12/16/08 New reviews and an interview with Melissa de la Cruz

Happy Holidays from all of us at MonsterLibrarian.com!

In this update, Michele Lee reviews Suzy McKee Charnas's The Vampire Tapestry in the adult Vampire section and Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by James and Deborah Howe in the Scary Books for Kids section. The Monster Librarian reviews David Wellington's Vampire Zero: A Gruesome Vampire Tale in the adult Vampire section, Hard Way Studios' Morbid Myths in the young adult Graphic Novel section, Kim Paffenroth's Dying to Live: Life Sentence in the adult Zombie section. Bret Jordan reviews Horror Library Volume III edited by R.J. Cavender. K.D. Payne reviews Ben Larken's Pit-Stop in the adult Supernatural section. Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Tonya Hurley's ghostgirl in the young adult Supernatural section.

In addition, we have an interview with Melissa de la Cruz, author of the young adult vampires series Blue Bloods!

In January, please visit us for our first winter horror review project titled Winter Chills, where we will be reviewing books that will be having you shiver with fear with other horror review sites!

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8/19/08 New reviews, a new horror ficiton list, and a little remodeling

In this update:
Bret Jordan reviews Simon Clark's Vampyrrhic and Vampyrrhic Rites in the adult Vampire section. Bret also reviews Whitney Lakin's Mutiny in Heaven in the adult Supernatural section. The Angry Princess reviews Charles Matthew Saur's Deus ex Machina Logos in the adult Supernatural section. Bob Freeman reviews Lydia Roberson's Fright House in the Anthologies and Collected Works section. The Horror Master reviews Scott Smith's The Ruins in the adult Killer Animal section.The Monster Librarian reviews A.M. Jenkins' Night Road in the young adult Vampire section.

We have added a Polar/Winter Horror Fiction List in our Horror Fiction Lists by Theme/Setting section which is found in our newly reformatted Book Ends section.

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5/7/08 Reviews of Vampire, Werewolf, and Zombie titles.

David Agranoff reviews Paul Cave's Cold Light of Day in the adult Vampire section. Michele Lee reviews Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Lost Prince in the adult Werewolf section. Bret Jordan reviews Andrzej Sapkowski's The Last Wish in the adult Horror Adventure section. The Monster Librarian reviews David Dunwoody's Empire in the adult zombie section. Finally, there is a review of Walter G. Klimczak's The Oak Hotel: The Chronicles of Burnam Tau’roh: Book One in the young adult dark fantasy section. We have updated the Coming Horror Fiction Releases page for June and July.
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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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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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2/15/08 Young Adult Horror Reviews

It is the great young adult update! Teen vampire book Uninvited by Amanda Marrone is reviewed in the young adult Vampire section. Weregirls: Birth of the Pack by Petru Popescu is reviewed in the young adult Supernatural Section. Raptor by Paul Zindel is reviewed by Robert Kent in our new young adult Killer Animal section. Finally, in our Scary Book for Kids section has a review of Everything I Know about Monsters by Tom Lichtenheld.
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New Year, New Reviews

Happy New Year from all of us at MonsterLibrarian.com! To kick off the New Year, Bret Jordan reviews Last Dragon by J.M. McDermott in the Something Different Section for adults. There is a review of City Slab magazine in the Horror Periodicals section. Dennis Latham's Michael In Hell is reviewed in the adult Human Horror section. Finally, for the fans of young adult vampire titles there is a review of Marked: House of Night by P.C. and Kristen Cast in the young adult vampire section. The Coming Horror Fiction Releases has been started for 2008 and will be updated as new releases are announced. We are pleased to offer an introduction to Splatterpunk by John Skipp in the Splatterpunk 101 page found in the Book Ends section. We have selected MonsterLibrarian.com's Top Picks for 2007 for adult, young adults, and children's titles.
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10/15/07 New reviews and Teen Read Week

This week is American Library Association's Teen Read Week sponsored by Mirrorstone Books. The Teen Read Week logo on both the Main Page and on the young adult page will take you to the Teen Read Week page.

This week Bret Jordan reviews Yasuyuki Kasai's WWII killer animal book Dragon of the Mangroves. Bob Freeman reviews Anne Frasier's vampire novel Pale Immortal and the sequel Garden of Darkness and the Monster Librarian reviews Philip Henry's Vampire Twilight in the adult vampire section. David Agranoff reviews M. F. Korn's Confessions of a Ghoul and other stories, Bradley Sands's It Came from Below the Belt, and John Edward Lawson's The Troublesome Amputee: Collected Poetry in the adult Bizzaro section. There is a review of upcoming children's fantasy novel Red Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham in the Scary Books for Kids section. We are extending our Contests deadline until October 31st, so stop on by and check out the latest contests.
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9/19/07 New reviews of a zombie book, a new Cthulhu title, and y/a vampire titles

In this update, Bret Jordan reviews Gregory Solis's zombie tale Rise and Walk in the adult Zombie section. Bob Freeman reviews Fireworks by James A. Moore in the adult Human Horror section. David Agranoff reviews Chemical Gardens by Gina Ranalli in the new adult Bizarro fiction section. The Monster Librarian reviews High Seas Cthulhu edited by William Jones in the adult Cthulhu Mythos section. A review was sent in for The Grandmaster by Peter A Balaskas from Stella in the Human Horror section. Havoc reviews by Rags and Old Iron by Lorelie Shannon in the Human Horror section. Havoc also reviews two young adult vampire books Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires by Rachel Caine and Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer. The Coming Horror Fiction Releases page has been updated for September and October. Remember to check out our Contests page for the latest contests.
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9/3/07 Reviews for adults, y/a, children, contests, and more

