I have 8 reviews in the April 2022 issue of Library Journal. Below are the titles with my three words and links to my full draft reviews.
I want to remind everyone that I craft this column very deliberately to suit public library needs. Every single title is a great edition for all library collections. I do not allow myself more than 3 stars out of the 8 titles I review in each column. These are all Becky approved. Now the details.
- LaRocca, Eric. We Can Never Leave This Place [immersive, grotesquely beautiful, claustrophobic]
- Matthews, Mark. Orphans of Bliss. [stunning, visceral, timely issues]
- Ruthnum, Naben. Helpmeet [grotesquely beautiful, immersive, deeply unsettling]
And the remaining titles:
- Cañas, Isabel. The Hacienda [claustrophobic, immersive sense of place, pure terror]
- Datlow, Ellen, ed. Screams From the Dark [Range of Scares, all original stories, well known authors]
- Heltzel, Anne. Just Like A Mother [intense, disturbing cults]
- Lloyd, Stephen. Friend of the Devil [isolated setting, sinister, multiple pov]
- Ryan, Lindy & Toni Miller. Under Her Skin: A Women in Horror Poetry Collection Volume 1 [lyrical, body horror, thought provoking]
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