Halloween Horrors! 2013

 

Greetings boys and ghouls, the Monster Librarian here to help you ring in a frightfully fun Halloween. 

 

 

Halloween Horrors!

 

We here at MonsterLibrarian.com are pleased to announce the fourth annual “Halloween Horrors!” horror book review event. Starting on October 1, 2010, outstanding horror fiction review sites will come together to create a virtual guide to titles that will keep readers up at night.    

 

“Halloween Horrors!” is an excellent way for librarians to get acquainted with horror genre titles both mainstream and small press.  The event provides a tool to help librarians with reader’s advisory and collection development as well as become familiar with online review resources for what can be a challenging genre.  

 

Each participating review site will have a project page dedicated to reviews of horror genre books that links to the other participating sites’ review pages. We will also be including a list of book recommendations that can be paired with horror movies to promote reading horror.

 

Participating sites in this year’s project include MonsterLibrarian.com,  Horror Fiction Review and Horror World.   Each site will be updating their page and reviews throughout the month so remember to visit often.

 

 

 

The Horror Fiction Review's Halloween Horrors! page.

 

Reviews at MonsterLibrarian.com for Halloween Horrors! will be listed below.   First reviews will be posted October 1st.

 

Diana Lord reviews Diavolino by Steve Emmett in the  Supernatural Horror section.

 

Julie Adams reviews This House is Haunted by John Boyne in our Supernatural horror section.

 

Patricia O. Mathews reviews Omens by Kelley Armstrong in the Urban Fantasy section.

 

Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Extremities: Stories of Death, Murder, and Revenge by David Lubar

 

The Monster Librarian review Forever Evil by Geoff Johns and illustrated by David Finch.

 

Bob Freeman reviews Dark Talisman by Steven M. Booth in our young adult Dark Fantasy section

 

 

As part of Halloween this year we are again encouraging everyone to Share a Scare this Halloween!

 

 

This message is brought to you by the wonderful folks at Spook House Dave! .and MonsterLibrarian.com.

For those looking for ways to share a scare might we suggest:

 

Share a horror anthology with some friends, with each person reading a story and sharing it with the others.  Stop by our Horror Anthologies page for some titles you might enjoy.

Read a scary story to a child, check our Halloween list for kids for some ideas

 

Tell some stories around the campfire or see if your local storytelling organization is holding an event.

 

Check out your local library to find a scary storyhour.

 

Listen to a podcast or CD with your family or students.

 

Try a book discussion. If you're feeling brave, try discussing it with your mom.

 

Go to a nursing home or assisted living facility and share a scary story with some of the residents- they may have a few tales to tell you, too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

For our part of the Halloween Horrors! project we offer the following reviews.