Posts Tagged "Halloween"
Creepy YA Halloween Reads 2016
I seriously love Halloween. The one time of year when it’s normal to walk around in bat-print clothing (as I’ve been doing for the last week), and fill your house with skeletons and candles. It also means I get to write about my favourite creepy books, hooray! Or, rather, mwah-ha-ha. Looking back at the books I’ve read since last Halloween, here are my top YA recommendations. (Find my 2015 and 2014 recommendations here and here…if you dare.) Breaker by Kat Ellis Breaker is the only book on my list that doesn’t contain anything supernatural, but it’s plenty scary enough to give you those Halloween...
Halloween Reads: Creepy Classics vs. YA
Today, I’m on the Author Allsorts blog sharing seven classic Halloween reads and the YA books that bring them right up to date. Think Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde vs. The Hanged Man Rises, or The Hound of the Baskervilles vs. Monster. This post was right up my street, as I got to talk about my two favourite types of fiction — classic gothic and scary YA! Find it here. Let me know me if you have any classics vs. YA suggestions of your own. Share...
Spooky YA Halloween Reads
It’s that time of year again… I love scaring myself with a creepy book, or immersing myself in a gothic world. If you’re looking for something to read this Halloween, here are some of the best spooky books I’ve read in the last year. Let me know in the comments if you have any recommendations for me! Part-psychological thriller, part-urban legend, this is an unsettling narrative made up of diary entries, interview transcripts, film footage transcripts and medical notes. Twenty-five years ago, Elmbridge High burned down. Three people were killed and one pupil, Carly Johnson, disappeared. Now a diary has been found in the ruins...
Real-life Haunted Places, Gothic Imagination Exhibition & Classic Halloween Reads
It’s Halloween! Top 5 Real-life Haunted Places Today, I’m over on author Kate Ormand’s blog sharing my favourite real-life haunted places in the UK. Take a look here and see if there are any we share. I love a good haunted house — though you won’t catch me visiting any tonight, because I am also a wimp. Gothic Imagination at the British Library I’m feeling properly in the mood for Halloween this year. A couple of weeks ago I visited the Gothic Imagination exhibition at the British Library in London, which was a fantastic reminder of everything I love about the genre. I’ve mentioned...
Creepy YA Halloween Reads 2014
Last year, I posted my most-recommended YA Halloween reads. I wasn’t planning on posting more this year, but then I checked my Goodreads ‘read’ shelf, and there are so many fantastic, spooky new books that I couldn’t help but share. So, without further ado, my favourite YA horrors and paranormals from the last year… Say Her Name by James Dawson Roberta ‘Bobbie’ Rowe is not the kind of person who believes in ghosts. A Halloween dare at her ridiculously spooky boarding school is no big deal, especially when her best friend Naya and cute local boy Caine agree to join in too. They are ordered to summon the legendary ghost of...
Glimpse
Inspired by Alfred Noyes’ poem 'The Highwayman', Glimpse is a ghost story, a love story, and a story of overcoming trauma.
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About Kendra Leighton
I’m a YA writer and chocolatier. Glimpse, my debut novel, was inspired by Alfred Noyes' poem 'The Highwayman'. It was published in 2014.Read more...
