Hey!  How are you today? Can you believe the first month of 2021 is almost over? Yikes. 😳 So, what have you been up to?  As I mentioned a few weeks ago , I started the year with edits and interviews. Then, without consciously planning to, I ended up taking a bit of a break during the re…

My Weird. Wonderful. Other Worlds. novella is now available from Demain Publishing . Tolliver is caught in a cycle of boredom she desperately wants to escape. She hates her job writing silly slogans, doesn’t have any friends, and lives in a crowded city full of mindless androids. When …

In the year of our Lord 1894, I became an outlaw. On the day of her wedding-dance, Ada feels lucky. She loves her broad-shouldered, bashful husband and her job as an apprentice midwife. But her luck will not last. It is every woman's duty to have a child, to replace those that were lo…

Lore by Alexandra Bracken My rating: 2 of 5 stars This is a book I've wanted to read since I saw that awesome cover. I mean, Medusa is one of my faves in Greek mythology, so of course! But I'm sad to say it didn't work for me. I have to admit that I had a problem with th…

Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit, Constanta realizes that her beloved is capab…

Hey! How are you? Today, I wanted to stop by to chat about my reading so far this year. I might have posted my personal Reading Goals for 2021  at the beginning of this month and even posted it on Goodreads , but I also like giving myself spontaneous Mini Challenges. The first one I gave …

Ever felt anxious or alone? Like you don't belong anywhere? Like you're almost... invisible? Find your kindred spirits at The Sad Ghost Club. (You are not alone. Shhh. Pass it on.)  This is the story of one of those days - a day so bad you can barely get out of bed, when it'…

Beautiful Decay by Sylvia Lewis My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a book I found last year while checking out Amazon paperback deals. It was cheap, sounded very interesting, and I love the title! Ellie lives an isolated, lonely life and everyone at school calls her a freak. Even her pa…

Cruel Summer by Juno Dawson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Here's another book I've had my eye on for years and finally purchased a copy. Ryan hasn't seen his school friends in a year. Not since their friend committed suicide after their prom. Now, they're all getting togeth…

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a book that I've had my eye on for a while because the concept sounded intriguing and I've heard great things about it. So I was super excited when we found a copy in one of our local Street Libraries. 😊 Emma L…

Ironside: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is another book I've had on my bookshelf for way too long. It's also the last book in a trilogy and it's about time I read it. Kaye is a pixie. She's also a changeling and is in love with Roib…

Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus My rating: 5 of 5 stars I'm storming through a bunch of my YA horror/strange/thrillers written by women because they rarely disappoint. And this is the next one on my list. 😊 While their mother is in rehab, Ellery and Ezra are shipped of…

You Must Not Miss by Katrina Leno My rating: 5 of 5 stars So far this year I've read books I've had my eye on for a while, and this is another one. I actually bought this one a few months ago but have been looking forward to checking it out for a lot longer than that. Also, w…

Dead Silence by Kimberly Derting My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the last book in a YA thriller series that somehow got lost in my bookshelf, but should've been read ages ago. Especially since I enjoyed the first three books so much! Violet has been through a lot. She can hear th…

I hope you all enjoyed a nice and relaxing Happy New Year! 🎉 So, 2021 is finally here and so far, it looks exactly the same as 2020. Most mornings it's hard to remember what day it is, Covid-19 is still infecting the world, right-wing governments DGAF, and people are still acting lik…

Meridian by Amber Kizer My rating: 1 of 5 stars I've had this book on my shelf for years, but for one reason or another, it kept getting lost in the piles. So, I pulled it out this year and decided I was FINALLY going to read it. On her sixteenth birthday, Meridian's life ine…

Rules For Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall My rating: 5 of 5 stars Here's another book, with an awesome creepy cover, that I've had on my TBR pile for a while. Sara’s sister disappeared a year ago and she thinks she knows where to find her. Sara's convinced her sister, Be…

I'm super excited to announce that my story, House of Summons , has been published in this awesome anthology packed full of horror flash fiction. CAMPFIRE MACABRE: Cemetery Gates Media 50+ original flash horror tales organized by five themes: Spook Houses, Supernatural Slashers, Witc…

If you've read my blog during the last few years, then you know that for me a New Year also means a New Planner .  Last year I went with the Star Wars Millennium Falcon design: And this year I picked this one... I ❤ this one because it's so appropriate at the…

Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've wanted to read this book for a while now, so I'm really glad that I made it my first book for 2021. Also, I love this cover. It's bright and simple, yet still manages to look super creepy. To say that Lola's parent…

Hey! How are you today? It's time to post another New Year tradition on my blog. I've posted a screenshot of my previous year's Word Count Tracking Sheets for a while now. So, here are my 2020 stats: Total words written: 304,686.  Total pages revised 2,078. Although 202…

Welcome to my 2021 Goals post. 😊  As you might know, I don't make any New Year's resolutions because they don't work. Resolutions are a thing we mention a few times at the beginning of the year and shortly forget about. They don't stick. Instead, I put together a…

HAPPY NEW YEAR!   The start of a new year means a new Goodreads Reading Challenge... I usually set my annual goal as 100 books, but this year, I've decided to make my 2021 Reading Challenge  50 books . The main reason is because I have several longer books I'd li…

Hope you're all having a great day. 😊 I can't believe we finally managed to leave behind the nightmare that was 2020, to welcome 2021.  Personally, I don't think the first half of this year is going to look too different because all the stuff that made 2020 suck is still (…