<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:46:19 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Monster Librarian</title><description>MonsterLibrarian.com is a site dedicated to helping librarians with horror genre collection development and readers advisory as well as helping readers of horror find another good book.  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Fuchs' &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#Axiom-Man:_The_Dead_Land_by_A.P._Fuchs" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Axiom-Man: The Dead Land&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/a&gt;and The Monster Librarian reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#Bits_of_the_Dead_edited_by_Keith_Gouveia" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Bits of the Dead &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;by Keith &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Gouveia&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#Xombie:_Dead_on_Arrival_by_James_Farr" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Xombie&lt;/span&gt; : Dead on Arrival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by James Far in the adult Zombie Section&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michele Lee reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#The_Beast_Within,_edited_by_Matt_Hults" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Beast Within&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/a&gt;edited by Matt &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Hults&lt;/span&gt; and The Monster Librarian also reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Master_of_the_Moors_by_Kealan_Patrick_Burke_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Master of the Moore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Kealan&lt;/span&gt; Patrick Burke in the adult Werewolf Section. Bob Freeman reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/anthologies.htm#...The_Dead_Will_Inherit_The_Earth..._by_Thom_Olausson" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Dead Will Inherit The Earth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Thom &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Olausson&lt;/span&gt; in the adult Horror Anthologies and Collected Works section.  The Monster Librarian also reviews Steve Vernon's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horroradventure.htm#Gypsy_Blood_by_Steve_Vernon_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Gypsy Blood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Horror Adventure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For librarians, Francesca the Librarian and I have put together a guide for &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/bookswithbite.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Books with Bite- Teen Reed Week, 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;which is October 12&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;-18&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;. Books with Bite is the theme for this years Young Adult Library Services Association's Teen Read Week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/09/9108-books-with-werewolves-and-zombies.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-4124800832121129373</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-19T10:17:49.443-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>young adult fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>vampire fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>teen vampire books</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>reader's advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarian</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>libraries</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>8/19/08 New reviews, a new horror ficiton list, and a little remodeling</title><description>In this update:&lt;br /&gt;Bret Jordan reviews Simon Clark's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampires.htm#Vampyrrhic_by_Simon_Clark" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Vampyrrhic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampires.htm#Vampyrrhic_Rites_by_Simon_Clark" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Vampyrrhic&lt;/span&gt; Rites&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Vampire section. Bret also reviews Whitney &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Lakin's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#Mutiny_in_Heaven_by_Whitney_Lakin" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Mutiny in Heaven&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Supernatural section. The Angry Princess reviews Charles Matthew &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Saur's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#Deus_ex_Machina_Logos_by_Charles_Matthew_Sauer" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Deus&lt;/span&gt; ex &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Machina&lt;/span&gt; Logos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Supernatural section.  Bob Freeman reviews Lydia Roberson's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/anthologies.htm#Fright_House_by_Lydia_Roberson" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Fright House&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the Anthologies and Collected Works section.  The Horror Master reviews Scott Smith's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/killeranimals.htm#The_Ruins_by_Scott_Smith" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;The Ruins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Killer Animal section.The Monster Librarian reviews A.M. Jenkins' &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampiresya.htm#Night_Road_by_A.M._Jenkins_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Night Road&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the young adult Vampire section.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have added a &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/PolarHorror.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Polar/Winter Horror Fiction List&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in our &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/Lists.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Horror Fiction Lists by Theme/Setting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; section which is found in our newly reformatted &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/miscstuff.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Book Ends&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; section.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/08/81908-new-reviews-new-horror-ficiton.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-4022481762526975717</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-01T21:38:57.414-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Werewolves</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarians</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>young adult fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>werewolf fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>reader's advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>libraries</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>graphic novel reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>8/1/08 New reviews, interviews, and more.</title><description>In this update we send off Werewolf Month with two additional adult werewolf reviews. Bob Freeman reviews &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Nic&lt;/span&gt; Brown's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Blood_Curse_/_Werewolf_for_Hire_Book_One_by_Nic_Brown" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Blood Curse / Werewolf for Hire Book One&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and Michele Lee reviews Nancy Collins' &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Wild_Blood_by_Nancy_A._Collins" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Wild Blood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  The Monster Librarian reviews Neal &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Shusterman's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/werewolvesya.htm#Red_Riders_Hood_by_Neal_Shusterman_"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Red Rider’s Hood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;young&lt;/span&gt; adult Werewolf section.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For our non-werewolf reviews Bret Jordan reviews Adele Hartley's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/anthologies.htm#Read_by_Dawn_III,_edited_by_Adelle_Hartley" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Read by Dawn 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and&lt;br /&gt;M.F. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Korn's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/anthologies.htm#Aliens,_Minibikes_and_Other_Staples_of_Suburbia_by_MF_Korn" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Aliens, Minibikes and Other Staples of Suburbia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/a&gt;, and David &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Agranoff&lt;/span&gt;  reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/anthologies.htm#Dark_Distortions_edited_by_Molly_Fesse_and_C.D._Allen"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Dark Distortions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;edited by Molly &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Fesse&lt;/span&gt; and C.D. Allen in the Adult Horror Anthologies section.  The Monster Librarian reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampiresya.htm#Life_Sucks_by_Jessica_Abel,_Gabe_Soria,_and_Warren_Pleece"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Life Sucks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Jessica Abel, Gabe &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Soria&lt;/span&gt;, and Warren &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Pleece&lt;/span&gt; in the young adult Vampire and Graphic Novel sections.  The &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/comingtrial.htm" target="main"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Coming Horror Fiction Releases&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  page has been updated for August and September.   Rio &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Youers&lt;/span&gt;, author of &lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Everdead&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/em&gt;is interviewed by Bret Jordan in our &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/interviews.