**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher Tor, 2023 ISBN-13 978-125024404 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook. Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com There is a thin line between fantasy and horror, and between YA and adult fiction. Nettle and Bone dances on that line in this dark fairytale by T. Kingfisher, closer in tone to The […]
Category: horror
BOOK REVIEW: HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE BY GRADY HENDRIX
March 15, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix Berkley, 2023 ISBN-13: 9780593201268 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com Louise receives a phone call she never thought she would get from her brother, Mark. Their parents have been killed in a car accident. A single parent to Poppy, […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Hares in the Hedgerow (The Gardening Guidebooks Trilogy #2) by Jessica McHugh Ghoulish Books, 2022 ISBN: 9781943720767 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Buy: Bookshop.org Little did readers of Rabbits in the Garden, the first book to introduce Avery and her crazy mother Faye in The Gardening Guidebooks Trilogy, realize the full extent of the […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson Quill Tree Books, 2023 ISBN-13: 978-0063260795 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook, audio CD Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com I have enjoyed Kosoko Jackson’s previous YA books, the dystopian Survive the Dome and the time travel novel Yesterday is History, both with Black queer boys as protagonists. The […]
BOOK REVIEW: IN THE LAIR OF LEGENDS BY DAVID BUZAN
February 12, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** In The Lair of Legends by David Buzan Black Rose Writing, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-68513-250-7 (Paperback), 978-1-68513-331-3 (Hardcover) Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com In The Lair of Legends by David Buzan is a well-written, exciting tale that combines action, myth and history. Jolon Winterhawk is a Nez Perce warrior who […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Rabbits in the Garden (Gardening Guidebooks #1) by Jessica McHugh Ghoulish Books, 2022 ISBN: 978-1943720736 Available: Paperback Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com After reading Jessica McHugh’s Rabbits in the Garden, readers will never look at rabbits or gardening tools in quite the same way again. Avery’s mom has a creepy interest in her garden, as […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE MEMORY EATER BY REBECCA MAHONEY
February 1, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** The Memory Eater by Rebecca Mahoney Razorbill, 2023 ISBN-13 : 978-0593524602 Available: Hardcover ( Bookshop.org ) Whistler Beach in Maine is a magical place, but frightening for those who know the truth. When was the last time Maine wasn’t like this? Stephen King didn’t invent the spookiness and weirdness […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** The Night Eaters: Volume 1, She Eats the Night by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda Abrams Comicarts, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781787739666 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) The creative team behind the Monstress comic series have created another world for readers to visit in The Night Eaters: She Eats […]
BOOK REVIEW: SAINT DEATH’S DAUGHTER BY C.S.E. COONEY
January 11, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Saint Death’s Daughter by C.S.E Cooney. Solaris, 2022 ISBN-13: 978-1786184702 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook. ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Miscellaneous Stones, born into a family known for its violence in service to the crown of Liriat, is a teenage necromancer with an allergy to violence that opens “echo wounds” when […]
BOOK REVIEW: DAPHNE BY JOSH MALERMAN
January 3, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Daphne by Josh Malerman Del Rey, 2022 ISBN-13 : 978-0593157015 Available: Hardcover ( Bookshop.org ) Will Daphne continue the massive success for horror’s superstar author/musician/nice guy? Without spoilers, that would be a resounding “yes.” Josh Malerman hasn’t written the same novel twice. That’s an amazing thing– he keeps on spinning his muse into […]