1/25/07 Another zombie review, a first look at Y/A vampire novel Tantalize, and Philip Henry's Mind's Eye

A little bit of cosmetic upgrade on the site today, so minor you might not even notice it. This week Bret Jordan reviews J.L Bourne's Day by Day Armageddon for zombie book readers. In addition, for those interested in the shuffling dead, I provided a link to a great zombie article written by author Shannon Riley on the zombie page. I provide a review of Candlewick's much anticipate vampire release by Cynthia Leitich Smith titled Tantalize. Finally, a review of Philip Henry's Mind's Eye in the supernatural section for adults. In the Book Ends section I added an Ask the Monster Librarian page for all those with horror fiction questions (including collection development and readers advisory). Finally, also in Book Ends there is the World War I and II Horror Fiction List which has horror titles with ties to either World War I or World War II. Keep reading! ML
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1/16/07 Vampire books for Young Adults, Zombie Books for the Adults, and The Last Stand of the Great Texas Packrat

First off I want to officially welcome Bret Jordan on the staff as a regular reviewer. Bret has been busy reading zombie related titles and has reviews for One Rainy Night by Richard Laymon and The Undead edited by D. L. Snell and Elija Hall. For young adult vampire lovers we have The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld and The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce. In addition there is a review of The Last Stand of the Great Texas Packrat Steve Vernon and Illustrations by Keith Minnion. Additional titles have been added to the Coming Horror Fiction Releases page for February. Keep Reading! ML
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1/12/07 Reviews: Down the Road with Zombies, The Flock, and a guide to world monsters for kids.

This week reviewer Bret Jordan takes a look at Bowie Ibarra's zombie novel Down the Road. A review for killer animal book The Flock by James Robert Smith. Finally for the Scary Books for Kids section a review of The Gruesome Guide To World Monsters by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Henrik Drescher. For those who have been trying to subscribe to MonsterLibrarian.com update via e-mail and have been getting the following message when you verify your subscription "FeedBurner could not find the subscription", just copy the link and paste it in your address bar of your browser. I have let Feedburner know about the problem. Keep reading! ML
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1/5/07 Reviews: Vampires, Skeleton Man, and going Blood Crazy

In this update we have reviews for two different vampire books, Weep Not for the Vampire by William A Veselik and the electronic book Everdead by Rio Youers in the adult vampire section. There is a review of Edward Lee and John Pelan's Goon in the adult supernatural section. Bret Jordan reviews Blood Crazy by Simon Clark in the adult zombie section. Francesca the Librarian reviews Return of the Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac and Sally Wern Comport in the supernatural yound adult section and Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes and Yuyi Morales in the Scary Stories for Kids section. Keep reading! ML
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