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Author Interviews &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;section. &lt;br /&gt;Keep Reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/08/8108-new-reviews-interviews-and-more.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-8614226890791529540</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-17T22:18:13.400-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Werewolves</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarians</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>library</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>werewolf fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>reader's advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>Werewolf Month continues!</title><description>Michele Lee reviews Jim Butcher's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Fool_Moon_by_Jim_Butcher" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Fool Moon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and Laurell K. Hamilton's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#The_Lunatic_Cafe_by_Laurell_K._Hamilton" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Lunatic Café&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Blue_Moon_by_Laurell_K._Hamilton_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Blue Moon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; all in the adult Werewolf section. We are running a new &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/Contests.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;contest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; we are giving away a copy of Ray Garton's Ravenous. Our Links page has been update with more sites!&lt;br /&gt;Keep Reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/07/werewolf-month-continues.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-2044633499804820896</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-04T22:10:44.561-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Werewolves</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarians</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>library</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>werewolf fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>reader's advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>More reviews for Werewolf Month</title><description>We have added four more reviews for Werewolf Month.   Bob Freeman reviews William D. Carl &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Bestial:_Werewolf_Apocalypse_by_William_D._Carl" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Bestial: Werewolf Apocalypse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  The Monster Librarian reviews Ray Garton's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Ravenous_by_Ray_Garton" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Ravenous&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  Michele Lee reviews Rachel Vincent's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Stray_by_Rachel_Vincent" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Stray&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Rogue_by_Rachel_Vincent" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Rogue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  All in the adult Werewolf section.&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/07/more-reviews-for-werewolf-month.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-5104139007274766948</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-01T21:18:12.405-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Werewolves</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarians</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>library</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>werewolf fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>reader's advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>7/1/08 July is Werewolf Month! Interviews, reviews, and a story!</title><description>We have all sorts of wonderful furry treats for you this month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, Bob Freeman &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/interviews.htm#An_Interview_with_Steven_E._Wedel_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;interview&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;s Steven E. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Wedel&lt;/span&gt; author of the The Werewolf Saga. His latest werewolf title &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ulrik&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has hit the stores now and we have a review for it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We also have a first for Monster Librarian, a werewolf short story titled &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/stories.htm#Seeing_Red:_A_Twisted_Fairy_Tale" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Seeing Red: A Twisted Fairy Tale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by our own Bob Freeman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are expanding our section of werewolf reviews and will have more posted throughout the month. We will be including other &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;lycanthrope&lt;/span&gt; related books as well as titles that are werewolf related but not strictly horror.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bob Freeman reviews Steven &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Wedel's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Ulrik_by_Steven_E._Wedel" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Ulrik&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bret Jordan reviews J. F. Gonzalez's &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Shapeshifter_By_J.F._Gonzalez" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Shapeshifter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michele Lee reviews Toby Barlow's &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Sharp_Teeth_by_Toby_Barlow" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Sharp Teeth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Bob Freeman's &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Keepers_of_the_Dead_by_Bob_Freeman" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Keepers of the Dead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and&lt;br /&gt;Denise Vitola's &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Quantum_Moon_by_Denise_Vitola" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Quantum Moon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Opalite_Moon_by_Denise_Vitola" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Opalite Moon &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Manjinn_Moon_by_Denise_Vitola" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Manjinn Moon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A special thanks to Bob Freeman, Michele Lee, and Bret Jordan for their help with art, reviews, and for the story this month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/07/july-is-werewolf-month-at.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-8271180947835614013</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-24T15:06:40.268-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>teen vampire books</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>reader's advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>6/23/08 Reviews of a  Killer Animal title, a Young Adult Vampire Book, and Horror Non-Fiction</title><description>In this update Bret Jordan reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#Through_A_Glass,_Darkly_by_Bill_Hussey" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Through A Glass, Darkly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Bill &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Hussey&lt;/span&gt; in the adult Supernatural Section and &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horroradventure.htm#The_Chronicles_of_the_Planeswalkers_Part_I:_Alliances_by_B.T._Robertson" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Chronicles of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Planeswalkers&lt;/span&gt; Part I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by B.T. Robertson in the adult Horror Adventure/Fantasy section. Francesca the Librarian reviews Matthew Warner's&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/nonfiction.htm#Horror_Is_Not_a_Four_Letter_Word:_Essays_on_Writing_and_Appreciating_the_Genre_by_Matthew_Warner" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Horror Isn't A 4-Letter Word&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/nonfiction.htm#Horror_Is_Not_a_Four_Letter_Word:_Essays_on_Writing_and_Appreciating_the_Genre_by_Matthew_Warner" target="_self"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;in the Horror Non-Fiction section. The Monster Librarian reviews Nancy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Kress's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/killeranimals.htm#Dogs_by_Nancy_Kress" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Dogs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Killer Animal section and the young adult vampire book&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampiresya.htm#Sucks_to_Be_Me_:_The_All-True_Confessions_of_Mina_Hamilton,_Teen_Vampire_(maybe)_by_Kimberly_Pauley" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Sucks to Be Me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Kimberly &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Pauley&lt;/span&gt; in our Y/A Vampire section.&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/06/62308-reviews-of-killer-animal-title.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-7085601277953801584</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-06-04T22:20:39.643-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>zombie fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>reader's advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>children's book reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>H.P. Lovecraft</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>6/4/08 Reviews, Lovecraft Collection Development Guide, and an Author Interview</title><description>In this update Bret Jordan reviews Joseph &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;D'Lacey's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/slashers.htm#Meat_by_Joseph_DLacey" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Meat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the Human Horror section. David &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Agranoff&lt;/span&gt; reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#The_Haunted_Forest_Tour_by_James_A._Moore_and_Jeff_Strand" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Haunted Forest Tour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by James A. Moore and Jeff Strand in the adult Supernatural section. Bob Freeman reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/nonfiction.htm#Shadows_Over_New_England_by_David_Goudsward_and_Scott_T._Goudsward" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Shadows Over New England&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Scott T. