The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
This book has been on my list since I read The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires. Hendrix takes on another staple of the horror genre here: the slasher. But in this case, the focus is on what happens to those Final Girls after the credits roll. Lynette Tarkington is a final girl. As … [Read more]
Get Your Duke On by Kathryn Le Veque, Chasity Bowlin, Alexa Aston, Maggi Andersen, Meara Platt, Mary Lancaster, Caroline Lee, Elizabeth Johns, Cerise DeLand, Bianca Blythe, Nadine Millard, Amy Jarecki, Sofie Darling, Merry Farmer
CBR 14 Bingo: Heart There is a lot of romance, folks. It's summer in Regency England, and there is lots of romance to go around - for there are many dukes on the lookout for a wife! I love a good anthology. They're a nice way to dive into variations on theme, sure, but even better they are a … [Read more]
Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel by Andrew Donkin
Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel is a wow book! Adapted by Andrew Donkin, the Ruta Sepetys novel comes to life in a graphic novel format. The story of one family shows another side of world history, and how in World War II, the Soviet Union was not just fighting Germany, but its own people … [Read more]
Taproot: A Story about a Gardener and a Ghost by Keezy Young
Taproot: A Story about a Gardener and a Ghost is a different kind of story with Keezy Young mixing and matching magic and realism into a story of twists, turns, laughter, sadness and gardening. The results are a love story to die for. Blue is a ghost; Hamal is human and the chemistry between the … [Read more]
Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch: A Novel by Rivka Galchen
Cbr14bingo Monster The cover and the title of this book got my attention, and then I read the blurb. Did you know that in 1618 Johannes Kepler’s mother was accused of being a witch? (Read more here, here and here). Yes, that Johannes Kepler, the mathematician and astronomer whose works were … [Read more]
The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri
This is a difficult review to write because so many things I want to talk about are huge spoilers. But the main thing to knw is: I loved The Oleander Sword. If you have not read The Jasmine Throne, please go do that. These books...these books are amazing. I feel like crying the whole time I am … [Read more]
