Review: Once by Morris Gleitzman

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); First Edition edition, 2010 ISBN-13: 978-0805090260 Available: New and Used Once there was a boy who told stories, whose parents left him in an orphanage in the mountains and didn’t say why.  He lived there for nearly four years, until one day he saw professional librarians arrive and burn all […]

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Book Review: Burn for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Leigh

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition, 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1442440753 Available: New and Kindle         Burn for Burn is about three girls who decide to get even with the people who wronged them, and who discover that revenge is not as clear cut as it seems. Two of the girls, Lillia and Kat, […]

Review: Soul Eater Part 2, Episode 5

“The Eve Party Nightmare – And so the Curtain Rises?” As the celebration of the anniversary of the school’s founding begins Death the Kid is both worried and irritated with his father. He has found out that the school is built on a sleeping kishin, and Medusa’s plot is to wake it. Lord Death doesn’t […]

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We are working on all our book lists and we need your help! You can view our zombie-themed YA book list here. I know we’ve missed a number of books, so you can comment here, email us at monsterlibrarian@monsterlibrarian.com tell us about it on Twitter (@monsterlibraria) or add it yourself! Tweet

Interview with Maria V. Snyder

Originally posted to MonsterLibrarian.com Maria V. Snyder is an award winning author of books Poison Study,  Magic Study, and Fire Study,  latest release is the young adult dystopian novel Inside Out from Harlequin Teen. ML: Let me start by saying I absolutely loved Inside Out. You were clearly channeling the dystopian masters with this novel, and yet you managed to keep […]

Review: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

One of Meghan Chase’s most vivid memories is of her father disappearing at the park when she was six years old. His shoes were found at the edge of a pond. Searches by the authorities were fruitless- he simply disappeared without a trace. Meghan is tortured by visions of her father walking into the pond. […]

The Original Monster Librarian

In Memoriam: Dylan Kowalewski, The Original Monster Librarian September 5, 1973-April 17, 2014   Monster Librarian was the idea and passion of Dylan Kowalewski. Dylan, in a typical burst of optimism and energy, with an intense love of horror fiction, started the site at the end of 2005. Where he got the energy and conviction […]

October 2013 Book Releases

Horde (Razorland #3) by Ann Aguirre The horde is coming. Salvation is surrounded, monsters at the gates, and this time, they’re not going away. When Deuce, Fade, Stalker and Tegan set out, the odds are against them. But the odds have been stacked against Deuce from the moment she was born. She might not be […]