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Trans YA horror in a small town

Lockjaw by Matteo L. Cerilli

August 2, 2024 by LB Leave a Comment

Lockjaw by Matteo L Cerilli is a YA horror that explores small town niceness and what makes a monster real. I’m still fairly newly into horror and very particular, but I like seeing the themes of monstrosity explored through marginalized lenses, so I took the chance to read Lockjaw with glee. This is a story told from several points of view and does some time jumps that aren’t obvious, for reasons that become evident about halfway through the book. I found several elements absolutely heartbreaking, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Tagged With: Ghost, haunting, horror, Matteo L. Cerilli, monster hunting, queer, Small town, small town horror, trans, YA

LB's CBR16 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Young Adult · Tags: Ghost, haunting, horror, Matteo L. Cerilli, monster hunting, queer, Small town, small town horror, trans, YA ·
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Three hits and a miss for Humor and Mayhem

Hope It All Works Out!: A Poorly Drawn Lines Collection by Reza Farazmand

Mothman's Merry Cryptid Christmas (Cryptid Holiday Classics) by Andrew Shaffer

Mothman's Happy Cryptid Halloween (Cryptid Holiday Classics) by Andrew Shaffer

The Secret Pet (Bad Books for Bad Kids) by Andrew Shaffer

August 1, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was reading a few online reader copies the other day. They were all amusing, each in their own way (or not as you’ll see below). They all have a future publication date, except one. And the first is not like the others since there are two authors/creators.  Hope It All Works Out!: A Poorly Drawn Lines Collection by Reza Farazmand is what it is! If you know/like Poorly Drawn Lines the comic, you can get your fix with all of these funny, thoughtful and […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Short Stories Tagged With: Andrew Shaffer, animals, mothman, Poorly Drawn Lines, Reza Farazmand

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:354 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Short Stories · Tags: Andrew Shaffer, animals, mothman, Poorly Drawn Lines, Reza Farazmand ·
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Holiday Reads: Alpine Edition

The Clinic by Cate Quinn

In Memoriam by Alice Winn

The Dry by Jane Harper

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

A Sincere Warning About the Entity in your House by Jason Arnopp

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

July 31, 2024 by Zirza Leave a Comment

Apparently, all I need in life is a pile of books, a fridge full of cheese and diet coke and a massive tent. The Clinic (Cate Quinn) ** Certified tough chick (™) Meg checks into an exclusive rehab clinic, not to treat her own burgeoning drug problem, but to discover what happened to her sister Haley, a famous actress who died on the grounds. The clinic claims suicide, but Meg doesn’t buy it and sets out to investigate what really happened.  I read this book […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Short Stories, Suspense Tagged With: A Sincere Warning about the Entity in your House, Alice Winn, Cate Quinn, Cold Comfort Farm, David Grann, Echo, In Memoriam, Jane Harper, jason arnopp, killers of the flower moon, Stella Gibbons, The Clinic, the dry, Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Zirza's CBR16 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Short Stories, Suspense · Tags: A Sincere Warning about the Entity in your House, Alice Winn, Cate Quinn, Cold Comfort Farm, David Grann, Echo, In Memoriam, Jane Harper, jason arnopp, killers of the flower moon, Stella Gibbons, The Clinic, the dry, Thomas Olde Heuvelt ·
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“Dreams, they’re for those who sleep”

The Virgin Suicides (1993) by Jeffrey Eugenides

July 29, 2024 by drmllz 3 Comments

Content note: The novel contains graphic death scenes and deals with suicide extensively. This review also discusses suicide  and death quite briefly. Bingo square: Earth day: the novel deals with pollution and decay and environmental ruin I was by way of being a movie buff for a while in the early 2000s (which is how I found Pajiba), and I watched Sofia Coppola’s 1999 adaptation of The Virgin Suicides then, and read the book afterwards. I think it was that way around–I remember being surprised […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: CBR16, cbr16bingo, content note, drmllz, earth day square, Jeffrey Eugenides, novels set in the 1970s

drmllz's CBR16 Review No:7 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Horror · Tags: CBR16, cbr16bingo, content note, drmllz, earth day square, Jeffrey Eugenides, novels set in the 1970s ·
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“Books were a dirty job, one of the black arts, along with witchcraft and printing.”

The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran

July 25, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was a fascinating read! I can see why it comes so highly recommended by people whose opinions on books I trust. This is also a genremash book, with a little bit of lot of stuff thrown in, and done very well. We’ve got horror, fantasy (on the dark end), literary fiction, and a bit of a mystery plot as well. I will not be talking hugely about the plot, because watching it unfold is too fun to spoil, but this starts off about a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, horror, literary horror, narfna, sara gran, speculative, The Book of the Most Precious Substance

narfna's CBR16 Review No:53 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, horror, literary horror, narfna, sara gran, speculative, The Book of the Most Precious Substance ·
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Two vultures with roses in their feathers.

Roses Are Kinda Horrifying, Huh?

A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

July 22, 2024 by RouletteGirl Leave a Comment

T. Kingfisher has a knack for taking the most innocent of things (rabbits, tree branches bumping windows, a still & quiet room) and making them horrifying. After reading A House With Good Bones, I may never look at roses the same way again. But let me start from the beginning. Sam is archaeoentomologist, a researcher who studies insect remains at archaeological digs. She had been set to go on a six month dig when it was postponed at the last minute. But her room has […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: CBR16, horror, t kingfisher

RouletteGirl's CBR16 Review No:28 · Genres: Horror · Tags: CBR16, horror, t kingfisher ·
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