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The Blog Thingy
Where Emotion and Information are Dispensed Inconsistently... Sometimes
You'll find some interesting stuff here...
a few Op Eds, some Writing Craft Information, Book Reviews, and More. Poke around the categories and see what ruffles your feathers... in a good way!
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
Click The Cover To Order! Okay folks, I know I'm seriously late coming to this party... but I'm glad I made it! The well on this one...
3 min read
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss
Click The Cover To Order! This is the second installment of this series... a story about Mary Jekyll, Diana Hyde, Catherine Moreau,...
1 min read
I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney
Click The Cover To Order! The psychological thriller is my favorite genre to read. Packed with creepy surprises and unexpected turns,...
1 min read
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Click The Cover To Order! I got completely caught up in this story. It was engaging on so many levels, I devoured it slowly, as you...
2 min read
Wool (Silo #1) by Hugh Howey
One of the things I love best is to have a friend recommend a book to read. Going in, you have an understanding that this is going to be...
2 min read
Dangerous Women by George R.R. Martin (and others)
Click The Cover To Order! This was an interesting collection of short stories written by a host of superb authors, about women, dangerous...
4 min read
Only You by Benjamin Daniels
Click The Cover To Order! This was a most curious book. I've never read anything quite like it before. The narrator is the book itself,...
2 min read
The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent by Larry Correia
Click The Cover To Order! This is by far one of the goofiest books I've ever read! I listened to the audiobook, and it had me laughing...
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They Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde
Click The Cover To Order! As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not a tremendous fan of series fiction. It’s often frustrating to me when I read...
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Inspection by Josh Malerman
Click The Cover To Order! Like thousands of other readers on the planet, I was enticed to read “Inspection” after having read “Bird...
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Origin by J.A. Konrath
Click The Cover To Order! I found this a very entertaining read... an alternate origin story set in present time with present-day...
2 min read
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
At just 103 pages, this isn't an awful novella. If you're interested in the vampire vein of storytelling (see what I did there), you'll...
2 min read
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
This story was pretty much all-consuming for me from the time I started with page one, until the last word. Wow! From the synopsis, I...
2 min read
Hell House by Richard Matheson
Click The Cover To Order! A story of a haunted house, told with a twist... okay, several twists. This is not just a story about ghosts...
2 min read
The Bookshop From Hell by David Haynes
If you've read any of my other book reviews, you'll know that I'm a reader who gravitates toward books about books, libraries, bookshops,...
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The Chemist by Stephanie Meyer
Click The Cover To Order! So, when I first came across this book, I wasn't going to read it. I was one of the few people on the planet...
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The Admirer's Secret by Pamela Crane
Click The Cover To Order! I wasn't as interested in this one as I thought I'd be. The synopsis suggested that there would be more of a...
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The Ghostwriter by Alessandra Torre
Click The Cover To Order! If you don't have tissues nearby, make sure you have them when you read this book. If you're a writer...
2 min read
The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne
Click The Cover To Order! I've been a great admirer of A. A. Milne's work since I was a very young child. In fact, his stories from The...
2 min read
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry
Click The Cover To Order! I grew up enjoying classic tales. Whether they were Grimm's or Disney, Hans Christian Anderson or Aesop, I've...
3 min read
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