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Reviewer Lucy Lockley Interviewed in Booklist

Well, that sort of says it all. In her secret life as a librarian, one of our new reviewers, Lucy Lockley, is a collection development manager who puts a lot of energy into readers advisory, and I have just discovered that she was interviewed in Booklist this month! Congratulations, Lucy! We’re glad to have you on board!

Posted on December 13, 2011 by , Reply

Bag of Bones Read-Alikes

Are you having a rush on Stephen King at the library this week? It could be because of the A&E miniseries based on his book Bag of Bones. However, Bag of Bones is unlike much of King’s other work, so if you don’t have enough copies to satisfy your patrons, and they’re looking for read-alikes rather than books by the same author (and King’s works run the gamut- not all of his work is going to appeal to everyone) here are some stories of ghosts and the supernatural that might appeal.

The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert
So Cold the River by Michael Kortya
Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman
77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz
The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff

You may also want to check out our Haunted House Horror Fiction List or our reviews on the Supernatural and Occult section of the site

Happy haunting, and enjoy the show!

Posted on December 13, 2011 by , Reply

Apocalypse Then?

Well, it looks like modern readers aren’t the only ones- the fine folks of the medieval era also enjoyed a good scary story, according to the British Library. And not just the aristocracy either. “Apocalypses” were written for a wider audience that those few people who could read Latin, which is pretty cool! And here is a gorgeous page from one of these richly illustrated books.

And now I’m off to read Mike Mullin’s Ashfall. Also an excellent book about the apocalypse, although not the same one.

Posted on December 8, 2011 by , Reply
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