Tuesday, October 04, 2022

September Books:

Giving Up The Ghost by: Dean Rasmussen
Fiction: Short Story, Paranormal, E-book
A home nurse is visiting a patient before a hurricane hits.  They think their dementia is acting up, but that doesn't explain what they are experiencing.

 Ripped from the Headlines!: The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies' Most Memorable Crimes By: Harold Schechter
Non-fiction: History, Pop Culture, E-book
The real life crimes that movies were based off of explained, as well as things the movies changed and events that were used in multiple films.  Some were known to be off of events, and some were things that looking into showed the true events must have influenced the writers even if the movie wasn't "based on a true story."

Be More Yoda: Mindful Thinking from a Galaxy Far Far Away By: Christian Blauvelt
Fiction: Quotes, Pop Culture, 64 pages
A short book on how to be like Yoda including quotes from all the movies.

SALEM'S ROPES: Inspired by the True Story of the Haunted Ropes Mansion by: Joseph C. Gioconda
Fiction: History, Paranormal, E-book
A book based off a real location in the history of Salam MA, but with a number of supernatural elements added to it.

Horror Stories by: James Flynn
Fiction: Short Story, Paranormal, E-book
A collection of horror stories.  

Haunted Souls by: Samuel M. Hallam
Fiction: Paranormal, E-book
January has to go back to her home after the death of  the aunt and uncle that raised her after the mysterious death of her father at the house.  There she works to unlock its secrets before she is the next killed by the house.  

A Murder of Crows by: Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
Fiction: Mystery, E-book
A ecologist is the prime suspect in a murder of the owner of the property she was studying. So in true British cozy mystery  fashion, she and her friends/co-workers must solve the mystery, to clear her name, and because her expertise in ecology will save the day.

Fallen Empires, Cleopatra in Space #5 by: Mike Maihack
Fiction: YA, Graphic Novel, 208 pages
Cleo has to go into hiding and we get more of the backstory that resulted in Cleo and Octavian being enemies. 

Queen of the Nile,  Cleopatra in Space #6 By: Mike Maihack
Fiction: YA, Graphic Novel, 240 pages
The end of the story, the ancient prophecy must be fulfilled or the universe will be taken over by Octavian.

The Book of the Damned By: D.A. Fowler
Fiction: Mystery, Paranormal, E-book
A book that when you read sucks you into the story and you either become to killer or think you are the person being tortured in it. (Which also can result in them being killers in real life or killing themselves to get free.) 

 Transubstantiation: Theology, History, and Christian Unity by: Brett Salkeld
Non-Fiction: Religion, 288 pages
A book on the history of transubstantiation, as well as what the early reformers thought the Eucharist was, and things the different Christian groups can agree on, and how they differ in beliefs on communion. 

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by: Amy Stewart
Non-fiction: History, Science, 236 pages
A collection on different plants that are in some way dangerous.