**Cross Posted from The Circulation Desk.** The Raven’s Crux by Julie Boglisch Black Rose Writing, 2024 ISBN: 9781685133672 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com The only drawback to The Raven’s Crux is the cartoonish, completely uninspiring cover of the book. It doesn’t do justice to the thrilling ghost story contained inside, a story that manages the “crossover” […]
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T.V. Review: Dead Boy Detectives
May 27, 2024Do you like paranormal detective series? Do you like Neil Gaiman? Loosely based off characters created by Neil Gaiman for the Sandman universe and definitely done in his trademark dark and whimsical style, this new Netflix series follows two ghosts, Edwin Paine and Charles Rowland, who are hiding from Death to help a world where […]
BOOK REVIEW: I AM MARGARET MOORE BY HANNAH CAPIN
July 19, 2022**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.** I Am Margaret Moore by Hannah Capin Wednesday Books, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781250239570 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition ( Bookshop.org ) In comparison to the other two books I’ve read by Capin (Foul is Fair, retitled Golden Boys Beware, and The Dead Queens Club) I Am Margaret Moore is more experimental, slower- moving, and more pessimistic. Margaret […]
Book Review: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
February 22, 2021**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Swoon Reads, 2020 ISBN-13 : 978-1250250469 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook Yadriel is a Latinx trans boy whose community lives in the cemetery and serves Lady Death. When they are fifteen, boys are presented to Lady Death for a blessing to become […]
**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Supernatural: Bobby Singer’s Guide to Hunting by David Reed ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) It Books; Original edition, 2011 ISBN: 978-0062103376 Available: Paperback and digital Editor’s note: This review was previously published in 2012 on a now-defunct version of our site. I read a lot of serious, professional, technical books and articles for work, so […]
Vault Review: Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol
March 11, 2020First Second, 2011 ISBN: 1596435526 Availability: New Anya is a student at a private school. She’s not proud of her Russian heritage; her family moved to the United States when she was five and Anya has worked quite hard to get rid of her accent. When introducing herself to others, she often Americanizes […]
**Vault Reviews were posted previously on the main MonsterLibrarian website and are transferred here in an effort to preserve our history. Efforts have been made to ensure the books are still available, but formats, covers, and other details may have changed.** Eureka Productions, 2007 ISBN:0978791908 Available: New Gothic Classics is a collection of gothic […]
Book Review: The Ghost Hunter’s Daughter by Caroline Flarity
November 14, 2019**Cross Posted from the Monster Librarian Circulation Desk.** The Ghost Hunter’s Daughter by Caroline Flarity East Side Press, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-0996845007 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Anna Fagan lives in a haunted house, but that’s the least of her problems. Her father, Jack, is well-known for his ability to “clear” spirits from the objects they haunt, […]
Peter Green and the Unliving Academy: This Book is Full of Dead People (The Unliving Chronicles #1) by Angelina Allsop TCK Publishing, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1631610646 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook Fourteen year old Peter Green wakes up on the floor of a hotel lobby wearing only pajamas and a silk tie, and discovers he is dead, has no memories […]
Sourcebooks Fire, 2013 ISBN-13: 978-1402293184 Available: Hardcover (preorder) I received The Ghost Prison as an ARC in egalley format through NetGalley.com. The Ghost Prison was initially a short story, but has been expanded into an illustrated novella here. Author Joseph Delaney makes every word count. The story is narrated by Billy, a fifteen year old orphan who has […]