https://youtu.be/6UY33qhKhoM You may see an upcoming theme with these posts that animals are my way of seeing the good in the world but honestly - is there anything that brings a brighter smile to the heart than watching teeny tiny penguins hop down a flight of stairs? LISTEN TO THE FLAPPY NOISES. https://youtu.be/y_0nWPj_hQg If you … Continue reading Everything is Still Not Terrible
Sooo..... how's everyone else's week going? Every time I look at the news and social media, my brain goes full Munch. In the spirit of totally ignoring the situation at hand and celebrating that finally, the introverts of the world can be who they were born to be, safely ensconced under a blanket with a … Continue reading Everything is not Terrible
Published by Trapeze - Orion Publishing Group Synopsis: Welcome to the escape room. Your goal is simple. Get out alive.In the lucrative world of Wall Street finance, Vincent, Jules, Sylvie and Sam are the ultimate high-flyers. Ruthlessly ambitious, they make billion-dollar deals and live lives of outrageous luxury. Getting rich is all that matters, and … Continue reading The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
Published by Urbane Publications Synopsis: Constable Mavis Upton is back, and this time she's taking no prisoners - which is never good for a police officer. Mavis is pregnant, as is her daughter Ella. Facing the prospect of motherhood and being a grandmother simultaneously the last thing Mavis needs is problems at work. But a … Continue reading Blues, Twos and Baby Shoes by Gina Kirkham
Published by Headline Synopsis: One year after Erica Spencer trips and falls down a flight of stairs at a lavish Halloween party, the residents of the exclusive gated community where she lived have comes to terms with her death and moved on with their lives.Until one day, a post on the school's website announces there … Continue reading Someone is Lying by Jenny Blackhurst
This post is a celebration of all things Kelley - she's one of my go-to authors and writes under a couple of pen names (Kelley Kaye and Kelley Kay Bowles). Because everyone needs a bit more Kelley in their lives, I'm sharing my reviews of her books so far and she has kindly offered some … Continue reading JUST KELLEY – Giveaway and Promotion – YA and Murder Mystery author Kelley Kaye/Kelley Kay Bowles
Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Anna sees things from another world, the spiritual world, a skill that isn’t exactly useful in high school. It’s bad enough that her mother, possessed by a demon, took her own life when Anna was a child, a loss she remains tortured by. Now her father makes his living “clearing” haunted objects, and … Continue reading The Ghost Hunter’s Daughter by Caroline Flarity
Published by Allen Lane Synopsis: Straightened. Stigmatised. 'Tamed'. Celebrated. Erased. Managed. Appropriated. Forever misunderstood. Black hair is never 'just hair'. This book is about why black hair matters. Emma Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance, Black Power and on to today's Natural Hair Movement, the Cultural Appropriation Wars and beyond. We … Continue reading Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri
Synopsis: The shocking true story of an American dream that turned into a nightmare beyond imagining... In December 1975, the Lutz family moved into their new home on suburban Long Island. George and Kathleen Lutz knew that one year earlier, Ronald DeFeo had murdered his parents, brothers, and sisters in the house, but the property … Continue reading The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
Published by Harper Voyager Synopsis: From one of fantasy’s biggest recent breakthrough authors comes an exciting, brand new series.The demons... In the endless forests of the Wild, humanity scratches a living by the side of the great Godroads, paths of crystal that provide safe passage and hold back the infernal tide. Creatures lurk within the … Continue reading The Deathless by Peter Newman (Deathless #1)
Published by Thomas Nelson Synopsis: In a most improbable friendship, she found love. In a world where women were silenced, she found her voice. From New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan comes an exquisite novel of Joy Davidman, the woman C. S. Lewis called “my whole world.” When poet and writer Joy Davidman began … Continue reading Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan
Synopsis: They came against her as a child. Now they face the woman. The ice is advancing, the Corridor narrowing, and the empire is under siege from the Scithrowl in the east and the Durns in the west. Everywhere, the emperor’s armies are in retreat. Nona faces the final challenges that must be overcome if … Continue reading Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence (Book of the Ancestor #3)
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