Reviews of American Vampire, The Changed, Monster Town, and Vampireology

In this update:

In the adult horror Graphic Novel section:
The Monster Librarian reviews American Vampire #1 by Scott Snyder and Stephen King with art by Rafael Albuquerque.

In the adult Urban Fantasy/Horror Themed Adventure section:
The Monster Librarian reviews Monster Town/The Butcher of Box Hill by Logan Savile.

In the adult Zombie section:
Michele Lee reviews The Changed by BJ Burrow.

In the young adult Vampire section:
The Monster Librarian reviews Vampireology by Nick Holt.

We are also hosting a Vampireology giveaway contest sponsored by Candlewick Press. To enter e-mail your name and mailing address to MonsterLibrarian@MonsterLibrarian.com with the subject of Vampireology Giveaway Contest.

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Spring into Terror is here!!!

Welcome to Spring into Terror 2010!

Spring into Terror is our annual spring collaborative horror book review project. This year we are partnering with HorrorWorld, Horror Fiction Review, and Dark Scribe Magazine in reviewing various horror titles for spring time reading.

I would like to thank Darlene Wanglund for this year's delightfully creepy bunny to bring us into a frightfully fun spring.

For our contribution to Spring into Terror we have:

In our Horror Anthologies and Collected Works sections:
David Agranoff reviews The Anthology of Dark Wisdom edited by William Jones and In Concert: The Collected Speculative Fiction of Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem.
Rhonda Wilson reviews When the Night Comes Down edited by Bill Breedlove and In the Closet, Under the Bed by Lee Thomas.
Kelly Fann reviews Hopeful Monsters by Jenny Ashford.

In our adult Supernatural horror section:
Erik Smith reviews The Butcher Bride by Vince Churchill.
David Agranoff reviews The Castle of Los Angeles by Lisa Morton.
Kelly Fann reviews The Last Church by Lee Pletzers.
Rhonda Wilson reviews Symptoms of a Broken Heart by Cory Cramer

In our adult Zombie section:
Erik Smith reviews Xombies: Apocalypticon by Walter Greatshell and Night Of The Living Dead novelization by Christopher Andrews.
Colleen Wanglund reviews Revolution of the Dead by Anthony Giangregorio.

In our adult Werewolf section:
Kelly Fann reviews Wild Justice by C. Fern Cook.

In our adult Vampire section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Predatoress by Emma Gabor.

In our adult Apocalyptic/Post Apocalyptic Horror section:
Kelly Fann reviews Doc Good's Traveling Show by Gene O'Neill.

In our adult Killer Animal section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Dweller by Jeff Strand.

In our adult Urban Fantasy section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Shift by Rachel Vincent.

In our adult Graphic Novel section:
Bob Freeman reviews Hellblazer: Pandemonium by Jamie Delano, ill. by Jock.

In our young adult Urban Fantasy section:
Bret Jordan reviews Witchfinder: Dawn of the Demontide by William Hussey.

In our Scary Books for Kids section:
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews The Ink Drinker by Eric Sanvoisen, ill by Martin Matje, trans. by Georges Moroz.

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Michele Lee reviews Maria V. Snyder's Inside Out

Michele Lee reviews the latest young adult offering by Maria V. Snyder Inside Out.

Michele also gets a chance to interview Maria V. Snyder to learn more about the author and the book.

You can check out the book trailer and learn more about Inside Out over at the books official site.

March 17th reviews of books with zombies, terrors from the sea, and other horrors.

In this update we have:

In the adult Killer Animal section:
Erik Smith reviews Dead Bait by David Dunwooody et al.

In the adult Apocalyptic/Post Apocalyptic horror section:
Colleen Wanglund reviews A Catch in Time by Dalia Roddy.
Jim Cobb reviews Empty World by John Christopher

In the adult Horror Anthology section:
Erik Smith reviews The Bitter End: Tales of Nautical Terror by edited by Jessie Marie Roberts.

In the adult Vampire section:
Bret Jordan reviews Lord of the Lash and Our Lady of the Boogaloo by Weston Ochse.

In the adult Zombie section:
The Monster Librarian reviews The Best of All Flesh: Zombie Anthology edited by James Lowder.
Colleen Wanglund reviews Dead America by Luke Keioskie.
Michele Lee reviews Z.E.O. A Zombie's Guide to Getting A(Head) in Business by Scott Kenemore.
Erik Smith reviews Snow by Ronald Malfi.

