Love your books, break their spines
Do you have a genre or subject that turns you off automatically when it comes to books or fiction? I decided to have a good old fashioned rant about my two, so enjoy. Note: I am perfectly willing to give these two genres another chance, so if you have any reading recommendations for them please… Continue reading Popular Horror Genres I HATE
Well, I made a stupid mistake... I found this story doing the rounds on Twitter, decided to give it a read and now I am sufficently creeped out. I am know I always say that I am hard to scare but when it comes to this sort of home alone found footage style online horror… Continue reading OBSIDEO: The Story Behind WILL HAUNT YOU
2018 was a brilliant year for horror and it looks like 2019 is going to be just as exciting with plenty of big scary reads coming our way in the upcoming months. So, here are a few of this year's horror releases that I am excited for: The Familiars by Stacey Halls Release Date: February… Continue reading Most Anticipated Horror Releases of 2019
For me 2018 was a slow reading year. I was too busy to meet my GoodReads reading goal for the year and I spent most of my time struggling to find something that really caught my interest. That didnt stop me finding a few gems, so here are the top five books that I read… Continue reading Top 5 Reads of 2018
Summary: "A game. A husband and wife game. Gerald's Game. But this time Jesse didn't want to play. Lying there, spreadeagled and handcuffed to the bedstead while he'd loomed and drooled over her, she felt angry and humiliated. So she'd kicked out hard. Aimed to hit him where it hurt. He wasn't meant to die,… Continue reading Stephen King Review: Gerald’s Game
“This sounds great, but I am too chicken to read it” “I get scared of horror films, so I am not going to read a horror novel” Does this sound familiar? Is this you? When I restarted this blog last year I wanted to bring attention to one of my favourite dying genres: horror. It… Continue reading Why horror novels are not scary: A Discussion
Summary: Sometimes dead is better....When the Creeds move into a beautiful old house in rural Maine, it all seems too good to be true: physician father, beautiful wife, charming little daughter, adorable infant son -- and now an idyllic home. As a family, they've got it all...right down to the friendly cat. But the nearby… Continue reading Stephen King Review: Pet Sematary
It has been YEARS since I last wrote a “Halloween Reads” blog post, and since my last one I have read hundreds of books (literally) and I discovered a whole pile of new reads that are now Halloween favourites of mine. The majority of this list is suitable for all readers but 2 of them… Continue reading Top 5 Halloween Reads
Summary: "At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with discovering the cause of generation and life and bestowing animation upon lifeless matter, Frankenstein assembles a human being from stolen body parts but; upon bringing it to… Continue reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Review)
Do you want to read a horror novel this October? Are you a coward? Do need to sleep with the light on because Pennywise is going to eat you? Well, I have you covered. Here is a list of my favourite non-scary horror novels. 1.Carrie by Stephen King Summary: "Carrie knew she should not use… Continue reading 4 Horror Novels for Cowards
Spine Cracker 