281 pages
Great book, very entertaining and kept me guessing!
Four strangers are sharing the same table at the library when a scream rends the air. A woman has been murdered. The scream bonds the four strangers and they become fast friends. But as sinister events continue to dog them and they're unable to shake the shadow of the murder, it's clear one of them is hiding secrets.
114 pages
Read for a horror lit class, very happy I did!
Carmilla is a story of a female vampire that preys on young women (noted in The Origins of the Queer Vampire), causing an epidemic in a Styrian town and terror in a young woman's bedroom. Unlike other vampire tales, such as Bram Stoker's Dracula, the title character is a female vampire, not a male.
377 pages
5/5: One of the best books I have read in a really long time. Wish I could un-read it and read it again. Hoping for a sequel!
From New York Times–bestselling author Claudia Gray—a summer house party turns into a thrilling whodunit when Mr. Wickham, one of literature’s most notorious rakes, finally gets what's coming to him in this brilliantly imagined murder mystery featuring Jane Austen’s leading literary couples.
After many years of happy marriage, Emma Knightley and her husband are throwing a house party, bringing together distant relatives and new acquaintances—not all of whom are well known to the Knightleys but are certainly beloved by every Jane Austen fan: Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy, Marianne and Colonel Brandon, Anne and Captain Wentworth, and Fanny and Edmund Bertram.
Very much not invited is Mr. Wickham, whose latest financial scheme has netted him newfound wealth—and a broadening array of enemies. With his unexpected arrival, tempers flare and secrets are revealed, making it clear that everyone would be happier if Mr. Wickham got his comeuppance. Yet the Knightleys and their guests are all shocked when Wickham turns up murdered—except, of course, for the killer hidden in their midst.
With everyone a suspect, it falls to the house party's two youngest guests to solve the mystery of who finally delivered to Wickham his just deserts: Juliet Tilney, the smart and resourceful daughter of Catherine and Henry Tilney, eager for adventure outside Northanger Abbey; and Jonathan Darcy, Elizabeth and Darcy's eldest son, whose adherence to propriety makes his father seem relaxed. In a tantalizing fusion of Austen and Christie, the unlikely pair must put aside their own poor first impressions—and uncover the guilty party before an innocent person is sentenced to hang.
128 pages
While hiking in the woods around Spooksville, Adam and his friends find a cube-shaped stone. It is clear, like a crystal, and seems to shine with colored light. To their immense surprise, the discover that if they hodl it and make a wish for something, that thing happens. They call it the Wishing Store. And they love it.
Until they discover that there is a heavy price to be paid for each wish.
#8 in the series
128 pages
When a herd of mysterious magical creatures' pranks turn cruel, Matt and his friends--Sally, Watch, and Cindy--change their warm welcome into a fight for their lives.
#7 in the series
128 pages
Talked into venturing to the fearsome otherworld dimension of the Secret Path by Bum, who has learned of a super-fun place there, Adam and his friends ignore Sally's reservations and find more than they expect.
#6 in the series
144 pages
Confronting Spooksville's most powerful citizen, who their friend believes is a witch, Adam and his companions visit the castle of Ms. Ann Templeton, where they encounter a variety of wonderful and terrifying elements.
#5 in the series
144 pages
Discovering huge blocks of ice inside the woods of Spooksville, Adam and his friend inadvertently set free the Cold People, who soon after ravage the town, freezing everybody they touch.
#4 in the series
128 pages
Meeting a group of aliens the evening after strange lights appeared in the sky, Adam and his friends are forced to accompany the strange beings for a "ride," and soon discover that they have been abducted.
#3 in the series
144 pages
His curiosity piqued by spooky and exciting stories, Adam talks his friends Watch, Sally, and Cindy into exploring Spooksville Cave with him, but they are quickly trapped inside by a sinister creature.
#2 in the series
128 pages
Playing with her brother by the ocean, Cindy is stunned when Neil is kidnapped by a ghost and everyone thinks that he really drowned, but a newspaper report about local spook activity compels Cindy to get her brother back.