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Goudsward&lt;/span&gt; and David &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Goudsward&lt;/span&gt; in the new adult horror Non-Fiction section. The Monster Librarian reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#The_Morningstar_Strain:_Plague_of_the_Dead_by_Z_A_Recht" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;The &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Morningstar&lt;/span&gt; Strain: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#Thunder_and_Ashes_(Morningstar_Strain)_by_Z.A._Recht" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Thunder and Ashes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Z.A. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Recht&lt;/span&gt; in the adult Zombie section. There is a review of James Burr's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/anthologies.htm#Ugly_Stories_for_Beautiful_People_by_James_Burr_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Ugly Stories for Beautiful People&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult horror Anthology section. In the Scary Stories for Kids section there is a review of &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horrorfictionlistkd.htm#The_Lima_Bean_Monster_by_Dan_Yaccarino" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Lima Bean Monster&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Dan &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Yaccarino&lt;/span&gt; by Francesca the Librarian and the Monster &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Librarian&lt;/span&gt; reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horrorfictionlistkd.htm#My_Sister_the_Vampire_series_by_Sienna_Mercer" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;My Sister The Vampire&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Sienna Mercer. There is an interview with &lt;em&gt;Generation Dead&lt;/em&gt; author Daniel Waters in the &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/interviews.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Author Interviews&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;section. Also we are still running our &lt;em&gt;Generation Dead&lt;/em&gt; T-Shirt giveaway contest in the &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/Contests.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Contests&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; section. Finally, Jamie &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Blackman&lt;/span&gt; has developed a fantastic H.P. Lovecraft &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/Lovecraftcollectionguide.htm#H.P._Lovecraft_Collection_Development_Guide" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Collection Development Guide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/06/in-this-update-bret-jordan-reviews.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-9197228730270269824</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 02:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-05-16T06:13:46.289-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>horror book reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Chelsea Quinn Yarbro</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>reader's advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>5/15/08 Books with undead teens, vampires, and ancient demons</title><description>In this update Larry &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Oathout&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; reviews both Nate Kenyon's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#Bloodstone_by_Nate_Kenyon" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Bloodstone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Supernatural section and James A. Moore's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampires.htm#Blood_Red_by_James_A_Moore" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Blood Red&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Vampire section. Michele Lee reviews&lt;br /&gt;Thomas F. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Monteleone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#Serpentine_by_Thomas_F._Monteleone" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Serpentine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Supernatural section. The Monster Librarian reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombiesya.htm#Generation_Dead_by_Daniel_Waters" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Generation Dead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Daniel Waters in the newly minted young adult Zombie section. Michele Lee i&lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/interviews.htm#Interview_with_Chelsea_Quinn_Yarbro_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;nterviews&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; with Chelsea Quinn &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Yarbro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the Book Ends section. In our &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/Contests.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Contests&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; section there is a large Generation Dead T-Shirt that we are giving away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, the staff reviewers of Monster Librarian are a talented group of authors/reviewers/artist.   Here is an update of some of the projects they are working on outside of the site:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An update on the comings and goings of the Monster Librarian staff:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bob Freeman – Bob has two exciting project coming out this year &lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Cairnwood&lt;/span&gt; Manor II: Keepers of the Dead&lt;/em&gt; by Black Death Books and has contributed to &lt;em&gt;Dark Harvest&lt;/em&gt; an anthology produced by the Indiana Horror Writers Association&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Agranoff&lt;/span&gt; – David co-edited The Vault of Punk Horror with Gabriel &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;LLanas&lt;/span&gt; it can be found at &lt;a href="http://punkhorror.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;http://punkhorror.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bret Jordan - Bret has an online novel &lt;em&gt;Plague&lt;/em&gt; at &lt;a href="http://plague.gravesidetales.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;http://plague.gravesidetales.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michele Lee - On top of reviewing for both Monster Librarian and her own Book Love review site at &lt;a href="http://micheleleesbooklove.wordpress.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;http://micheleleesbooklove.wordpress.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; In addition, Michele has various other exciting projects that she is working...stay tuned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Angry Princess - Our Angry Princess reviews not just for our site but also for other horror related sites including: &lt;a href="http://www.thisisomescene.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;www.thisisomescene.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bumscorner.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;www.bumscorner.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.horrorsociety.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;www.horrorsociety.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.horror-fanatics.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;www.horror-fanatics.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thezombiereview.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;www.thezombiereview.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roguecinema.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;www.roguecinema.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pretty-scary.net/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;www.pretty-scary.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uhmn.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;www.uhmn.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Monster Librarian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/05/51508-books-with-undead-teens-vampires.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-480913397024538091</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 01:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-05-08T16:56:26.098-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>horror book reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>zombie fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>vampire fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>werewolf fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>reader's advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>5/7/08 Reviews of Vampire, Werewolf, and Zombie titles.</title><description>David &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Agranoff&lt;/span&gt; reviews Paul Cave's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampires.htm#Cold_Light_of_Day_by_Paul_Cave" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Cold Light of Day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Vampire section. Michele Lee &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;reviews&lt;/span&gt; Chelsea Quinn &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Yarbro's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Lost_Prince_by_Chelsea_Quinn_Yarbro" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Lost Prince&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Werewolf section. Bret Jordan reviews &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Andrzej&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Sapkowski's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horroradventure.htm#The_Last_Wish_by_Andrzej_Sapkowski"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;The Last Wish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Horror Adventure section. The Monster Librarian reviews David &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Dunwoody's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#Empire_by_David_Dunwoody" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Empire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult zombie section. Finally, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;there&lt;/span&gt; is a review of Walter G. