Title: Priceless Treasures and Ghastly: A Slight Collection of Hallowe’en Tales and Miscellanea Author: Thomas Olivieri Published: October 25, 2016 42 Pages Blurb: THESE days, Hallowe’en is a night of ghosts, celebrated by people who can longer believe in them, a day of tricks, treats, and twilight. A night when — sanctioned by custom… Read More Priceless Treasures and Ghastly – Book Review
Last Breath – Robert Bryndza The Blurb He’s your perfect date. You’re his next victim. When the tortured body of a young woman is found in a dumpster, her eyes swollen shut and her clothes soaked with blood, Detective Erika Foster is one of the first at the crime scene. The trouble is,… Read More Last Breath – Book Review
The Unlikeable Demon Hunter by Deborah Wilde This book was great! I was hoping by the title of this book it would be incredible! It was! I loved Nava and the rest of the characters were great, relatable and funny!
I received this book for free from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Good as Gone by Amy Gentry Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on July 26, 2016 Genres: Family Life, Mysteries, Suspense Pages: 288 Format: Kindle Source: Edelweiss Four Stars Thirteen-year-old Julie Whitaker was kidnapped from her… Read More Good As Gone – Book Review
Format: Paperback Pages: 299 pages Published: July 1942 Publisher: Harper Collins Genre: Mystery, Fiction Synopsis: “The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his accident under the care of his sister, Joanna. But soon a series of vicious poison-pen letters destroys the village’s quiet charm, eventually causing one recipient to commit… Read More The Moving Finger – Book Review
The book: The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley Published by John Murray in 2016 Pages: 368 My copy: Secondhand paperback The blurb: Two brothers. One mute, the other his lifelong protector. Year after year, their family visits the same sacred shrine on a desolate strip of coastline known as the Loney, in desperate hope of a… Read More The Loney – Book Review
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. This novel is a debut and the lady who wrote it is a) younger than me, and b) under 30. So massive props to Hannah Kent. Secondly, this was a manuscript that publishers came to her for. Not vice versa. That’s pretty much unheard of for a debut novel.… Read More Burial Rites – Book Review
The Phantom of the Earth (The Phantom of the Earth #1-5) Author: Raeden Zen Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Pages: 1650 (This edition contains all 5 books) Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia, Fiction, Fantasy, Apocalyptic Review: I read this series as a beta reader back in April. I was not asked to review it, but figured I should since… Read More The Phantom of the Earth – Book Review
Title: The Game of Love and Death Author: Martha Brockenbrough Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Publication date: April 28, 2015 Goodreads / Author’s website / Author’s twitter I am a sucker for historical fiction, especially historical YA. I was immediately intrigued by the premise – a pair of lovers, chosen by Love and Death, respectively, and left to play out the… Read More The Game of Love and Death – Book Review
I’m weirdly fond of Lev Grossman’s The Magicians and I can’t quite put my finger on why. It’s campy, and self-aware, and god help me I love it. I first picked it up because I liked the look of it – one of those judge-a-book-by-its-cover situations that works out surprisingly well. Since then it’s become one… Read More The Magicians – Book Review
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