Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has been on countless crime scenes, but this is definitely a first. Her fleeing target has left behind a truck loaded with ice cream and a dead body - frozen solid and covered in chocolate and chopped pecans.   As fate would have it, Stephanie's ment…

When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone . . .   Inspired by the original Hogwart's textbook…

So. Can you believe that this is the fourth week of November? Already!  Seriously. I know I've said this about a thousand times, but this year is going way too fast , which some people might think is a good thing. 2016 hasn't been very kind, has it? It's taken a lot …

A special illustrated edition of the AMERICAN GODS novella from storytelling genius Neil Gaiman.  We first meet Baldur 'Shadow' Moon's in AMERICAN GODS, where he gets caught up in a war between gods in the USA. In THE MONARCH OF THE GLEN, Shadow's journey has brought…

A special illustrated edition of the AMERICAN GODS novella from storytelling genius Neil Gaiman.  Baldur 'Shadow' Moon is on his way back to America, but in this story he's only made it as far as the Peak District in Derbyshire, England. Here he becomes involved with a …

The stories behind Australia's many, many strange, inappropriate and downright hilarious place names.  From Dismal Swamp to Useless Loop, Intercourse Island to Dead Mans Gully, Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else, Australia has some of the strangest, funniest, weirdest and most out…

Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama   Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R…

Today, I validated my novel and this is what I got... I'm very excited to have completed another novel during NaNoWriMo . The story I ended up writing is one that had been bubbling inside my head for a few months and even though I knew the direction it was going to take a…

The Gathering by Dan Poblocki My rating: 5 of 5 stars My daughter picked this up for me from the library the other day. It's a book that caught my eye because it looks so spooky. And since I finished writing my own creepy NaNoWriMo story on Friday, I thought this might be …

Can you believe the third week of NaNoWriMo is almost over? O.o And of course, that means that November is moving too darn fast. Yikes! I have to admit that as far as my WIP goes, I started the week pretty well. I mean, I crossed the 50,000-word target on Monday --yay!--but I kep…

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a book I've had my eye on for a while, so when my daughter bought it, I couldn't wait to read it too. (BTW, she read and loved it!) Amanda has moved in with her estranged father after an awful inci…

So. The second week of NaNoWriMo is almost over. Well, for me it is, because I take the weekends off. :) Which I kinda need because my brain feels like mush. Seriously, I'm so caught up in the story that I haven't been able to read ALL WEEK. I know. It's tragic! You a…

It's (finally) here! While I'm excited that NaNoWriMo has started, I have to admit that I can't believe it's  NOVEMBER ! O.M.G. How did this happen? How are we so close to the end of the year? How is it possible that I now have a 16-year-old daughter? LMAO. Wow. T…

Diary of a Haunting by M. Verano My rating: 5 of 5 stars I wanted to read a creepy book and that's EXACTLY what I got. Yes! I mean, look at that cover. I think it captures the story perfectly. Anyway. I borrowed this book from the library the other day and started reading…