The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Explained
Every Halloween you start hearing whispers about Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horsemen. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is considered one of America’s first horror ghost stories and it scared the bejeebies out early settlers. Why be worried about witches when the Headless Horsemen was…
Exclusive: The Spirit in the Crypt: Q&A with Author Alexander Lound
Spook-tacular greetings to all! We at Fully Booked were recently given the opportunity to read the debut novel in Alexander Lound’s young adult Jonny Roberts series, The Spirit in the Crypt. This reader thoroughly enjoyed it, and wanted to get a little more insight into…
Spooks, Specters and Shadows, Oh My – Horror Month at Fully Booked
It’s the spoo-kiest time of the yeeeaaar… that sounds better in my head. I’ll find a way to make it work. Anyway, it’s October and our theme this month at Fully Booked is perhaps unoriginal, but extremely appropriate: Horror, and to start off, we will…
The 5 Best Harry Potter Back to School Scenes
The Harry Potter series will always be my go-to for Back to School. I usually re-read the books in September because the stories always span over the months of the academic school year, and so enhances the feeling of young adult nostalgia. So for your…
The Spooky Goings on of Nightmare Hall
Is that a chill I feel in the air? As a kid, we all knew what cooler days meant: back to school! New sneakers, unsharpened pencils and shiny new textbooks, oh my. While I don’t remember the last time that I had a new textbook…
Forget Real School: 5 Of The Best Fictional Schools We Would Attend
Now let me dive into why I choose such a random assortment of fictional schools and why we all deserve to go to school at one of these places: Hogwarts – Harry Potter “I am going to bed before either of you come up with…
Midnight Sun: 5 Scenes We Want to See From Edward’s Perspective
In light of the recent review of Midnight Sun, and my mention that there are certain scenes I wish Stephenie Meyer would write from Edward’s perspective, I decided I would outline 5 scenes that I want to read from Edward’s perspective: The Months Spent Away…
In the Library with the Revolver: The Enduring Popularity of Clue Board Game
Who Killed Mr. Boddy? The final solution to one of the most popular board games ever created. Cluedo – or Clue as it’s known in North America – adds to that, also searching for the where and what. Everyone loves a good mystery, and this…
Stephen King ‘Later’ New Novel Set To Release In March 2021: Everything We Know
The master of horror, Stephen King never seems to stop publishing new and gripping novels. He announced today on Twitter, August 3rd 2020, that he will be releasing a new novel in March of 2021 called: ‘Later’. This will be his novel number 63. Just…
A Brief History of Mystery Books and the Whodunit
Who did it? One of the most popular questions posed in literary fiction. What is it about a good mystery that keeps us coming back for more? For me, mysteries have always been the ultimate form of escapism, and apparently I’m not alone. In fact,…