The Smell of Ink/Lukten av Trykksverte

Recently, I read the graphic novel Harrow County, Vol. 1: Countless Haints by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook and today I'll post my review. Description from Goodreads Emmy always knew that the woods surrounding her home crawled with ghosts and monsters. But on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, she learns that she is connected to these creatures--and to the land itself--in a way she never imagined. A southern gothic fairy tale from the creator of smash hit The Sixth Gun, beautifully and hauntingly realized by B.P.R.D.'s Tyler Crook! My Thoughts on the Book I found the first volume of Harrow County an enjoyable read, in the sense that I found the storyline interesting and the art is really amazing. So I'm tempted to read more from this series, to find out what happens to Emmy.

It's Wednesday and probably time for a new Top Five courtesy of the  Top Five Wednesday Goodreads group and the theme of the week was covers with flowers. As I mainly write about horror and paranormal fiction, I narrowed it down a bit. Anyway, here's my five picks. The Haunting of Las Lágrimas by W. M. Cleese Description from Goodreads Argentina, winter 1913. Ursula Kelp, a young English gardener, travels to Buenos Aires to take up the role of head gardener at a long-abandoned estate in the Pampas. The current owner wishes to return to the estate with his family and restore the once-famous gardens to their former glory. Travelling deep into the Pampas, the vast grasslands of South America, Ursula arrives to warnings from the locals that the estate is haunted, cursed to bring tragedy to the founding family of Las Lágrimas. And soon Ursula believes that her loneliness is making her imagine things – the sound of footsteps outside her bedroom door, the touch of hands on her shoul

A while ago, I read the horror novel Floating Staircase by Ronald Malfi and today I'll post my review of the book. Description from Goodreads Horror writer Travis Glasgow and his wife, Jodie, have bought their first house in Westlake, Maryland, just steps from Travis’s older brother’s home. Travis is buoyed by the thought of renewing his relationship with his estranged sibling and overcoming the darkness from his past. But the house has other plans for him. Travis is soon awakened by noises in the night and finds watery footprints in the basement that lead him to the nearby lake, which has a strange staircase emerging from its depths. When Travis discovers that a former occupant of his house—a ten-year-old boy—drowned in the lake, he draws connections to his own childhood tragedy. As his brother and wife warn him to leave well enough alone, Travis is pulled into a dark obsession, following the house’s secrets to the floating staircase—and into the depths of madness . . . My Thoug

It's Wednesday and perhaps time for another Top Five Wednesday post courtesy of the  Top Five Wednesday Goodreads group and today's theme was books I wish my library had. The list is a bit influenced by the fact that I'm living in a small coastal town in Norway, so it's not like the library has the best selection of books in English in the first place. Here's anyway my five spooky picks. Mina and the Undead by Amy McCaw Description from Goodreads NEW ORLEANS FANG FEST, 1995. MINA'S HAVING A SUMMER TO DIE FOR. 17-year-old Mina, from England, arrives in New Orleans to visit her estranged sister, Libby. After growing up in Whitby, the town that inspired Dracula, Mina loves nothing more than a creepy horror movie. She can't wait to explore the city's darkest secrets - vampire tours, seedy bars, spooky cemeteries, disturbing local myths... And it gets even better when Mina lands a part-time job at a horror movie mansion and meets Jared, Libby's gorgeous

Another Tuesday and another Top Ten Tuesday post courtesy of  That Artsy Reader Girl and the theme of the week was unread books on my shelves I want to read soon. Here's my top ten list of unread horror and paranormal books I hope to read sooner rather than later. White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson Description from Goodreads The Haunting of Hill House meets Get Out in this chilling YA psychological thriller and modern take on the classic haunted house story from New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson! Marigold is running from ghosts. The phantoms of her old life keep haunting her, but a move with her newly blended family from their small California beach town to the embattled Midwestern city of Cedarville might be the fresh start she needs. Her mom has accepted a new job with the Sterling Foundation that comes with a free house, one that Mari now has to share with her bratty ten-year-old stepsister, Piper. The renovated picture-perfect home on Maple Street, sitting b

As I've got a weak spot for cryptid fiction, horror, and Scotland, I couldn't resist the horror novella Loch Ness by Matt Shaw and today I'll post my review of the book. Description from Goodreads For decades the Loch Ness monster has been a creature of legend. Seen by only a few but doubted by many, is there really something lurking beneath the waters of Loch Ness? According to scientists who have studied the waters for years, the chances of Nessie being anything other than a giant eel are slim to none. Even so, that doesn't stop millions of people travelling to the loch on a yearly basis in the hope of seeing the creature for themselves. Today, Reece Walker - an author in desperate need of a best-selling book after his recent ones haven't quite hit the market where they needed to be - is one such visitor. Staying next to the loch, he hopes to use the beautiful scenery - and legend itself - as inspiration for his own Nessie-based book. And, as if luck would have i