Book News and Reviews

01 Dec

Book Review: Deadly Night by Heather Graham

Author: Heather Graham
Book: Deadly Night
Genre: Murder Mystery/Fantasy
Julia Rating: 10
Julia Comments: I finally am getting around to reviewing Deadly Night by Heather Graham as I promised for horror month.  Deadly Night is the first in The Flynn Brother’s Trilogy and I, for one, enjoyed it.  The book contains murder, suspense, mystery and the supernatural.  It’s one of [...]

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 only thing that makes [...]

19 Apr

Book Review: 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill

Book: 20th Century Ghosts
Author: Joe Hill
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Supernatural, Other…
Julia Rating: 10
Comments: This book of short stories is a fantastic piece of work by Joe Hill. And…(at least in the audio book) there’s a secret story in the back.
I’d say my favorite short that is in this compilation is Best New Horror, a [...]

09 Feb

Book Review: Bloodsucking Fiends (a love story) by Christopher Moore

Title: Blood Sucking Fiends
Author: Christopher Moore
Genre: Fantasy

Julia Rating: 9 (for humor)My Comments:
This book had me laughing my socks off. I read it while on vacation in Italy (on the plane, then in Rome between tours). I probably should have read Roman history or something instead, but this book was so darn funny! It’s about [...]

31 Jan

Book Review: The Mist by Stephen King

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 really applicable to the [...]

13 Dec

Book Review: Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman

The Book: Fragile Things
The Author: Neil Gaiman
The Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy (mostly Fantasy)
Julia Rating: 10 (out of a scale of 1-10, 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest)
My Comments:
A fabulous compilation of short stories and poetry by a modern master.
I loved reading this compilation of Fantasy, Sci Fi and Supernatural stories by Neil Gaiman [...]

16 Nov

Book Review: Heart Shaped Box – by Joe Hill

I bought the audio book for Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill on Itunes a little while ago. I really enjoyed listening to it. The book is about a death metal rocker named Judas Coyne who purchases a ghost online. Unfortunately for Jude, the ghost comes with a vendetta. He and his girlfriend have to [...]

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