With BEA a mere two weeks away, I'm finding it hard to focus on every day tasks. I mean, come on. What could be better that 4 days in New York, books, authors, friends, etc?! The one stressful part is just how to get around to see all of the amazing authors. My first year, I met Melissa Marr. I actually stood in line for 2 hours just to make sure to get an ARC of Carnival of Souls. Last year, I was thrilled to finally meet Holly Black--The Darkest Part of the Forest. I mean, come on...Holly and I had matching hair! How much cooler can you get? Talk about two awe[...]
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May 2015
1 Happy Mother's Day to all the mamas out there! In honor of the holiday, I compiled a list of some of the greatest Horror Mamas. Of course, it's a list based on my personal tastes (but I have pretty great tastes). They are in no particular order. Mrs. Vorhees of FRIDAY THE 13th Not many people know this, but Jason wasn't the killer in the original Friday the 13th. In the original, it was Jason's mama, Mrs. Vorhees. She went around killing people for they did to her son—letting him drown in the lake. That's one devoted (and demented) mama. Norma Bates of B[...]
This week, I feel like I need to write about something very close to my heart. As some of you may have seen, I am self-publishing a NA psychological horror. Some folks out there don't feel like this type of writing should be considered horror, rather they choose to name it a thriller or dark contemporary. Are those people wrong, not really but if we look at the definition of psychological horror may have a change of heart. Wikipedia.com defines it as this: Psychological horror is a subgenre of horror fiction, film, and video games (as a narrative) which relie[...]
Hello witches and warlocks. Today I'm here to tell you a little bit about a new book that I read and loved. I did mention this on my blog this morning, but I'm sharing here as well! Don't forget to enter the contest below to win a FREE copy of the book! Yippee! That's at the bottom of this post, but first, let me tell you a little bit about this book AND what I thought about it. First off, I have just read your new favorite book. Have you heard of Seriously Wicked by Tina Connolly? I've actually never read anything from Tina Connolly before but I can assure you th[...]
Man oh man oh man. I have just finished THE BEST BOOK. And now you all have to hear about it because you're welcome. If you have not heard of the middle grade book The House on Creep Street by The Blood Brothers, you are doing yourself a grave disservice. I can honestly say that The House on Creep Street is the best middle grade book I've ever read and it's one of the best I've read this year in any genre. There are several millions of reasons why I love this book but here are a few of the main reasons that I wanted to read this book in the first place. It in[...]
The Girl from the Well was released in hardcover last August, but it was just released in paperback on May 1st. Let's read it! Synopsis You may think me biased, being murdered myself. But my state of being has nothing to do with the curiosity toward my own species, if we can be called such. We do not go gentle, as your poet encourages, into that good night. A dead girl walks the streets. She hunts murderers. Child killers, much like the man who threw her body down a well three hundred years ago. And when a strange boy bearing stranger tattoos moves into the n[...]
Horror takes many forms. From the guy with an ax in the woods, to the inner workings of an insane mind, to monsters in the closet. But what about faeries? And I'm not talking Tinkerbell, even though in the book her temper is a little scary. I'm referring to the Fae. Ummm... scary? Most of them play tricks, cause problems. Some merely desire to trap humans. But others want to devour people. I offer three movies brought to you by the epic Guillermo del Toro, featuring Fae that will certainly make you think twice about stepping into a mushroom ring. [...]