Ghost Books

I have been reading her books since 'Teacher's Pet' appeared in a Scholastic Newsletter, And 'Evil On the Bayou' was printed when I was in middle-school. I have re-read every book of hers that i know about and currently have, and I enjoy them all over again each and everytime I do. I Particularly enjoyed 'The house Next door' even if i think the ending might have been forced, and wrapped up a little too quickly. It just seemed to me that there was more to it left unsaid/unwritten/perhaps even unrealized. I hope she keeps the stories coming for many more years to come.
Thanks for giving me a reason to enjoy reading when there were so many reasons to hate it growing up.

CynD.

Just as good as the first book. I thought i would die because i didn't have the third book until awhile after i finished this one. Richie is an amazing author A MUST READ

this was a perfect way for Richie to end the unseen series

you can read the last page and think you have it all figured out

but really you have no clue what thrill and horrer lies behind the cover of the last unseen book

- A Fan

I loved this book. I didnfinish it because the next one had not been yet and I knew it was going to be a cliff-hanger, and was. I recommend this boone who liked the first, or even if you didn't, chance, it's better than the first.

I bought this book months ago from Amazon UK, because I am a huge Cusick fan and it hadn't been released in America yet. My only disappointment was reading it too quickly. I should have taken my time, because after I read it, I couldn't wait for the next part. The book itself was awesome. I couldn't put it down. It was even better than the first. I really like the story line between Lucy and Matthew. Also the fact that Lucy is changing. Really interesting. Definitely a must read for any Cusick fan or any fan of the horror genre. I just received book four from Amazon UK and I can't wait to see if book five is in the works.

Very original, haven't ever read anything in a POV like that... and I like the plot :)

Fantastic Book! I enjoyed every page of it. It's a tightly, well though out and well told tale. The ending was a nice suprise too.

I should have paid more attention when I picked up this book. I thought it said "a ghost story", "not a ghost's story". This book is told from the point of view of the ghost (Frank). Frank's brother, Herbie is about to begin his senior year and he has decided to go out for two sports--football and cross-country. He is now the same age as his brother was when he died.

The premise of the book is that there are some things that must be done while yet alive. It is a book that really gets you thinking about your own life and what you are doing with it.

While there are no objectionable words, I would recommend this for readers over age 12 due to subject matter. Definately one of the better books I have read.

Author Wallace is a natural at writing exciting, realistic sports action. However, RESTLESS is about so much more than sports. It's a surprising mystery filled with real teens. The dialog is amazing! It's how real people talk. Here are three non-sports reasons you'll love this book:
1. Everyone would like to be like Herbie, the main character.
2. Everyone would want a big brother like Frank.
3. Everyone knows someone like Eamon the Ghost.
Wallace's book is honest, funny and dramatic. I can't wait for the next one.

Herbie: When Herbie is running through the graveyard, building his endurance for his heavy sports schedule, he knows almost immediately that there is a presence with him. Even when he thinks about all of this afterwards, he knows he will not be able to stay away from the graveyard and the spirit that beckons to him.

Frank: Eight years older than his brother, Frank died of cancer at seventeen. He was not ready to leave and fought hard to hang onto his body, but it finally just gave out. He misses Herbie, his parents and all the passions that he could never have. Frank needs to let Herbie know that things are finally going to be all right and that he can move on. But something else is happening in the graveyard, and even Frank can't understand who the spirit is that is reaching for him.

Eamon: Killed in a tragic accident in the late 1800s, Eamon has not found his peace. He is looking for a way out but does not know where he really is. He has found a great energy in the running boy and a possible channel to another world.

RESTLESS is one of the most original YA books to come along in recent years. While there are themes of spirituality and time travel, what lies underneath the ongoing story are the themes of love and endurance. Author Rich Wallace has done some detailed research into theories about the afterlife and expresses this information beautifully through his characters and the story line. His characters are chained together in their common theme of grief and loneliness. Frank (who has been dead for eight years) narrates most of the story, which gives it an entirely fresh perspective.

This book grabs you from the first page and won't let you go until its exciting and rewarding climax. Get ready for one of the best reads of the season!

--- Reviewed by Sally Tibbetts (stibbetts@maine207west.k12.il.us)

Each of these short stories is a page turner. The writing style was like Charlee Jacob meets Anne Rice. I can't wait for a full length novel from this author.

