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Book Review: Tender is the Flesh

Author:  Agustina Bazterrica  Published: 2017 Genres: Dystopia, Horror, Fiction, Science-fiction, Thriller By: Maya Star Rating: 4/5 stars Tender is the Flesh is a novel that can be summarized in one word. Disturbing. Which is seemingly what author, Agustina Bazterrica, intended. The book is set in a dystopian society where a virus has contaminated animal meat making it fatal for consumption. As a result, corrupt governments institute cannibalism as … Continue reading Book Review: Tender is the Flesh

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Book Review: Step Closer

Authors: Andrea Waggener, Elley Cooper, Kelly Parra & Scott Cawthon   Published: 2020 Genres: Horror, Video games, Fantasy, YA Series: Five Nights at Freddy’s: Fazbear Frights #4 By: Kyle Star Rating: 3/5 stars In this story in the wonderful Fazbear Frights series, we meet Suzie and Samantha, two sisters who are the complete opposites of each over. Suzie loves adventure and playing around, she likes to name trees and has great … Continue reading Book Review: Step Closer

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Book Review: The New Kid

Author: Scott Cawthon   Published: 2020 Series: Fazbear Frights, Book 3 Genres: Horror and Mystery By: Kyle Star Rating: 4.5/5 stars In this story we follow the perspective of Devon and his friend Mike, as they interact with the new kid in the block, Kelsey. It begins with Devon giving a speech on a horror book he wrote just to get the attention of a girl in his class named … Continue reading Book Review: The New Kid

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Book Review: Room for one more

Author: Scott Cawthon    Published: 2020 Series: Fazbear Frights Book 3 Genres: Horror, Mystery By: Kyle Star Rating: 5/5 stars In this story we follow a man named Stanley as he goes through five nights of increasing pain and suffering, it begins with us learning that Stanley broke up with his girlfriend Amber. He is stuck in a horrible job as a security officer at an underground facility (sounds a … Continue reading Book Review: Room for one more

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Māpuna Library’s Halloween Display

Feast your eyes on our spooky, creepy Halloween display featuring a great selection of our horror and thriller reads. We enlisted the help of our skeleton (on loan from the Science department, thanks), creatively placed spiders webs, hanging ghouls, spiders, bats, a crow and our skull, Yorick! The display was finished off with our cauldron framed by ghostly hands filled with our mystery horror reads! … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Halloween Display

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Book Review: M Is For Magic

Author: Neil Gaiman    Published: 2008 Genres: YA, Fantasy and Horror Rating: 3/5 stars By: Sophie This book is a great book for readers who are not as confident or struggle to finish a book. With Eleven short stories that will take you on a new journey in each. While reading this book you undergo a range of stories- from amusing to possibly even heart pounding experiences it’s easy to get hooked. … Continue reading Book Review: M Is For Magic

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Book Review: The Institute

Author: Stephen King    Published: 2019 Genre: Thriller/Suspense, Horror, Mystery By: Katie The Institute revolves around a boy called Luke Ellis who is a child prodigy and has mild telekinetic abilities. One night while his family was sleeping, intruders break into his home and silently murder his parents before kidnapping Luke and forcing him into a black SUV. He eventually wakes up in a room that is just like his own except that there is … Continue reading Book Review: The Institute

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