Category Archives: Books

Book Review: Kate Moore, The Radium Girls

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Denise

Nutshell:In the same vein as Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Radium Girls digs into a forgotten, swept-under piece of history and tells the stories of the women who fought for their rights – and their lives – … Continue reading →

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Elsewhere Review: Melissa Sweet’s Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Denise

Read the original piece RIGHT HERE at The Green Man Review! I have to admit, I worried I didn’t know enough about E.B. White to do justice to this book.  I’m a huge fan of Charlotte’s Web; but who isn’t?  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Ezekiel Boone, Skitter

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Denise

Nutshell: Boone proves there’s nothing to the notion of a “sophomore slump” if you’ve got a great writer and a kick-ass story.  Skitter is just as much gruesome, “GET IT OFF ME” fun as The Hatching was, but this time … Continue reading →

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Elsewhere Review – Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter’s Vampira and Her Daughters: Women Horror Movie Hosts from the 1950s into the Internet Era

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Denise

Read the original piece RIGHT HERE at The Green Man Review! Well hello there, boys and ghouls!  Devilishly delightful weather we’re having, wouldn’t you say?  Time to curl up with something scary, lie on your bed of needles, and while … Continue reading →

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Elsewhere Review: Ann Brashares, “The Whole Thing Together”

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Denise

Read the original piece RIGHT HERE at The Green Man Review! [NOTE: I received a Kindle advance reader’s copy in return for an honest review. I received no other compensation, not even a trip to the Hamptons or a box … Continue reading →

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#HistoryCrushHumpDay: Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Posted on October 5, 2016 by solaana

I am apparently also all about them hashtags. (I am not about hashtags, I swear.) In my family, we eschew the term “spirit animal”, because its current usage is appropriationist garbage (see: Your Spirit Animal Is Here To Take You … Continue reading →

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The Jim Henson Company to adapt Pratchett’s “Wee Free Men” film

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Denise

This is fantastic news.  The combination of Sir Terry Pratchett’s storytelling and the Henson workshop is a match made in genre heaven.  And if you haven’t read any Pratchett, please drop everything and grab one of the wildly popular Discworld … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Lethal Kisses, Ellen Datlow, ed.

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Denise

“He came to see that curses and blessings were often interchangeable.” Originally published: 1996. Yeah, a re-print. But it’s edited by Ellen Datlow. I’ve loved every anthology she’s ever worked on. World’s Best Fantasy and Horror.  ‘Nuff said.  And this … Continue reading →

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Wayback Review – Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Denise

[Gotta love anything Ellen Datlow has her hand in. Take it from me, in this Wayback from the late, great Green Man Review. Originally published 10/21/2007] Ellen Datlow, ed., Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (Tor, 2007) I … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Ezekiel Boone, The Hatching

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Denise

  Nutshell: The Hatching is a rip-roaring horror thrill ride. A blend of ensemble-cast Stephen King stories like The Stand and Needful Things, mixed with pulpy 70s animal-horror tales.  Not for the faint-hearted…and even die-hard horror fans may find themselves … Continue reading →

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