Book News and Reviews

31 May

Podiobook Review: All Kinds of Things Kill by Robert R. Best

Book: All Kinds of Things Kill Author: Robert R. Best Genre: Horror Julia Rating: 10 Comments: This is a book of nine short stories created by Robert R. Best. I have to say I found this set of stories really enjoyable to listen to. The cheerful mayhem created by the wide variety of things that [...]

28 Mar

Podiobook Review: Crescent by Phil Rossi

Book: Crescent Author: Phil Rossi Genre: Horror/Sci Fi Julia Rating: 10 Comments: Crescent is a free podiobook and is also for for sale on Amazon, so if you would prefer not to listen to it, or just want to support the author, go ahead and buy the book. Either way, though, I recommend listening to [...]

21 Mar

Book Review: The Dead That Walk edited by Stephen Jones

Author: edited by Stephen Jones Book: The Dead That Walk Genre: Horror Julia Rating: 10 Comments: The Dead That Walk is a short story book with zombie-esque shorts by authors like Joe Hill, Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Kim Newman and many many more wonderful authors. “What’s this?” you ask, “Julia actually read a book about [...]

29 Nov

Gift List Suggestions – #3 – Horror

Here is the next on my list of gift, suggestions for the upcoming holidays. Horror For those friends and family members who like the thrill of fear crawling up their spines when they read: – Salem’s Lot or The Shining or really anything by Stephen King Salem’s Lot is a classic vampire novel (they don’t [...]

23 Jul

Podiobook Review: Eden by Phil Rossi

Author: Phil Rossi Podiobook: Eden Performed by: Phil Rossi Genre: Sci Fi/Horror Julia Rating: 10 Comments: Phil Rossi is a new author and has a book out now called Crescent which I will review later, but I also give that one a 10. Edenis a novella about a giant tree, growing in space, named Eden. [...]

30 Jan

New Book Released

Scott Sigler’s new book: Contagious is out!  It’s the sequel to Infected.  I haven’t read it yet, but so far all of Mr. Sigler’s work has stood up and I’ve enjoyed it.  Check it out if you have a chance!

31 Oct

Book Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Author: Neil Gaiman Book: The Graveyard Book Genre: Supernatural/Horror/YA Julia Rating: 10 Comments: Neil Gaiman’s newest book – The Graveyard Book – is considered to be for children, but I beg to differ.  The main character – who’s name is Nobody – grows up during the duration of the book, but I think that’s the [...]

30 Oct

Book Review: Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton

Author: Laurell K. Hamilton Book: Strange Candy Genre: Horror/Fantasy/Sci Fi Julia Rating: 10 Comments: I really bit off more than I could chew here.  When choosing books, I thought, “Hey, it’s a book of short stories – let’s shake things up”.  I had never read Laurell Hamilton before and I didn’t know what a fantastic [...]

29 Oct

Book Review: Duma Key by Stephen King

 Author: Stephen King Book: Duma Key Genre: Horror Julia Rating: 10 Comments: As you can tell, I am a Stephen King fan.  I believe that Duma Key is the most recent King novel and I loved it.  It was a slow starter, but I think it was worth it.  There is tons of foreshadowing in this [...]

29 Oct

Book Review: Acceptable Risk by Robin Cook

Author: Robin Cook Book: Acceptable Risk Genre: Medical Thriller/Horror Julia Rating: 8 Comments: Acceptable Risk is my first Robin Cook novel. He writes medical thrillers about truely terrifying medical situations, which could actually happen.  That is what Acceptable Risk is about.  A medical doctor (Edward) decides to create a new mind-altering drug from a mold [...]

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