New review of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After

Posted on March 23, 2011 by admin

In our adult Zombie section Shelia Shedd reviews Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith.
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Review of Rachel Hawkins’ Demonglass

Posted on March 22, 2011 by admin

In our young adult Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance section Michele Lee reviews Rachel Hawkins’ Demonglass.

A quick note for visitors of MonsterLibrarian.com.  Novello Publishers latest release Sally Pinup from author TM Wright is still available from the Horror Mall.  The title is of a limited run of 150 copies.

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New reviews of horror titles for March

Posted on March 8, 2011 by admin

In this update we have:

In the adult Zombie section:

Michele Lee reviews Brains: A Zombie Memoir by Robin Becker and The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell.  Colleen Wanglund reviews The Weaponeer by Eric S. Brown.

In the adult Horror Anthologies section:

Colleen Wanglund reviews Rhymes of the Dead by Sheri Gambino. Bret Jordan reviews Shades of Blood and Shadow by Angeline Hawkes

In the adult Supernatural Horror section:

Colleen Wanglund reviews Shades of Green by Ian Woodhead.

In the adult Non-Fiction Horror section:

Michele Lee reviews The Anatomy of Evil by Dr. Michael Stone.

In the adult Graphic Novels section:

Colleen Wanglund reviews Dusk Vol 2. by David Doub.

In the young adult Supernatural Horror section:

Shelia Shedd reviews The Waking: Dreams of the Dead by Thomas Randall

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New reviews and an interview with Alexander Gordon Smith

Posted on March 2, 2011 by admin

This is part one of a large update with lots of reviews and an interview with Alexander Gordon Smith, author of the Escape From Furnace series.

In the adult zombie horror section:

Erik Smith reviews Dead Beat by Remy Porter and Shelia Shedd reviews The Great Richmond Zombie Book.

In the adult Supernatural Horror section:

Kelly Fann reviews Valley of the Scarecrow by Gord Rollo and does a take two review of By Wizard Oak by Peter Crowther.  Colleen Wanglund reviews The Samhanach by Lisa Morton.

In the Urban Fantasy/Horror Adventure section:

Erik Smith reviews Bob Freeman’s Descendant.

In the Horror Anthologies and Collected Works section:

Erik Smith reviews Little Things by John R. Little and Sick Things: An Anthology of Extreme Creature Horror edited by Cheryl Mullenax.

In our adult Human Horror section:

Erik Smith reviews Duncan’s Diary: Birth of a Serial Killer by Christopher C. Payne.

In our young adult Vampires section:

Kelly Fann reviews Immortal: Love Stories with Bite and Eternal: More Love Stories with Bite both edited by P.C. Cast.

Finally, Wendy Zazo-Phillips interviews Alexander Gordon Smith author of the young adult  Escape From Furnace series.

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Happy Valentines Day

Posted on February 15, 2011 by admin

Happy Valentines Day!   We offer up our second annual Valentines Day reading suggestions here.

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Melissa de la Cruz guest post and two new reviews

Posted on January 27, 2011 by admin

Y/A author Melissa de la Cruz offers up a guest post titled “I Heart Libraries” in the Musings of the Monster Librarian blog.

The Monster Librarian reviews Bloody Valentine in the young adult vampire section and Mandrake by Oliver Sherry in the adult Supernatural section.

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Review of Y/A titles Lockdown: Escape from the Furnace and Solitary: Escape from the Furnace 2, and Invasion by J.S. Lewis

Posted on January 24, 2011 by admin

For this mini update in our Y/A Human Horrors section:

W.E. Zazo-Phillips reviews Lockdown: Escape from the Furnace and the sequel Solitary: Escape from the Furnace 2 by Alexander Gordon Smith.   Jennifer Lawrence reviews Invasion by J.S. Lewis.

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Our 5th Anniversary with new reviews and an interview with Tim Curran

Posted on January 23, 2011 by admin

With this update MonsterLibrarian.com celebrates our 5th Anniversary.

I would like to thank our staff of Bob Freeman, Bret Jordan, Michele Lee, Rhonda Wilson, Erik Smith, KDP, Jennifer Lawrence, Stacey Wilson, Kakari, Jim Cobb, Jamie Blackman, David Agranoff, Colleen Wanglund, W.E. Zazo-Phillips, Darkeva, Cherylynne Bago,  Kelly Fann, Mason Fann and Rhonda Walton for all of their hard work.  They are a fantastic group of people to work with and have done wonders for the site. A special thank you for talented artist Darleen Wanglund for making our site mascot Horatio come to life as part of our seasonal review projects.

