Put your reading glasses on, kids. This week, Stephen and Owen King's new epic Sleeping Beauties was releases, and The Midnight Society is making it our book club selection for our Frightening Fall event. For the months of October and November, we'll be reading and discussing Sleeping Beauties as part of our Midnight Book Club. We'll be holding two chat events--one in October and one in November (dates/times TBA)--and we'll be using the hashtag #MidnightBookClub. We'll also be talking about the book throughout the next two months using the hashtags #Frighteni[...]
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0 Let's revisit this classic book of Scary Stories! Have you read this? It's responsible for getting many great readers into horror.. Synopsis Are you brave enough for Scary Stories? Some boys and girls were at a party one night. There was a graveyard down the street, and they were talking about how scary it was. "Don't ever stand on a grave after dark," one of the boys said. "The person inside will grab you." "A grave doesn't scare me," said one of the girls. "I'll do it right now. . . ." Welcome to the macabre world of Scary Stories. Inside, you'll find alar[...]
Howdy, horror fans! It's me, Kathy! I am thrilled to announce my choice for our Midnight Book Club read for April! I am super-dee duper excited to read MARY: The Summoning! And then I shall attempt to host the Twitter chat where we can talk about all the creepiness. AND WAIT THERE'S MORE...the author, the fabulous Hillary Monahan, has accepted my invitation to join us for our chat. So we can ask all the questions and quite possible fangirl a bit too much. Which is completely acceptable and not at all weird. So join the fun and read MARY: THE SUMMONING. And a HUGE[...]
You guys--I am so excited. Clive Barker is my favorite modern horror author. One of the many things I love about his stories is how he blends dark fantasy and horror together to create wildly imaginative worlds. The Thief of Always is Barker's version of a fairytale, a story that can be enjoyed by readers of all ages, but also is dark enough for mature horror readers. If you liked Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book, or Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes, I think you'll love The Thief of Always. Synopsis Mr. Hood's Holiday House has stood for a thousan[...]
Hello Kittens, Well, the month of love is almost gone. I've eaten more than enough chocolate, but there won't be much of a break in that department...my supermarket is already full of mini eggs and chocolate carrots (arguably the best kind of carrot). I've thought a lot about what I wanted my post to be about...I revisited some of my favourite horror ships (Cat and Casper, anyone??), dwelled on flicks that show us real love (ODD THOMAS, *happy sigh*), but I wasn't feeling the urge to write about any of that...While I wanted to stick with the theme of lo[...]
Here at The Midnight Society, we love debut authors! Let's welcome Kali Wallace to the published world by discussing Shallow Graves. Synopsis For fans of Holly Black and Nova Ren Suma, a gripping, hauntingly atmospheric novel about murder, revenge, and a world where monsters—human and otherwise—lurk at the fringes. When seventeen-year-old Breezy Lin wakes up in a shallow grave one year after her death, she doesn’t remember who killed her or why. All she knows is that she’s somehow conscious—and not only that, she’s able to sense who around her is hidi[...]
The Killing Jar by Jennifer Bosworth publishes on January 12th. I'm excited for this twist on the cult narrative! Synopsis “I try not to think about it, what I did to that boy.” Seventeen-year-old Kenna Marsden has a secret. She’s haunted by a violent tragedy she can’t explain. Kenna’s past has kept people—even her own mother—at a distance for years. Just when she finds a friend who loves her and life begins to improve, she’s plunged into a new nightmare. Her mom and twin sister are attacked, and the dark powers Kenna has struggled to suppress aw[...]
The authors in The Midnight Society have been busy! We have yet another member to celebrate, Faith McKay, whose Lipstick and Zombies was published in October. Congrats, Faith! Synopsis WANTED. Five girls. Must be able to sing, dance, and kill zombies. Five unknown students are desperate to change their lives. They know they have what it takes to become one of the Deadly Divas. Now they just have to prove it to what's left of the world. Purchase at Amazon Twitter Chat Join us for a Twitter chat about Lipstick & Zombies by Faith McKay at #MidnightBooks on[...]
Booklist, the American Library Association's book review database, wants to feature profiles on various book clubs. I'd love for #MidnightBooks to be one of them! To put us in the running, I need to answer their questions, but I can't answer them without you. Please answer the poll questions below, so I can represent us accurately. This is a great opportunity to share what we're doing and bring more people into our conversations. Yay! Booklist's Questions Please let me know in the comments if I should add anything to my answers for these questions. Tell us a[...]
The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich sounds like the perfect merger of mystery and psychological thriller for a chillingly good time! Synopsis Part-psychological thriller, part-urban legend, this is an unsettling narrative made up of diary entries, interview transcripts, film footage transcripts and medical notes. Twenty-five years ago, Elmbridge High burned down. Three people were killed and one pupil, Carly Johnson, disappeared. Now a diary has been found in the ruins of the school. The diary belongs to Kaitlyn Johnson, Carly’s identical twin sister. But Carly d[...]