Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, US & Canada Ed.8 reviews Robert Mack Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Margery Lovett Walk Right Out of a Silly Romance + NOT the Sondheim Version! But still a delight! "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," a book by Robert L. Mack, who's evidently an expert on the subject of Sweeney Todd, as he's also author of "The Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd: The Life and Times of an Urban Legend," comes to us as a rather odd tie-in with the ...             Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel291 reviews Joe Hill William Morrow, 2007 A legacy in horror honored + A great, debut thriller This first novel by Joe Hill, author of the acclaimed collection 20th Century Ghosts, makes its US debut with no little fanfare. And it lives up to its billing. From the moment aging Ozzy Osbourne-style rocker Judas Coyne is tricked into adding one more item to his collection of bizarre ...             The Wheel of Darkness (Special Agent Pendergast)165 reviews Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Grand Central Publishing, 2007 Pendergast Saves the Human Race + Very interesting read. + Fantastic!! + Hard core - don't miss it!             The Darkest Evening of the Year214 reviews Dean Koontz Bantam, 2007 A harrowing, spine-tingling, suspense thriller. + There Ought to be a Law + A slight improvement over recent Koontz books This novel is made for dog lovers, so if you are one of those persons, you can't go wrong. Yes, there are references to dog abuse and neglect, because the main protagonist, Amy, is deeply involved with Golden rescue. However, anyone that is a dog advocate knows these situations do occur and that ...             Mona Lisa Awakening (Monere: Children of the Moon, Book 1) (Monere)54 reviews Sunny Berkley Trade, 2006 HOT and thriling + Each book gets better than the last, quite refreshing series + Quick read! + Liked it a lot. Definitely recommend it.             The Nightmare Factory7 reviews Joe Harris, Stuart Moore, ... Harper Paperbacks, 2007 FANTASTIC LIGOTTI ADAPTATIONS + Long overdue exposure for this dark light + Awesome horror graphic novel Thomas Ligotti is really one of the best-kept secrets in the horror field. He's almost a throwback to supernatural writers of days gone by who could scare you without having to resort to blood & guts. Besides that, Ligotti is a fellow Detroiter and I've recently found we attended the same college, ...             I Am Legend521 reviews Richard Matheson Tor Books, 2007 A "legend"ary story + Enjoyable Vampire Story (and Sci-fi Horror combo)! + The classic tale of the last man on earth + Where Have You Gone, Charleton Heston? + ... worth it.             You Suck: A Love Story132 reviews Christopher Moore Harper Paperbacks, 2008 Nosferattitude + Undead need a good laugh, too You Suck is the sequel to The Author Guy's foray into humorous, bizarro vamp-lit, and it's just as zany and enjoyable as its predecessor, Bloodsucking Fiends. I won't go too much into the story except to say that C. Thomas Flood is now forced to accept his newly acquired pale force, a first ...             Odd Hours171 reviews Dean Koontz Bantam, 2008 Has Dean Jumped the Shark? Before anyone throws stones in my direction, I am one of those rabid fans who has read everything Dean has written. He is the one author who's books I purchase new automatically, the hardback version, the one where I have to plunk down some real bucks because I can't wait to enter Dean's world. ...             Spook Country156 reviews William Gibson Putnam Adult, 2007 so real... + Still good + Cyberpunk meets John le Carré, but not Tom Clancy. So real after these last money melting weeks. A must read to get away from it all.             Matter50 reviews Iain M. Banks Orbit, 2008 A few responses to particularly dumb criticisms of Matter + Not quite up to the standard of his other books + Great story Critic: Its a long book. Isn't that a bad thing. Me: Boring is bad. Long is not. This isn't boring. Critic: It doesn't push the boundaries of sci-fi, therefore its lame. Me: Its interesting, creative, and intelligent. Thus by definition its pushing the boundaries of sci-fi. ...             The Terror: A Novel223 reviews Dan Simmons Little, Brown and Company, 2007 an all-time favorite + Pretty good. + Fantastic story, and much of it true The funny part about this, is that I hesitated buying the book. The only book I had read from Dan Simmons was Darwin's blade, and I didnt like it at all. But after reading a positive review in USA Today I thought I'd give him another shot. Am I ever glad I did! Quite simply, maybe the best book ...             Woken Furies: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel57 reviews Richard K. Morgan Del Rey, 2007 Unfortunatly... + A well developed universe for exploring practical immortality from a mercenary point of view + Excellent + A very satisfying finish to the Takeshi Kovacs trilogy :)             The Host: A Novel683 reviews Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Beautiful Host + Suspense, love, and betrayal... + Interspecies Stockholm Syndrome No vampires appear in Meyer's latest novel, instead an alien species invades our planet and eventually the bodies of the human population. In the end most of these host lose their personality but not all. Such is the case of the young human female Melanie. She fights to keep her own identity in ...             Your Heart Belongs to Me Dean Koontz Bantam, 2008 From the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense comes a riveting thriller that probes the deepest terrors of the human psyche—and the ineffable mystery of what truly makes us who we are. Here a brilliant young man finds himself fighting for his very existence in a battle that starts with the most frightening words of all… At thirty-four, Internet entrepreneur Ryan Perry ...             The Dead Fathers Club20 reviews Matt Haig Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Do The Dead Lie? + This is supposed to be funny? + Clever! + very different + Dead Dead Dead.             The Traveler (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1)270 reviews John Twelve Hawks Doubleday, 2005 Great Book! + Three Hawks short of a 5 star! + Through the Lens of the Security Camera I loved this book. It was a real page turner. Just think, you could leave your body and travel through other realms. Live off the grid. What a peaceful life that would be. Great adventure!             The Dark River (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 2)62 reviews John Twelve Hawks Doubleday, 2007 love this book + Keeps reader interested... Full of action + Love this book I loved this book, just like the first. Definitely amongst my all time favorites. Wake up people!             The Nymphos of Rocky Flats: A Novel43 reviews Mario Acevedo Eos, 2006 Meh There was something about this book, or maybe the way the main character was written, that just did not agree with me. As a lover of noir fiction, horror fiction, vamp fiction, and practically any mix of those, I just did not feel like this one added up. Felix is a weak and unbelievable character, ...             Mina3 reviews Marie Kiraly Berkley Trade, 2007 Mina + Enjoyed this book! Mina by Marie Kiraly (Elaine Bergstrom) is of the style very much as Bram Stoker wrote Dracula. It was though Ms Kiraly/Bergstrom was there by his side picking up the thread that Stoker left behind. Any true fan of the Dracula story will find this an exceptional addition to the Bram Stoker's tale ...