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
Let’s Talk About Books
It has been a Week, squiders. We had to move everything so we could finally replace our probably 20-year-old carpet (ugh, it was so gross) and now I’ve got to put everything back–but of course, we found all sorts of
Shannara Readthrough: Running with the Demon
In late 2020, I started watching the first season of the Shannara Chronicles, and at the time I talked here on the blog about how The Wishsong of Shannara was my gateway book into adult fantasy and how that, now
Library Book Sale Finds: Simone LaFray and the Chocolatiers’ Ball by S. P. O’Farrell
Man, how long has it been? I think since 2020 at least, since I was doing some sort of reading challenge that year that was getting me through my stash of library book sale books. Back to it! I picked
Year-end Book Round-up 2021
Happy 2022, squiders! As always, to start the year off, we look at what I read last year. (Been tracking since 2009 or 2010, something, yadda yadda, etc.) (Also I should be back to my twice a week schedule now.
Uglies Readalong: Specials (Book Three)
Oof. Sorry for missing last week, squiders. It was a mess, all the way around–too many things that I had to get ready for and/or get done. But that’s all behind us now. Let’s move on to our discussion about
Excerpt: A Season in Whispers by Jackson Kuhl
Good morning, squiders! Today I’ve got an excerpt from Jackson Kuhl’s A Season of Whispers, a new Gothic novel that was recently released. Gothic Mystery/Horror Publisher: Aurelia Leo Date Published: 08-10-2020 / Audibook Launch April/May 2021 In the summer
Uglies Readalong: Pretties (Book 2)
Hey hey, look, I got a book done when I said I was going to! It’s a miracle. So, for those of you just joining us, we’re reading through the Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld, which is YA dystopia and
Uglies Readalong: Uglies (Book 1)
Hey, squiders! Guess who finally finished the book? And only two weeks late. For those of you just joining us, we’ll be reading the Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld, with the option of reading the fourth book depending on how