This collection of short stories showcases erotic horror in its full glory. From the first line, which ensnares the reader with promises of ghastly aberrance ...to the last line, which encompasses the entire book's presence in one word... 'Darker.'; Gaines Galloway introduces us to a new dimension of the licentious, which lies hidden within tales of abject psychological and physiological terror. With stories like Severed and Coming, Gaines Galloway proves that even the grotesque has a sweet, sensuous side. Young Maiden Red, offers up an erotically exciting twist to an old favorite; while Prey serves up science fiction at its best, with a side order of...man. When I was finished reading the collection, I promptly reread it again. Sweet, erotic horror at its best which left me begging the author for more...

Fans of Horror Rejoice! All lovers of greats like Stephen King and Poppy Z. Brite will love Gaines Galloway's Revenant! Challenge your mind to absorb the horrors of these delightfully disturbing tales. I love Galloway's unique writing style, it will draw you in and have you screaming for more! Galloway delivers shivers with every word, horror fans will not be disappointed. I haven't been this impressed by an author new to me, since I picked up Pet Semetary by Stephen King 14 years ago!

I just recently finished "revenant". Wow, what an amazing collection. I highly recommend this collection to anyone who is a fan of erotic horror. The stories were so amazing, what an incredible mind this writer has. I have not read a short story collection that intrigued me soo much. I very much look forward to any future releases Gaines may have on the way.

Being a huge fan of the horror genre, I am always on the look-out for new authors. I found Gaines Galloway on myspace and decided to take a chance with Revenant. WHAT AN AWESOME COLLECTION! Every story has a different feel and theme. It isn't like one of those collections where every story is the same. I couldn't put the book down because I kept wanting to read story after story after story. And get this...some of the stories actually gave me goosebumps. That doesn't happen very often. This is a great book and I recommend it to all fans of horror. If you like Stephen King, Galloway is right up your alley.

She met a ghost and she was scare for awhile until she finally got courage.

I got this item faster than it said. I was very pleased with the service.

Roxannes palace is haunted by a ghost. but is the ghost real? Roxanne goes to find the ghost. ( and plays a few tricks on it)! It is a great book. Worth reading!

Roxanne invites her sisters over for a dinner party and theres an uninvited guest... a ghost! It scares everybody out of the palace except Roxanne. So she goes to find that ghost! Roxanne is my favorite princess, if you like princesses you will like it!

I really liked this book!My favourite princess is The Emerald Princess.My favorite part was when Roxanne had found out about the ghost.

This book is easily the scariest treatise on urban legends I have ever read. Instead of analyzing these stories, the author brings them back to what they should be: hair-raising stuff that will make u stay up late at night watching your windows.

One thing that totally enhances this book are the illustrations, especially in the stories dealing with psychotic killers. The pictures do not depict violence. They are representations of what the killers in the stories such as "The Hook" and "The Licked Hand" would look like.

Trust me when I say that the illustrator's attention to detail will chill you.

Scary Stories Reader is an awesome book about the world's most scary stories,from "Urban Legend Thrillers" to the jump ending stories.Each story has its own chill.Great selections will scare you to death.Read it to find the real scares and chills!You will really love this 5 star book.

The Scary Storie Reader was great. Almost all of my classmates checked it out of the library. I was lucky because the library only has 1 copy and I managed to get a hold on it. After I started to read a few stories, I could see why everyone wanted it. It had terrifying stories! I gave this book 5 stars because it really deserves it for its thrilling horror stories and its well written chapters. I recommend you buy this book or at least check it out of the library if you haven't already. It was truly a good book.

This is, without a doubt, the scariest book for young adults. The stories are told with a creepy voice, and the pictures add to the mood. I highly recommend it!

Scary Stories Reader is an awesome book about the world's most scary stories,from "Urban Legend Thrillers" to the jump ending stories.Each story has its own chill.Great selections will scare you to death.Read it to find the real scares and chills!You will really love this 5 star book.

I like Sea Monsters Don`t Ride Motorcycles because it takes place at the beach. And I like it at the beach. And I like motorcycles too. by Will (age 7)

There are some weird grownups in Bailey City. But is the winning rider at the motorcycle races really be a sea monster? THE BAILEY SCHOOL ARE GOING TO FIND OUT!

