Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks.
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This week’s neglected book
I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
Narrator: Michael Crouch, Stephen Graham Jones
Published by Simon and Schuster Audio on July 16, 2024
Genres: Fiction / Horror / General
Length: 11 hours 12 minutes
Pages: 384
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*USA TODAY Bestseller * Alex Award Winner *
The “viciously clever, over-the-top, genre-skewing” (The New York Times Book Review) classic slasher story with a twist from Stephen Graham Jones, the master of modern horror and bestselling author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, The Only Good Indians, and the Indian Lake trilogy.
1989, Lamesa, Texas. A small town driven by oil and cotton—and a place where everyone knows everyone else’s business. So it goes for Tolly Driver, a good kid with more potential than application, seventeen, and about to be cursed to kill for revenge. Here Stephen Graham Jones explores the Texas he grew up in, and shared sense of unfairness of being on the outside through the slasher horror Jones loves, but from the perspective of the killer, Tolly, writing his own autobiography. Find yourself rooting for a killer in this “playful, self-aware, and remarkably gory horror novel” (The New York Times).
Why did I add I Was a Teenage Slasher to my bookshelf?
I have had a copy of this audiobook since before it was officially released. I have wanted to try this author’s work for a while and was intrigued by the fact that this is a book about a teenage killer. It has been some time since I last read a nice bloody horror novel, so this one might work the next time I am in the mood for old-school horror.
Happy Thanksgiving!
What are your thoughts? Have you read this book? Would you recommend it?
OOh nice! I vaguely remember seeing this one around when it came out. I do love a good YA thriller! There’s always something intriguing reading from the villain’s point of view. Hope you love it once you are able to read it!
Sounds familiar. Might be goos
I’ve never heard of this one. Sounds interesting.
This sounds like a fun one…if horror can considered to be ‘fun’. ;D