Meet Annette!

Reading Renegade

I'm a podcasting, book hoarding, horror nerd that loves to travel. I geek out at comic con with my wonderfully geeky family and am at my happiest having a duvet day and eating garbage with my boys!

Personal Heroes:

  • I know it sounds cheesy but my family and friends are my heroes. I feel very lucky to know them and to get to spend time with them.

Item She Can’t Live Without:

  • It's sad to admit but my phone. It has my books, music, podcasts, random note thoughts and games to name but a few ways to avoid human interaction.

How She Got Into Horror:

My mother was a Hammer Horror fan so there was videos, books even an album around the house. I would wait until my parents were out and watch them as I wasn't allowed to. When I was a teenage I was put on 2 weeks bed rest due to an illness and I convinced my mum to rent all the 80's slashers for me and I devoured every franchise and was hooked for life.

What She Likes About Horror:

I feel that it is the most creative genre with such a rich history and so much variety. It never fails to surprise and intrigue me. I find it endlessly fascinating.

Favorite Movies

  • Ringu (1998)

  • The Princess Bride (1987)

  • Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)

  • Rope (1948)

  • The Lady Vanishes (1979)

Favorite TV Shows

  • “Inside No9”

  • “The Great Pottery Throwdown”

  • “Tales of the Unexpected”

  • “Happy Valley”

  • “Stranger Things”

Favorite Books

  • Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

  • The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde

  • Rachel Rising by Terry Moore

  • Spider-Woman written by Dennis Hopeless and drawn by Greg Land

Favorite Authors

  • Grady Hendrix

  • A.M Shine

  • Clay McLeod Chapman

  • Terry Moore

  • Sunyi Dean

Favorite Bands/Artists

  • The Breeders

  • Stereophonics

  • Weezer

  • The Ramones

  • Green Day

Favorite Albums

  • The Green Album by Weezer

  • Coming Up by Suede

  • The Very Best of Nina Simone by Nina Simone

  • Let's Knife by Shonen Knife

  • Elastica by Elastica.

Favorite Songs

  • “Dancing on My Own” by Robyn

  • “Not So Manic Now” by Dubstar

  • “Her Jazz” by Huggy Bear

  • “Dancing Queen” by Abba

  • “I Wanna Be Sedated” by The Ramones.

“Life is the past, the present and the perhaps.”
— Bette Davis

Favorite Quote

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