Eddie, Melody, Howie, and Liza get to go to a motorcycle race. Eddie sees a mototrcycle called the Monster. Howie thinks there is something fishy going on. He thinks that the rider on the Monster is a sea monster. Will the Sea Monster take over Bailey City and have its revenge trying to find her sister? Will she make Eddie's grandma move in with her and die? Or will Eddie's grandma go to her own house with Eddie? If the sea monster moves away then Bailey City will be fine. This book is really good and you should read it to find out what happens in the end.

I liked when they found out about when Eddies mom joined the motorcycle race. THe book was funny and adventurous. Jeanna age 10

It was very entertaining. I always like it when they are going to solve the mystery when the weird adult leaves and they can't finish the mystery.

Cute book for Scooby lovers! Has little pictures to give clues to the words for beginner readers.

Smaller book than I expected. My son likes it, I just thought the flash cards would be something besides a page in the book.

My 4 year old loves all of these Scooby Doo Picture Clue books. I like them too since I grew up with Scooby Doo it makes me feel like we have something in common other than DNA.

My twins love Scooby doo. Anything with Scooby on it they will use over and over. They read it over and over even though they don't know all the words.

Book Review By MENDIOLA ROOM #B1 a
Scooby Do The Search for Scooby Snacks

If you like cartoon books you are in the right place. You'll like reading this book.
I like Scooby do because it is very, very funny book.
This story is about Scooby and Shaggy looking for their food that was lost. A bear was eating it. In my opinion this book is very good because you will laugh all through and enjoy the book from beginning to end. This book showed me not to leave my snacks on the floor because someone could come and eat them. This
Book is very funny. YOVANI

Recommendation:
I would recommend this book to everyone who likes mysteries and thrillers. I would have to say that this would be my most favorite book that's thriller and mystery. In one of the scenes in the book Grayson finds a newspaper and it said "I KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND I'M WATHING YOU. DON'T SPOIL MY PLANS AGAIN, OR YOU'LL BE NEXT!" Another reason why I like this book is because there is a little romance in it. The romance is where this guy she likes asks her "Maybe we can take a walk through the park instead, then, and you can get in some more practice. Its called Monument Hill. Want to go sometime? Sometime soon?" So he asked her on a date. So if you like thrillers and mysteries with some romance, than this book is for you.

The book Second Sight was a pretty good book. Grayson is a girl who had been blind and had a transplant so she could see. Something went wrong, but what? Throughout the book Grayson is kind of like a spy she has to figure out why she is seeing bad things in her dreams then they come true.I would recommend this book to someone who likes to read mysteries and who can keep up with a fast moving book.Also it is a book that can keep you reading from page to page because of the charactars real life form.

I thought that this book was really good because it talks about a girl that gets sugary and she gets another person's psychic abilities and she can see murders before they happen. I liked it because it was so real that it seemed like a movie and I got really involved in it. I really think you should read this book.

Grayson has had an operation in her right eye and now she can see. But she can see more than normal. She has visions and her eye doctor ignors them. But when the visions are clearly murder she has to goto the police. She finds out that she has got a part of the eye belonging to a psycic.The killer knows her secret and wants her dead. Reviewed by Vikki Carr

This book was totally great. I read it from start to finish all at once, without stopping once. The story is of a girl called Grayson. She has been blind, but an operation means that she can now see again. The donor was a police psycic, and now Grayson gets her visions, and is helping to solve murders. The only thing is; the murderor knows Grayson. Read and see..

Holy .. this man is brilliant and twisted .. and, well .. brilliant and twisted! I can't wait to read the novelization but from what I know first hand from his work in the past, I will be sure to leave the lights on when I do.

If Dan Madigan were not a writer, he would be the next BTK!

Horribly intriguing.

Dan has a keen ability to bring you right into the action, as sick as it may be.

We're waiting for your next one Dan.

