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Monsters

October 7, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

TPiB: Turn Your Library into Lovecraft Middle School (spooky crafts and Halloween fun)

Halloween is one of my most favorite times of the year.  The leaves turn beautiful colors and glide gently to the ground, perfect for leaf pile jumping.  Everyone gets to dress up.  And there is candy.  Lots and lots and lots of candy.  I may or may not be the parent who sneaks candy out […]

October 2, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: Monsters by Ilsa J. Bick

A bolt of bright yellow light sprang from the dark. Nearly blinded by the glare, Alex squinted and would have put a hand up if she hadn’t needed both to hang on. Belatedly, she realized that the light must be for her. The Changed saw very well in the dark. She saw Wolf, his legs […]

October 23, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

An Interview with Monster Hunters (Guest post by D. C. McGannon and C. Michael McGannon)

D.C. McGannon and C. Michael McGannon, authors of Charlie Sullivan and the Monster Hunters: The Varcolac’s Diary, are on the set of their second book Charlie Sullivan and the Monster Hunters: Witch Moon to interview characters from the books. Here they are with Darcy Witherington (Books 1 and 2) and Kerinnon (Book 1) engaged in […]

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