Category: Paranormal
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Blitz (The Checquy Files, Book 3): X-Men meets X-Files meets 007
The Rook (The Checquy Files, Book 1)Stiletto (The Checquy Files, Book 2)Blitz (The Checquy Files, Book 3)By: Daniel O’MalleyMy Rating: FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARSBest for: 18 and up X-Men meets X-Files meets 007 If you hate having fun while you read, let me just stop you now. The Checquy Files aren’t for you. For…
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Empty Smiles: Who loves creepy clowns? (ME!)
Small Spaces (Small Spaces, book 1)Dead Voiced (Small Spaces, book 2)Dark Waters (Small Spaces, book 3)Empty Smiles (Small Spaces, book 4)By: Katherine ArdenMy Rating: Four out of five starsBest for: 12 and up Those clowns are the creepiest of all! I know Katherine Arden best from The Winternight Trilogy, her fantastic historical fantasy series set…
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#Nightwalker: Paranormal mystery, anyone?
NightwalkerBy: Elissa C. NysetvoldMy Rating: Three out of five starsBest for: 14 and up Who’s up for a paranormal mystery? I’m always on the look out for new authors who do great work and deserve to get their books out there, so I was happy to take a look at Nightwalker by Elissa Nysetvold. Innocent…
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#DarkWaters: More creepy fun!
Dark Waters (Small Spaces, book 3)By: Katherine ArdenMy Rating: Four out of five starsBest for: 12 and up What!? An unexpected cliffhanger!!! I know Katherine Arden best from The Winternight Trilogy, her fantastic historical fantasy series set in long ago Russia. It’s a wonderful story, full of with amazing characters, connections to myths and traditions,…
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#DeadVoices: Go SCARE yourself!
Dead Voices (Small Spaces, book 2)By: Katherine ArdenMy Rating: FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARS!Best for: 12 and up If this is middle grade, why was I so freaked out?! I know Katherine Arden best from The Winternight Trilogy, her fantastic historical fantasy series set in long ago Russia. It’s a wonderful story, full of amazing…
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A Book Club Guest Review of A Haunting at Havenwood
A Haunting at Havenwood (Seasons of Change, Book 6)By: Sally BrittonReviewer Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest for: 14 and up Cute regency mystery with a touch of romanceReview by Charity Bradford I’m not usually a regency fan, but I liked that this woman’s change of circumstance brought her into her own. It was really…
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#SmallSpaces: Scarecrows are CREEPY!
Small Spaces By: Katherine Arden My Rating: FOUR out of FIVE stars Best for: 10 and up Katherine Arden wrote The Winternight Trilogy, which I LOVED. So I thought I’d give Small Spaces a try. It’s her first jump into middle grade and quite different from her debut effort. The verdict? Thumbs up! The sixth-graders…
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#AChristmasCarol: Uncultured no longer
A Christmas Carol By: Charles Dickens My Rating: FIVE out of FIVE stars Best for: 12 and up My first Dickens won’t by my last. A Christmas Carol is charming, easy to read, and a lot of fun to read as the source material for so much of what “Christmas” has become. And under 100…
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#Beyond and #Before: Twilight + Ghost (but without the sparkles or the pottery)
Beyond Before By: Catina Haverlock and Angela Larkin My Rating: FIVE out of FIVE stars Best for: 14 and up Friends, I loved (A LOT) Beyond (book 1) and Before (book 2) by sisters Catina Haverlock and Angela Larkin. Wait…aren’t they YA Romance? Yep. Paranormal romance, actually. And aren’t you a 42-year-old dad with 6…
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Midnight Riot (Peter Grant, #1)
4/5 stars Midnight Riot (Peter Grant, #1) by Ben Aaronovitch So magic is real? “So magic is real,” I said. “Which makes you a…what?” “A wizard.” “Like Harry Potter?” Nightingale sighed. “No,” he said. “Not like Harry Potter.” “In what way?” “I’m not a fictional character,” said Nightingale. And, sold. Midnight Riot–or Rivers of London,…
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The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book By: Neil GaimanMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE STARS!Best for: 10 and up Delightfully Charming, Gaiman-ly Creepy… Me to my 13-year-old daughter: “I just finished a book you HAVE to read!” Daughter: “What’s it called?” Me: “The Graveyard Book.” Daughter: [Raises one eyebrow, initiates eye roll] Me: “It’s about a baby boy…
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