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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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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2/1/10 Winter Chills book review project 2010!

"Winter Chills" is a collaborative effort to give readers of horror fiction a virtual guide to horror titles for your winter reading.

For librarians, “Winter Chills” is an opportunity to get reviews and information you need to recommend appropriate titles for readers and make informed decisions about collection development. In addition to providing reviews of horror titles you might be interested in adding to your collection, “Winter Chills” highlights participating horror fiction review sites that cover both small press and mainstream horror. This year participating sites include Hellnotes, Horrorworld, and Horror Fiction Review. Come visit our Winter Chill's home page!

As part of Winter Chills we are reviewing:

In the adult Zombie section:
Erik Smith reviews Dead Tide by Stephen A North
Rhonda Wilson reviews Zombie Bastard by Jerrod Balzer.

Michele Lee interviews zombie author Eric S Brown.

In the adult Killer Animals section:
Jim Cobb reviews Clickers by J.F. Gonzalez and Mark Williams

In the adult Human Horror section:
Colleen Wanglund reviews The One-Percenters by John Podgursky

In the adult Supernatural and Occult horror section
Rhonda Wilson reviews Gord Rollo's Strange Magic,
Michele Lee reviews The Haunting of Sam Cabot by Mark Edward Hall,
Erik Smith reviews Stronger than Death by Steven L. Shrewsbury.

Jennifer Lawrence reviews Blind Panic by Graham Masterson.

In the adult Horror Anthologies section:
Colleen Wanglund reviews Thomas Ligotti's Teatro Grottesco

In the adult Graphic Novel section:
The Monster Librarian reviews Blackest Night by Geoff Johns

In the adult Bizarro section:
Rhonda Wilson reviews Gina Ranalli's Swarm of Flying Eyeballs, Rotten Little Animals by Kevin Shamel, and Piecemeal June by Jordan Krall.

In the young adult Vampires section:
Stacey L. Wilson reviews The Vampire Kitty-Car Chronicles by Ray Rhamey

In the young adult Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy section

Jennifer Lawrence reviews Intertwined by Gena Showalter
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Michele Lee reviews Elphame's Choice by P.C. Cast

We are also hosting a giveaway contest for HarlequinTeen's latest release The Iron King in our Contest page

In the Scary Books for Kids section:
Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Fear this Book: Your Guide to Fright, Horror, and Things that Go Bump in the Night by Jeff Szpirgla

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