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Category Archives: Non-Fiction
Review: Haunted Stuff: Demonic Dolls, Screaming Skulls & Other Creepy Collectibles by Stacey Graham
Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (August 8, 2014) ISBN-10: 0738739081 Source: Author There’s a reason so many of us find dolls to be creepy. Their uncanny likeness to human children. Their lifelike eyes and expressions. Horror movies often pick … Continue reading
Posted in Llewellyn Publications, Non-Fiction, Review
Tagged ghosts, haunted objects, haunted places, hauntings
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Review: We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March by Cynthia Levinson
Hardcover: 176 pages Publisher: Peachtree Publishers (February 1, 2012) ISBN-10: 1561456276 Source: Publisher Many of us have basic details about the Birmingham Children’s March in 1963 in which 4,000 students boycotted school in a march to protest segregation. Yet never … Continue reading
Posted in Kid-Lit/Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Peachtree Publishers, Review
Tagged segregation
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Review: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Free Press; 1 edition (November 13, 2012) ISBN-10: 145162137X Source: Publisher Twenty-four year old Susannah Cahalan was a writer for the New York Post. She was a very outgoing young woman, leading an active social life. … Continue reading
Posted in Free Press, Non-Fiction, Review
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Review: This Life Is In Your Hands by Melissa Coleman
Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (April 10, 2012) ISBN-10: 0061958336 Source: Publisher In the late 1960s, Melissa Coleman’s parents, Eliot and Sue, gave up their life in regular society to move to a rural rugged coastland in Maine. … Continue reading
Posted in Harper Books, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Review
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Review: The Woman Who Wasn’t There:The True Story of an Incredible Deception by Robin Gaby Fisher and Angelo J. Guglielmo, Jr.
Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Touchstone (April 3, 2012) ISBN-10: 1451652089 Source: Publisher After the tragic events of 9/11, those who survived the terrorist attack sought out others in attempts to seek solace and understanding for the feelings they were experiencing. One of the … Continue reading
Posted in Non-Fiction, Review, Simon & Schuster, Touchstone Books
Tagged 9/11, September 11th
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Review: Huck by Janet Elder
Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Broadway; Reprint edition (October 4, 2011) ISBN-10: 0767931351 Source: Publisher Michael was a preschooler when the pleas for a dog began. He went as far as creating a PowerPoint presentation covering the reasons why he needed a dog. Despite … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Non-Fiction, Random House
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Frightful Friday: Monsters in the Movies by John Landis
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! This week’s featured book is Monsters in the Movies: 100 … Continue reading
Posted in DK Publishing, Frightful Friday, Horror, Non-Fiction, Review
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Mx3 Review: Monsters in America by W. Scott Poole
Hardcover:290 pages Publisher:Baylor University Press (October 15, 2011) ISBN-10: 1602583145 Source: Publisher Monsters have been a staple of American culture for decades, from the Salem witch trials to alien invasions and the walking dead. They didn’t just appear randomly; in … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Non-Fiction, Review
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Mx3 Guest Post: Truth is Scarier Than Fiction by Kim Ukura
Today I’m excited to welcome Kim from Sophisticated Dorkiness with a guest post. When I was soliciting guest posts for Murder, Monsters & Mayhem, Kim asked if posts about non-fiction books was permitted. Of course, I said yes. Truth is … Continue reading
Posted in Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Non-Fiction, Review
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