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Buddy Read & Rant #15 with Jonathan Pongratz: The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper
Hello Blogging World! Jonny I’m Jonny, scaredy cat of all things sewer and underground passages. Ew, germs and cold slimy things! Iseult Hi, I’m Iseult, a somewhat worm like creature of unknowable evil, but without the power to travel through alternate dimensions. This buddy read and rant is for The Worm and His Kings (The Worm…
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Book Review: Mosaic by Catherine McCarthy
23 year old Robin is hired to restore a stained glass window in an old church, but things are not what they seem. This novella is definitely a companion piece to McCarthy’s previous novella, “Immortelle”, and the short story “Retribution”, which appeared in her collection, “Mists and Megaliths”. All have a touch of cosmic horror,…
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Buddy Read & Rant #14 with Jonathan Pongratz: the Forgotten Island by David Sodergren
Hello Blogging World! Iseult Hello, I’m Iseult, otherwise known as the spider queen. Jonny And I’m Jonny but I don’t like spiders. You may call me Senor Spider Stomper! This buddy read and rant is for The Forgotten Island by David Sodergren. Blurb: When Ana Logan agrees to go on holiday to Thailand with her…
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Coffee and Thorn Book Tour: Music Boxes by Tonja Drecker
About the book “I only desire your talent…” Twelve-year-old Lindsey McKay’s biggest dream is to be a famous ballerina. But after moving to New York, she ends up at the Community Center with a teacher who’s a burly bear in tights. When she meets Madame Destinée, the teacher of a top dance school who offers her classes for free, Lindsey…
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Book Review: Forgotten Lore by Blanket Fort Writers
Rhonda Parrish runs a wonderful virtual hangout for writers and readers on Discord, called The Blanket Fort, and last year she and six other writers put together this anthology of short stories based on the theme of Forgotten Lore. MLD Curelas starts the anthology on a strong note with Nickel-Plated Demon. Ex-cop turned pawnshop owner,…
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Book Review: Vampire of the Midnight Sun by Priscilla Bettis
The titular Vampire of the Midnight Sun, concerns best friends, Billy and Frasier, whose plans turn deadly when they have to fight the Alaskan wilderness to survive. The hostile, beautiful environment of Alaska is a third character in this excellent story. The author excels at description and creating atmosphere. I felt I was in Alaska…
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Buddy Read & Rant #13 with Jonathan Pongratz: Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell
Hello Blogging World! Iseult I’m Iseult, and it’s really cold out here. Can I please come inside? Jonny And I’m Jonny, lover of all things winter and spooky. Just try and scare me, I dare you! This buddy read and rant is for Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell. Blurb: A romantic cabin getaway doesn’t go exactly…
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Book Review: Inheriting Her Ghosts by S H Cooper
Forty something Eudora Fellowes defies Victorian convention in many ways. She’s single by choice, prefers the company of her wolfhounds, Cerberus and Black Shuck, to other humans, and she often wears trousers rather than dresses. When her great-aunt leaves her the seaside manor of High Hearth, Eudora looks forward to a quiet country idyll. Unfortunately,…
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Book Review: Salibi by Oliver Lea & Emily Brown
While on vacation in Jordan, twenty something American Alexis gets turned into a vampire. Lost and confused, she bumps into Anselm, an English vampire who shows her the ropes of her new undead life. However, who turned Alexis, and why? Was meeting Anselm an accident or something more calculated? The plot unravels to reveal an…
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Book Review: The Quiet Game by Rami Ungar
These five tales to chill your bones mightn’t be quite as dark as the Master of Fear’s more recent work, but they’re highly entertaining and a great way to spend an hour. Addict opens the collection with an interesting second person point of view take on addiction. The focus is sex addiction, and a main…