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Side by Side Book Review: RING SHOUT by P. Djèlí Clark

Side by Side Book Review: RING SHOUT by P. Djèlí Clark

RING SHOUT by P. Djèlí Clark
Klu Klux Klan members turned into (bigger) monsters under a hex from the Birth of a Nation film and Maryse Boudreaux and friends are not having any of it!  There's so much happening in these short pages and this is a novella that is scary on so many levels.  While this takes place during the prohibition era in Georgia, Clark also peppers in many other historical parts that...


Side by Side Review: UNTIL SUMMER COMES AROUND by Glenn Rolfe

Side by Side Review: UNTIL SUMMER COMES AROUND by Glenn Rolfe

Glenn Rolfe
Publisher: Flame Tree Press
Janelle's Review:

Thank you Flame Tree Press for my gifted copy. 

Glenn Rolfe’s UNTIL SUMMER COMES AROUND is an all-consuming, 1980s coming-of-age, nostalgic, vampire extravaganza of a story. I “summer breezed” right on through this entire book, and much like the vampires in this story, I...


Side by Side Review: THE UNSUITABLE by Molly Pohlig

Side by Side Review: THE UNSUITABLE by Molly Pohlig

Title: THE UNSUITABLE

Author: Molly Pohlig

Publisher: Henry Holt & Company

Janelle's Review

Thank you to Henry Holt for my free copy.  
THE UNSUITABLE is a bloody, outlandish gothic tale set in the Victorian era. It’s full of dark scenes and even darker thoughts.
Iseult is twenty-eight, a spinster, and her father is desperately trying to marry her off. Even though her father is a cruel man, she resists the idea of getting married and keeps a black book detailing her unsuitable suitors. Iseult...


Side by Side Review: THE FOREVER HOUSE by Tim Waggoner

Side by Side Review: THE FOREVER HOUSE by Tim Waggoner

Here at Night Worms, we love to buddy read & review. Chandra, Janelle, Matt, and John offer their reading experience of THE FOREVER HOUSE by Tim Waggoner.

Thank you Flame Tree Press for early copies.

Chandra's review:

This was the horror book that I needed right now.  I remember reading the synopsis a WHILE back and then promptly forgot about it - I just knew I wanted to read it so I dove into...


What Type of Reader are You? (Horror Edition)

What Type of Reader are You? (Horror Edition)

What Type of Reader are You? (Horror Edition)

 

In the Bookstagram and reading communities, like anywhere else, there are a variety of people trying to live their best lives while immersing themselves in the lives of the characters within the tomes they are perusing.  While there has been some sense of discord in how fast or "incorrectly" people read, we can all at least agree that everyone does it their own particular way.  Let's take a look at some different types of readers, shall we?

  • Watch out for Jigsaw, the intellectual reader that devours information from mainly...