Saturday, April 27, 2024
Indie Bookstore Day
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Book Mail
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Waiting on Wednesday
Groundhog Day meets Guardians of the Galaxy in Django Wexler’s laugh-out-loud fantasy tale about a young woman who, tired of defending humanity from the Dark Lord, decides to become the Dark Lord herself.
Davi has done this all before. She’s tried to be the hero and take down the all-powerful Dark Lord. A hundred times she’s rallied humanity and made the final charge. But the time loop always gets her in the end. Sometimes she’s killed quickly. Sometimes it takes a while. But she’s been defeated every time.
This time? She’s done being the hero and done being stuck in this endless time loop. If the Dark Lord always wins, then maybe that’s who she needs to be. It’s Davi’s turn to play on the winning side.
Monday, April 22, 2024
April's Silent Book Club
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Cover Runway Sunday
They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but we all know we do it. Sometimes the cover initially catches our eye, drawing us to give a book a closer look. It's the first thing we see, our first impression. Every Sunday I'm going to post some of my favorite covers of books coming soon!
Annie can’t remember who killed her, but she’ll stop at nothing to figure it out and make them pay. Because girls like her don’t get justice unless they take it for themselves.
HAPPY READING!!
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Mini Reviews
HAPPY READING!!
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Waiting on Wednesday
Twelve-year-old Perigee has never met a problem they couldn’t solve. So when their Dad’s spirits need raising, Perigee formulates the perfect road trip to Dad’s childhood home to reunite him with his estranged mother. There's something in it for Perigee, too, as they will finally get to visit “Eklunds' Puzzle House,” the mysterious bed & breakfast their grandparents built but never opened. They arrive ahead of a massive storm and the House immediately puts Perigee’s logical, science-loving mind to the test. Corridors shift. Strange paintings lurk in the shadows. Encoded messages abound. Despite Perigee’s best efforts, neither the House nor Grandma will give up their secrets. And worse, prickly Grandma has outlawed games and riddles of any kind. Even the greatest of plans can crumble, and as new arguments fill the air, the House becomes truly dangerous. Deadly puzzles pop up at every turn, knives spin in the hallways, and staircases disappear. The answer lies at the heart of the House, but in order to find it, Perigee and their new friend Lily will need to solve a long-lost, decades-old riddle… if the House itself doesn’t stop them first.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
New Release Tuesday
Robbie and Trevor Cresmont have a body count—the killer kind. Handsome and privileged, the Crestmont brothers' have enough wealth to ensure they’ll never be found guilty of any wrongdoing, even if all of Happy Valley believes they're behind the deaths of their ex-girlfriends. First there was soccer star Victoria Moreno, Robbie’s ex, who mysteriously drowned at the family lake house. Then, a year later, Trevor’s girlfriend died of a suspicious overdose.
But the Crestmonts aren’t the only ones with secrets. Lauren O'Brian might be the new girl at school, but she's never been a good girl. With a dark past of her own, she's desperate for a fresh start. Except when she starts a no-strings-attached relationship with Robbie, her chance is put in jeopardy. During what’s meant to be their last weekend together, Lauren stumbles across shocking evidence that just might implicate Robbie.
With danger closing in, Lauren doesn't know who to trust. And after a third death rocks the town, she must decide whether to end things with Robbie or risk becoming another cautionary tale.
Monday, April 15, 2024
Book Haul
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Cover Runway Sunday
They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but we all know we do it. Sometimes the cover initially catches our eye, drawing us to give a book a closer look. It's the first thing we see, our first impression. Every Sunday I'm going to post some of my favorite covers of books coming soon!
Now they'll have to put aside old rivalries and grudges if they want to find or save the man who brought them together in the first place―and on the way they'll learn a great deal about the sinister house on the beach, the man who built it, and the evil he's bringing back to Marrowstone Island.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Mini Reviews
Friday, April 12, 2024
Reading Challenge Update
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone - Review
The timeline on this jumps from past to present but does so in a way that flows well with the plot as a whole. Making every single jump to the past important to the plot in some shape and form. Some of those forms are minor to the plot, almost throwaway moments to explain how a person murders someone else. However, by the end of the book, you realize those little moments were probably the most important.
I liked Ernie as the narrator for this. He's honest about being unreliable in places because at the time he didn't know what he knew now. I always enjoy little fourth-wall breaks here and there. I think using a first-person narrative was the best option for this book. It gave the story more life and made it feel more personal for one of the characters. And while I can't say I'm Ernie's biggest fan, he's a pretty good detective.
The author does an amazing job of connecting all of the points by the end of the book. I don't think there was a single plot hole by the end of the book. The best part I was able to nail who the serial killer was. Called from the minute their story was told. What I didn't unravel was the what exactly was those photos.
That was a nice little twist at the end that I did not see coming.
All in all, this was a great read, and I've already picked up the second book in this series. I liked Stevenson's play on the stranded in the middle of nowhere murder mystery trope. So I'm even more excited to see what he does with the murder on a train trope!
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Waiting on Wednesday
What was meant to be a summer filled with baking pastries and cooking pasta is suddenly looking a lot . . . paler?! Why do all of the kids have pointy fangs? And hate garlic? Turns out that Maya isn't at culinary camp—she's at a camp for VAMPIRES! Maya has a lot to learn if she's going to survive this summer . . . and if she's lucky, she might even make some friends along the way.
Monday, April 8, 2024
April Silent Book Club
Sunday, April 7, 2024
Cover Runway Sunday
They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but we all know we do it. Sometimes the cover initially catches our eye, drawing us to give a book a closer look. It's the first thing we see, our first impression. Every Sunday I'm going to post some of my favorite covers of books coming soon!
Tormented and worked to the point of collapse by hardline religious zealots intent on straightening them out, they slowly become aware that something in the mountains north of the camp is speaking to them in their dreams, and that the children who return home to their families have...changed.
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Night Worms Unboxing
Friday, April 5, 2024
Mini Reviews
Thursday, April 4, 2024
April Spotlight Read
I have been gathering up cozy murder mysteries this year like a squirrel hoards nuts before winter. Maybe because this will be the summer of the cozy little murder mysteries, I'm not sure. But to keep with the theme, this month's Spotlight feels like a cozy murder mystery. Something fun to read by the pool, at the beach, or outside of the coffee shop. Doesn't matter I'm so freaking excited for this one, and it's already on out! It was released this Tuesday. So run don't walk to the bookstore, the library, or wherever you get books! Do it! I'm going to!
London, 1924. When shy academic Lao She meets larger-than-life Judge Dee Ren Jie, his life abruptly turns from books and lectures to daring chases and narrow escapes. Dee has come to London to investigate the murder of a man he’d known during World War I when serving with the Chinese Labour Corps. No sooner has Dee interviewed the grieving widow than another dead body turns up. Then another. All stabbed to death with a butterfly sword. Will Dee and Lao be able to connect the threads of the murders—or are they next in line as victims?
John Shen Yen Nee and SJ Rozan’s groundbreaking collaboration blends traditional gong'an crime fiction and the most iconic aspects of the Sherlock Holmes canon. Dee and Lao encounter the aristocracy and the street-child telegraph, churchmen and thieves in this clever, cinematic mystery that’s as thrilling and visual as an action film, as imaginative and transporting as a timeless classic.