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Graphic Novel Review: The Extinction Parade (Vol 1)
Title: The Extinction Parade: Vol 1 *Series: The Extinction ParadeAuthor: Max BrooksIllustrator: Raúlo Cáceres Publisher: Avatar PressPages: Paperback; 160Release Date: July 1, 2014Source: NetGalley Max Brooks, the best selling Zombie writer in history, unleashes an all-new horror epic! As humans wage their losing fight versus the hoards of the subdead, a frightening realization sets in with the secretive vampire race: our food is dying off. This is the story of the vampire’s decent into all-out war with the mindless, hungry hordes of the zombie outbreak as humanity tries to survive them all! This collected edition contains the entire first chapter of Extinction Parade (Issues #1-5) and a…
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Book Review: Crave
Media Type: Ebook Title: Crave Author: Melissa Darnell Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Paperback; 416 Release Date: October 25, 2011 Source: NetGalley ———————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note. ———————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love vampires, witches, or a mixture of the two. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Savannah Colbert has never known why she’s so hated by the kids of the Clann. Nor can she deny her instinct to get close to Clann golden boy Tristan Coleman. Especially when she recovers from…
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Talking Characters with Allison van Diepan
Tweet Please give a warm welcome to the fabulous Allison Van Diepan! On a blog tour to promote her newest book, The Vampire Stalker, Allison is here to share with us a bit of background to the book. I love this post. As fellow readers, I’m sure you all wished one of your favorite characters really existed at some point. Allison van Diepan understands that, but I’ll let her explain. Could the characters we love be real? In The Vampire Stalker, Amy discovers that her favorite book character, the dashing Alexander Banks, is actually a real person. In fact, all of…
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Audio Book Review: Eighth Grade Bites
Tweet Media Type: Audio book Title: Eighth Grade Bites Author: Heather Brewer Narrator: Kevin Pariseau Publisher: Brilliance Audio Format: MP3-CD Duration: 4:43:34 Source: Library ======================= Intended Reading Group: Middle Grade/Young Adult Content Screening: Mild violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Junior high really sucks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod. Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has a secret: his mother was human, but his father was a vampire. With no idea of the extent of his powers, Vlad struggles daily with his blood cravings and…