[easyazon_infoblock align=”center” identifier=”B0FCXKKXRR” locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″] Julie’s Review: I’ve done a few escape rooms and found them very exciting and also very difficult. So the puzzles and clues in this book were a fun theme! I also liked the premise that these teams are competing on a game show to win big bucks, and meanwhile, there’s […]
[easyazon_infoblock align=”center” identifier=”B0FMY44ZPW” locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″] Julie’s Review: I read this book generally over a weekend. I got to about 30% in a few evenings after not having a chance to read past the first chapter for a week, then parked my butt on the couch and got to 85%, finished after work the next […]
HOLLOW OUT THE DARK by James Wade Literary Fiction / Southern Gothic / Rural Fiction Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Pages: 328 Publication Date: August 20, 2024 SYNOPSIS Award-winning author James Wade blends atmospheric prose with soul-stirring themes in Hollow Out the Dark, a gothic adventure set against a Depression-era landscape where a whiskey war threatens to […]
DEUS TEX MACHINA: The Second Calamity of QED Morningwood by Rob Witherspoon Science Fiction / Humor / Satire Pages: 163 Publication Date: June 13, 2022 SYNOPSIS QED “Kid” Morningwood is back with big plans to create a death tourism industry. Working with his old Metaphysics professor from Texas Alchemical and Metaphysical University, he delves the […]
SUGAR ON THE BONES By Joe R. Lansdale Private Investigator Mystery / Noir Crime / Hard-Boiled Mystery / Lawyers and Criminals Humor Publisher: Mulholland Books Pages: 317 Publication Date: July 16, 2024 SYNOPSIS In this holy mess of a case for the “perpetual bad boy” (New York Times) sleuths in the beloved Hap and Leonard […]
Julie’s Review: Craving Beauty is a gothic retelling and re-twisting of the Beauty and the Beast story. In this story, everyone’s a Beast. The main character has a tragic backstory, where she blames herself for the deaths of her family members and being outcast from the town and labeled a witch. She yearns […]
CONQUERGOOD & THE CENTER OF THE INTELLIGIBLE MYSTERY OF BEING by CG Fewston Science Fiction / Dystopian / Steampunk Date of Publication: October 17, 2023 Number of Pages: 381 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! One of resilience and transformation, Conquergood’s life-changing discovery explores the depths of family, memory, love, and the mysteries that lie at […]
COURTING MISS EMMA The Hangman’s Daughters, Book 2 by Linda Broday Western / Clean & Wholesome / Sweet Romance / Historical Fiction Publisher: Severn House Date of Publication: November 7, 2023 Number of Pages: 203 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! Texas, 1868. Emma Taggart has finally found a place to belong – setting up Heaven’s […]
Time for another joint review! We read RUNE OF THE WITCH to tick off some bingo squares. Julie’s Review: So this was my pick for us to read together, mostly because it was short and a prequel – I figured this should be an easy fun read. We needed a witchy book for BINGO. […]
PRINGLE PRAWN by Michael Scott Clifton Contemporary Urban Fantasy / Fairies / Humor Publisher: Book Liftoff Date of Publication: September 19, 2023 Number of Pages: 310 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! Move over Tinker Bell. There’s a new fairy in town! Ben’s luck is changing. He has his iconic VW bus, a hot, wealthy girlfriend, […]