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Tag Archives: halloween
Trailer Tuesday: ‘Breed’ by Chase Novak
Just in time for Halloween, Chase Novak (a.k.a.Scott Spencer) has released a book that seriously scares. Alex and Leslie Twisden will do anything to have a baby and when fertility treatment after fertility treatment yields no results, the couple grows … Continue reading
A Halloween gift from Jennifer Weiner
Jennifer Weiner’s latest project demonstrates one of the digital revolution’s biggest benefits—when inspiration strikes an author, readers don’t have to wait two years to reap the benefits. Weiner had an idea for a creepy short story on Tuesday, October 25. … Continue reading
Monday Contest: Books that give you chills
Halloween is only a week away, so we thought it appropriate to give away something nice a spooky . . . actually, three things nice and spooky. I was introduced to Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl’s Beautiful Creatures series about … Continue reading
Holly Black’s ‘never-ending blood party of revelry’
Big news for fans of Holly Black! The author of The Spiderwick Chronicles has signed a deal to write a new book called The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. This story is set in the “not-so-distant future” and is about a … Continue reading
Best of the blogs
It’s been another great week of reading blogs—especially because of all the spooky and kooky holiday posts. (I’ve already mentioned a couple this morning.) A few of my favorite posts from the week: The Definition of Horror Fiction and Guest … Continue reading
Halloween costumes for bookworms
Now that you know what to read on Halloween, what are you going to wear? Lit Drift has posted a fantastic roundup of 10 literary-inspired Halloween costumes. I am happy to say that I have dressed up as two of … Continue reading
Your picks for Halloween books for kids
Tomorrow’s edition of Reading Corner is all about spooky books for Halloween—from a thought provoking picture book from Jon J Muth to the latest teen novel by Rick Yancey. It was a lot of fun to put this issue together … Continue reading
And the winner of our vamp contest is . . .
So true, Travis—I’m not much for glittering bodies, either. Luckily our prizes hew more closely to the classics! Email me (trisha at bookpage dot com) to claim your prize, and I’ll get Isis, The Casebook of Doctor Frankenstein, and The … Continue reading
Vampires everywhere (plus, a contest)
These days there seem to be more vampires around than you can shake a stake at. On TV, with “True Blood” and the CW’s new series “The Vampire Diaries“; on the big screen, with the films New Moon and Jennifer’s … Continue reading