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Klimczak's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/darkfantasyya.htm#The_Oak_Hotel:_The_Chronicles_of_Burnam_Tau’roh:_Book_One_by_Walter_G._Klimczak"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;The Oak Hotel: The Chronicles of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Burnam&lt;/span&gt; Tau’&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;roh&lt;/span&gt;: Book One&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the young adult dark fantasy section. We have updated the &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/comingtrial.htm" target="main"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Coming Horror Fiction Releases&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; page for June and July.&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;MonsterLibrarian&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/05/5708-reviewa-of-vampire-werewolf-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-9095129718425106348</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-16T22:07:57.745-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>horror book reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>zombie fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>teen vampire books</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>reader's advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>4/16/08 Demon Queen, Vampires, and Zombies</title><description>In this update: Bob Freeman reviews Ramsey Campbell's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#The_Grin_of_the_Dark_by_Ramsey_Campbell" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Grin of the Dark&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Supernatural section.  The Horror Master reviews John S. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Hornsby's&lt;/span&gt; zombie novel &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#Every_Sigh,_The_End._(a_novel_about_zombies)_by_Jason_S._Hornsby_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Every Sigh, The End&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Zombie section.   The Monster Librarian reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghostsya.htm#Demon_Queen_by_Richard_Lewis" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Demon Queen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Richard Lewis in the young adult Supernatural section and &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampiresya.htm#London,_1850_(Vampire_Plagues_I)_by_Sebastian_Rooke" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;London, 1850 (Vampire Plagues I)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Sebastian &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Rooke&lt;/span&gt; in the young adult Vampire section.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stop by your local library and help celebrate National Library Week which is April 13-19, 2008 and check out a book.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/04/41608-demon-queen-vampires-and-zombies.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-8899951646086843317</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-01T20:13:56.948-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>horror book reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>horror fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>vampire fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Stokers</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>horror fiction news</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>reader's advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>4/1/08 New reviews, site updates, and more</title><description>In this update, Bob Freeman reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horroradventure.htm#A_Whisper_of_Southern_Lights_(Book_3_of_The_Assassin_Series)_by_Tim_Lebbon" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;A Whisper of Southern Lights&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Tim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Lebbon&lt;/span&gt;  and new reviewer Horror Master reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horroradventure.htm#Proven_Guilty_by_Jim_Butcher_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Proven Guilty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Jim Butcher in the adult Horror Adventure section.  Bob also reviews Paul Cave's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampires.htm#Something_of_the_Night_by_Paul_Cave" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Something of the Night&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and Michele Lee reviews Chelsea Quinn &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Yarbro's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampires.htm#Saint-Germain:_Memoirs,_by_Chelsea_Quinn_Yarbro" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Saint-Germain: Memoirs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Vampire section.  The Monster Librarian reviews Conrad &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Williams's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#The_Unblemished_by_Conrad_Williams" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Unblemished&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; which can be found in the adult Zombie section.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   In the attempt to make the growing amount of content &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;accessible&lt;/span&gt; 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 &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/horrorfictionnews.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Horror Fiction News&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; which is found on the main page, which will contain press &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;releases&lt;/span&gt; and news items we get from various authors and publishers.  Finally, we have set up a page for the &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/Stokers.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Stoker Awards, 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/miscstuff.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Book Ends&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; section.  If you are a librarian who is looking for some noteworthy horror titles take a look.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/04/4108-new-reviews-site-updates-and-more.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-669133727455966542</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-17T16:41:25.723-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>vampire fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>reader's advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarian</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>libraries</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>children's book reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>graphic novel reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>zombies</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>3/17/08 A new look, new reviews, and more lists</title><description>&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;MonsterLibrarian&lt;/span&gt;.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 &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/anthologies.htm#Fried!_Fast_Food,_Slow_Deaths_edited_by_Colleen_Morris_and_Joel_A._Sutherland" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; edited by Colleen Morris and Joel A. Sutherland in the adult horror Anthologies section.  The Angry Princess reviews &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#The_Possessed_by_Ronald_Dondeigo" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Possessed&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Ronald &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Dondeigo&lt;/span&gt; in the adult Supernatural section.   We have revisited our review of &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/podcast.htm#Pod_of_Horror_by_Mark_Justice_and_David_T._Wilbanks" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Pod of Horror&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; since its move to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Horrorworld&lt;/span&gt;.org In the Scary Books for Kids section &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/horrorfictionlistkd.htm#Jabberwocky" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jabberwocky&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Lewis Carroll, ill. Christopher Myers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      We have put together lists of graphic novels focusing on &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/graphicnovel.htm#Zombified_Graphic_Novels"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Zombies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/graphicnovel.htm#Vampire_Graphic_Novels"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Vampires&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.   We have updated &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/comingtrial.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Coming Horror Fiction Releases&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for April and May.  Finally,  we have gotten the updated link for Dark Scribe Magazine reviewing &lt;a href="http://www.darkscribemagazine.com/reviews/the-price-alexandra-sokoloff.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Alexandra &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Sokoloff's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.darkscribemagazine.com/reviews/the-price-alexandra-sokoloff.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; which is part of the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/SpringintoTerror.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Spring into Terror&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  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 &lt;a href="mailto:MonsterLibrarian@MonsterLibrarian.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MonsterLibrarian@MonsterLibrarian.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/03/31708-new-look-new-reviews-and-more.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-8783262936268117280</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-01T22:10:51.883-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>horror book reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarians</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Spring into Terror</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>libraries</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>children's book reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>horror reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>"Spring into Terror" horror review project!