**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.** Lie or Die by A.J. Clack Firefly Press, 2024 ISBN-13 : 978-1915444417 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition (pre-order) Buy: Amazon.com Kass broke the friend code by kissing her BFF Thea’s ex. To prove she’s trustworthy, Thea insists they audition together for a new, livestreaming reality show based on their […]
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Midnight on Beacon Street by Emily Ruth Verona Harper Perennial, 2024 ISBN: 9780063330511 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook, audio CD Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com Midnight on Beacon Street has a fantastic first chapter, Seen through the eyes of six year old Ben, it starts just after midnight, and we immediately know something has gone terribly, violently, wrong. But there’s […]
**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.** The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Del Rey, 2022 ISBN-13 : 978-0593355336 Available:: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com This reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau takes place on the Yucután peninsula in 1871 against the backdrop of the Yucután Caste War. A hacendero, Joseph Lizdale, hires the adventurer Montgomery […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE LOST GIRLS BY SONIA HARTL
May 24, 2022**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Page Street Publishing, 2022 ISBN: 9781645673149 Available: Hardcover, e-book, audiobook ( Bookshop.org ) In this book, a group of young women who were turned by the same gaslighting vampire team up to take him down. Since 1987, Holly has been an eternal teenager, stuck with one of the era’s […]
Book Review: The Book of Living Secrets by Madeline Roux
March 15, 2022**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk. ** Quill Tree Press, 2022 ISBN-13 : 978-0062941428 Available: Preorder (available March 8) hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) So many readers wish they could enter the worlds of their favorite books. The Book of Living Secrets will make them think twice. Adelle and Connie have been best friends for […]
Book Review: Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent
April 28, 2021Red Wolf is a retelling of the classic Little Red Riding Hood fairytale by author of the Soul Screamers series Rachel Vincent. A perennial favorite of mine, I couldn’t help snatching it up when I saw the title on Netgalley. Adele lives with her mother and younger sister in a small village surrounded by a […]
***Cross posted from The Circulation Desk*** Her Life Matters: (Or Brooklyn Frankenstein) by Alessandro Manzetti and Stefano Cardoselli, art by Stefano Cardoselli Independent Legions Publishing, 2020 ISBN-13: 9788831959827 Available: Paperback ( Bookshop.org ) Dr. Jamaica Foxy, a brilliant scientist, creates Franky, an eight-foot tall gentle giant. Dr. Foxy teaches Franky life lessons, essentially raising him. Franky even calls her […]
***Cross Posted from The Circulation Desk*** Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pains of the Real Vampira by Sandra Niemi Feral House, 2021 ISBN-13: 9781627311007 Available: Paperback, Kindle ( Bookshop.com | Amazon.com ) Glamour Ghoul is the biography of the woman who was Vampira, Maila Nurmi, written by her niece, Sandra Niemi. Pieced together from diaries, notes, family stories, and an unexpected […]
***Cross Posted from The Circulation Desk*** 1000 Women in Horror, 1895-2018 by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas BearManor Media, 2020 ISBN-13: 9781629333861 Available: Hardcover, paperback ( Bookshop.org ) 1000 Women in Horror, 1895-2018 is a beautiful book that includes the stars and women behind the scenes who have molded the horror genre. Heller-Nicholas provides a global view of the “vast number of […]
***Cross Posted from The Circulation Desk*** The Science of Women in Horror: The Special Effects, Stunts, and True Stories Behind Your Favorite Fright Films by Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence Skyhorse Publishing, 2020 ISBN-13: 9781510751743 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition ( Bookshop.org) The Science of Women in Horror explores theories behind women’s roles in horror. The book is broken […]