Category Archives: Horror

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix – a Book Review

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

I have never been to one, but I know many people believe there’s nothing on this Earth more terrifying than an IKEA. They balk at the idea of entering the humongous chain store in which one could easily get lost, … Continue reading →

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The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty – a Book Review

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

This book was quite fittingly the October book pick for Read Between the Wines. Let’s face it, this is a classic horror novel. Though, if I’m being honest, I hear a lot more about the movie than I do the … Continue reading →

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My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones – a Book Review

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

I will try to do this review justice, as I read it back in October and then fell off the face of the Earth and made no progress with reviews. It’s not because I didn’t enjoy this book, because I … Continue reading →

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In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce – a Book Review

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, a woman by the name of Belle Gunness, a Norwegian immigrant born Brynhild Paulsdatter Storset, quietly terrorized Chicago and La Porte, Indiana. It is now thought Gunness may have been responsible for the … Continue reading →

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The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires – Book Review

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

Well, that was different. Refreshingly different in a lot of ways. One of our book club members chose SBCGSV (because this title is a mouthful, so I’ve made it sound like a 90’s boy band) for our January reading selection. … Continue reading →

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Home Before Dark – Book Review

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

If you just read my review for The Garden of Burning Sand this review is going to feel very different. Honestly, if I read books simultaneously, which is often do, I like for them to feel completely different so they … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday – January 13, 2021

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

What a crazy start to the new year. I have gotten back to posting and actually have two reviews to post in the next couple of days, and I’m as encouraged about my own pursuits as I seem to be … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday – December 2, 2020

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

My apologies for my more than brief hiatus. This has been such a weird year fraught with unexpected hurdles. Henry and I are quarantined at home now after he got exposed at his preschool to Covid, and even before that … Continue reading →

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Cold Storage by David Koepp – Book Review

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Amy @ A Librarian and Her Books

While his name might not immediately ring any bells for a lot of readers, odds are every single person who reads this review has encountered the work of David Koepp at some point in the past thirty-plus years. Koepp is … Continue reading →

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