Undead and Unworthy

MJD prefaced book #7 in the series by saying she was taking it in a new direction, and thank goodness! Unworthy is definitly the best since book #1 or #2, I was ready to give up but am glad I didn’t. An entertaining and fast read.

Glass Houses

Surprisingly good YA vampire novel.

Scared! How to Draw Fantastic Horror Comic Characters

Includes nice history of graphic horror, and instructions fairly easy to follow.

My Crowd

Addams = Awesome

A couple of the cartoons are dated, but most are still funny today. Worth reading for any Addams fan.

Nostromo

I had a hard time staying interested in this, I didn’t really get into it until hour 10 (out of 15). Not my favorite Conrad work.

Body Movers 3

I like this series, I do. But I wonder how long the mystery of the main characters parents’ can be drawn out – not to mention the love quadrangle (3 different guys are in love with her). Hopefully there’ll be some progress in the next book.

The Two Sams: Ghost Stories

Nice selection of five spooky stories – Mr. Dark’s Carnival was the creepiest!

The Story of Lucy Gault

So, so sad.

Dark Dreams

Sort of a mixed bag of horror stories by black authors. Some didn’t seem like horror, some were pretty awful, and nearly every one rambled or dragged out. There were a couple very good stories: The Empty Vessel which was eerie, I, Ghoul, Siren Song, The Fourth Floor, He Who Takes the Pain Away, and especially the last Danger Word.

Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume

I remember reading and enjoying Judy Blume books when I was a girl, but apparently I missed out big time by not reading Forever. There’s quite a few essays regarding that book’s influence, but I think I jumped from Blubber and Are You There God… straight to Christopher Pike, VC Andrews, Mary Higgins Clark and Stephen King.

Reading Everything… made me want to re-read all of Blume’s books!