Mister B. Gone68 reviews
Clive Barker

HarperCollins, 2007

Idiot reviewers

+ Do not Start Your Barker Experience with this Book, but Still an Enjoyable, Satirical Read.
+ Great read - quick, funny, fun.

I've read many of Barker's novels, and this has been a fun ride. Aside from The Thief of Always or his short fiction, it has been his easiest and most fun story to read. Several reviews have complained about different typographical errors in the book. If any of them would actually use their ...
  
  











  



  
Night Witch30 reviews
Jack Priest

Bootleg Press, 2003

A Thrilling and Very Enjoyable Experience

+ Read the back cover first to get the proper context for what's going to happen...
+ A Priest of Horror
+ Spine Chilling Good
  
  











  



  
The Devil's Labyrinth: A Novel28 reviews
John Saul

Ballantine Books, 2007

The Devil's Labyrinth

+ i loved it!!!!!!!!!

I am a very big fan of John Saul's work. I think that he takes evil in it's purest form and has no problem making it tangible. Many authors would rather have a psychological edge, never letting the reader "see the monster". In this book, John Saul again creates an evil that is completely ...
  
  











  



  
The Terror: A Novel202 reviews
Dan Simmons

Little, Brown and Company, 2007

Way to Long --nice Historical Narrative

I have to disagree with several of the reviews the historical detail is very well done and the sense of place well invoked. What killed this book for me was the "monster". Bigger than a bear --feet several feet long--able to eat the bottom of a ice breaker-- clever too--and stealthy --and you never ...
  
  











  



  
I Am Legend501 reviews
Richard Matheson

Tor Books, 2007

A story of it's own

+ Outstanding Classic
+ amazing short horror stories [no spoilers]

I had seen the recent movie adaption to this book and I must say, I love both just the way they are. The book made the movie a lot clearer in ways for me, actually trying to put science behind exactly what the monsters were. This book is extremely well written for the time it came from, and the ...
  
  











  



  
Mona Lisa Blossoming (Monere: Children of the Moon, Book 2)19 reviews
Sunny

Berkley Trade, 2007

Fantastic

+ Reveiwing Mona Lisa Blossoming

Things haven't been easy for Mona Lisa. Her Mixed Blood has automatically earned her many enemies, as have the events that occurred in the first book of the series, MONA LISA AWAKENING. Mona Lisa is entering her newly acquired territory for the first time. With her group of supporters, ...
  
  











  



  
Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel266 reviews
Joe Hill

William Morrow, 2007

A trip on the nightroad that's not for the faint of heart

+ Joe Hill's "Heart Shaped Box"
+ Heart-shaped Box
+ Page-turning ghost story
  
  











  



  
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, US & Canada Ed.6 reviews
Robert Mack

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

NOT the Sondheim Version! But still a delight!

Having already watched the movie version and Broadway production, I was ready to delve into the story of Sweeney Todd. Knowing that the versions would be quite different, I also chose to avoid reading the introduction and anything else irrelevant to the actual story (which I might suggest to anyone ...
  
  











  



  
Odd Thomas462 reviews
Dean Koontz

Bantam, 2006

Odd Thomas is not odd at all, he's great.

+ This Series is Addictive!
+ Cheerfully Creepy Sad
+ My first Dean Koontz novel
  
  











  



  
Ghostwalk51 reviews
Rebecca Stott

Spiegel & Grau, 2007

The Best of Ghost and Conspiracy Combined

I enjoyed this book much more than I expected, based on the jacket. I'm a sucker for ghost stories, and Stott weaves in enough creepy, surreal moments to keep me from reading this book before bedtime. She keeps the story behind the ghosts vague enough to let the imagination run wild but still ...
  
  











  



  
Matter40 reviews
Iain M. Banks

Orbit, 2008

Awesome Space Opera

+ Great!!!
+ Matter

Take "Macbeth" and "The Hobbit", shake them together with a pinch of "The Lord of the Rings", set the result far in the future, and you've got the basics for this book. A king is murdered and a son flees for his life into adventures that take him far beyond anything he'd ever expected to ...
  
  











  



  
Sharp Objects: A Novel120 reviews
Gillian Flynn

Three Rivers Press, 2007

A fun ride!

+ Disturbing, but in a good way
+ Well written, but can guess killer easily

Creepy, dark, psycho characters in a small town. Loved it! Couldn't put it down. About a woman who returns to her hometown to investigate a child's murder. The ending does not dissapoint.
  
  











  



  
No Dominion: A Novel25 reviews
Charlie Huston

Del Rey, 2006

Smart, sharp and gritty fun.

+ vampyre fan!!
+ Gritty and great!
+ The new drug in town
+ Wow...
  
  











  



  
You Suck: A Love Story128 reviews
Christopher Moore

Harper Paperbacks, 2008

Review of You Suck (the audio version)

+ Such a LOVE story!!
+ Excellent followup to Bloodsucking Fiends

I think I started this on the wrong foot... You Suck was recommended to me, but I've never read anything by Christopher Moore, so I didn't realize that this was a sequel until about halfway through. It works just fine as a stand-alone story, but I'll definitely be picking up Bloodsucking Fiends. ...
  
  











  



  
The Book of Air and Shadows87 reviews
Michael Gruber

William Morrow, 2007

Delighted at this different side of Gruber

+ Hang on to the End for a Wild Ride with Michael Gruber

A fantastic read - nicely plotted, literary-minded. Lawyer and former Olympic weightlifter Jake Mishkin is hired by a nervous professor to safeguard some mysterious papers - papers which might point to a very valuable 17th century manuscript, a manuscript that would set the literary world on its ...
  
  











  



  
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War406 reviews
Max Brooks

Three Rivers Press, 2007

Brilliance shadowed by bias

+ Very entertaining.
+ Great Fun Book that thoughtfully weaves in current events, history, culture and poltiics.
+ A great approach
  
  











  



  
The Host: A Novel400 reviews
Stephenie Meyer

Little, Brown and Company, 2008

A wonderful, absorbing read

+ SHE DID IT AGAIN!
+ Compelling!
+ THE HOST
  
  











  



  
The Judas Strain: A Novel84 reviews
James Rollins

William Morrow, 2007

Sigma Force Vs. The Guild, the prize - Humanity

+ Fast-paced and sure to please
+ Great as always!
+ JUDAS STRAIN
  
  











  



  
The Outlaw Demon Wails (Rachel Morgan, Book 6)96 reviews
Kim Harrison

Eos, 2008

Enchanting Reviews: The Outlaw Demons Wails

+ The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison
+ Wish the Hollows were real!!!!
+ Rachel's life gets even stranger -- a great reason to read the book!
  
  











  



  
Half the Blood of Brooklyn: A Novel20 reviews
Charlie Huston

Del Rey, 2007

Hardboiled vampires--violent and edgy

+ out of the frying pan into the fire
+ Another winner!

Joe Pitt is going through a rough time. His girlfriend is dying of AIDS, he's lost his independence and is working as enforcer for the Society, and then there's the little matter of being a vampire--with the attendant need for blood. Fortunately, Joe doesn't have much by way of morals, which helps ...