Good morning, squiders. Hope you’re doing well! I finally finished The Elvenbane, which I think I started two years ago. Do you ever do this? There wasn’t anything wrong with the story–and I did enjoy it in the end–but sometimes
2023 Reading Stats
STAT TIME, SQUIDERS My favorite time of the year. My spouse thinks I’m crazy. If you recall last year, I missed, uh, 43 or something when I was keeping track of how many books I’d read, resulting in me only
Promo: Heart Stealer by Melody Wiklund (Review)
Good morning, squiders! Today I’ve got an interesting fantasy novel for you! The concept was so intriguing I asked for and got a copy to review, so scroll to the end to see what I thought! Fantasy Date Published: 12-08-2023
Better than the Book: Good Omens
I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I don’t necessarily like a lot of Neil Gaiman’s novels. They’re excellent on worldbuilding and characters but not always the best on, well, plot. But I do like Good Omens. It’s funny,
Better than the Book: The Last Unicorn
Good morning, squiders! This week, in our continuing series, we’re looking at the Last Unicorn. If you’re unfamiliar with the book or the movie, the book was written by Peter S. Beagle and published in 1968, and the movie came
Better than the Book: Jurassic Park
Hey-ho, squiders! This is the start of a maybe-ongoing series. The saying goes that the book is better than the movie, but have you ever come across a story where the opposite is true? Where you liked the movie (or
2022 Yearly Reading Round-Up
I’m so mad, squiders. I thought I’d squeaked in my 50th book on Dec 31, and once again I had read my 50 books for the year, but I missed #43 in my counting, so I only read 49 books.
WriYe and Horror
Catching up on my WriYe blog circle prompts, plus it’s an easy blog topic in the midst of convention planning, haha. (Trying to figure out my last outfit for the con. Do I want something that says “horror writer” to
Cozy Fantasy
Happy Thursday, squiders. I had a lovely birthday yesterday, but today’s been a mess. One of the things I did yesterday, though, was sit and finish The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, which was a lovely book that I
Garage Sale Finds: Rumpole a la Carte
Sorry for the radio silence, squiders. Turns out I’m having a hard time keeping on top of everything with the release, and some of the other things in my life are getting neglected. So I’m going to go ahead and