I received this book to give an honest review.

 

I love to read about ghosts and the paranormal. So when I saw this book and its title is The Ouija Board I figured it had to have some type of scariness to it. 

For me it was not scary at all which I think the teens or even maybe middle grade would like it. When I think of using a Ouija Board I think of the spirit or spirits that will causes havoc and drive you crazy possibly. It wasn't really like it with this book which I found a bit weird. 

So four best friends buy this Ouija board and try it out but what they don't realize that the board actually belonged to someone who has a scary past. This leads them to trying to find a way to get rid of this spirit but they may have unleashed something that is causing murders. 

Where we leave off it does have me intrigued to read the next book to see if the girls can ever get rid of this spirit and how.

I would have liked to have seen more scary stuff happening such as maybe lights flickering off and on, things being moved, more weird noises in the house. You know random things that ghosts do especially one that has been back to this world view a Ouija board. 

Other than that it was a good read, one that would be considered clean, and that I got to finish in one sitting.

This was quite the little page turner and definitely worth the bargain basement price of $1.97 that I paid for it at Books-A-Million. Don't go into it thinking you'll be scared out of your mind though because it is a teen/YA book and seems to be watered down accordingly. There is some creepiness to it though and it'll make you think twice about playing with a Ouija board. 

 

The book was too short though. When I got to the end I was wanting more, more, more! An 'adult' version with a little more depth and horror would be perfect. I definitely could go for that! I'm dying to see the movies now- the original that is based on this book & the prequel that's in theaters. The original movie, I'm planning to watch tonight so I'm looking forward to that. I imagine it will be quite a bit scarier then the book. This is just one of those stories that needs some on screen theatrics. 

 

If you like a little bit of paranormal horror but not too much then this is the perfect book! You can get your 'scare me' fix and still sleep at night!

This book is pretty good! I'm dying to see both movies now- the original and the new prequel that just released. I'm pretty chicken though when it comes to really scary movies so I hope these aren't too over the top or I'll be seeing things around every corner & have nightmares for days. : ) Lol

Human Ouija - L. Bachman I was lucky to win this book from the author.
We meet Oscar grieving at his wife's grave. Although it had been 6 months the grief is still raw. On one particular visit he meets a woman and out of curiosity starts up a conversation. It turns out that she is part of a small gypsy family. After getting invited to visit her family, he finds out that all the women are psychic, which piques his interest in the supernatural.
The way this book is written, you really feel for Oscar and can understand why he seeks ways of contacting his deceased wife. From the moment he meets the gypsies, you know something is going happen, but don't know when. This style of writing makes this book hard to put down and because this is a short story you can read this in one sitting.
One thing I do know is that I have never used a ouija board and after reading this book I will definitely not.

 

Last August, I picked up a few comics at the awesome Autoptic Festival, written about here. 

 

Of course, Halloween is my favorite holiday, so it was probably not coincidence that a number of the new comics I picked up were rather spooky, so I squirreled them away until the leaves started turning, it started getting chillier, and you can get more foods with pumpkin in them, like a literary bag of Halloween candy. 

 

 

Big Baby was one of Charles Burns' first comic creations, and this anthology collects a group of Big Baby stories published between 1983 and 1991. A lot of the same themes that would later be perfected in his opus, Black Hole; childhood whimsy, teenage angst, suburban malaise, mid-20th century noir horror leaking into the mundane world, and other good, weird stuff. Here, things are a bit more surreal, which was definitely fun. You can also see his exquisite, rather deadpan style developing as well. 

 

 

This was an adorable, spooky, morbid little book, perfect for a Halloween treat. Featuring a collection of "interviews" Sarah Becan, her brother, and a few friends conducted with various dead people via some sessions with a Ouija board on Nantucket Island, it was a great mix of hilarious, touching, and just plain creepy- just how I like my Halloween fun. Becan's cute ghost illustrations are a perfect companion to the amusing, if somewhat disturbing dialog of her ghostly visitors, and their many tragic, untimely deaths, love of getting laid, and advice for the living. A short, easily completed comic, I'd recommend The Complete Ouija Interviews would be really fun to pass around at a Halloween party. It actually makes me want to dig up my parent's old ouija board from the basement and try out my own. Good thing I don't really believe in ghosts!

 

 

This Kickstarted anthology of short horror comics from dozens of budding artists really goes into some really dark, interesting places. You can never tell what is going to happen in the next one, with settings ranging from suburban American anytowns to Australia to deep space, making it never get repetitive. While some of the stories end a bit abruptly and seem a bit obtuse, the bleakness and arbitrary nature of fear is always present. The comics are diverse in every sense of the word; a lot of different people are represented, and many different art styles and ideas also show up- mostly, the stories are pure horror, original and effecting, with few cliches, though a few offer up commentaries on human cultures, more or less successfully. If you can locate a copy, snap it up! It will probably show up in your dreams, too. 

 

*Theme music for entry, "Junk Bones," Dark Dark Dark, Snow Magic, 2008