Here on The Midnight Society we love our monthly #MidnightBooks twitter chat. But that's just not enough book talk, is it? (Is there such a thing?) Let's hang out on Goodreads and chat about books! Join the group, introduce yourself, tell us about your favorite book, what you're reading right now, and start a thread of your very own! Don't make me use more exclamation points! JOIN US ON GOODREADS.[...]
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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[...]
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[...]
Our very own Jolene Haley teamed up with Brian LeTendre to write Woodsview Murders #1: Harrowed. Let's celebrate by reading it together! Synopsis Journalism Rule #1: Always report the story. Never become the story. Avery Blair has accepted the fact that nothing exciting ever happens in her small town of Woodsview, Massachusetts. As the editor of the high school blog, she prays for something–anything–to come along that would make for a great headline. When Beatrice Thompson’s body is found in the girls’ bathroom, Avery has her biggest story ever. The ru[...]
Moira Fowley-Doyle's The Accident Season has me really excited. Magical realism. Great comp titles. Horror. Also, Fowley-Doyle is an Irish author. Not only do I love reading international authors, but as an Irish American, I have a personal interest in this one. Synopsis For fans of We Were Liars and How I Live Now comes a haunting, sexy, magically realistic debut about a family caught between a violent history, a taboo romance, and the mysteries lurking in their own backyard. It's the accident season, the same time every year. Bones break, skin tears, bruises[...]