Honky Tonk Samurai by Joe R. Lansdale I have never read any of the Hap and Leonard series, but once I listened to Joe Lansdale do a reading at a con, and the guy made me cry talking about zombies of all things, so I knew the guy could write. The sentence-level writing in this …
Tag: mystery
Sep 10
Book Review: The Seance
The Seance by John Harwood This definitely delivers on the Gothic horror front. It’s moody, gloomy, and has plenty of lovers who die tragically in their youth. It has a treacherous bad guy, plenty of innocent maidens, and a crumbling old wreck of a house set in the middle of the haunted wood. The story …
Oct 30
Book Review: Dracula
Dracula by Bram Stoker This book is a classic for a reason. It has a lot of awesome horror and tension and adventure, with a mystery that probably would have had even more of an impact if I could have gone back in time a hundred years adn read this without knowing how the story …
Jul 02
Book Review: House of Dark Shadows
House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo I got this from audible as a “first of a series” special, and since I’m a sucker for YA, Middle Grade, and anything about haunted houses, this seemed the most promising of the lot. It does have a dark, mysterious house. In fact, this house is even better …