Tag: Horror October

Review: The Farm by Emily McKay

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 21, 2014 | 4 Comments

This book was just….there. It wasn’t bad necessarily, but it wasn’t really all that good either. I felt NOTHING while reading. Absolutely nothing. No intrigue, no disgust (and there were plenty of disgusting things), no emotion whatsoever. Not good. I think that’s what ultimately scored such a low rating for this book is that I didn’t give a crap about the story or the characters. Even when things were actually happening I didn’t care. There was no anticipation, no suspense. The whole abductura […]

Movie Review: Oculus

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 20, 2014 | 9 Comments

Oculus Directed by Mike Flanagan 4.11.2014 Rated R 104 minutes See on IMDb The twenty-one year-old Timothy “Tim” Allen Russell is discharged from a mental institution by his psychiatric Dr. Shawn Graham completely healed from a childhood trauma. His sister Kaylie welcomes him in the parking area and brings him home. Then she tells that they need to destroy an ancient mirror that she has just bought in an auction. The reluctant Tim follows his sister and has fragmented recollections […]

Horror October!

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 18, 2014 | 4 Comments

It’s that time again! If you know me you know I love horror. I also love Halloween! What I’ve got planned for this event: Some YA horror reviews A horror movie review or two *maybe* a discussion about horror (not sure since I already did that last year) A Halloween edition of Life of a Blogger Mostly I just want to read and watch a lot of horror stuff! Books I have lined up I don’t expect to get […]

Review: Feed by Mira Grant

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 1, 2013 | 4 Comments

Once again, I am the black sheep here. I really thought I could FINALLY find a zombie book I could actually love (so far, there are none), but again, I was wrong. I just want to say first: I really enjoyed Parasite. I loved the convincing world building, and the concept was so realistic it was almost scary. So, if you agree with me and didn’t like Feed, I still suggest picking up Parasite. I am very character driven when it […]

Horror October Discussion: Horror in Books

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 29, 2013 | 7 Comments

Todays topic: The horror genre in books! As I said in my discussion about horror in film: I loooove horror. I love creepy, dark stories. BUT…I am very picky. I do not scare easily at all, and I find 95% of the horror out there comedic rather than scary. I also don’t have a weak stomach. The gorier, the better! I have yet to find a book that could actually scare me. As of right now, I remain skeptical that it’s […]

Review: Insomnia by J.R. Johansson

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 28, 2013 | 11 Comments

Writing reviews for books that didn’t give you much passion either way is very difficult. This is one of those books, sadly. I’m having trouble pinpointing the issue here. The idea behind Insomnia was fantastic, really. Being able to see the dreams of the last person you made eye contact with? Such an interesting concept! But I felt totally ‘meh’ through the whole book. I just couldn’t connect with the story at all. Or our main character, Parker. (I already […]