</title><description>We are excited to announce the &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/SpringintoTerror.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Spring into Terror&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; horror book review project. Spring into Terror is a collaborative effort presenting reviews of horror fiction that will be available for your reading pleasure this Spring. In addition to providing reviews of horror titles you might be interested in adding to your collection, “Spring into Terror” will highlight participating horror fiction review sites that cover both small press and mainstream horror. Collaborating review sites include: &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Horrorworld&lt;/span&gt;.org, Horror-Web.com, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Hellnotes&lt;/span&gt;.com, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;DreadCentral&lt;/span&gt;.com, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Fearzone&lt;/span&gt;.com, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;HorrorDrive&lt;/span&gt;-in.com, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;MonsterLibrarian&lt;/span&gt;.com, and Dark Scribe Magazine. Visit the &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/SpringintoTerror.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Spring into Terror&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to see a list of the titles reviewed at participating sites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;MonsterLibrarian&lt;/span&gt;.com has reviews of &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/graphicnovel.htm#The_Unwanted_by_Diable,_Mark_Michaels,_Juan_Romera,_and_Jadon_Arthur" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Unwanted&lt;/em&gt; by &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Diablo&lt;/span&gt;, Mark &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Michaels&lt;/span&gt;, Juan &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Romera&lt;/span&gt;, and Jason Arthur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in our adult Graphic Novel section. Bob Freeman reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/Lovecraft.htm#Horrors_Beyond_2:_Stories_of_Strange_Creations_ed._by_William_Jones"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Horrors Beyond 2: Stories of Strange Creations&lt;/em&gt; ed. by William Jones&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Cthulhu&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Mythos&lt;/span&gt; section and&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/something_different.htm#The_Monsters_of_Templeton_by_Lauren_Groff" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Monsters of Templeton&lt;/em&gt; by Lauren &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Groff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Something Different section. Michele Lee reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/something_different.htm#The_Man_on_the_Ceiling_by_Melanie_Tem_and_Steve_Rasnic_Tem" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Man on the Ceiling&lt;/em&gt; by Melanie &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;Tem&lt;/span&gt; and Steve &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Rasnic&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Tem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the Something Different section. All these reviews are part of the "Spring into Terror" project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michele Lee also reviews J.W. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;Coffy's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#A_Wager_of_Blood_by_J.W._Coffey" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Wager of Blood&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Supernatural section. The Monster Librarian reviews &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;Peadar&lt;/span&gt; O &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;Guilin's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/darkfantasyya.htm#The_Inferior_by_Pedar_O_Guilin" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Inferior&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the young adult Dark Fantasy section. Finally, for the kids there is a review of Damien Graves's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horrorfictionlistkd.htm#The_Midnight_Library:_The_Cat_Lady_by_Damien_Graves" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Midnight Library: The Cat Lady&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the Scary Books for Kids section.&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/03/spring-into-terror-horror-review.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-8709556077290930806</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-15T23:22:30.044-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarians</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>library</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>childrens book reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>vampire fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>teen vampire books</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>readers advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>teen fiction horror reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>2/15/08 Young Adult Horror Reviews</title><description>It is the great young adult update!  Teen vampire book &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampiresya.htm#Uninvited_by_Amanda_Marrone" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Uninvited&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Amanda Marrone is reviewed in the young adult Vampire section.  &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghostsya.htm#Weregirls:_Birth_of_the_Pack_by_Petru_Popescu_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Weregirls: Birth of the Pack&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Petru Popescu is reviewed in the young adult Supernatural Section.  &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/killeranimalya.htm#Raptor_by_Paul_Zindel" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Raptor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 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 &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horrorfictionlistkd.htm#Everything_I_Know_about_Monsters_by_Tom_Lichtenheld" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Everything I Know about Monsters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Tom Lichtenheld. &lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/02/21508-young-adult-horror-reviews.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-5834362851750007308</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-01T23:51:00.974-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>zombie fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>brian keene</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>readers advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarian</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>horror reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>book reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>2/1/08 Reviews of Flesh Feast, History is Dead, and Dark Hollow</title><description>Bob Freeman reviews Brian Keene's latest &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#Dead_Sea_by_Brian_Keene" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;D&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#Dark_Hollow_by_Brian_Keene" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;ark Hollow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Supernatural section.  Zombie anthologies &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#The_Undead,_volume_3:_ Flesh_Feast _ed._by_D.L._Snell_and_Travis_Adkins" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Undead Vol 3: Flesh Feast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; edited by D.L. Snell and Travis Adkins and &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#History_is_Dead_edited_by_Kim_Paffenroth" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;History is Dead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; edited by Kim Paffenroth are reviewed in the adult Zombie section.  The &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/comingtrial.htm" target="main"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Coming Horror Fiction Releases&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; pages has been updated for February and March.&lt;br /&gt;Read to survive!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/02/2108-reviews-of-flesh-feast-history-is.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-2737609470134909545</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-15T21:44:20.912-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>library</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarian</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>children's book reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>teen fiction horror reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>graphic novel reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>1/15/08 New reviews of titles for adults, teens, and kids</title><description>In this update Bob Freeman reviews Richard &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Dansky's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#Firefly_Rain_by_Richard_Dansky" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Firefly Rain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Supernatural section.   Michele Lee reviews John Paul Allen's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#Monkey_Love_by_John_Paul_Allen_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Monkey Love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Supernatural section. David &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Agranoff&lt;/span&gt; reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/bizarro.htm#Die_Earthman_Die_by_MF_Korn,_DF_Lewis,_Mike_Philbin_and_David_Matthew" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Die &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Earthman&lt;/span&gt; Die&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;MF&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Korn&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;DF&lt;/span&gt; Lewis, Mike &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Philbin&lt;/span&gt; and David Matthew in the adult &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Bizarro&lt;/span&gt; section. There is a review of Mike &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Dubisch's&lt;/span&gt; graphic novel &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/graphicnovel.htm#Weirdling_by_Mike_Dubisch_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Weirdling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult graphic novel section.  