I also would like to thank Nanci Kalanta of HorrorWorld,  Dave Silva of Hellnotes, and Nick Cato of Horror Fiction Review,  for participating in our seasonal horror review projects.

We are pleased to present the following reviews:

In the adult Horror Anthologies section:

The MonsterLibrarian reviews It’s For You by Keith Minnion.  Colleen Wanglund reviews Vicious Romantic by Wrath James White, The Mad and the Macabre by Jeff Strand and Michael McBride, and What Tangled Webs by Dan Dillard.

In the adult Zombies section:

Michele Lee reviews How to Speak Zombie: A Guide for the Living by Steve Mockus and The New Dead edited by Christopher Golden.  Collen Wanglund reviews Highway to Hell by Armand Rosamilia.

In the adult Paranormal Romance section:

Michele Lee reviews Divine by Mistake by P.C. Cast

In the adult Vampires section:

Colleen Wanglund reviews Hard Boiled Vampire Killers by Jim Gavin and Halocline by John G. Rees.  W.E. Zazo-Phillips reviews Dracula in Love by Karen Essex.

In the adult Killer Animals section:

W.E. Zazo-Phillips reviews Wormfood by Jeff Jacobson.

In the adult Supernatural Horror section:

The MonsterLibrarian reviews By Wizard Oak by Peter Crowther

In the young adult Zombie section:

Michele Lee reviews I Kissed A Zombie and I Liked It by Adam Selzer

In addition, Colleen Wanglund interviews author Tim Curran.

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Winter Chills! Reviews and more

Posted on January 3, 2011 by admin

Welcome to our third annual Winter Chills! book review project.

“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.

Collaborating review sites include: Horrorworld.org,  Hellnotes.com, Horror Fiction Review, and MonsterLibrarian.com.

As part of the project we offer the following reviews;
In the adult Zombies section:

The Monster Librarian reviews Undead by John Russo and Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller by Ben Tripp.  Colleen Wanglund reviews A Zombie Apocalypse by Keith Adam Luethke and The Official Zombie Handbook by Sean T. Page.

In the adult Horror Anthologies section:

Colleen Wanglund reviews Nocturnal Emissions by Jeffery Thomas and The Blackness Within: Stories of the Pagan God Moccus edited by Gill Ainsworth.  Wendy Zazo-Phillips reviews Mischief Night by Paul Melniczek.

In the adult Supernatural Horror section:

Colleen Wanglund reviews Behind the Stained Glass by Keith Gouveia.

In the young adult Paranromal Romance/Urban Fantasy section:

Darkeva reviews Jenny Pox by J.L. Bryan.

In the young adult Dark Fantasy section:

Bret Jordan reviews Stone of Tymora: The Sentinels by Geno and R.A. Salvatore.

In the Scary Books for Children section:

Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Zombiekins by Kevin Bolger, Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Enter if You Dare!, and Dragonbreath, Dragonbreath: Attack of the Ninja Frogs, and Dragonbreath: Night of the Were-Weiner by Ursula Vernon. Bret Jordan reviews Aldwyns Academy by Nathan Meyer.

As part of our Winter Chills! program we are having a giveaway contest for three zombie anthologies (The Undead: Zombie Anthology, The Undead Vol 3:Flesh Feast, and History is Dead).  To enter just head on over to our Musings of the Monster Librarian page and share with us your favorite zombie moment whether it is from book, movie, or videogame.

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We forgot to add…

Posted on December 10, 2010 by admin

Erik Smith reviews How To Eat Fried Furries: A Flying Circus by Nicole Cushing in our Bizarro section.

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A Truly Graphic (Novel) Update

Posted on December 7, 2010 by admin

In this update

In our adult graphic novel section :

Colleen Wanglund reviews The Green Woman by Peter Straub and Michael Easton, The Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman, A Sickness in the Family by Denise Mina,  North 40 TBD from Aaron Williams, Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer and the Great Puppet Theater by Van Jensen, and Stiletto Red by John B. Lai.

In our adult Human Horror section:

Colleen Wanglund reviews Breaking Eggs by Kurt Newton and L.L. Soares.

In the adult Supernatural section:

Kelly Fann reviews Merkabah Rider: Tales of the High Plains Drifter and Merkabah Rider: The Mensch with No Name by Edward M. Erdelac and Ouroboros by Michael Kelly and Carol Weeks.  Jennifer Lawrence reviews The Dead Path by Stephen M. Irwin and The Faithful by Jonathan Weyer.

In the adult Apocalyptic Horror section:

Colleen Wanglund reviews Biohazard by Tim Curran.

In the adult Thrillers section:

Mason Fan reviews The Moses Expedition by Juan Gomez-Jurado.

