Category: Novel

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Fear Street Super Chiller: The New Year’s Party Review

3 reasons why you should read Fear Street Super Chiller: The New Year’s Party – and 1 why you should avoid! R. L. Stine’s New Year holiday horror Super Chiller, The New Year’s Party was released in December 1995 (for New Year’s 1996). 30 years later, it is being reviewed here on the blog! As promised, within this review there will be 3 reasons why you should bother with this particular Fear Street. Even though it’s currently January, that reason alone shouldn’t be sufficient. The first reason you should read this book is that it is structured very differently from...

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Gerald’s Game Review: 1992’s shocking sexcapade

Stephen King takes us through the ordeals of Jessie Burlingame, handcuffed to the bed with only her dead husband, a starving mutt, her own psychosis, and past childhood trauma for company. Gerald’s Game (1992) suspensefully obscures the distinction of madness and reality, past and present – leading you through a path of heartache, horror and the possibility of redemption.

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Spooksville: Aliens in the Sky Review

Aliens in the Sky shows a lot of social conscience for a book aimed at YA audience. With such sentiments as ‘girls can be heroes too’, awareness of the effects of climate change, themes of activism and even a comment about race relations can all be found here. There was also a particular level of violence, or at least hinted at, in this book – making it an interesting read overall!

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36 Sci-Fi Horror and Alien Books from the 90s

Over the past couple of weeks, I have really got the sci-fi bug. Whilst you won’t find me watching Star Trek or Star Wars anytime soon, I have been enjoying science fiction, particularly books that feature extra-terrestrials, but with a horror twist.

This of course led me to research what sci-fi horror titles are out there. Here is that list!