101 Horror Books - The Switch House: Is That You Ma-me?
The Switch House by Tim Meyer is a short novel about a couple who recently lost their young son. As both an escape and a way to get extra money to help them afford to move from a home filled with too many disturbing memories, Angela and Terry Shepard agree to star in a reality…
Donna101 Horror Books: The Grip of It - Descend Into Madness
The Grip of It by Jac Jemc follows a couple’s move into a new house. As we know, this is one of the most dangerous times. You can never be sure if the house you move into is haunted. They don’t have to disclose those things. Julie and James find this out the hard way.…
DonnaClown in a Cornfield: The Corniest Novel Hits the Big Screen
Clown in a Cornfield hits the big screen today. It’s the perfect teen slasher to kick off summer. Bringing equal parts mystery, teen drama, and comedy. In fact, it’s a bit of a shame that they went for the R rating, given that this would be a great horror movie for most teenagers who, because…
Donna101 Horror Books: Just Like Home Review - Let's Talk Houses
Phew! Let me tell you, this novel was an entire journey. It takes place over a short period and more or less all in one location, but my emotions and brain went on quite the adventure. All from the comfort of my recliner. Just the way I like. (I’m older than most adventuring protagonists, but…
Donna101 Horror Books: The Book of Accidents - Review and Plot Summary
Earlier this week I posted that I’d be reviewing 101 books from Sadie Hartmann’s 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered.Let’s Read 101 Horror Books To Read Before You’re MURDERED! – I’m working on snagging all of them and plan to go through each section one at a time. This first book, The Book…
DonnaLet's Read 101 Horror Books To Read Before You're MURDERED!
Sadie Hartmann has blessed the horror fans among us with a compilation of horror novels from every subgenre to satisfy even the most ardent fans. Guys, I admit I was cocky. I picked this up for myself early this year, sure I’d have read perhaps 60 maybe 70 percent of these. My hubris was astounding.…
DonnaInfluencing Death Review: An Unexpected Memoir
Between watching our studios dances and chaotic renditions of The Wobble as a hundred dancers waited for adjudications to begin, I finished TikTok influencer Penny Hawkins Smith‘s (@HospiceNursePenny) book Influencing Death. When the book arrived, I was expecting something akin to Mary Roach’s Stiff or Spook, but obviously the before death portion. Mostly informative, but…
DonnaBook Review: Is There Something In The Walls?
This one is a long time coming. Life has been life and there is nothing like a family plague of norovirus to keep a blogger down. (Also, apparently it can give you a rash that looks like measles or chicken pox or possibly yersinia pestis and require you to rush your child to kids express…
DonnaStephen King's The Monkey: Drums, Cymbals, and Actually Testing an Old Adage
This weekend as promised, I saw and read, Stephen King’s The Monkey. Actually, if you read it, you’ll need to pick up the collection of short stories called Skeleton Crew. Don’t worry though, this one has The Mist in it too. There’s plenty to read outside the about 50ish pages that make up The Monkey…
DonnaHead Cases Book Review: Dexter, Is That You?
This past week I read Head Cases by John McMahon. It is the first book in a new series that follows a group of FBI agents working on cold cases and the first book I’ve ever read of his. I was excited to go into a fresh novel by a new-to-me author. This was massively…
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