Sonia spent her life working with her father learning about plants and flowers and then painting them. After his death left her practically penniless, she found that in 1899 there were not a lot of options for a female illustrator with a vast naturalist’s knowledge. When the reclusive Dr. Halder’s invited her to illustrate his […]
World Between is the second book in The Cascadia Series by Sarah Lyons Fleming. I originally picked up the first book, World Departed, during an Audible sale after having read her Until the End of the World series, which is set in the same universe. As soon as I finished World Departed, I grabbed this […]
She went to hide with her Aunt in the Arizona Desert. She found her aunt dead, a community desperate for her to stay and a house with some strange attachments. Snake-Eater is a wonderful stand alone tale of the found family, community and the magic (good and bad) in the desert. Selena had been beaten […]
I picked up this audiobook after seeing a post from Mark Hamill about starring in an upcoming Stephen King adaptation. I wasn’t familiar with The Long Walk before that, and this ended up being my first Richard Bachman book. King has written so much over the years, it’s hard to keep up with both […]
You know when you get a book thinking it is going to be one thing and then it is completely different than you expected. Sometimes that is a good thing and I’ve gone on wild rides and visited crazy places enjoying the ride. Sometimes it means the book doesn’t capture my interest and keep it. […]
If there is one thing I can say about T. Kingfisher, it is her retellings of fairytales are imaginative. She may take some overall concepts from the tale of Snow White, but Kingfisher twists them, balls them up, dips them in color and throws it all against a wall until you get something entirely new. […]
I picked up this book during an Audible 2-for-1 credit sale. I had already read Sarah Lyons Fleming’s Until the End of the World series, and since the cover and description for World Departed looked similar, I figured it might be set in the same world. I’m glad I gave it a chance. This story […]
When you are the monster, how can you trust someone will come to save you. I Am Made of Death is the third book set in the world of The Whispering Dark (TWD). It is a stand alone, however a few of the characters from TWD make and appearance and play a role so as […]
This is the second book that I’ve read from Chuck Wendig. I really enjoyed the first book, The Book of Accidents. And I saw a lot of talk about this book when it first came out. So, I decided I needed to give it a try. I’m really glad I did, because I had a […]
I’m a fan of Stephen King. I have been since I read Misery in 7th grade. I wasn’t as avid of a reader then. So I didn’t actually read a lot of his books, but I watched a lot of the movies. While I had seen the original version of Carrie (I’ve never watched the […]