GAME ON: TEMPTING TWENTY-EIGHT (Stephanie Plum #28): Janet Evanovich CROSSROADS: Laurel Hightower WHEN DARKNESS LOVES US (Paperbacks from Hell): Elizabeth Engstrom MY LIFE HAD STOOD A LOADED GUN: Emily Dickinson THE WOODS ARE ALWAYS WATCHING: Stephanie Perkins PARTUM: E.V. Knight THE CUC…

Well, here we are again. We've almost reached the end of another year. And boy did 2022 turn out to be quite a weird, and often shitty, year. I thought 2021 was bad, but things are not getting better. Nope. I'm not sure what's happening to the cosmic order of things, but it fe…

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay My rating: 2 of 5 stars Well, this turned out to be a big disappointment. 🫤 I was really looking forward to reading this book because the premise sounded very intriguing. An end-of-the-world scenario that puts a family in the midd…

This is the story of a house. The cabin lies deep in the woods, where the trees are so dense it's easy to miss. On the outside it might look like it's crumbling, crawling with weeds, but on the inside it's warm and cosy. A fire crackles in the fireplace. Dinner simmers on th…

Lost Souls by Kelley Armstrong My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love the Cainsville series , so I always look forward to checking out short stories/novellas set in this world. The disappearing hitchhiker is an urban legend that's been around for years, but when Patrick brings the case…

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've had this book on my TBR pile for a while, and I certainly shouldn't have waited so long to get to it because it turned out to be amazing. The last house on Needless Street holds as many secrets as…

Writing Poetry in the Dark brings together some of the most successful contemporary genre poets to discuss topics related to creating dark and fantastical poetry. While there are countless books available for the aspiring poet, there is a lack of resources specifically for and on specula…

Face your fear . . . or become your nightmare. Ever since her sister became a man-eating spider and slaughtered her way through town, nineteen-year-old Ness has been terrified - terrified of some other Nightmare murdering her, and terrified of ending up like her sister. Because in Newham,…

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've wanted to read this book for a while, but for one reason or another, it kept slipping away from me. So, I decided to get stuck into it first thing Monday morning. And fell into it instantly. Iris and her two old…

Wild Place by Christian White My rating: 5 of 5 stars Yesterday I decided to go through some of the books I've found in local Street Libraries, to see what did and didn't grab my attention. By the time I got to this one, I stopped because I couldn't put it down. It's…