Book of the Month [May 2020]

Halloween in May? Well, it was for me and my book of the month at least. 

With all the darkness in the world right now, it was nice to delve back into a bit of darkness in the fictional form with the novelization of Halloween (2018), written by John Passarella. Full disclaimer; it's been about a year and a half since I saw the film so some of the detail was a little sketchy going in - some scenes blew me away while others were completely new (either because I forgot about them or they were actually new scenes for the book). Either way I loved everything about the book. 

Other reading highlights for May include Honky Tonk Samurai by Joe R Lansdale (which was also one of the books featured in my Mount TBR challenge), the dark and twisted novelette by Andersen Prunty, We Don't Talk About Her, and a collection of novellas set in the world of Alice by Christina Henry, Looking Glass. 

Halloween book blurb: 

In 1978, Laurie Strode survived an encounter with Michael Myers, a masked figure who killed her friends and terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois on Halloween night. Myers was later gunned down, apprehended and committed to Smith's Grove State Hospital.

For forty years, memories of that nightmarish ordeal have haunted Laurie and now Myers is back once again on Halloween, having escaped a routine transfer, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. This time, Laurie is prepared with years of survival training to protect herself, her daughter Karen and her granddaughter Allyson, a teenager separated from her family and enjoying Halloween festivities.