Resident horror reader Lori offers up our new Virtual Book Club pick: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix.
In Grady Hendrix’s latest horror tale, 90’s suburban Charleston housewives form a new “true crime” book club after the massive meltdown of their old one, and find themselves confronting a terrifying predator who has infiltrated their circle. Stepford Wives meet Dracula!
It’s fast paced, funny and suitably gory. Just as a talking point, I was a little unsure if the black characters were deliberately less developed to align with the way they were often portrayed in horror movies from that time or whether he could have done a better job of making them more dimensional. Let’s talk about that after you read the book.
Check out a couple of his other books that also put a horror spin on commonplace things – Horrorstor (about the haunted goings on at a famous Scandinavian furniture outlet – you know which one!), and My Best Friend’s Exorcism about two teenagers who have to survive not only high school but demonic possession, too. He’s fun and frightening and a great choice for this month.
~ Lori Reid, Bookseller
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Our virtual book club is an online, social media opportunity for us to read together even when we’re socially distancing. Join us by reading the book and sharing your thoughts and questions with us by using the hashtag #bbkwbookclub on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Tag us in your #bookstagram-style photos and we may reshare. It’s a fun way to read together and show off your #booklove.