Kate Spofford, author

Tag: horror

  • October 2018 reading round-up

    October 2018 reading round-up

    Ghosts, goblins, murder, and all other sorts of creepiness!

  • May 2018 reading round-up

    # of books read: 16 audiobooks listened to: 3 graphic novels read: 4 total page count: 3,727 pages year total page count: 16,228 pages Even higher reading totals than last month!  I’m on a roll! View this post on Instagram As usual, I was pleased to read another Patricia Briggs book.  Burn Bright is the…

  • April 2018 reading round-up

    # of books read: 11 audiobooks listened to: 2 used books read: 2 total page count: 2,634 pages year total page count: 12,501 pages The highest monthly total yet this year! View this post on Instagram I’ve been dying to get my hands on Children of Blood and Bone, I’ve heard so much about it…

  • March 2018 reading round-up

    # of books read: 15 audiobooks listened to: 2 ebooks read: 5 (6 if you count Wattpad!) total page count: 3,453 pages year total page count: 9,867 pages The highest monthly total yet this year! View this post on Instagram It’s rare that I go out and buy a brand new hardcover unless I’m going…

  • February 2018 reading round-up

    # of books read: 10 audiobooks listened to: 2 ARCs read: 3 total page count: 2,897 pages year total page count: 6,414 pages February is a short month, and I ended up reading a monster of a book – Godsgrave, by Jay Kristoff.  The book is only 448 pages, but the typeset was so small,…

  • January 2018 reading round-up

    January 2018 reading round-up

    # of books read: 11 audiobooks listened to: 2 Leigh Bardugo books read: 3 total page count: 3,517 pages year total page count: 3,517 pages Last year I read a total of 174 books!  My goal was only 100, so I don’t feel like I’m rushing to complete my Goodreads challenge.  This month was a…

  • December reading round-up

    December reading round-up

    # of books read: 13 audiobooks listened to: 2 graphic novels read: 3 total page count: 3,954 year total page count: 44,234 Lots more reading this month!  Especially since I hardly wrote anything!  Did some editing and wrote a couple of chapters, but otherwise I’ve been busy reading… View this post on Instagram I’m not…

  • October reading round-up

    # of books read: 11 audiobooks listened to: 2 horror novels read: 7 total page count: 3,149 year total page count: 38,498 View this post on Instagram The first book read this month was from the batch I got signed at the Boston Teen Author Festival.  Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe…

  • the YA horror novel aesthetic

    You could say that every genre has its own aesthetic, but lately the YA horror genre has been taking aesthetic to a new level – beyond cover design, or even typeface and chapter headings. The first YA novel that did this really effectively was Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – a novel which some…

  • 31 Days of Halloween, Day 5 – The Exorcist (TV series)

    I didn’t have enough time to watch a full horror movie today, so I settled for the pilot episode of the new Exorcist television series. I wasn’t entirely if this was going to be a prequel, or a continuation – but it seems there is no connection at all to the movie.  You’ve got the…