The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

Grady Hendrix nails life in South Carolina in the late 80s/early 90s. My family moved to upstate SC in ‘89; my parents were around the age of the parents in this book, I was 14, and my brother was 7. Some folks have criticized that Patricia cared too much about what other people thought of her, but that was exactly the experience my Mom and I had during the decade we lived there. There was a lot of pressure to conform to certain societal norms, certainly more than the Chicago suburbs we came from.

I enjoyed the author's sense of humor and references to the horror genre (not as prevalent as in “The Final Girl Support Group”).

The audiobook version was really well-done; now that's it's fall, I love going for long walks and listening to good books. This production and story made me itch to get out for a walk.