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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4/1/08 New reviews, site updates, and more

In this update, Bob Freeman reviews A Whisper of Southern Lights by Tim Lebbon and new reviewer Horror Master reviews Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher in the adult Horror Adventure section. Bob also reviews Paul Cave's Something of the Night and Michele Lee reviews Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Saint-Germain: Memoirs in the adult Vampire section. The Monster Librarian reviews Conrad Williams's The Unblemished which can be found in the adult Zombie section.

In the attempt to make the growing amount of content accessible to our visitors we have added a search box to the main page, if you can't find what you are looking for on the site give it a try. We have also added a page for Horror Fiction News which is found on the main page, which will contain press releases and news items we get from various authors and publishers. Finally, we have set up a page for the Stoker Awards, 2007 in the Book Ends section. If you are a librarian who is looking for some noteworthy horror titles take a look.

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11/16/07 New reviews of The Desert, Mister B Gone, and The Blackburn & Scarletti Mysteries, Vol II

I am happy to report that we presented a session at the Indiana Library Federation Annual Conference titled Letting the Monsters Out to Play: Collection Development and Readers Advisory in Horror Fiction. If anyone was looking for the handouts from the conference they are available at the The ILF Presentation page. We had a great crowd and had lots of fun.

In this update Bob Freeman reviews Byron Morrigan's military horror story The Desert and the Monster Librarian reviews Karen Koehler's The Blackburn & Scarletti Mysteries, Vol II both in the Horror Adventure section. Bret Jordan reviews Clive Barker's Mister B Gone in the adult Supernatural 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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New reviews for horror anthologies, a zombie title, a Cthulhu title, and a title for young adults

Bret Jordan reviews David Moody's zombie novel Autumn: The City in the adult zombie section and Andre Duza's Jesus Freaks in the Apocalyptic Horror section. The Angry Princess reviews John Reid's Punishment And Sacrifice in the adult human horror section. There is a review of Elder Sign Press's Hardboiled Cthulhu edited by James Ambuehl in the Cthulhu Mythos section for adults. There is a review for horror short story collections Horror Library Volume II edited by R.J. Cavender, Apple of My Eye by Amy Grech, and Confessions of a Ghoul and other stories by M.F. Korn. Finally, Francesca the Librarian reviews Laura Amy Schlitz's A Drowned Maiden’s Hair: A Melodrama in the supernatural section for young adults.
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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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6/15/07 Reviews of books with vampires, zombies, and cryptozoological monsters

Bret Jordan reviews D.L. Snell's zombie/vampire tale Roses of Blood on Barbwire in the Zombie section and the short story collection, Nobody from Dark Hart Press in the Something Different section. Rose Gordon reviews Poppy Z. Brite vampire book Lost Souls in the adult Vampire section. I review Jason Brannon's cryptozoological monster mash The Cage in the Killer Animal section. The Coming Horror Fiction Releases page has been updated with releases for July and August. There is a new horror book list, the Haunted House Fiction List, can be found in the Book Ends section. Finally, new author links have been added to the Links page.
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5/24/07 New horror fiction reviews for adults and young adults

Bret Jordan reviews Mark Leslie's One Hand Screaming in the something different section for adults. He also reviews the J. Robert King's Ravenloft werewolf book Heart of Midnight. In the adult supernatural section there is a review of Jason Brannon's Winds of Change. For those who like young adult vampire books there is a review of Julie Kenner's The Good Ghoul's Guide to Getting Even . There are new links for small press publishers a horror movie review site that have been added to the Links page. Finally, the Monstrous Music page has been renamed Monstrous Media with the addition of a link to a fun little zombie related library promotion video.
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4/15/07 New reviews, upcoming horror releases, and contest

Bret Jordan reviews Rio Youers's End Times in the adult Something Different. Havoc reviews X-Rated Blood Suckers by Mario Acevedo in the adult vampire section, Kimberly Raye's Dead and Dateless in the Horror Romance Section, and starts off with our first young adult graphic novel review with a look at Matsuri Hino's Vampire Knight, Volume 1. Finally, a review of horror podcasting site Pseudopod. Additional links have been added to the Link Page, and the Coming Horror Fiction Releases page hass been updated fiwth new releases for May and June. Finally, MonsterLibrarian is having its first contest, go to the Contests page to enter to win a copy of Vampire Dawn by Philip Henry.
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New reviews for adults, young adults, and kids

Bret Jordan reviews The Prison by Patrick Gates in the adult supernatural section. In addition, the horror/humor chapbook Right House on the Left by Steve Vernon, Mark McLaughlin, and L.L. Soares is reviewed in the something different section for adults. Christopher Pike's Slumber Party is reviewed for young adults human horror section. Finally, My Monster Mama Loves Me So by Laura Leuck is reviewed for kids.

Celebrate School Library Media Month !!!!

