Kate Spofford, author

Category: books

3 on a theme: Eleanors

It’s been a while since my last 3 on a theme, but this was a good one: three books read almost concurrently. And such a simple theme: characters named Eleanor.

March 23, 2020
my favorite middle grade books of the year and all-time

As a young adult librarian and a writer of YA books, I don’t often venture into middle grade territory. But I have been reading more, because a lot of the “teens” who come to my library programs are middle schoolers, and they aren’t always ready for YA books. Over on The Page Half Full, the…

December 12, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 31: writing horror

Since it is the last day of Halloween, and Nanowrimo Eve, the list today is horror books and movies about WRITERS!

October 31, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 30: disability rep

I’ve tried to collect horror here with positive (or at least, not damaging) portrayals of disability.

October 30, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 29: based on Ed Gein

I had originally meant to include multiple serial killers in this blog post, but then I found that all the books and movies were based on just one: Ed Gein!

October 29, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 28: prairie horror

Not to be confused with Western horror, this list of horror stories set in the prairie is more about wide open spaces and harsh, isolating winters.

October 28, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 27: high school horror

High school was not the greatest time of my life, which must be why horror stories set in high schools are so common.

October 27, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 26: book/tv pairings

Sometimes there’s a vibe between a TV series and a book that is not its source material, and that is the list for today.

October 26, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 25: Christmas horror

The 25th of October means… that Christmas will be here in two short months!

October 25, 2019
31 days of Halloween, day 24: Horror on Ice

If there’s one thing I fear, it’s the coming of winter each year. I hate being cold, and I know I’m not alone – which is probably why this list was so easy to make!

October 24, 2019