BURNT SUGAR (Firebug #0.5): Lish McBride THE SHE-HULK DIARIES: Marta Acosta KIA AND GIO (A Bone Street Rumba Short Story): Daniel José Older CLEAN SWEEP (Inkeeper Chronicles #1): Ilona Andrews THIS CHANCE PLANET: Elizabeth Bear   THE VANISHING GAME: Kate Kae Myers BURN…

No Place Like Oz by Danielle Paige My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a novella I've had on my Kindle for a while. I have to admit that I was scared to read it because I loved Dorothy so much in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . But I'm glad I finally decided to get stuck into…

Bubba Ho-Tep by Joe R. Lansdale My rating: 5 of 5 stars This morning I felt like reading, but I didn't want to get stuck into any long books until the new year. So, I looked through my Kindle and decided to read this bizarro story. Hubby and I watched the movie years ag…

Yeah, we decided to give this subscription box a go because it sounded pretty cool... Turned out to sound good in theory, but the actual contents weren't so great. We ended up getting two of them:   And here's what was inside each of them...  Yeah, a…

Here's what we received from NERD BLOCK during the last three months: Although we did get some pretty interesting items from this subscription box--the Gizmo tee is especially awesome because in the dark a glowing Gremlin shows up--this is another one that we've…

This is the latest box, which happens to be for November...     Okay, I have to admit that when hubby popped open the box I was a little disappointed: But then we started to pull everything out and noticed quite a few very cool items. I mean, who doesn't love Bela Lugo…

This is the October HORROR BLOCK box:     And here's what we found when we opened it up:      I have to admit that I was a little surprised/disappointed to find that there was no Halloween movie and/or Michael Myers item included in this box. I mean, this would&…

Welcome to the Dark House by Laurie Faria Stolarz My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow. Wow. Wow! I was looking for a super creepy, freaky, spooky story with a clever storyline... and I definitely found it in this fantastic book. Seven kids enter an essay competition and win a w…

I've been a terrible blogger and haven't posted about the HORROR BLOCK subscription boxes we've received for months! So, I thought I'd catch up this week.   This here is September's box:       And this is what the inside looked like when we opened it: …

Darkmere by Helen Maslin My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is another book that I borrowed from the library and really enjoyed. When the most popular boy in school invites Kate to spend the summer with his friends at the castle he recently inherited, she's ecstatic. However, …

MERRY CHRISTMAS!   I hope you all have an awesome, fun and safe festive season.   Keep on dancing, like Baby Groot!   :)

A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis My rating: 4 of 5 stars I borrowed this book from the library because it sounded like a creepy, haunting read. The cover even makes it look that way. But it didn't turn out like that at all. Mind you, I still enjoyed it. Grace Mae w…

Wow! It's been a long while since I actually posted an actual update post on my blog. I'm pretty sure I haven't posted anything but book reviews since October. Yikes! Time sure goes fast.   Anyway, because it's almost the end of the year, I thought it was about tim…

Ode on Melancholy by John Keats My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the other John Keats poem that affected me deeply when I was a teenager. Back then, I'd sometimes feel down for no apparent reason but then found that if I listened to the music I loved, or watched good movies, …

Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats My rating: 5 of 5 stars When I was in high school, we studied a few of John Keats poems. High school might be something I left behind a while ago, but I never forgot about these poems. And since I've written a story where students actually …

A young boy stumbles across a Punch and Judy show at the pier and enters a world of extraordinary magic. With disturbing mysteries and half-truths uncontrollably unravelling, this boy is forced to deal with his family's secrets of violence, betrayal and guilt in this dark fable of …

In Mistletoe and Mr Right, Jessica (not Jessie) takes a flying leap and follows her boyfriend home for the holidays for Christmas break, sure that Ireland will provide the perfect backdrop to the beginning of their happily ever after. But it turns out his family - and his gorgeous ex-g…

The Road to Paradise is never easy After a year on the coast, Lexie Atkinson can't settle back into country life. She’s missing the glitzy, gritty nightlife of the big city and the group of misfit friends she’d loved to hate. She knows to move forward she has to go back – back to f…

When her parents decide a change will be good for her, seventeen-year-old Lexie Atkinson never expected they'd send her all the way to Paradise City. Coming from a predictable life of home schooling on a rural Australian property, she's sure that Paradise will be amazing. But …

Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen My rating: 5 of 5 stars I borrowed this book from the library, and man is it AWESOME! It's hard to pinpoint a genre for this book because it's an amazing mix of YA, western, paranormal, magic, myth & the supernatural. Nettie Loneso…