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Category Archives: Gothic

Nafiza Recommends: The Ghosts of Ashbury High by Jaclyn Moriarty

November 29, 2015by Yash 4 Comments

Amelia and Riley have transferred to Ashbury for their final year of school, and everyone is completely obsessed with them. Glamorous, talented and totally devoted to one another, the two […]

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Gothic, Magical Realism, Young Adult

Scary Stories For Children: A Genre Studies Course Rationale

October 30, 2014by Jaquelin Elliott 4 Comments

The upcoming 2015 Children’s Literature Association Conference is one that has caught my attention – “The High Stakes and Dark Sides of Children’s Literature,” an open-ended call for panels on […]

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Abuse, Fairytales, Fantasy, Gothic, Horror, Psychological, Red Riding Hood, Social Issues, Speculative Fiction, Supernatural Creatures, Thriller

Rags and Bones: New Twists On Timeless Tales

July 31, 2014by Yash 8 Comments

… and here we are. Tomorrow. That is to say, today. And today, I’m going to talk about this beasty here- Rags & Bones! You guys, I got this *sigh* last November […]

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Anthology, Art and Illustrations, Crossover, Dystopian, Fairytales, Fantasy, Gothic, Science Fiction, Young Adult

The Lynburn Legacy [Alternate Title: ASDFGHJKL!]

February 14, 2014by Yash 9 Comments

Kami Glass loves someone she’s never met . . . a boy she’s talked to in her head ever since she was born. She wasn’t silent about her imaginary friend […]

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Fantasy, Gothic, LGBTQ, YA Romance, Young Adult

Hungry for Home: Thoughts on Coraline

December 2, 2013by Yash 4 Comments

“She wants something to love, I think,” said the cat. “Something that isn’t her. She might want something to eat as well. It’s hard to tell with creatures like that.” […]

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Gothic, Illustrated Novels

Top Ten Tuesday: Scariest Book Covers

October 29, 2013by Yash 7 Comments

It’s Tuesday again! And since we’ve basically dedicated this whole month to finding scary book recommendations, I think we’ll go with The Broke and the Bookish’s theme of book covers […]

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Gothic, Horror, Top Ten Tuesday

Nightmarish Creatures: Werewolves

October 28, 2013by stephiedror 3 Comments

 Aaaah Werewolves. What fun. I enjoy a good werewolf story, like Dracula and vampires, they used to be kickass. Aaaaand just like Dracula and vampires they fall prey to those sexy (and gory) animal […]

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All Hallow's Read, Gothic, Horror, Magical Creatures, Werewolves

Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery

October 25, 2013by Yash 3 Comments

Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery was written by Dave Roman and illustrated by Jason Ho, Dave Roman, Raina Telgemeier, Jeff Zornow, and Jen Wang. It was published in October […]

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All Hallow's Read, Anthology, Fantasy, Gothic, Graphic Novels, Horror

Oh the horror!

October 21, 2013by stephiedror 3 Comments

   I was a little stuck for a blog topic this morning. I kept thinking about all the books that had my toes curled, shivers sent up my spine or […]

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All Hallow's Read, Gothic, Horror, Supernatural Creatures, This Month's Theme

In the Shadow of Blackbirds

October 18, 2013by Yash 5 Comments

In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters was published in April 2013 and the copy I have used for this review is my own. (I slunk out of Chapters […]

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All Hallow's Read, Fantasy, Ghosts, Gothic, Horror, Photography

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