I want to welcome two new reviewers, Bob Freeman and David Agranoff, to the staff of MonsterLibrarian.com. We are excited to have them join us. In this update, Bob Freeman reviews Elder Signs Press's periodical Dark Wisdom edited by William Jones in the Horror Magazine section. The Angry Princess reviews Zoe Whitten's The Lesser Of Two Evils in the adult Human Horror section. The Monster Librarian reviews Midlisters by Kealan Patrick Burke also in the human horror section. There is a review for Eric S Brown's zombie chapbook Zombies II;Inhuman in the zombie section. For those who like young adult vampire fiction there is a review of Melissa de la Cruz's follow up to Blue Bloods, Masquerade. For the children The Monster Librarian reviews Mirrorstone Book's A Practical Guide to Monsters by Nina Hess. In the Monster Librarian's Spotlight we focus on book trailers. For the next two months we are running a few Contests, including one surrounding David Morrell's Scavengers and art contests for both children and adults. Finally, there have been new entries added to the World War II Horror fiction list and an update on Rio Youer's End Times.
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8/21/07 New reviews of vampire fiction for young adults, vampire fiction for adults, and zombie fiction for adults.

In this update, Francesca the Librarian reviews Liza Conrad 's teen vampire book High School Bites and staying with the young adult vampire theme The Monster Librarian reviews Alex Duval's Vampires Beach: Rituals , the reviews are in the young adult vampire section. The Monster Librarian reviews Brian Keene's latest zombie book Dead Sea. Bob Freeman reviews Michael Smolanoff's vampire book The Oval Portrait and David Morrell's thriller Scavenger. Finally, Bret Jordan reviews Terry Brooks apocalyptic fantasy book Armageddon’s Children. A new link has been added to the Young Adult Fiction Resources section of the Links page. I also wanted to let everyone know that our own Bret Jordan has an online serial titled Plague at Graveside Tales that I encourage you to check out here.
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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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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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5/10/07 New reviews for adults and young adults and links

Kate-Lynn Williams reviews Cate Tiernan's Book of Shadows and Coven the first two books in the Sweeps series in the young adult supernatural section. Patricia reviews Zoe Stead's The Amulet of Vichalace in the adult vampire section. For those who enjoy killer animal books there is a review of Brian Keene and J.F. Gonzalez's Clickers 2: The Next Wave. There is also a review of the chapbook Screams from a Dying World by David Arganoff in the adult something different section. There was an addition to the list of World War I and II horror related books and link to book reviews have been added. New links to small presses have been added to the Links page. There have been new sightings of MonsterLibrarian.com on the web which has been added to the Monstrous Sightings page. MonsterLibrarian.com even appeared in American Libraries Direct, a newsletter for librarians. A reminder that there are five days left in our Vampire Dawn contest found on the Contests page. For those you visit MySpace there is a MonsterLibrarian Myspace Page stop by for a visit.

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5/1/07 Review of Bloodline for young adults and Scary Books for Kids

This week brings a review of young adult vampire book Bloodlines by Kate Cary. In the Scary Books for Kids section there is a review of Grampa's Zombie BBQ by Kirk Scroggs, Judy Sierra's Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly Pie, and Cheryl Harness's Midnight in the Cemetery: A Spooky Search-and-Find Alphabet .

Remember we are running the Vampire Dawn contest until May 15th go to the Contests page to enter!
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3/23/07 New reviews

Bret Jordan reviews Love Bites by James Newman and Donn Gash and Sole Survivor by Dean R. Koontz. There is also a review of Philip Henry's Vampire Dawn in the adult vampire section, which also now sports links to additional online vampire fiction resources The Online Vampire Bibliography and Patricia's Vampire Notes. There has been additional link added to the Online Horror Fiction section of the Links page.

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3/26/07 P.S. The links to this weeks reviews have been fixed.

2/6/07 Reviews of The Road, Vamped, and Cirque Du Freak, new Monster Librarian image by Bret Jordan, and updated Coming Horror Fiction Release

Bret Jordan reviews The Road By Cormac McCarthy for adults in the Apocalyptic Horror section. There is a review of Vamped by David Sosnowski and for the young adults a review of Cirque Du Freak. Bret Jordan did a fantastic job of drawing an image of the Monster Librarian that can be found on the left hand frame of the frames version of the site. Finally, there has been an update to the Coming Horror Fiction Releases with additional entries for March and April.
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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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1/25/07 Another zombie review, a first look at Y/A vampire novel Tantalize, and Philip Henry's Mind's Eye

A little bit of cosmetic upgrade on the site today, so minor you might not even notice it. This week Bret Jordan reviews J.L Bourne's Day by Day Armageddon for zombie book readers. In addition, for those interested in the shuffling dead, I provided a link to a great zombie article written by author Shannon Riley on the zombie page. I provide a review of Candlewick's much anticipate vampire release by Cynthia Leitich Smith titled Tantalize. Finally, a review of Philip Henry's Mind's Eye in the supernatural section for adults. In the Book Ends section I added an Ask the Monster Librarian page for all those with horror fiction questions (including collection development and readers advisory). Finally, also in Book Ends there is the World War I and II Horror Fiction List which has horror titles with ties to either World War I or World War II. Keep reading! ML
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