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Courtney Gruenholz
@theresthegirl.bsky.social
Lover of dogs, horror movies, romance novels and music. Wife, mother and author.

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Is anyone else having trouble sharing links to Goodreads?

I haven't been able to share my last two book reviews and three days ago, I had no problem.

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February 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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A reprint of a book from an early 90s YA horror series based around baby-sitters and the worst possible things that can happen when the lights go out. This is the 3rd entry.

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Courtney Gruenholz's review of Lights Out
3/5: I'll round this up to three stars. I had to get a reprint of this book like I did one other in the Baby-Sitter's Nightmare to get all four of them. This one was published in 1995 originally. It...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Novelization of the third season where we tone down the body horror and have a Fourth of July celebration 1980s style!

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Courtney Gruenholz's review of Stranger Things, Season Three
5/5: Season 3 is what got me hooked to the show so of course I would give it five stars. Had to order Season 2 novelization online but I found the other two books in-store and as of 2026, Season 4 ha...
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February 2, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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A junior novelization of the hit show and its introductory season. Toned down for tween readers but still enjoyable enough to appeal to the adult fans.

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Courtney Gruenholz's review of Stranger Things, Season One
5/5: Now that the series has ended, I am going to keep the love for Stranger Things alive and kicking in my home by adding books to my shelf based around the show. I didn't watch Stranger Things unti...
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February 1, 2026 at 3:00 AM
What more can you say about Catherine O'Hara that hasn't been said?

I always relate to her as Delia with this one line in Beetlejuice:
Delia Deetz Insane GIF
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January 31, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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A young woman accepts the offer to train with a German film star who was in an accident that ended her own career.

What could possibly go wrong at a secluded mansion in the backwoods of Tennessee?

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Courtney Gruenholz's review of Let's Pretend You're Dead
5/5: I wish the edition that popped up here had the cover of this book because it is what grabbed my attention enough to buy it. I have read two books by Vincent Courtney. Both of them are YA books u...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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The fourth published original tie-in novel to the Buffy spinoff series. Angel is being paid to guard the daughter of a movie studio mogul and there are supernatural forces thriving off the greed of the city involved!

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Courtney Gruenholz's review of Angel
3/5: Sometimes you get hits and misses with books based on a television show and characters that you know and love. Not straight up novelizations but original works. Some of these Angel tie-in novels...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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Breaking up is hard to do in this early 1990s YA Horror gem from one of many series. Relationships at Central Academy can be truly terrifying...

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Courtney Gruenholz's review of Breaking Up
4/5: Book #12 in the Terror Academy series. This one was far better than the last one I read. The blurb on the back is actually quite a little misleading on the actual plot of the book, but it didn'...
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January 9, 2026 at 2:25 AM
@stephenking.bsky.social Back in the late 1970s in Maine did you have Dairy Queens or Waffle Houses? If not, anything equivalents to those chains? Specifically, in Bangor? Open 24 hours a day?

Been doing research for a WIP and it has stumped me to a standstill!
January 4, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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James Ransone was my favorite in IT CHAPTER 2. I’m so sorry to hear he’s no longer with us. RIP.
December 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
And now I learn that Anthony Geary died.

I was such a Luke & Laura fan.

What a terrible day.
December 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Got to bed with the bad news and wake up with the news even worse. 2025, you freaking suck!
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨

Rob Reiner & Wife Michele Son in Custody of L.A. County Sheriff's Dept.

It's unclear what exactly triggered the violence, but it may have occurred after an argument with a family member.

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Rob Reiner & Wife Michele's Son Nick Reiner in Custody
Rob and Michele Reiner's son Nick is in custody, TMZ has learned.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Sharon Anders is being stalked by a dream killer and in the real world, she discovers a shocking truth for the reason behind them.

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Courtney Gruenholz's review of I.O.U.
4/5: Couldn't find a physical copy so I had to settle for the Kindle version reprint. This is John Peel writing under the shared author pen name of Nicholas Adams. This had a very slasher feel to it...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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It is not a day on the beach but a turn to a dark and stormy night as Westlake teens seek shelter and then rescue from the things that hide in the dark...

And they are ready to inflict some pain and terror.

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Courtney Gruenholz's review of Party Till You Scream!
2/5: Well, I finished the last book in the G.G. Garth tetralogy of the four books she released in the early 1990s. First of all, I like that we get books centered around the same group of characters....
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December 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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This book was a little...ruff to get through but it got my tail wagging with some bloody hilarious hijinks and horrors.

Woof 🐾🧛‍♂️🩸

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Courtney Gruenholz's review of Bad Dog
3/5: 2.5 stars rounded up to three mainly because I like books about dogs. This was another bad B movie plot that was a mix of campy vampires and pure creepy vampires with more body horror. The dog d...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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When the terror on the big screen spills into the real world in all its gooey and gory glory...

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Courtney Gruenholz's review of Nightmare Matinee
2/5: Bought this omnibus collection of all four of G.G. Garth's YA books from the 1990s off of Amazon so that I could read them. All four books center around a town in New England called Westlake and...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!
a pumpkin pie with whipped cream on top and the words happy thanksgiving written on it
ALT: a pumpkin pie with whipped cream on top and the words happy thanksgiving written on it
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November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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How a young me got introduced to Udo Kier...this music video is a trip.

#RIPUdoKier
Madonna - Deeper And Deeper (Official Video) [HD]
YouTube video by Madonna
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November 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Don't let the cover or the title convince you that this will be an exciting book about vampires.

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Courtney Gruenholz's review of Progeny of the Adder
2/5: I'm so sorry to say but I can see why someone brought there PBH reprint to the HPB of this book. Not to say that when it was written back in 1965, it might have been something new and exciting t...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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So...is the novelization of this 2012 Snow White adaptation by Universal Pictures far fairer than say the 2025 Disney live-action remake?

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Courtney Gruenholz's review of Snow White & the Huntsman
3/5: Being the lover of fairy tales that I am, I went to go see Snow White & The Huntsman in theaters when it came out in 2012. It was a pretty decent film, and the novelization of the movie is about ...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Now is the time for someone to think about writing a book centered around #SteveHarrington because it's only fair.
His mom is respected in town, but his dad is a complete jerk. Steve didn't get into college so how did his summer go before Scoops Ahoy? I want answers now!!
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Set before the fourth season, a movie night soon becomes scary stories told in the dark by the Hawkins teens. Seven tales but can they be any more frightening than reality?

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Courtney Gruenholz's review of Hawkins Horrors
4/5: Every one of us Stranger Things fans are gearing up for the final season of the show, and I was surprised to find this book in the YA section at HPB. I know that there are Stranger Things novels ...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM