Our Halloween update: New reviews, author interviews, and a contest

Happy Halloween everyone!

Just a reminder that our Halloween Horrors! book review project is still going on with some of the best horror review sites on the web collaborating to bring you reviews of horror books for this Halloween. Visit our Halloween page to learn more.

In this update:

For adults:
For those librarians who might be looking for a zombie book to take advantage of the popularity of the movie Zombieland that is in theaters now, The Monster Librarian reviews Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead edited by John Skipp and Season of Rot by Eric S. Brown.

KDP reviews Brian Keene's Urban Gothic.

For young adults/teens:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Mari Mancusi's young adult vampire titles, Boys that Bite, Stake That!, and Girls that Growl. Rhonda also interviews Mari here.

Also for those that enjoy young adult vampire titles Kirsten Kowalewski interviews Kimberly Pauley author of Sucks to be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire(maybe) and we are running a giveaway contest for her book. Also The Monster Librarian reviews the latest in Melissa de la Cruz's Blue Bloods series The Van Alen Legacy.

For kids:

KDP reviews David Siden's Bang goes a Troll. Also in case you missed in Where the Wild Things Are is coming out as a live action movie and Kirsten Kowalewski takes a look at the book by Maurice Sendak.

In case you have missed it, the folks over at Spook House Dave! show are running a 31 days of Halloween with a new show each day this month. Stop on over and take a look!

Keep reading and share a scare this Halloween!
The Monster Librarian
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Halloween page launch, reviews, and interviews!

We have launched our Halloween Page tonight with items for both children and adults

We have launch our "Share a Scare" reading initiative with a promotional video thanks to the wonderful folks at the Spook House Dave! show. We have included in our Halloween page some suggestions on how you can share a scare with a friend or family member.



We have updated our Halloween book list for children.

We have started a new feature where we will suggest titles of horror books that go along with well known horror movies.

In addition, we here at MonsterLibrarian.com are pleased to announce the third annual “Halloween Horrors!” horror book review event.

“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.

Participating sites in this year’s project include MonsterLibrarian.com, Horrorworld, Hellnotes, Fearzone, Horror Fiction Review, Dark Scribe Magazine, Dread Central, and The Black Glove.

Head on over to our Halloween page to get started.

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

In the adult Human Horror/Slasher section
Rhonda Wilson and Erik Smith both review The 13th by John Everson
Erik Smith reviews Hacks by Brian Knight
Rhonda Wilson adds her take on Personal Demons by Gregory Lamberson

In the adult Zombie section
Rhonda Wilson reviews Don of the Dead by Nick Cato

In the adult Horror Adventure/Urban Fantasy section
Rhonda Wilson reviews Charlaine Harris' Dead and Gone
David Agranoff reviews John Shirley's Bleak History

In the adult Horror Graphic Novel section
The Monster Librarian reviews High Moon by David Gallaher and Trick'r Treat by Marc Andreyko.
Bob Freeman reviews North 40 by Aaron Williams

In the adult Horror Anthologies section
The Monster Librarian reviews Hellbound Hearts edited by Paul Kane and Marie O'Regan
Rhonda Wilson takes a second look at Taste of Tenderloin by Gene O'Neill

In the young adult Supernatural section
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson.

In the young adult Werewolf section
Kakari reviews Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

In our Scary Books for Kids section Kirsten Kowalewski reviews
A Practical Guide to Vampires by Treval Vorgard
Dhegdeer: A Scary Somali Folktale retold by Marian A. Hassan
Halloween Night by Marjorie Dennis Murray
Halloween Day by Anne Rockwell
Sarah’s Little Ghosts by Thierry Robberecht

Finally, Rhonda Wilson interviews both Don of the Dead author Nick Cato and Personal Demons author Gregory Lamberson.

Keep reading!
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