August readings | Magical Fantasies with a Dash of Paranormal and Crime

Title: The Prince and his Bedeviled BodyguardSeries: Paranormal PrincesAuthor: Charlie CochetGenre(s): Paranormal, Romance (M/M), FantasyPage count: 134 (ebook)Published: 19 Sept 2019 My review | Get it here Title: Where There's FireSeries: Panopolis 2Author: Cari ZGenre(s): Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance (M/M), Sci-fiPage count: 113 (ebook)Published: 13 July 2015 My review | Get it here Title: Midnight SunSeries: … Continue reading August readings | Magical Fantasies with a Dash of Paranormal and Crime

All Together Now (Movie Review) | Subtlety and Optimism

The feature film adaptation of Matthew Quick's "Sorta Like a Rockstar" book is streaming today on Netflix. Quick, along with the movie director Brett Haley (All the Bright Places), Marc Basch (Hearts Beat Loud), and Ol Parker (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Now Is Good) penned the screenplay. The movie stars Auli'i Cravalho (Rise, … Continue reading All Together Now (Movie Review) | Subtlety and Optimism

A Discovery of Witches (All Souls #1) by Deborah Harkness | Book Review

A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy #1) by Deborah Harkness published Feb 2011A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together.Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her … Continue reading A Discovery of Witches (All Souls #1) by Deborah Harkness | Book Review

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games #0) by Suzanne Collins | Book Review

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games #0) by Suzanne Collins published 19 May 2020 It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the 10th annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty … Continue reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games #0) by Suzanne Collins | Book Review

July readings | Contemporary (Young) Love with a Paranormal Twist and Military Bend

It feels like I re-read / listened to more old books I love than new ones, but I still knocked quite a few from my ever-growing list. Title: A Way with WordsSeries: Memories with The Breakfast ClubAuthor: Lane HayesGenre(s): Comtemporary, Romance (M/M)Page count: 191 (ebook)Published: 20 June 2017 My review | Get it here Title: … Continue reading July readings | Contemporary (Young) Love with a Paranormal Twist and Military Bend

The Squirrel on the Train (Oberon’s Meaty Mysteries #2) by Kevin Hearne | Book Review

The Squirrel on the Train (Oberon's Meaty Mysteries #2) by Kevin Hearne published 30th November 2017Oberon the Irish wolfhound is off to Portland to smell all the things with canine companions wolfhound Orlaith and Boston terrier Starbuck, and, of course, his human, ancient Druid Atticus O’Sullivan. The first complication is an unmistakable sign of sinister … Continue reading The Squirrel on the Train (Oberon’s Meaty Mysteries #2) by Kevin Hearne | Book Review

Staked (The Iron Druid Chronicles #8) by Kevin Hearne | Book Review

When a druid has lived for two thousand years like Atticus, he's bound to run afoul of a few vampires. Make that legions of them. Even his former friend and legal counsel turned out to be a bloodsucking backstabber. Now the toothy troublemakers—led by power-mad pain-in-the-neck Theophilus—have become a huge problem requiring a solution. It's … Continue reading Staked (The Iron Druid Chronicles #8) by Kevin Hearne | Book Review

A Prelude to War (Iron Druid Chronicles #7.5) by Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson, Chuck Wendig | Book Review

A Prelude to War (Iron Druid Chronicles #7.5) by Kevin Hearne published 9 April 2015After an old friend is murdered in retaliation for his mercenary strikes against the oldest vampires in the world, Atticus O'Sullivan must solicit the aid of another old friend in Ethiopia if he's going to have a chance of finishing a … Continue reading A Prelude to War (Iron Druid Chronicles #7.5) by Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson, Chuck Wendig | Book Review