Julie’s Review: pulls no punches and will leave you screaming “No!” Check your triggers, for real. Our main character, Isobel, grows up with a junkie mom and an abusive step-dad. She starts out as a shrinking person always trying to hide and avoid trouble, but trouble still finds her. When one particularly bad […]
We’re chatting about covers on Chapter Break. ‘Cause you know we all judge books by covers, whether we admit it or not. We judge the style, the color and font choices, and just the overall look. That might not keep us from reading the book, but we do still judge. This is […]
Financial systems often run on patterns that only experienced observers recognize. In Stockbroken, Billy and Jan Hemby center the story on a longtime market professional whose career has been built on reading those patterns and understanding the signals hidden beneath financial optimism. by Billy Hemby and Jan Hemby After forty years advising clients and studying […]
For this discussion post, we are joining the Tell Me Something Tuesday challenge run by Jen at That’s What I’m Talking About. Here’s the topic for this week. Do you prefer single narrator, duet/dual narration, full cast, or “graphic audio” audiobooks? Julie: Ohhhhh this has become my favorite Roman Empire! Audiobooks are LIFE these […]
A pulse-pounding political thriller where love, betrayal, and democracy collide… A catastrophic explosion at a New Orleans convention hall critically injures presidential nominee James Sinclair and ignites a national crisis. Attorney Ian McCullough soon uncovers evidence tying the attack to Vice President Jay Buckley, who has orchestrated a false-flag EMP event to mimic a Chinese […]
For this discussion post, we are joining the Fantasy With Friends discussion with Pages Unbound. This week’s prompt: Do you have a favorite interpretation of Oz? Do you try to fit the different adaptations together, or do you see them as separate entities? (Do you try to make Wicked make sense with The Wizard of Oz? And do […]
QOTD: Do you prefer vampires with a moral code, or fully unhinged immortals? Julie’s Review: is a dark fantasy full of dark magic, dangerous alliances, a fierce FMC, vampires and dragons, desire and yearning, and a lot of epic battles. The audiobook is fabulous – I do love a full cast and […]
WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR OF by Ellie Moss Book Summary How does a bubble-blowing dragon make his very first friend? In the magical land of Lickitypop, Dibs the Dragon hears a tiny cry for help from the sticky syrup swamp and discovers Mooch, a marshmallow mole who is very, very stuck. With a licorice vine, […]
After finding a beautiful mermaid welcome sign, a young girl encounters a hidden and wondrous magical realm filled with magical characters, unlikely new friends and embarks on a dangerous quest to save the world from evil and restore the balance between the real world and the magical realm… Title: Author: Barbara Jean Weber Publisher: BookBaby […]
Julie’s Review of : This book was a ride! It’s a combination of a podcast, a memoir, a murder mystery, and a best-friends’ love story, with Happy Days references and pets! While I personally am not a huge podcast consumer, I loved the banter and friendship the most. The audio is fabulous! I already love […]