*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern Doubleday, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-0385541213 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook, audio CD The Starless Sea starts with a book-loving graduate student, Zachary Ezra Rawlins, who is writing his thesis on video games, finding a mysterious book of stories in his school’s library that includes […]
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Book Review: The Burning by Laura Bates
September 10, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* The Burning by Laura Bates Sourcebooks Fire, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1728206738 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition Reading Laura Bates’ The Burning was like a dizzying fall down a rabbit hole to hell. Anna, the main character, has moved to a new town and a new school to escape a scandal at her old […]
Book Review: Five Midnights by Ann Cardinal Davila
August 31, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Five Midnights by Ann Cardinal Davila Tor Teen, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1250296078 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, and audiobook “When the U.S. gets a cold, Puerto Rico gets pneumonia.” In the United States, the mainland tends to forget that Puerto Rico is part of the country, and many Puerto Ricans have […]
Book Review: Speak No Evil by Liana Gardner
August 27, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Speak No Evil by Liana Gardner Vesuvian Books, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1944109363 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition Speak No Evil is an unusual book in that while it has some mild supernatural elements, is really about the often unspeakable horror of what humans do to each other. Melody is a selectively […]
Book Review: Oware Mosaic by Nzondi
August 24, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Oware Mosaic by Nzondi Omnnium Gatherum, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1949054163 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition I am always excited to see Afrofuturist writing getting positive recognition, so I was really looking forward to reading Oware Mosaic. The novel is set in Ghana in 2025, following worldwide natural disasters caused by climate change and […]
Book Review: Shapeshifters: A History by John B. Kachuba
August 17, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Shapeshifters: A History by John B. Kachuba Reaktion Books Ltd, 2019 ISBN-13: 978 -1789140798 Available: Hardcover Do you know the origin of the word berserk? Have you heard about a community of vampires in Buffalo, New York? Do you think of Jesus as a shapeshifter? These are some examples […]
Book Review: Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall
August 10, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall Viking Books for Young Readers, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1984837011 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition The legend of Lucy Gallows says that 12 year old Lucy Callow ran into the woods after an argument with her mother, and when her brother went after […]
Vault Review: The Stowaway by RA and Geno Salvatore
July 28, 2020**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.** The Stowaway by RA and Geno Salvatore Mirrorstone, 2008 ISBN: 9780786950942 Available: New Maiman […]
Book Review: Speak No Evil by Liana Gardner
July 22, 2020*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Speak No Evil by Liana Gardner Vesuvian Books, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1944109363 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition Speak No Evil is an unusual book in that while it has some mild supernatural elements, is really about the often unspeakable horror of what humans do to each other. Melody is a selectively […]
**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.** The Oak Hotel: The Chronicles of Burnam Tau’roh: Book One by Walter G. Klimczak Autumn […]