Category Archives: Review

Mx3 Review: Monsters in America by W. Scott Poole

Hardcover:290 pages Publisher:Baylor University Press (October 15, 2011) ISBN-10: 1602583145 Source: Publisher Monsters have been a staple of American culture for decades, from the Salem witch trials to alien invasions and the walking dead. They didn’t just appear randomly; in … Continue reading

Posted in Horror, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Non-Fiction, Review | 10 Comments

Mx3 Review: Harbor by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Hardcover: 512 pages Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books; Reprint edition (October 11, 2011) ISBN-10: 0312680279 Source: Publisher One snowy morning on a small island in Sweden, Anders and Cecilia take their six-year-old daughter, Maya, across the ice to visit a lighthouse in the middle of … Continue reading

Posted in Horror, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Review, St. Martin's Press, Thomas Dunne Books | 6 Comments

Mx3 Guest Review: Touch by Alexi Zentner

Hardcover: 264 pages Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company (April 4, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0393079872 (reviewed by Sarah from Word Hits) “Stay off the ice,” wrote Alexi Zentner, as he signed my copy of Touch. I hadn’t yet read the … Continue reading

Posted in Horror, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Paranormal Fiction, Review, W.W. Norton & Company | 3 Comments

Mx3 Review: Little Goblins Ten by Pamela Jane

Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover:32 pages Publisher:HarperCollins (July 26, 2011) ISBN-10: 0061767980 Source: Publisher Last year, my boys & I reviewed Pamela Jane’s A Vampire is Coming to Dinner.  Here’s a synopsis from Publisher’s Weekly: Read along as the narrator … Continue reading

Posted in 4-8 years of age, Harper Collins Publishers, Kid-Lit/Middle Grade, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Review | 6 Comments

Mx3 Guest Post: Truth is Scarier Than Fiction by Kim Ukura

Today I’m excited to welcome Kim from Sophisticated Dorkiness with a guest post. When I was soliciting guest posts for Murder, Monsters & Mayhem, Kim asked if posts about non-fiction books was permitted. Of course, I said yes. Truth is … Continue reading

Posted in Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Non-Fiction, Review | 5 Comments

Mx3 Review: Black Light by Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan, & Stephen Romano

  Hardcover:336 pages Publisher:Mulholland Books (October 5, 2011) ISBN-10: 0316196711 Source: Publisher Buck’s parents were killed horrifically when he was young. He was left for dead, discovered at the brink of death.  Since their death, Buck now has a unique … Continue reading

Posted in Horror, Mulholland Books, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Paranormal Fiction, Review | 1 Comment

Mx3 Guest Review: The Red Church by Scott Nicholson

Today’s guest review comes from Kate of Ex Libris.  Kate is a new book blogger, mom of two, perpetually hopeful Cubs fan and fangirl of many things.  By day, she works in HR for a NASA contractor in Houston, TX.  By … Continue reading

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Mx3 Review: The Monsters Corner: Stories Through Inhuman Eyes by Christopher Golden

It’s a monster-filled day today on the blog! Earlier today, you got to read a guest post by Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award winner and supernatural fiction author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro on the lore behind monsters.  And now, for more moster … Continue reading

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Mx3 Review: Bad Moon by Todd Ritter

Hardcover:368 pages Publisher:Minotaur Books (October 11, 2011) ISBN-10: 0312622813 Source: Publisher On the same night the nation was watching Neil Armstrong take his first steps on the moon, ten-year-old Charlie Olmstead disappeared. He took off on his bike, never to … Continue reading

Posted in Minotaur Books, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Review, Thriller | 5 Comments

Mx3: Review: The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian

Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Crown (October 4, 2011) ISBN-10: 0307394999 Chip & Emily Lipton are desperately attempting to rebuild their lives with their ten-year-old twin daughters after the tragic accident that brought Chip’s career as a pilot to an end. Months earlier, Chip … Continue reading

Posted in Crown Books, Horror, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller | 19 Comments