8/1/08 New reviews, interviews, and more.

In this update we send off Werewolf Month with two additional adult werewolf reviews. Bob Freeman reviews Nic Brown's Blood Curse / Werewolf for Hire Book One and Michele Lee reviews Nancy Collins' Wild Blood. The Monster Librarian reviews Neal Shusterman's Red Rider’s Hood in the young adult Werewolf section.

For our non-werewolf reviews Bret Jordan reviews Adele Hartley's Read by Dawn 3 and
M.F. Korn's Aliens, Minibikes and Other Staples of Suburbia , and David Agranoff reviews Dark Distortions edited by Molly Fesse and C.D. Allen in the Adult Horror Anthologies section. The Monster Librarian reviews Life Sucks by Jessica Abel, Gabe Soria, and Warren Pleece in the young adult Vampire and Graphic Novel sections. The Coming Horror Fiction Releases page has been updated for August and September. Rio Youers, author of Everdead is interviewed by Bret Jordan in our Author Interviews section.
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3/17/08 A new look, new reviews, and more lists

MonsterLibrarian.com has a new look to make it easier to read and navigate the site. In addition to the changes to the site, we have new reviews with Bob Freeman reviewing Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths edited by Colleen Morris and Joel A. Sutherland in the adult horror Anthologies section. The Angry Princess reviews The Possessed by Ronald Dondeigo in the adult Supernatural section. We have revisited our review of Pod of Horror since its move to Horrorworld.org In the Scary Books for Kids section Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll, ill. Christopher Myers.

We have put together lists of graphic novels focusing on Zombies and Vampires. We have updated Coming Horror Fiction Releases for April and May. Finally, we have gotten the updated link for Dark Scribe Magazine reviewing Alexandra Sokoloff's The Price which is part of the Spring into Terror horror review project If you have any thoughts, suggestions, or feedback on the new format for our site please let us know by sending an e-mail to MonsterLibrarian@MonsterLibrarian.com

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1/15/08 New reviews of titles for adults, teens, and kids

In this update Bob Freeman reviews Richard Dansky's Firefly Rain in the adult Supernatural section. Michele Lee reviews John Paul Allen's Monkey Love in the adult Supernatural section. David Agranoff reviews Die Earthman Die by MF Korn, DF Lewis, Mike Philbin and David Matthew in the adult Bizarro section. There is a review of Mike Dubisch's graphic novel Weirdling in the adult graphic novel section. Francesca the Librarian reviews Stories for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe edited by Andrew Delbanco and Michael Morpurgo's Beowulf in the young adult Supernatural section. Francesca also reviews Dav Pilkey's Dogzilla in the Scary Stories for Kids section. Willow May Goes to the Midnight Carnival by Icats Nitram in the Scary Stories for Kids section.
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12/16/07 reviews of tales of Vampires, Zombies, and Deep Ones.

In this update I take a look at James A. Moore's Deeper from Necessary Evil Press in the Cthulhu Mythos section. J.L. Bourne 's re-edited/re-packaged Day by Day Armageddon from Permuted Press is reviewed in the adult Zombie section. Scott T. Goudsward's Trailer Trash from Dark Hart Press is reviewed in the adult Vampire section. Francesca the Librarian reviews Paul Bibeau's Sundays with Vlad from Three Rivers Press, also in the adult Vampire section. Finally, Michele Lee reviews Horror Classics: Graphic Classics edited by Tom Pomplun from Eureka Productions in the young adult Graphic Novels section.
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10/1/07 Halloween horror reviews and more

We are excited to announce that MonsterLibrarian.com has teamed up with horror sites Horrorworld, Horror-Web, Hellnotes, and Dread Central to review Halloween themed horror books. Visit the new Monster Librarian Halloween Page to check out the reviews. Also be sure to stop by Horror-Web's 31 Days of Hallow-theme page and Horrorworld's Halloween Page. A special thanks to Bret Jordan for our pumpkin images for the Halloween page.

Bret Jordan reviews Tim Waggoner's Like Death in the adult Human Horror section. Bob Freeman reviews Graphic Classics: Edgar Allen Poe edit by Tom Pomplun in the Young Adult Graphic Novels section. Francesa the Librarian reviews Hallowmere: In the Serpent’s Coils by Tiffany Trent in the new Young Adult Dark Fantasy section. The Monster Librarian reviews Gary L. Holleman's werewolf Halloween title Howl-o-ween in the adult werewolf section. The Links page and the Coming Horror Fiction Releases have been updated. Finally, a reminder that we have some great Contests going on.
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7/17/06 new reviews of books with zombies, vampires, and a review of a graphic novel.

Bret Jordan reviews anthology Read by Dawn 2 by Adele Hartley and Frozen Blood by Joel A. Sutherland in the adult Something Different section. There is a review of David Wellington's Monster Island: A Zombie Novel in the adult Zombie section. A review of Scott Nicholson's vampire novel They Hunger. Finally, there is a review in the young adult graphic novel section for Gothic Classics: Graphic Classics edited by Tom Pomplun.
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6/5/07 New reviews for adults,y/a, and one for the kids

Bret Jordan reviews M.F. Korn's Rachmaninoff's Ghost and Swamp Witch Piquante & Scream Queen Bisque (Over a Bed of Rice) in the adult Supernatural section. I also review M.F. Korn's Skimming the Gumbo Nuclear. Two of Julie Kenner's books get reviewed with me reviewing the young adult vampire book Good Ghouls Do and Francesca the Librarian reviewing Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon- Hunting Soccer Mom. In addition, Bret Jordan reviews Gary Braunbeck's Destination Unknown in the Something Different section for adults. I add to this weeks update with reviews of Graphic Classics: H.P. Lovecraft edited by Tom Pomplun for the young adult Graphic Novels section, The Pandora's Box Trilogy: Book One: Into the Void by Adam Teachout in the newly created Horror Themed Adventure section for young adults, and Favorite Scary Stories of American Children by Richard and Judy Dockrey Young in the Scary Books for Kids section.
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