Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've wanted to read this book for a while now, so I'm really glad that I made it my first book for 2021. Also, I love this cover. It's bright and simple, yet still manages to look super creepy. To say that Lola's parent…

WILDER GIRLS: Rory Power CINDERELLA The Graphic Novel: Beth Bracken & Jeffrey Stewart Timmins GEEK LOVE: Katherine Dunn ZOMBIES HATE STUFF: Greg Stones THE LAST WISH (The Witcher #0.5): Andrzej Sapkowski MAKING FRIENDS WITH FRANKENSTEIN : Colin McNaughton THE PERFECT WIFE: JP Delane…

The Dark Side of the Room by Tyler Jones My rating: 3 of 5 stars I've had my eye on this novella for a few weeks and decided to get stuck into it today. Betsy lives in a rundown apartment block with her many cats, and others that pop in and out. When a strange man moves into t…

Odd Spirits by S.T. Gibson My rating: 2 of 5 stars I was really excited about this novella because it sounded great and the cover looks so cool. Plus, it features two very different magicians who are married. Awesome, right? Well, it started out great. I loved the atmosphere and how …

Bits by R.A. Busby My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was in the mood for something short and sharp, and this fit perfectly. 😁 Nadie Denneby is a schoolteacher having a really bad day. It all starts with a car accident, and ends in broken pieces... I really enjoyed this unsettling story! It …

Little Shop of Hamsters by R.L. Stine My rating: 1 of 5 stars This really wasn't very good. Sam really wants a pet but his parents don't think he's responsible enough. So, he gets a job after school in a pet store called Little Shop of Hamsters... You know, Sam's pare…

One Day at Horrorland by R.L. Stine My rating: 4 of 5 stars Now, THIS is the kind of Goosebumps book that I enjoy. It was spooky, fun and full of weird things. When Lizzy and her family get lost on the way to the Zoo Gardens Theme Park, they end up in Horrorland for a day packed wit…

How I Got My Shrunken Head by R.L. Stine My rating: 2 of 5 stars This is another ridiculous Goosebumps book with a very cool cover. I was actually really enjoying Mark's weird little adventure until the whole Jungle Magic thing made an appearance and I laughed so much it was har…

Monster Blood by R.L. Stine My rating: 1 of 5 stars This is the worst Goosebumps book I've read so far. 😣 There are just so many problems with it. Starting with parents who sound like immature brats dumping their kid on a great-aunt they don't even know. And then Evan treat…

Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've had my eye on this gorgeous book for a long time. 👀 So when hubby ordered a copy, I couldn't wait and loved the hell out of it as soon as it arrive…

Twisted Winter by Catherine Butler My rating: 5 of 5 stars The other day, we found a cute (and really nice) Happy Holidays bag from the local library inside one of our favourite Street Libraries, and found a copy of this book inside. After really enjoying the spooky introduction, I g…

Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight My rating: 5 of 5 stars We found a copy of this book in one of our local Street Libraries. I didn't know anything about it, but the blurb sounded interesting and the cover caught my eye, so we grabbed it. Nell Barber was a PhD candidate in biologi…

The Need by Helen Phillips My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a book I've had my eye on for a while and now that I've finished my last big writing project for 2020, I got stuck into it. 😊 Molly is exhausted. Her job as a paleobotanist keeps her as busy as being the mot…

Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea by Ben Clanton My rating: 5 of 5 stars Hubby found the first three books in this series during one of our Street Library adventures and I couldn't leave behind the adorable happy Narwhal on the cover. Narwhal is a really happy narwhal who befriends a …

Starving Ghosts in Every Thread by Eric LaRocca My rating: 2 of 5 stars I've had my eye on this book for a while because I really like the cover and the synopsis sounded interesting. Teddy has a shitty job and even shittier life. She's stuck in a small town and also has a st…

At nearly ninety, retired nature writer Hattie Bloom prefers the company of birds to people, but when a fall lands her in a nursing home she struggles to cope with the loss of independence and privacy. From the confines of her 'room with a view' of the carpark, she dr…

Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe - witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria misses dinner service at the family's renowned Sicilian restaurant. Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin . . .  desec…

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a novella I've had my eye on for a while because that cover is great. And today was the day I finally picked it up. Charles Thomas Tester is a bit of a hustler and not much of a singer, though he carries a …

Halloween: The Official Movie Novelization by John Passarella My rating: 5 of 5 stars We watched this movie when it came out in 2018. Also bought the paperback and Kindle versions shortly after, but I didn't want to read it until I got a bit of distance. Fast forward to Hallowee…

When Stephanie's beloved Grandma Mazur's new husband died on their wedding night, the only thing he left her was a beat-up old easy chair... and the keys to a life-changing fortune.  But as Stephanie and Grandma Mazur search for Jimmy Rosolli's treasure, they disco…