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Leave The Light On: 8 Creepy Books for Halloween Time
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Ahem, I mean Halloween. And while there are plenty of excellent, well-known horror novels out there for you to cuddle up with this season, here are eight creepy books that might not … Continue reading
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Tagged A Madness So Discreet, Audrey Niffenegger, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, dracula, Elizabeth Kostova, ghosts, Halloween, haunted house, Her Fearful Symmetry, horror, Jennifer McMahon, John Connolly, M.R. Carey, Mindy McGinnis, Pet Cemetery, Robert Browning, Sarah Waters, scary books, Stephen Lloyd Jones, supernatural, The Book of Lost Things, the girl with all the gifts, The Historian, The Little Stranger, The String Diaries, The Winter People, thingstodoinLAforHalloweenwhenyourenotdead, thrillers, vampires, zombies
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Movie Review: “Byzantium”
While Byzantium has the selling point of being directed by Neil Jordan of Interview With A Vampire fame, it stands on its own as a dark, exciting, absorbing film. It’s easily the best vampire movie I’ve seen since Let The … Continue reading
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Tagged byzantium, gemma arterton, interview with a vampire, moira buffini, neil jordan, saoirse ronan, vampires
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Novella Review: “Carmilla” by J.S. Le Fanu
If you know your classic vampires, then you know that their first major occurrence in English literature is The Vampyre, by John Polidori, which was conceived in that famous meeting of minds during the “Year Without a Summer” (1816), which … Continue reading
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Tagged carmilla, dracula, gothic novels, joseph sheridan le fanu, vampires
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Book Review: Sookie Stackhouse Series and “Dead Reckoning”
If you are a fan of True Blood but haven’t read the Sookie Stackhouse books on which the show is based, then you are missing out. Despite what you may have heard, they are not just for Romance fans. Author … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, charlaine harris, dead reckoning, romance, sookie stackhouse, true blood, vampires
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