The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff. To be perfectly honest, this book starts off kind of slow, in my opinion. There’s a bit of a struggle to get a handle on what it’s *about*. At least there was for me. It’s a hard way to start a book, you risk losing readers early on. But for … Continue reading »
Go on — judge it by its cover
Diane Dooley had a great post over on her blog this month where she talked about the allure of the cover. She featured some very intriguing dark fiction covers of books written by women. And I was so inspired that I thought I’d share a few of my own. Some of these books I haven’t … Continue reading »
Women in Horror Book Review #2: Feed
Feed by Mira Grant. I read this book specifically in preparation for this discussion on women in horror. Since it came out, I’d actually been avoiding it. I was intrigued by the cover, LOVING the play on the RSS feed symbol, but I have to admit, zombies just aren’t my thing. Not the virus-gone-wrong sort, … Continue reading »
Women in Horror Book Review #1: Anna Dressed in Blood
(If you haven’t read my last post on establishing common denominators and encouraging more girls to write horror, you can find it here. Short version: Put good horror reads – written by women – in front of girls who want to write horror—show them that they can do it too!) Now, for my first example… … Continue reading »
Feed Me. Please. (Women in horror, I mean you!)
February is Women in Horror Month! And while I’m not officially affiliated with the WiHM (Women in Horror Month) crew found here, I am a woman and I read, write, watch and LOVE horror. WiHM is at its core about equal rights and fostering opportunities for underrepresented females in the genre (particularly in the film … Continue reading »
