Category Archives: Horror

#Mx3 Review: Parasite by Mira Grant

Hardcover: 512 pages Publisher: Orbit (October 29, 2013) ISBN-10: 0316218952 Source: Publisher (via Netgalley) Sal nearly lost her life after being struck by a vehicle, so close that her family was days away from pulling her from life support. Then … Continue reading

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#Mx3 Review: The Raven’s Gift by Don Rearden

Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Pintail (June 25, 2013) ISBN-10: 014318749X Source: Library copy John Morgan and his wife, Anna,  are excited to start their next adventure in life as new teachers in a Yup’ik Eskimo village in remote Alaska.  While … Continue reading

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Mx3 Review: Asylum by Madeleine Roux

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: HarperCollins (August 20, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062220969 Source: Personal Copy Sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford is looking forward to starting the summer program at New Hampshire College Prep.  He’s not really part of the “in-crowd” at his high school … Continue reading

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#Mx3 Review: A Cold Season by Alison Littlewood

Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books (September 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 1623650224 Source: Wunderkind PR After Cass’ husband, a soldier,  is declared missing while serving in the Middle East, she packs up her son, Ben, and returns to Darnshaw, a … Continue reading

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Mx3 Review: This House Is Haunted by John Boyne

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Other Press (October 8, 2013) ISBN-10: 1590516796 Source: Publisher Twenty-one year old Eliza Cain lives alone with her father. The two share a fondness for the writing of Charles Dickens and, despite her father’s ailing health, … Continue reading

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Mx3 Review: Allison Hewitt Is Trapped: A Zombie Novel by Madeleine Roux

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin; First Edition edition (January 18, 2011) ISBN-10: 0312658907 Source: Library Allison Hewitt and her coworkers at Brooks and Peabody Bookstore are trapped together when the zombie outbreak hits.  Allison is able to keep … Continue reading

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Mx3 Review: Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (Audiobook)

Listening Length: 18 hours and 35 minutes Version: Unabridged Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio, September 24, 2013 Source: Publisher We’re all familiar with Danny Torrance, the young boy who, with his mother, barely survived a horrific experience at the Overlook Hotel.  Now an … Continue reading

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Review: Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Hardcover: 624 pages Publisher: Random House (August 20, 2013) ISBN-10: 140006788X Source: Publisher “I love to put my characters in the dark. It’s only then that I can see exactly who they are.” Scott McGrath is an investigative journalist who … Continue reading

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Frightful Friday: The Big Reap by Chris F. Holm

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured title is The Big Reap by Chris F. Holm: Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Angry … Continue reading

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Frightful Friday: World War Z: The Complete Edition: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week.This week’s featured title is the audiobook production of World War Z by Max Brooks:   Audio CD Length: 12 … Continue reading

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