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Book Review: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz and Illustrated by Stephen Gammell Another childhood book of short scary stories that...
Melissa Pepe
May 3, 20251 min read
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Book Review: A Guest in the House
A Guest in the House by E.M. Carroll Imagine feeling a stranger in your own home, like the ghost of your husband's dead wife still clings...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 30, 20251 min read
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Book Review: Spooksville: The Secret Path
Spooksville the Secret Path by Christopher Pike If as a child you had read all the Goosebumps offerings, a reader might seek another...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 22, 20251 min read
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Book Review: Say Cheese and Die
Say Cheese and Die! by RL Stine Some of my first experiences with reading horror were likely a series called Goosebumps by RL Stine. Some...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 22, 20251 min read
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Book Review: Tomie
Tomie by Juni Ito Tomie is a graphic novel series featuring short stories about Tomie, a mysterious beautiful girl who drives others to...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 22, 20251 min read
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Book Review: Uzamaki
Uzamaki by Juni Ito Juni Ito graphic novel stories feature twisted and grotesque imagery. He creates odd scenarios even bizarre still...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 22, 20251 min read
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Book Review: Hellsing
Hellsing Omnibus Volume 1 by Kohta Hirano A Graphic novel horror Hellsing Omnibus Volume 1 by Kohta Hirano combines several issues of the...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 22, 20251 min read
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Book Review: The Lottery
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Alirght I swear this is the last Shirley Jackson story I'll review. The Lottery was a short story and a...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 21, 20251 min read
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Book Review: We Have Always Lived In the Castle
We have always lived in the castle by Shirley Jackson Ok, so after reading The Haunting of Hill House I went and read Shirley Jackson's...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 21, 20251 min read
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Book Review: The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson A house that feels more like an entity, a group of people summoned there to prove the...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 21, 20251 min read
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Book Review: American Rapture
American Rapture by CJ Leede This is a Covid-19 book. How can I tell? Because it deals with a disease, and the fear and spread, and it...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 21, 20251 min read
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Book Review: Carrie
Carrie by Stephen King The King of horror Stephen King wrote Carrie in 1974. The title character is an awkward girl teased and bullied at...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 21, 20251 min read
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Book Review: Silence of The Lambs
the Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris A sequel to the book Red Dragon and part of a series featuring the character Hannibal Lecter....
Melissa Pepe
Apr 21, 20251 min read
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Book Review: The Ruins
The Ruins by Scott Smith A tourist group of American's visiting Mexico stumble upon an ancient ruin site covered in strange vines. At...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 21, 20251 min read
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Book Review: Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
Things have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca The story is told by two women via longer emails and short back and forth...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 21, 20251 min read
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Book Review: Tender is the Flesh
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica This novel Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica presents a picture of dystopia future...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 21, 20251 min read
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Book Review: The Troop
The Troop by Nick Cutter A bleak and unforgiving tense nightmare, The Troop by Nick Cutter is a page turning nail biting ride. The book...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 21, 20251 min read
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Book Review: Slewfoot
Slewfoot a tale of bewitchery A tense dark fairy tale like historical fiction combining elements of familiar folk lore and magic in a...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 18, 20252 min read
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What is Horror
The horror genre: Horror books invoke a feeling to readers, that feeling emotion can manifest in may forms, usually fear or dread of the...
Melissa Pepe
Apr 18, 20253 min read
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