April is School Library Media Month which is sharing the same there as National Library Week.
Here are resources from The American Association of School Librarians(AASL):

This year's theme is Change your world @ your library(r)Get National Library Week resources athttp://www.ala.org/ala/pio/natlibraryweek/nlw.htm

Learn more about School Library Media Month at http://www.ala.org/aasl/slmmonth.html

Access all of AASL's advocacy resources fromhttp://www.ala.org/aaslTemplate.cfm?Section=aasladvocacy

Read about School Library Media Campaign @ your library athttp://www.ala.org/ala/pio/campaign/schoollibrary/schoollibrary.htm

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3/30/07 Reviews of Noir, Zombies, and Dracula vs. Grampa

This week Bret Jordan reviews Richard Matheson's Noir: Three Novels of Suspense. In addition, there are reviews for Permuted Press's latest zombie book Dying To Live by Kim Paffenroth. For those looking for a quick read the Monster Librarian reviews Angela Albee's Wedding Bells, Tortured Souls . A new scary book for kids review for Dracula vs. Grampa at the Monster Truck Spectacular authored and illustrated by Kirk Scroggs. There has been a small update on the Coming Horror Fiction Releases page and a small update for Monstrous Music in the Book Ends section.

In case you missed it The Road by Cormac McCarthy is one Oprah's latest reading picks. Click on the title to read Bret Jordan's take on the book

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3/15/07 New reviews and a new sighting

Bret Jordan reviews Angeline Hawkes's The Commandments and Steve Vernon's Nothing to Lose. Francesca the Librarian reviews Tom McCarthy's Remainder. The Monster Librarian reviews David Wellington's Monster Nation: A Zombie Novel. For kids The Monster Librarian also reviews L.M. Falcone's The Devil, the Banshee, and Me. Monster Librarian.com has shown up at Corsinet.com, check out Monstrous Sightings to see what they had to say. If you have any suggestion, comments, or concerns about the site or horror fiction please e-mail monsterlibrarian@monsterlibrarian.com.
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2/27/07 Reviews of horror fiction for adults, teen, and children.

Bret Jordan reviews John Saul's Creature and the Butcher Shop Quartet a collection of four tales of terror edited by Frank J. Hutton. Finally, Bret takes a look at Cthulhu Sex Magazine. Guest reviewer Havoc returns with a review of Something from the Nightside a horror themed adventure book by Simon R. Green. For those who like zombie fiction we take a look at Robert McCammon's The Night Boat. There is also a review of Christopher Golden's The Shell Collector. For teens there is a review of The Hand of the Devil by Dean Vincent Carter. Finally,for the 9-12 crowd there is a review of Horror at the Haunted House by Peg Kehret. Keep reading!
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2/9/07 Reviews for zombie title The Dead Shall Inherit the Earth , young adult vampires in Thicker than Water, and Darkness Wakes by Tim Waggoner

This week Bret Jordan reviews zombie book The Dead Shall Inherit the Earth by Vince Churchill. Review of young adult vampire book Thicker than Water by Carla Jablonski has been posted as well as one for Tim Waggoner's Darkness Wakes. Keep reading! ML
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2/2/07 Two Scary Books for Kids reviews, a review for The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff and Hater by David Moody

Francesca the Librarian reviews Scared Witless: Thirteen Eerie Tales to Tell by by Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss and The Boy of A Thousand Faces by Brian Selznick. Hater by David Moody is reviewed by Bret Jordan. Finally, a review for Alexandra Sokoloff's The Harrowing is also included in this weeks update. 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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12/27/06 New reviews posted: zombies, vampires, ghosts, and pop up books

In the end of year reviewfest we have reviews for Z A Recht's The Morningstar Strain: Plague of the Dead from Permuted Press in the adult zombie section. A Cemetery Dance Novella by Tom Piccirilli and Edward Gorman titled Cast in Dark Waters is reviewed in the adult vampire section. Harry Shannon's The Pressure of Darkness is reviewed in the adult Horror Adventure section. For the Young Adults there is a review in the Supernatural section for E. E. Richardson's The Intruders. For the 12 and younger crowd the fantastic pop up book Mommy?with art by Maurice Sendak, the scenario by Arthur Yorinks, and the paper engineering by Matthew Reinhart. Finally, Cemetery Dance magazine is reviewed in the horror periodical section. Keep reading! ML

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12/7/06 Reviews, Links, and a Horror Survival Guide

This week there are three new reviews and a few other additions. The first is for John Skipp's The Long Last Call published by Cemetery Dance Publications in the adult Supernatural section. The second is Alabaster by Caitlin Kiernan in the Horror Adventure section for adults. Young Adults have a review for The Book of Dead Days by Marcus Sedgwick in the young adult teen section. There ahve been additional links for librarian resources added to the Links page. Finally, the Shockline's Horror Survival Guide has been added to the Odds and Ends page, it was created sometime back from various authors it is a fun little read for fans of the horror genre. Sections of the site are undergoing a slight facelift which we hope to have compelted within the next week.

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12/01 New Reviews added

There is a review for The Wolving Time by Patrick Jennings by Francesca the Librarian posted in the Young Adult Werewolves section. Another young adult review has been posted for Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness by Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated by Gris Grimly. Finally, for the adults there is a review of Norman Partridge's Dark Harvest in the adult supernatural section. Additional links have been added for librarian resources.

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New Chapter for MonsterLibrarian.com

Updates for MonsterLibrarian.com will now appear in blog format. This will allow an RSS feed so that you can subscribe and see what is new at MonsterLibrarian.com. The old update page can still be found here. I would like to thank Jessamyn West from Librarian.net for the suggestion for using the blog. Bill Barnes from the Unshelved comic gave the ok to link to his Book Club strips. So, there is now a link of a Book Club strip to the review of Scott Westerfield's Peeps an excellent young adult vampire book. More reviews will be posted in the next few days. Please send and constructive comments or suggestions about the new update format to monsterlibrarian@monsterlibrarian.com

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