It's that sad time of year when our feelings are all jumbled in a mess of confusion. Summer is ending which means relief from the long, hot days. But, with relief, comes other not so relieving things. Like shorter days, school, much colder weather. The stress of holidays and snow... You get it. We're both [...]
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#makeoutmarrymurdermonday
Oh, hello Monday. I didn't see you, lurking... Well, today's feature just sums up how I feel most Monday's. Like a zombie. I'm sure all the parents with children back in school AGREE! We're all a bit stabby and zombified today. And nothing says stabby more than fighting zombies! Or being a zombie. There's stabbing [...]
Hullmetal Girls – Review
** This review was originally posted on teenreads.com ** "Only the desperate volunteer to become Scela, signing away their bodies and their autonomy to the General Body's command." In her newest release, Emily Skrutskie launches us far into the future where humanity strives to find a habitable planet. A space opera filled with an amazingly [...]
The Wicked Deep – Review
"The knowing of what's coming, the death that creeps up over the town like fate clawing at the door of every shop and home. I can feel it in the air, in the spray of the sea, in the hollow spaces between raindrops. The sisters are coming." Two hundred years ago, the small town of [...]
Nine – Review
**This review was originally published at teenreads.com ** "This is what life should be like, he thought. Your heart beating, your skin tingling, your mind bright and alive as you run headlong toward a future. Towards answers. Not death, after death, after death..." In a clever twist on dystopian story telling, Zach Hines shows us [...]
Tuesdays With Jena: Meet Sam!
Good morning!!! Today I bring you an account that represents one of most coveted bookish obsessions!!! If you follow her already, you are very familiar with her insane talent. Besides giving me photos that make me say 'my precious' on almost a daily basis, she is such an awesome lady to chat with! If you [...]
Four Dead Queens – Review
"The four thrones, and their respective queens, sat in a circle around the dial. While the quadrants remained divided, the queens ruled from the same court. Together, yet apart." Keralie Corrington is a thief. And she's definitely a liar. Varin, on the other hand, is honest. He is an upstanding citizen from the most enlightened quadrant. [...]
My Plain Jane – Review
"If there was something strange in your neighborhood, you could, um, write the Society a letter, and they would promptly send an agent to take care of it." The Lady Janies are back, this time rewriting a bit of Englands history regarding the classic novel, Jane Eyre. This time, Charlotte, (yes, Bronte), is friends with [...]
The Immortal Gene – Review
"Today we saw what madness can produce. It's contagious, like getting a cold." The Immortal Gene is part sci-fi, part crime thriller following homicide detective Jake Wood as he joins the hunt for a serial killer. Things quickly veer off for Jake, when he finds himself in Brazil after receiving some distressing messages from a [...]
Like Never And Always – Excerpt + GIVEAWAY
It's another glorious stabby Monday! And, as I promised last week, today I'm doing something a little different than our usual Monday stabnanigans. To help promote the launch of Ann Aguirre's new book, Like Never And Always, I am thrilled to be working with Rockstar Book Tours to give you a sneak peak! After reading [...]