HARVEST by Norman Partridge: Halloween 1963. They call him the October Boy, or Ol’ Hacksaw Face, or Sawtooth Jack. Whatever name you use, what … Continue reading Novella Reviews: Dark Harvest & The Switch House
I recently read two novellas that are perfect for spooky season reading. Below are some quick mini reviews for them! NIGHT OF THE MANNEQUINS by Stephen Graham Jones: This is a fun, campy horror story about a group of teenage friends who attempt to pull a prank at their local movie theater. The prank goes … Continue reading Novella Reviews: Night of the Mannequins & The House on Abigail Lane
ELEVATION | Stephen King 10.30.2018 | Scribner Rating: 4/5 stars Scott Carey looks like an average man on the outside. What people can’t see is that he has a few odd things happening to him recently, starting with steadily losing weight. Scott hasn’t changed his lifestyle or his eating habits. He looks exactly the same … Continue reading Book Review: Elevation
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
A HOUSE AT THE BOTTOM OF A LAKE | Josh Malerman 10.31.2016 | This is Horror Rating: 4/5 stars James and Amelia are two seventeen-year-olds who have just met. They decide to have their first date canoeing on the lake. They have an instant spark of chemistry as they bond over disastrous first dates and … Continue reading Book Review: A House at the Bottom of a Lake
JACK & JILL | Kealan Patrick Burke 12.02.2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Rating: 5/5 stars In order to escape the brutal reality of their childhood, Gillian and John would visit the local cemetery by their church every Sunday. Perhaps an odd place to frequent, but they had their reasons. Here they would pretend to … Continue reading Book Review: Jack & Jill
SOUR CANDY | Kealan Patrick Burke 11.06.2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Rating: 5/5 stars This is the story of how Phil Pendleton and his son Adam came to be. To the outside world they look like any other father and son duo. Phil and Adam spend their days visiting museums, checking out animals at … Continue reading Book Review: Sour Candy