Francesca the Librarian reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghostsya.htm#Edgar_Allan_Poe,_ed._by_Andrew_Delbanco" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Stories for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; edited by Andrew &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Delbanco&lt;/span&gt; and Michael &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Morpurgo's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghostsya.htm#Beowulf_by_Michael_Morpurgo" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Beowulf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the young adult Supernatural section.  Francesca also reviews Dav &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Pilkey's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horrorfictionlistkd.htm#Dogzilla_by_Dav_Pilkey" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;Dogzilla&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the Scary Stories for Kids section.  &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horrorfictionlistkd.htm#Willow_May_Goes_to_the_Midnight_Carnival_by_Icats_Nitram_illustrated_by_Pamela_McCarville" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Willow May Goes to the Midnight Carnival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Icats&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Nitram&lt;/span&gt; in the Scary Stories for Kids section.  &lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/01/11508-new-reviews-of-titles-for-adults.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-6216373709731160073</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-01-06T19:11:09.892-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>splatterpunk</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarians</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>library</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>vampire fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>readers advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>teen fiction horror reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>horror reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>New Year, New Reviews</title><description>Happy New Year from all of us at &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;MonsterLibrarian&lt;/span&gt;.com!  To kick off the New Year, Bret Jordan reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/something_different.htm#Last_Dragon_by_J.M._McDermott" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Last Dragon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by J.M. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;McDermott&lt;/span&gt; in the Something Different Section for adults.  There is a review of &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horrormag.htm#City_Slab_(Issue_11)_editor_Dave_Lindschmidt" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;City Slab&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; magazine in the Horror Periodicals section.   Dennis &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Latham's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/slashers.htm#Michael_in_Hell_by_Dennis_Latham" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Michael In Hell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is reviewed in the adult Human Horror section.   Finally, for the fans of young adult vampire titles there is a review of  &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampiresya.htm#Marked:_House_of_Night_Book_1_by_P.C._and_Kristen_Cast" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Marked: House of Night&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by P.C. and Kristen Cast in the young adult vampire section.    The &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/comingtrial.htm" target="main"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Coming Horror Fiction Releases&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; has been started for 2008 and will  be updated as new releases are announced.  We are pleased to offer an introduction to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Splatterpunk&lt;/span&gt; by John Skipp in the &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/Splatterpunk101.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Splatterpunk&lt;/span&gt; 101&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; page found in the Book Ends section.  We have selected &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/topten07.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;MonsterLibrarian&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;com's&lt;/span&gt; Top Picks for 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for adult, young adults, and children's titles.    &lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2008/01/new-year-new-reviews.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-5180279759466372556</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-17T00:00:28.641-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>vampires</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>readers advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarian</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Cthulhu</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>libraries</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>graphic novel reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>zombies</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>12/16/07 reviews of tales of Vampires, Zombies, and Deep Ones.</title><description>In this update I take a look at James A. Moore's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/Lovecraft.htm#Deeper_by_James_A_Moore" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Deeper&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; from Necessary Evil Press in the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Cthulhu&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Mythos section&lt;/span&gt;. J.L. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Bourne&lt;/span&gt; 's re-edited/re-packaged &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#Day_by_Day_Armageddon_by_J.L._Bourne_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Day by Day Armageddon&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; from Permuted Press is reviewed in the adult Zombie section. Scott T. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Goudsward's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampires.htm#Trailer_Trash_by_Scott_T._Goudsward" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Trailer Trash&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; from Dark Hart Press is reviewed in the adult Vampire &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;section&lt;/span&gt;.  Francesca the Librarian reviews Paul &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Bibeau's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampires.htm#Sundays_with_Vlad:_From_Pennsylvania_to_Transylvania,_One_Man’s_Quest_to_Live_in_the_World_of_the_Undead_by_Paul_Bibeau" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Sundays with Vlad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; from Three Rivers Press, also in the adult Vampire section.  Finally, Michele Lee reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/graphicnovelya.htm#Horror_Classics_Graphic_Classics_volume_Ten_edited_by_Tom_Pomplun" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Horror  Classics: Graphic Classics&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;edited by Tom &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Pomplun&lt;/span&gt; from Eureka Productions in the young adult Graphic Novels section.&lt;br /&gt;Happy Holidays from all of us at &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;MonsterLibrarian&lt;/span&gt;.com and keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2007/12/121607-reviews-of-tales-of-vampires.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-3702904803481404939</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-01T17:21:47.203-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>zombie fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>readers advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Cthulhu</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>children's book reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>12/1/07 Zombies, Cthulhu, and a Supernatural Rubber Chicken</title><description>In this update The Monster Librarian reviews zombie anthology &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#The_Undead_Volume_2:_Skin_and_Bones_edited_by_D.L._Snell_and_Travis_Adkins" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Undead Vol 2: Skin and Bones&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; edited by D.L. Snell and Travis Adkins and Mark Justice's zombie comedy &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#Deadneck_Hootenanny_by_Mark_Justice" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Deadneck&lt;/span&gt; Hootenanny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult zombie section.   For fans of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Cthulhu&lt;/span&gt; fiction Bob Freeman reviews&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/Lovecraft.htm#Horror_Between_the_Sheets_edited_by_Michael_Amorel,_Oliver_Baer,_and_Benjamin_X._Wretlind" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Horror Between the Sheets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; edited by Michael &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Amorel&lt;/span&gt;, Oliver &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Baer&lt;/span&gt;, and Benjamin X. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Wretlind&lt;/span&gt; and The Monster Librarian reviews C.J. Henderson's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/Lovecraft.htm#Things_That_Are_Not_There_by_C.J.Henderson_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Things That Are Not There&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  In the adult Human Horror section Michele Lee review Jeff &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Strand's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/killeranimals.htm#Mandibles_by_Jeff_Strand" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Disposal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and The Angry Princess reviews Zoe &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Whitten's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/slashers.htm#Trail_Of_Madness_by_Zoe_Whitten" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Trail Of Madness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/a&gt;. For the kids there is a review of upcoming &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Mirrorstone&lt;/span&gt; release &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horrorfictionlistkd.htm#Supernatural_Rubber_Chicken_by_D.L._Garfinkle" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Supernatural Rubber Chicken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by D.L. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Garfinkle&lt;/span&gt;.  The Monster Librarian posts our first DVD review of slasher flick &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Plasterhead&lt;/span&gt; which can be found in our &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/music.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Monstrous M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/music.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;edia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; section.  Finally, you will notice we have be working on a redesign of our site, we always appreciate any feedback so please drop us a line at &lt;a href="mailto:MonsterLibrarian@MonsterLibrarian.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MonsterLibrarian@MonsterLibrarian.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and let us know what you think.&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2007/12/12107-zombies-cthulhu-and-supernatural.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-1599812650551353703</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-11-16T23:36:02.027-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>horror fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>readers advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarian</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>libraries</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>horror reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>11/16/07 New reviews of The Desert, Mister B Gone, and The Blackburn &amp; Scarletti Mysteries, Vol II</title><description>I am happy to report that we &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;presented&lt;/span&gt; a session at the Indiana Library Federation Annual Conference titled Letting the Monsters Out to Play: Collection Development and Readers Advisory in Horror Fiction. If anyone was looking for the handouts from the conference they are available at the &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ILFPresentation.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;ILF&lt;/span&gt; Presentation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; page. We had a great crowd and had lots of fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this update Bob Freeman reviews Byron &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Morrigan's&lt;/span&gt; military horror story &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horroradventure.htm#The_Desert_by_Bryon" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Desert&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and the Monster Librarian reviews Karen &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Koehler's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horroradventure.htm#The_Blackburn_&amp;amp;_Scarletti_Mysteries_Volume_II_by_Karen_Koehler" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Blackburn &amp;amp; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Scarletti&lt;/span&gt; Mysteries, Vol II&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/a&gt;both in the Horror Adventure section. Bret Jordan reviews Clive Barker's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#Mister_B_Gone_by_Clive_Barke" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Mister B Gone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Supernatural section. .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2007/11/111607-new-reviews-of-desert-mister-b.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-8491173231984084396</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-10-31T21:38:31.453-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>stephen king</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>zombie fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>childrens book reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>readers advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Halloween</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarian</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>horror reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>Halloween update! New reviews</title><description>Happy Halloween from all of us at &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;MonsterLibrarian&lt;/span&gt;.com. I hope everyone has a happy, safe, and scary Halloween. In this update, new reviewer William Simmons reviews Stephen King's&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampires.htm#Salems_Lot_by_Stephen_King" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Salem's Lot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult vampire section and &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#The_Shining_by_Stephen_King" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Shining&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult supernatural section. Michele Lee reviews Rob Rogers' upcoming dark superhero thriller &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/something_different.htm#Devils_Cape_by_Rob_Rogers" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Devil’s Cape&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. The Monster Librarian reviews Elizabeth &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Massie's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/slashers.htm#Brazen_Bull_by_Elizabeth_Massie_with_Illustrations_by_Keith_Minnion" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Brazen Bull&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/a&gt;in the human horror section,&lt;br /&gt;Michael McBride's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#Chronicles_of_the_Apocalypse:_Species_by_Michael_McBride_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Chronicles of the Apocalypse: Species&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult zombie section, and Steven Niles' &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/graphicnovel.htm#28_Days_Later:_The_Aftermath_by_Steve_Niles" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;28 Days Later: The Aftermath&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult graphic novel section. The &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/comingtrial.htm" target="main"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Coming Horror Fiction Releases&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; has been updated for November and December. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;MonsterLibrarian&lt;/span&gt;.com was mentioned in the article "Boo! Focus on Scary Stories" by John Peters in the October issue of School Library Journal as a professional resource for librarians in helping with horror readers' advisory for kids and young adults! Thanks, John! I also wanted to thank the good folks at &lt;a href="http://www.horrorworld.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Horrorworld&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.horror-web.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Horror-Web&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.hellnotes.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Hellnotes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.dreadcentral.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Dread Central&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for participating in our first Halloween Horror Fiction Book Review project.  Check out the reviews on our &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/halloween07.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Halloween Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2007/10/halloween-update-new-reviews.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-7379931376087620446</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-10-15T22:02:20.858-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>killer animal fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>teen read week</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>library</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Bizarro</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>vampire fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarian</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>children's book reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>scary stories for kids</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>book reviews</category><title>10/15/07 New reviews and Teen Read Week</title><description>This week is American Library Association's Teen Read Week sponsored by &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Mirrorstone&lt;/span&gt; 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.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week Bret Jordan reviews &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Yasuyuki&lt;/span&gt; Kasai's WWII killer animal book &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/killeranimals.htm#Dragon_of_the_Mangroves_by_Yasuyuki_Kasai" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Dragon of the Mangroves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Bob Freeman reviews Anne Frasier's vampire novel &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampires.htm#Pale_Immortal_by_Anne_Frasier" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Pale Immortal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and the sequel &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampires.htm#Garden_of_Darkness_by_Anne_Frasier" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Garden of Darkness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and the Monster Librarian reviews Philip Henry's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampires.htm#Vampire_Twilight_by_Phillip_Henry" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Vampire Twilight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult vampire section.   David &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Agranoff&lt;/span&gt; reviews M. F. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Korn's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/bizarro.htm#Confessions_of_a_Ghoul_and_other_stories_by_M.F._ Korn_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Confessions of a Ghoul and other stories&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Bradley &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Sands's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/bizarro.htm#It_Came_from_Below_the_Belt_by_Bradley_Sands_" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;It Came from Below the Belt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and John Edward  Lawson's &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/bizarro.htm#The_Troublesome_Amputee:_Collected_Poetry_by_John_Edward_Lawson" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Troublesome Amputee: Collected Poetry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Bizzaro&lt;/span&gt; section.  There is a review of upcoming &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;children's&lt;/span&gt; fantasy novel &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/horrorfictionlistkd.htm#Red_Dragon_Codex_by_R.D._Henham" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Red Dragon Codex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by R.D. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Henham&lt;/span&gt; in the Scary Books for Kids section. We are extending our &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/Contests.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Contests&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; deadline until October 31st, so stop on by and check out the latest contests.&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading,&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2007/10/101507-new-reviews-and-teen-read-week.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-4336708449559355398</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-10-31T21:40:38.333-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Werewolves</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>dark fantasy</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>horror fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Halloween</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>contests</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>teen fiction horror reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>graphic novel reviews</category><title>10/1/07 Halloween horror reviews and more</title><description>We are excited to announce that &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;MonsterLibrarian&lt;/span&gt;.com has teamed up with horror sites &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Horrorworld&lt;/span&gt;, Horror-Web, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Hellnotes&lt;/span&gt;, and Dread Central to review Halloween themed horror books. Visit the new Monster Librarian &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/halloween07.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Halloween Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to check out the reviews. Also be sure to stop by Horror-Web's 31 Days of &lt;a href="http://www.horror-web.com/hall/hall07.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Hallow-theme&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; page and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Horrorworld's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.horrorworld.org/halloween.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Halloween Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. A special thanks to Bret &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Jordan&lt;/span&gt; for our pumpkin images for the Halloween page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bret Jordan reviews Tim Waggoner's &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/slashers.htm#Like_Death_by_Tim_Waggoner" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Like Death&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Human Horror section. Bob Freeman reviews &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/graphicnovelya.htm#Graphic_Classics:_Edgar_Allan_Poe_(Vol._1_/_3rd_Edition)_edited_by_Tom_Pomplun" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Graphic Classics: Edgar Allen Poe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/a&gt;edit by Tom &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Pomplun&lt;/span&gt; in the Young Adult Graphic Novels section. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Francesa&lt;/span&gt; the Librarian reviews &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/darkfantasyya.htm#Hallowmere:_In_the_Serpent’s_Coils_by_Tiffany_Trent" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Hallowmere&lt;/span&gt;: In the Serpent’s Coils&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Tiffany Trent in the new Young Adult Dark Fantasy section. The Monster Librarian &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;reviews&lt;/span&gt; Gary L. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Holleman's&lt;/span&gt; werewolf &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Halloween&lt;/span&gt; title &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm#Howl-O-Ween_by_Gary_L._Holleman" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Howl-o-ween&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult werewolf section. The &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/Links.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; page and the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/comingtrial.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Coming Horror Fiction Releases&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; have been updated. Finally, a reminder that we have some great &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/Contests.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Contests&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; going on.&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2007/10/8107.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496127970329692153.post-2788302119599292483</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-19T20:07:06.494-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Bizarro</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>young adult fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>vampire fiction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>readers advisory</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>contests</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>librarian</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Cthulhu</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>libraries</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>book reviews</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>zombies</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>collection development</category><title>9/19/07 New reviews of a zombie book, a new Cthulhu title, and y/a vampire titles</title><description>In this update, Bret Jordan &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;reviews&lt;/span&gt; Gregory Solis's zombie tale &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/zombies.htm#Rise_and_Walk_by_Gregory_Solis" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Rise and Walk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the adult Zombie section. Bob Freeman reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/slashers.htm#Fireworks" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Fireworks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by James A. Moore in the adult Human Horror section. David &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Agranoff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;reviews&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/bizarro.htm#Chemical_Gardens_by_Gina_Ranalli" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Chemical Gardens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Gina &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Ranalli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in the new adult &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Bizarro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; fiction section. The Monster Librarian reviews &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/Lovecraft.htm#High_Seas_Cthulhu_edited_by_William_Jones" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;High Seas &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Cthulhu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; edited by William Jones in the adult &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Cthulhu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Mythos&lt;/span&gt; section. A review was sent in for &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/slashers.htm#The_Grandmaster_by_Peter_A_Balaskas" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Grandmaster&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Peter A &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Balaskas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; from Stella in the Human Horror section. Havoc reviews by &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/slashers.htm#Rags_and_Old_Iron_by_Lorelie_Shannon" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Rags and Old Iron&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Lorelie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Shannon in the Human Horror section. Havoc also reviews two young adult vampire books &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampiresya.htm#Glass_Houses:" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Glass Houses: The &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Morganville&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Vampires&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Rachel &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Caine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/vampiresya.htm#Eclipse_by_Stephanie_Meyer" target="_self"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Eclipse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Stephanie Meyer. The &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/comingtrial.htm" target="main"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Coming Horror Fiction Releases&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; page has been updated for September and October. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Remember&lt;/span&gt; to check out our &lt;a href="http://monsterlibrarian.com/Contests.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Contests&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; page for the latest contests.&lt;br /&gt;Keep reading!&lt;br /&gt;The Monster Librarian&lt;br /&gt;Back to the &lt;a href="http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/main_page.htm" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Main Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/2007/09/91907-new-reviews-of-zombie-book-new.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Monster Librarian)</author></item></channel></rss>