A lot of books find their way onto my desk. Many of them get "re-gifted", and when I saw a movie tie-in novel for a film starring pro-wrestler Kane, I was pretty sure I knew where this was going to wind up. Caught in a last minute grab for something to read on a flight from LA to NY, I wound up with this in my carry on, and to my pleasant surprise I was wrong in my initial assessment.
This book is good.
It is better than good.
I haven't been this excited to discover a new writer since I read Jack Ketchum's Girl Next Door. Dan Madigan may be a new name to horror fiction readers, but he's obviously been digesting this stuff for years, as he has turned out a compelling page turner that challenges the conventions of the typical slasher. If the set pieces in the novel are to be any indication of those in the film, I'll be seeing it on opening day. I see that the author is also credited with the screenplay, and that makes me very happy.
This novel has made the very short list of movie tie-in novels which transcend their purpose -that of merely fulfilling the media frenzy associated with selling tickets. But not only has it transcended, it has excelled.

SEE NO EVIL is superb horror and far more than a novelization. The writing is muscular and visual. The characters are intruiging, authentic and 3-dimensional. The story is fascinating, and the plot moves swiftly. There are many bone-chilling moments. Dan Madigan reminds me of a young Steven King. I look forward to his next tome of terror.

Dan Madigan's first horror novel reads like the work of a seasoned pro. "See No Evil" is a breath of fresh air in a genre of fiction that has become too tired (like Stephen King) or too feminized/glamorized (like the execrable Ann Rice). Madigan's writing takes horror into new territory: a landscape of brutal terror, fright, and a place where the word hope is completely unknown.

His writing style is lyrical, his sentences resounding with the ethereal quality of Edgar Allan Poe's dark poetry. If anything, Madigan's style is reminiscent of the films of Dario Argento: both are full of brutal gore, but the way the violence is executed is operatic. Nothing is held back when it comes to the violence. Compared to the flesh tearing, eye gouging, vulva ripping action you have in "See No Evil," King's works seem as tame and non-threatening as the fluff on Oprah's Book of the Month club.

Most brilliant is Madigan's perfect realization of the so-called monster of the text, Jacob Goodnight. Much of the novel is told through Goodnight's perspective, and through his eyes, the reader comes to understand and appreciate the violence in his nature. It is rare that a book can achieve the impossible, and make the apparent villain transformed into the only pure character in the text, while the alleged "good guys" are revealed to be morally bankrupt and heinous individuals who deserve to die.

Society, itself, is ultimately the monster in "See No Evil": set in modern-day California, we see the results of a society where political correctness and moral relativism have taken over. Every criminal in the text is treated with kid-gloves by the prison system, and pampered by social workers who feel their crimes are only the result of a "bad childhood," and, therefore, excused. Police officers, on the other hand, are treated like dirt in this modern day Sodom and Gomorrah. Jacob Goodnight is, paradoxically, the only character who has a clear set of values.

While it is being marketed as the novelized version of the film of the same name, it should not be treated as such. Dan Madigan himself wrote the screenplay, and has said at conventions to promote the film that he had an earlier version of the novel written BEFORE submitting the screenplay. So this should not be dismissed as a crass adaptation of an already-existing film, the way trashy novels have been made out of "Star Wars" films or other films, just to swindle people out of their money. In fact, the book is reputed to have far more gore and violence than the film.

"See No Evil" is a triumph of true horror. If you are squeamish, then do not read this book. If you are looking for pretty boy vampires, Jacob Goodnight would have had them for dinner. This is not for wimps or the faint hearted. Madigan's writing is reminiscent of HP Lovecraft and Bret Easton Ellis's "American Psycho," while at the same time being completely original in its approach. Get this book while you can: it will be a limited edition, and its value will skyrocket once Madigan's next book comes out.

I love this book!!!!!
The monsters and the way they are described sound great!!!!!!!!
This is also a very imaginitive and superb.
hey, Bill Brittain, if you are reading this........MAKE A MOVIE!!!!!!! talk to a producer or something and make a movie!!!!!!!! that would be awesome!!!!!!!

I like this book becuase it has a surprising ending. The entire book is one surprise after another. I would recomend this book for two reasons. One, it was weal riten and two, it is a short read.

This book uses your imagination and keeps you reading

I loved the Shape Changer. Fek is cool, he changes into a wierd lizard who tries to take over the universe. It is up to Frank and his friends to find Fek and save the universe.

Shape-Changer is about an alien named Zymel and two kids who try to capture an evil alien named Fek. The aliens can change into anything from a gnat to a mountain. I thought that having aliens that can change into anything is a great plot twist for a sci-fi book. It made the book a lot more exciting because of the animals that the aliens turned into. This is an excellent book and kept me hooked through all the pages. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to have a good read.