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November update

Posted on November 18, 2010 by admin

In this update we have a number of reviews of adult and teen horror titles and interviews with authors Kevin Lucia and Jennifer Cruise.

For reviews in the adult horror anthology section:

Colleen Wanglund reviewing Fungus of the Heart by Jeremy C. Shipp.

In the adult graphic novels section:

Colleen Wanglund reviews Harbor Moon written by Ryan Colucci and Harpe: America’s First Serial Killers by Chad Kinkle.

In the adult Human Horrors section:

Erik Smith reviews Foodchain by Jeff Jacobson and W.E. Zazo-Phillips reviews A Congregation of Jackals by Craig Zahler.

In adult Zombie section:

Erik Smith  reviews Comes the Dark by Patrick D’Orazio and Collen Wanglund reviews Season of Death by Eric S. Brown.

In the adult Urban Fantasy section

Erik Smith reviews Hiram Grange and the Chosen One by Kevin Lucia.  Erik also interviews Kevin here.

In the adult Supernatural Horror section:

Rhonda Walton reviews Sherlock Holmes: The Impossible Cases by Daniel McGachey and Erik Smith takes a second look at The Fall of Hades by Jeffery Thomas.
We are starting a new section for interactive e-books with our first title reviewed Dracula: The Official Stoker Family Edition by PadWorxs Digital Media.

In the young adult Supernatural horror section:

Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Three Quarters Dead by Richard Peck.

In the young adult Zombie section:

The Monster Librarian reviews Generation Dead: Passing Strange by Daniel Waters.

Finally in the Scary Books for Kids section:

The Monster Librarian reviews Xtreme Monsters: Zombies by S.L. Hamilton.

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Our Final Update for October

Posted on October 26, 2010 by admin

In this our final Halloween Horrors! update we have:

In the adult Horror Anthologies and Collected Works section:

Colleen Wanglund reviews In Sickness: Stories from a Very Dark Place by L.L. Soares and Laura Cooney.

In the adult Horror Graphic Novels and Comics section

Colleen Wanglund reviews Z-Girl and the Four Tigers by Jeff Marsick and Morgue by Amit Chauhan.

In the adult Supernatural section:

Kirsten Kowalewski reviews Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie and Colleen Wanglund reviews Demons Among Us by W.E. Zazo-Phillips.

In the adult Zombie section:

Colleen Wanglund reviews Faith and the Undead by Benjamin Rogers and Michele Lee reviews The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead by Scott Kenemore and So Now You’re a Zombie: A Handbook for the Newly Undead by John Austin.

In the adult Thrillers section:

Mason  Fann reviews John Connolly’s The Whisperers.

In the adult Werewolves section:

Rhonda Walton reviews The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Werewolf Anthology edited by Andrew Barger.

Happy Halloween!

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Teen Read Week and more Halloween Horror Reviews

Posted on October 19, 2010 by admin

We are celebrating ALA’s Teen Read Week with our own take on theme “Books with Beat”.

As part of our Halloween Horrors project we have the following additional reviews for October.

In our adult Horror Anthologies section

Kelly Fann reviews Dark Matters by Bruce Boston and Quill & Candle by Scott Thomas.

In the adult Horror Adventure/Urban Fantasy section

Colleen Wanglund reviews Desperate Souls by Gregory Lamberson.

In the adult Vampire section

The MonsterLibrarian reviews The Strain and The Fall by Chuck Hogan and Guillermo Del Toro.  Colleen Wanglund reviews Vampyrnomicon: Vamprie Hunters Book 2 by Scott M. Baker.

In the adult Thrillers section:

Mason Fann reviews Vermillion Drift by William Kent Krueger

In the adult Graphic Novels section:

The Monster Librarian reviews American Vampire TPB by Stephen King and Scott Snyder.

In the young adult Something Different section:

Cherylynne W. Bago reviews The Man on Mystery Hill by Tracy L. Carbone and A Scaly Tale by Ripley’s Believe It or Not!.

In the young adult Supernatural section:

Kelly Fann reviews A Girl, A Ghost, and the HollyWood Hills by Lizabeth Zindel and The Evil Within: A Possessions Novel by Nancy Holder

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More reviews

Posted on October 5, 2010 by admin

In this update Kelly Fann reviews The Book of Elsewhere Volume !: The Shadows by Jacqueline West and Benjamin Franklinstein Lives by Matthew McEillgot and Larry Tuxbury in our Scary Books for Kids section.  She also reviews Voices from Punktown by Jeffery Thomas and Red Sails by Edward M. Erdelac in the adults section.

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