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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 [...]
If it were my birthday today (and it is) this is the list of books I would ask for: – Burn by James Patrick Kelly – The Living Dead – an anthology featuring Joe Hill, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin and more – Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry For Your…Brains by Ryan Mecum [...]
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 [...]
Here is the next on my list of gift suggestions for the upcoming holidays. Fantasy For those friends and family members who would be more at home digging around in a dragon’s cave, these are my recommended reads: – Hogfather or any other books by Terry Pratchett I reviewed the Hogfather in a previous post. This [...]
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 [...]
Before I start my little blurb about Howard Phillips Lovecraft I wanted to apologize for being absent and not completing out my week of author reviews last week. I had an issue with my shoulder and couldn’t type for a couple days, then was super backlogged. So, sorry. So now, to H.P. Lovecraft. I know [...]
Is Ray Bradbury truly a “horror” author? I think he’s one of those authors you cannot pin down to any particular genre, except to say that what he writes is classic “genre” fiction (meaning anywhere from Sci Fi/Fantasy to Supernatural to Horror). Bradbury’s works from Fahrenheit 451 to the classic short story compilation The Illustrated Man all the way [...]
So, starting the first of October, I will be reviewing at least three horror books weekly. I may do more then that. The books will include: Week 1 – New Books: October 1st – 11th – Infected: A Novel by Scott Sigler – Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs – Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris [...]
Just so anyone who is expecting a review knows, these are the books I’m currently reading: – An Embarrassment of Riches by Gerald Hansen - I’m almost done with this one. Gerald asked me to review it and he was also nice enough to send me a copy of the book. So far I would say [...]
The Book: The Mist The Author: Stephen King Julia Rating: 6 out of 10 My Comments: This was a decent novelette. It did get a little boring and sometimes I find Mr. King’s need to put a sex scene or something about sex in almost every one of his books annoying, especially when it’s not [...]
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