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Book Review: My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland

Posted on December 15, 2014 16 Comments

My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland Genre: Urban Fantasy, Zombies Publisher: DAW (January 2011) Author Info: dianarowland.com Wendy’s Rating: 5 of 5 stars Supernatural creatures like vampires and werewolves have been getting the Hollywood treatment lately, turning them into sparkly objects of desire. Well, zombies need love too! Unfortunately, there’s that whole […]

Book Review: Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

Posted on December 1, 2014 24 Comments

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix Genre: Horror Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Quirk (September 23, 2014) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars Horrorstör scratched a really great itch. When it comes to the Horror genre, I’m an unabashed fan of ghost stories and books about hauntings. Thing is, because so many of them follow the same formula and use […]

#RRSciFiMonth: Falling Sky by Rajan Khanna

Posted on November 25, 2014 16 Comments

Sci-Fi November is a month-long blog event hosted by Oh The Books and Rinn Reads this year, created to celebrate everything amazing about science fiction! From TV shows to movies, books to comics, and everything else in between, it is intended to help science fiction lovers share their love and passion for this genre and its many, […]

#RRSciFiMonth: Echopraxia by Peter Watts

Posted on November 17, 2014 17 Comments

Sci-Fi November is a month-long blog event hosted by Oh The Books and Rinn Reads this year, created to celebrate everything amazing about science fiction! From TV shows to movies, books to comics, and everything else in between, it is intended to help science fiction lovers share their love and passion for this genre and its many, […]

Book Review: Fiend by Peter Stenson

Posted on October 31, 2014 12 Comments

Fiend by Peter Stenson Genre: Horror Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Crown (April 8, 2014) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Despite the modest page count and a fascinating premise about what the zombie apocalypse would look like if meth heads were the only survivors – which, I have to say, is a pretty awesome social thought experiment – […]

Book Review: Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes

Posted on October 31, 2014 13 Comments

Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes Genre: Horror, Thriller Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Mulholland (September 16, 2014) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s been a while since I read a good horror novel. Broken Monsters proved to be just the thing I needed, turning out to be a cross-genre piece […]

Book Review: The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey

Posted on June 10, 2014 3 Comments

The Girl with All The Gifts by M.R. Carey Genre: Horror, Science Fiction Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Orbit (June 10, 2014) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 5 of 5 stars I confess, I’m not very good when it comes to pulling information out of book descriptions. But all I know is, when I first heard about The Girl with All The Gifts, […]

Book Review: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Posted on June 4, 2014 3 Comments

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeerGenre: Science Fiction, Horror Series: Book 1 of Southern Reach Publisher: FSG Originals (February 4, 2014) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars This is the first time I’ve ever read anything by Jeff VanderMeer, and I’ll admit at first I had my misgivings. I’d picked up this […]

Book Review: The Voices by F.R. Tallis

Posted on May 28, 2014 1 Comment

The Voices by F.R. Tallis Genre: Horror Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Pan Macmillan (May 8, 2014) Author Information: Website Mogsy’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars To some, The Voices is going to be just another haunted house ghost story. To others, it will be one of the most terrifying books you’ll ever read. I’ll admit […]

Book Review: The Remaining by D.J. Molles

Posted on May 21, 2014 Leave a Comment

The Remaining by D.J. MollesGenre: Science Fiction, Horror Series: Book 1 of The Remaining Publisher: Orbit (May 27, 2014) Author Information: Website Mogsy’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars The Remaining is a great zombie book. Originally self-published in 2012, it quickly became an internet bestseller before being picked up by Orbit, and there’s a damn […]