In the adult Supernatural horror section:
David Agranoff reviews The Girl in the Woods by David Jack Bell.
Michele Lee reviews Donny's Day by Brandon Bertson
Colleen Wanglund reviews On the Third Day by David Naill Wilson.

In the adult Human Horror and Psychological Terror section:
KDP reviews Friday Night in the Beast House by Richard Laymon.

In the young adult Killer Animals, Kaiju, and Creatures of Legend section:
Colleen Wanglund and Jim Cobb both review Raiju: A Kaiju Hunter Novel by K.H. Koehler.

Finally, in the Scary Books for Kids section:
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Ghosts of Fox River Valley by Donna Latham.

A reminder we still have our Hex Hall t-shirt contest going on now in our young adult Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy section.

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3/8/10 Reviews of Hex Hall and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, an interview with Rachel Hawkins, and a new contest.

A short update this time.
In our young adult Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy section:
Michele Lee reviews Rachel Hawkins' Hex Hall and also gets an opportunity to interview her. We are hosting a Hex Hall t-shirt giveaway contest so head on over to the review to the Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Section to enter.

In the adult zombie section:
Michele Lee reviews Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith.

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March 2nd: New reviews, new author interviews, and more

In this update we have:

In the adult Zombie section:
The Monster Librarian reviewing Pallid Light: The Walking Dead by William Jones
Colleen Wanglund reviews Resurrection by Tim Curran
Michele Lee reviews U.S. Army Zombie Combat Skills edited by Cole Louison
In honor of the upcoming release of the movie Alice in Wonderland, Rhonda Wilson reviews Alice in Zombieland by Lewis Carroll and Nicholas Cook!

In the adult Supernatural horror section:
In a take two review both Jennifer Lawrence and Colin Leslie review Brian Keene's latest Darkness on the Edge of Town
Erik Smith reviews Skin Medicine by Tim Curran
Rhonda Wilson reviews The Gray Zone by John R Little

In the adult Vampire section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Blood Bar by Norm Applegate

In the adult Human horror section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Scissors by Ray Garton and also interviews Ray Garton as well.

In the adult horror Non-Fiction section:
Michele Lee reviews Writers Workshop of Horror edited by Michael Knost

In the adult Apocalyptic horror section:
David Agranoff reviews The Day Before by John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow

In the adult horror Anthologies section:
David Agranoff reviews The Bleeding Edge edited by William F. Nolan and Jason V. Brock and Coach's Midnight Diner Volume 1 Jesus vs. Cthulu Edition and Volume 2: Back from the Dead

In the adult horror Graphic Novels section:
David Agranoff reviews Dark Entries by Ian Rankin

In the young adult Vampires section:
The Monster Librarian reviews Blood Ninja by Nick Lake
We are still running our Blood Ninja giveaway contest.
Michele Lee interviews P.C. Cast co-author of the House of Night series

In the young adult Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent
Jennifer Lawerence reviews The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
We are still running our The Iron King giveaway contest.

In the Scary Books for Kids section:
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews The Nose by Nikolai Gogol

We have started a new feature this month, book recommendations based upon horror movies that have just come out. It is a new effort to help librarians to take advantage of current horror movies to promote their horror books.

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Happy Valentines Day! Love is Undead: Paranormal Romance Book Reviews!

We have a special update for upcoming Valentines Day.

In our Love is Undead page , that we created for Valentines Day, we have:

Rhonda Wilson interviewing author Michelle Rowen author of the Immortality Bites series.

Rhonda also reviews the following paranormal romance titles:

Tall, Dark & Fangsome by Michelle Rowen
My Zombie Valentine by Katie MacAlister, Angie Fox, Marianne Mancusi, and Lisa Cach
Loving the Undead: An Anthology of Romance... Sort Of Edited by Katherine Sanger
Demonfire by Kate Douglas
Wolf Tales 9 by Kate Douglas
How to Catch and Keep a Vampire by Diana Laurence
Sucker for Love by Kimberly Raye


One non paranormal romance item with this update, the good folks at Simon & Schuster are sponsoring a contest for a copy of their latest book Blood Ninja, the debut book of author Nick Lake combining vampires, ninja, and destiny in feudal Japan. For a chance to win a copy head on over to the Contest page.
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