Jane’s Pick: Reprieve by James Han Mattson Quigley House is an escape room designed like a haunted house – the twist is that it is full-contact – the actors, dressed in horror costumes interact and menace the contestants. Contestants are paired in groups of 4 and must use teamwork to get through all 6 cells…
Tag: Horror
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Jane’s Pick: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaI love gothic everything, so this title made me pick it up immediately – and, wow, the book did not disappoint. The book builds slowly at first, but, please, keep on reading – as you will be rewarded with a dark and twisty tale that will have you on…
Blindness
Kathryn’s Pick: Blindness by José Saramago “If I’m sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?” – José Saramago, Blindness On a day just like any other an unexplained plague of “white blindness” sweeps across the country and leaves a scrambling government struggling to contain the outbreak. A large portion of the population…
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Kathryn’s Pick: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks World War Z is a documentary-like novel that follows the story of multiple survivors left wandering in the decomposing world slowly being overrun by zombies. We as readers get brief glimpses into the lives of these survivors as The Great…
Final Girls
Sara’s Pick:Final Girls by Riley Sager Ten years ago Quincy was the sole survivor of a massacre at a cottage in the woods has no memory of the actual attack becoming, along with Lisa and Sam, the third member of a club the press dubs “The Final Girls”. Quincy has been doing well with the…
The Passage
Kathryn’s Pick: The Passage by Justin Cronin This is a work of fiction that uses the popular literary elements of an apocalyptic setting and vampires but it weaves them in such a way that you almost forget you’re reading sci-fi. Throughout the book, multiple characters share their journey as a mutating virus outbreak threatens to change…
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