The Best Reader [10/19/16] 

  • Crossroads Tour: Jeri Smith-Ready

    1. Your YA debut book Shade was a huge hit (and one of my all-time favorite books!), what surprised you the most once you stepped into the YA world?Thanks, Jessica! I was honestly surprised by the excitement people showed over SHADE. I mean, I loved it, of course, since it was my book, but I’d never experienced that kind of massiv…

  • Haunted Halloween with Elizabeth Richards and a Giveaway

    TOP 6(66) CHILDHOOD TERRORSbyElizabeth RichardsHere are the top 6 things that kept me up at night as a kid… 6: THE KANDY MAN – ‘HAPPINESS PATROL, DOCTOR WHO’I don’t think any television show scares the heebie-jeebies out of kids more than Doctor Who. From Cybermen to the Weeping Angels, the writers certainly know how to create the…

  • Haunted Halloween: Book Feature with Kelley Armstrong and a giveaway!

    Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong Publisher: Orbit (September 2nd, 2004) Reading Level: Adult Paperback: 528 pages Series: Women of the Otherworld, book #4 Meet the smart, sexy—supernatural—women of the otherworld. This is not your mother’s coven…Kelley Armstrong returns with the eagerly awaited follow–up to Dime Store Magic. P…

  • Haunted Halloween with Anastasia Hopcus

    By: Anastasia HopcusFor several years I have been intrigued by the Kirkbride asylums. Named for Dr. Thomas Kirkbride, who conceived of the then-innovative plan for caring for the mentally ill, these institutions were built in several parts of the United States during the nineteenth century. Unfortunately, many of these grand Gothi…

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