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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5/24/07 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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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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