We’re all used to the trope on screen: flickering lights, static-filled VHS tapes, grainy footage captured right before everything goes terribly wrong. But found footage horror doesn’t need a screen to crawl under your skin. On the page, it’s even more intimate … more invasive. You’re not watching the horror unfold, you’re digging it up…
Are We Living in a Dystopian Novel? When Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games series had a renaissance on TikTok in anticipation of the release of the latest film, A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, it dawned on me how important and almost prophetic Young Adult (YA) dystopian literature has become. While any well-written book is…
I’m a bit of a sucker for good young adult series, regardless of the genre. It’s one of those things I’m no longer shy about saying that out loud. I recently found myself with a room full of laundry that needed to be ironed and thought: “Well, you may as well get a book to…
Full Disclaimer: Playground by Aron Beauregard is not for the faint of heart! This book contains graphic content. Reader discretion is advised. I may have been influenced into buying myself a copy of Playground by Aron Beauregard because most BookTokkers said they couldn’t get past page 46 … Oh, how I love a challenge! I mean, how bad could it…
Full disclaimer: I’m in no way a professional tarot reader. I like to dabble … Correction. I like to keep my hands busy. Shuffling cards is one of the ways I keep my anxiety at an acceptable level and it just so happens that I enjoy the pretty art on tarot decks or oracle cards….
I am proud to present a new segment on my website: Monique Snyman’s Hall of Horrors. 😊 Now, I bet you’re already wondering what I’m going on about this time. Well, sit back and get comfortable, because from this month onward, I’ll be curating a list of either upcoming or recently released horror books that…
I may be a day late to celebrate World Poetry Day, but I did find 5 horror poetry books I love to share with you anyway. I mean, I love poetry. Poetry usually makes me think about an array of things, makes me feel, inspires or makes me contemplate something deeper than whatever is on…
I went on a tiny book-buying spree in February … Whoops! But there were so many wonderful books I wanted to get my hands on and I just couldn’t help myself, so I don’t feel too bad about it. My fabulous February 2022 book haul includes some romance (*gasp* 😲), cozy mysteries, historical fiction mysteries, some…
