A PROMISE OF FIRE : (DNF)   (The Kingmaker Chronicles #1):  Amanda Bouchet   GHOSTS OF THE MOTOR CITY  (Dead in Detroit #0.5):  Sierra Dean   THE WOMEN IN THE WALLS:  Amy Lukavics   THE HUMAN STAIN:  Kelly Robson   WE COME APART:  Sarah Crossan & Brian…

Spider-Gwen, Vol. 0: Most Wanted? by Jason Latour My rating: 5 of 5 stars This morning I told hubby that I wasn't going to read anything for a few days, not until the new year. Not surprisingly, he laughed. And , he was right to laugh. :D But since he surprised me the othe…

The year is winding down, so I thought this might be a good time to look back at the Goals List I posted at the beginning of the year. My list included a bunch of writing stuff, but also several non-writing related things.  Anyway, here's the original list & how I actual…

A stunning collection of short novels from bestseller Joe Hill, this new collection from an award-winning author makes compelling and powerful reading.   One autumnal day in Boulder, Colorado, the clouds open up in a downpour of nails, splinters of bright crystal that tear apart an…

MERRY CHRISTMAS! I hope you all have an awesome, fun and safe festive season full of good food, great company and plenty of downtime.   Have a great one!

The other day I posted this tweet: And just had  to mention it here, because this time of year is always the same. By the time we reach December, I've done so many things that my brain begins to slow down.  I'm the kind of person who's always got a to-do list and pr…

Love brought them together - life is pulling them apart...   Seren and Dom have fled their old lives on board spaceship Ventura in order to be together. They crash-land on a beautiful, uninhabited planet, which at first seems like paradise.  There is no one to answer to ... but n…

Two months on from the explosive finale to book one, Charlie's life is almost back to normal again: rebuilding her relationship with her father, hanging out with best mate Melissa, and worrying about GCSEs. All the while, Gabe's revelations about her mother are never far from h…

The Perfect Weapon by Delilah S. Dawson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I started reading a book yesterday that I couldn't get into and since The Last Jedi is still fresh in my mind, I started reading this short story... And was totally hooked! Bazine Netal is ruthless. She…

So. This was pretty much me for a lot of this week. LOL. Hubby took a week off work so we could take a break. And, so we could go and watch THE LAST JEDI on opening day. Yay. Of course we did  other stuff, but we mainly wanted to spend time together, take it easy, stay up late a…

Never Bite a Boy on the First Date by Tamara Summers My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've had this book on my bookshelf for several years. A few weeks ago I pulled it out and decided to move it to my current TBR pile. And you know what? It was the perfect book to read right now. I'…

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins My rating: 5 of 5 stars OMG. I loved this! I seriously LOVED this book. Not only does it fit perfectly into the slasher genre, but the characters are cool. The setting is perfectly creepy. The tension was so thick …

Little Monsters by Kara Thomas My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow. Addictive. Amazing. Clever. Shocking. Those are just a few words to describe such an excellent book. I borrowed this from the library, and absolutely loved it! I actually picked it up last night after hubby suggeste…

After my whole writing world was turned upside down early this year , I decided to throw myself into writing new short stories and novels. I thought it was time to deal with everything by taking a step back from the publishing world and going back to basics. I wanted to remember w…

The Ravenous by Amy Lukavics My rating: 5 of 5 stars I absolutely loved Daughters Unto Devils and The Women in the Walls , so I was very excited about this book. And it didn't disappoint! The Cane family consists of a father in the military, an absent mother, and five sist…