Tag Archives: Readings In the Genre

Book Review: The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

The next book in the Readings In the Genre The Haunting was The Amityville Horror (Horror 315 page) by Jay Anson. This was a very different style of haunting than The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. I think one … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House (Horror 174 pages) by Shirley Jackson is the first book I’ve read out of the required Readings In the Genre: The Haunted for one of my classes this semester. As I tend to do book … Continue reading

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Book Review: Carrie by Stephen King

I read Carrie (Horror 253 pages) by Stephen King today. This is the second of my five required books for this term that I have completed. I’m not really quite sure what to say about this book, other than it … Continue reading

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Book Review: Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry

I started and finished Patient Zero (Horror 421 pages) by Jonathan Maberry yesterday. This is the assigned reading for the SHU MA program in Writing Popular Fiction for January 2011. It’s also the first assigned reading for this program that I … Continue reading

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Book Review: Neverland by Douglas Clegg

I finally finished Neverland (Horror 288 pages) by Douglas Clegg last night. This is one of those books that I’m pretty sure I’ll never need to read again. It definitely built tension and there were a good many scenes in … Continue reading

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