Ever heard of the Night Vale podcast? I didn’t until I read the first novel Welcome to Night Vale, which I had had my eye on for some time. It was a delight, funny and weird and full of wonderful characters – even the lesser ones. The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home is pegged as book […]
I seem to make a lot of crass confessions on here, so why stop now? For someone who listens to a lot of audiobooks (or maybe because), I hardly ever listen to podcasts. When I saw this book on the shelves at my library, I knew nothing about it, only finding out about the podcast by reading the blurb on […]
Last year, despite my love of fantasy and sci-fi, I found it heavy sledding listening to many of them on audio, so I started having affairs with other genres. I’ve always liked horror and been fascinated with serial killers, so The Whisper Man sounded like a good fit. When I found out it was narrated by Christopher Eccleston (yes, THE […]
I actually got an ARC of this book from Netgalley, but then found we had the audio at my local library, so I plumped for that instead, as I listen to way more audio these days as I have less time to sit on my butt and read. I was excited to get this one. Steven Pressfield has been on […]
One of my last ARCs from Netgalley, for reasons only beknownst to me. As per usual, all opinions are my own, although I can’t guarantee that since my recent COVID vaccination. Anyway… Who doesn’t love a bit of Lovecraftian writing? Yeah, well what would you know? I digress. This is a new entry into the Arkham Horror series by the […]
Who doesn’t love a bit of Lovecraft? Okay, maybe not everybody, but I sure do. “A bit of Lovecraft” perfectly encapsulates this tale. While it’s doesn’t register as Mythos in my tiny brain, the influences are well on display, with many similarities to stories set around Innsmouth. It’s also quite good and will appeal to fans of Lovecraft and weird […]
This is my first ever Grady Hendrix novel. I’ve heard his name bandied about on the internet, seen his cool book titles and read some rave reviews, but I’ve been putting them on the long finger due to too many books and too little time. Then I discovered we had the e-audio of The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying […]
Format: Downloadable audiobookObtained from: Library (support your public library people)Listening time: 15 hours 45 minutesPublisher: Harper AudioISBN: 9780062956644Narrator: Zachary Quinto I was thinking as I mulled over writing this that like his father, it had been a while since I’d read any Joe Hill (Horns a few years ago). Of course, seeing as I got hit in the head a […]
Format: Paperback Obtained from: Library (support your local library, people) Print length: 205 pages Publisher: Small Beer Press ISBN: 9781618730602 I heard some talk about this one on the grapevine (aka Facebook groups), so I added it to my not remotely gargantuan TBR. When it crossed my palms at my local library (aka my place of work), my interest was […]
The Living Dead by George A Romero and Daniel Kraus
I often start these reviews with something trite like “this is the first book I have read by this author” and while this is true in this case, I wouldn’t imagine there are a lot of people (at least in “Western” society) who can lay claim to being unfamiliar with George A Romero, who is often accredited with taking the […]
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