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Oct

11

2022

The Vanquishers by Kalynn Bayron

Vampires were wiped out twenty years ago in the Reaping…or were they? Readers ages 8-12 (who aren’t afraid of monsters or the dark) will LOVE this hilarious and spooky story of four kids navigating a terrifying world– many of the book’s themes reminded me of life during lockdown. Recommended for readers ages 8-12. –Becky, Secret …

Oct

7

2022

The Sinister Summer Series
by Kiersten White

Ann & Alexa have the perfect series for you to jump into, The Sinister Summer series! 🖤 It’s a Series of Unfortunate Events mixed with a case of the giggles! — Beach Books, Seaside, OR Find the book for your mood (and your young readers’ moods) at Beach Books and other independent bookstores.

Sep

23

2022

Ordinary Monsters by J. M. Miro

Come with me to Victorian London, where we’ll enjoy the sights and then take a trip to Edinburgh, Scotland; maybe even visit a dark estate nearby, where numerous children await their fates. They’ve been gathered together, you see, because they are unusual. Some can heal, others, well…. best not discuss it. They’re called the Talents, …

Oct

29

2021

Books to Read by Candlelight

From A Good Book in Sumner, WA:  Before we claw back an hour or so of daylight the weekend after Ghouls & Goblins Night, here are a trio of mood-settings that are best read by candlelight. First up, there’s Witchcraft, the next volume in Taschen’s Library of Estoerica. It’s Taschen. It’s about spooky stuff at …

Sep

23

2021

Bestseller Spotlight: Spooky in September

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. If October is the new December, it makes sense that readers have been shopping early for Halloween, too! When the temperatures drop and the leaves start to fall, it feels …

Oct

27

2020

Halloween BOOks!

Halloween celebrations will be different this year, but you can still have a spooky good time with Halloween books. As someone who grew up in New England and had to choose between covering up costumes with warm coats or work long johns and other layers into every trick-or-treat outfit, I’m going to embrace the silver …

Feb

19

2020

The Crypt Thief by Mark Pryor

“It was a dark and stormy night…” Okay, it was not stormy, but in Mark Pryor’s second thriller starring Hugo Marston entitled The Crypt Thief, the story opens in a famous Paris cemetery in the middle of a dark night. Spooky. The villain, nicknamed The Scarab, is up to no good. He kills a young …

Feb

14

2020

Book-It Repertory Theatre Presents “The Turn of the Screw” Through March 8

Seattle’s Book-It Repertory Theatre’s 30th season continues with The Turn of the Screw, adapted from the 1898 horror novella by Henry James. Adapted by Rachel Atkins and directed by Carol Roscoe, this production dives into the darkest corners of James’s most famous and haunting story, asking audiences to question who they trust and whose version of events …

Oct

31

2019

Books to Help You Get into the Spirit
of Halloween

By Amy Wang | The Oregonian/OregonLive: This Halloween season, trick or treat yourself with these titles, nearly all by authors with Oregon ties. The Oddmire, Book 1: Changeling (Algonquin Young Readers, 272 pages, $16.95) Having established major monster cred with the wry young-adult “Jackaby” trilogy, about a 19th-century New England detective who specializes in paranormal …

Oct

28

2019

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Sometimes you need a dose of something spooky, and few deliver like Jackson. This book gripped me from the opening line and didn’t let me go until the last. I read it all night, thought about it all day, and then read it some more. Mary Catherine and her sister Constance are hiding a sordid …

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