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Tag: horror
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! https://www.instagram.com/p/BiHKrLuFtzo/ As usual, I was pleased to read another Patricia Briggs book. Burn Bright is the fifth book in the … Continue reading May 2018 reading round-up
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! https://www.instagram.com/p/BhJf2B3FXjo/ I've been dying to get my hands on Children of Blood and Bone, I've heard so much about it and then, of course, … Continue reading April 2018 reading round-up
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! https://www.instagram.com/p/BepzArolPvq/ It's rare that I go out and buy a brand new hardcover unless I'm going to get it signed. … Continue reading March 2018 reading round-up
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, … Continue reading February 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 … Continue reading January 2018 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... https://www.instagram.com/p/BcIsmg5lFqE I'm not sure how my coworker … Continue reading December reading round-up
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 https://www.instagram.com/p/BZbfuCrl616 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 was just such a … Continue reading October reading round-up
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 … Continue reading the YA horror novel aesthetic
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 … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween, Day 5 – The Exorcist (TV series)
Work in Progress 