Tag: Horror October

Review: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 25, 2013 | 21 Comments

Perhaps I doomed myself by going into this book with sky high hopes. And perhaps I deserve it because even after seeing some not-so-great reviews, my shallow nature wouldn’t let me walk away from the beautiful, beautiful cover. (Damn you, beautiful cover, damn you.) But my goodness, I was highly disappointed in this book! First of all, WHERE IS THE GOTHIC NOVEL I WAS PROMISED?!?! This was supposed to be a horror! This book is NOT a horror. It is […]

Review: The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 16, 2013 | 9 Comments

This book was very tough to rate for me. I had extremely bipolar thoughts about this book, and the rating should be broken down as such: Scenes with the Anthropophagi Scenes without the Anthropophagi It’s no secret that I am NOT a fan of historical by any means, and I had no clue going into this that it would be historical (I saw Rick Yancey + gruesome horror and didn’t bother to read anymore). So, I was bored to tears in the […]

Review: Parasite by Mira Grant

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 15, 2013 | 6 Comments

The uniqueness of this book was the selling quality for me. The idea was crazy, but also completely logical. It was done so well that I felt like it could actually happen! I didn’t really care for Sal, to be honest. She was rather flat and dull to me, and I couldn’t connect with her at all. I felt nothing reading from her perspective because she was so detached and clinical about everything. The emotion just wasn’t there. There were a […]

Horror October Discussion: Horror in Film

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 12, 2013 | 19 Comments

Todays topic: The horror genre 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! [edit: I also don’t get nightmares. Ever. The only movie that ever gave me a (kind of) nightmare is The Notebook, because it reminded me of my past and I dreamt […]

Horror October

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 4, 2013 | 13 Comments

Leanne at Literary Excursion is hosting this lovely event! All month long will feature all kinds of exciting Halloween-ish stuffs! What you can expect here at ASR for Horror October: A couple of YA horror reviews Discussion about horror in YA A list of horror novels I’ve read Discussion about horror movies A list of my favorite horror movies To get into the spirit, I’ve compiled a list of YA horror novels to read: Between the Devil & the […]