**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Quill Tree Press, 2022 ISBN-13 : 978-0062941428 Available: Preorder (available March 8) hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) So many readers wish they could enter the worlds of their favorite books. The Book of Living Secrets will make them think twice. Adelle and Connie have been best friends for years, […]
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Book Review: Litani by Jess Lourey
February 17, 2022**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.** Litani by Jess Lourey Thomas & Mercer, 2021 ISBN: 9781542027014 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, compact disc, MP3 ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Set in the mid-1980s, Litani is a mystery/thriller dealing with the unpleasant subject of child molesters, but the book is couched into language that will work for younger readers. While written for adults, […]
Graphic Novel Review: Hollow-Eyed Mary by Andre Duza
February 15, 2022**Cross posted from the ML vault.** Devil’s Due, 2009 ISBN: 9781934692585 Available: New One hundred percent rage and violence, Hollow-Eyed Mary is a brutal, vivid tale of a woman wronged and killed, and back for revenge. Raised by a twisted doomsday cult, Mary is after more than revenge. She wants to use the end of the […]
Graphic Novel Review: Deadpool vs Sabretooth
February 12, 2022ISBN: 9780785196198 Deadpool has found success, both in our world and in the comic world. At this point he runs his own merc crew, and is a legit Avenger. While I appreciate more serious toned comics and reflections of real world issues through super powered storytelling, the Deadpool comics are treasures (IMHO) for embracing the […]
**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.** Tor.com, 2021 ISBN-13 : 978-1250781505 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) In Burning Girls and Other Stories, Veronica Schanoes brings the present day into a literary and folkloric past that brings fairytales, history, and Jewish tradition together to form something new and unique. I don’t think I have ever […]
BOOM! Studios, 2007 ISBN: 1934506028 Available: New and Used Zombie Tales is a full color collection of zombie stories. The authors are a collection of comic book and television writers who take a unique approach and fresh look at the zombie genre. The stories range from the humorous to the horrific, and some are even touching. […]
Graphic Novel Review: American Cult edited by Robyn Chapman
February 3, 2022**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.** Silver Sprocket, 2021 ISBN-13: 978-194550963 Available: Paperback ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) American Cult is a graphic history of American religious cults dating from colonial America to the present. According to editor Robyn Chapman, the eighteen pieces in American Cult turn a critical eye to the cults and their behavior, but recognize the very human faces that entered […]
**Cross posted from the ML Vault.** Diablo Publications, 2008 ISBN: N/A Availability: New, Used and digital In The Unwanted, a demon is inadvertently released in a juvenile detention center when a staffer brings home an amulet from Tibet. As the demon proceeds to hunt down the kids, a teacher in the juvenile detention center and […]
Book Review: All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O’Donoghue
January 27, 2022**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.** Walker Books, 2021 ISBN: 978-1536213942 Available: Hardcover, audiobook, ebook (Bookshop.org) O’Donoghue’s foray into YA literature delivers tricks and treats for fans of Gothic, mystic stories dealing with social themes; but magic doesn’t solve everything this character-driven YA paranormal fantasy set in contemporary Ireland. Sentenced to cleanup duty in detention, 16 […]
Graphic Novel Review: Weirdling by Mike Dubisch
January 25, 2022**Cross posted from the ML Vault** Strange Fear, 2007 ISBN: 978097898113 Available: New Anna Mandretta is a crew member on a space ship in the middle of fighting a war against the alien Xax. She starts dreaming that she is a famous surgeon at Miskatonic Hospital centuries earlier dealing with a child who is […]