Happy Spooky Month! Hope you're all feeling the Halloween vibes. 🎃 After working really hard on several first drafts, editing, and two revision projects during the last four months, I took a break during October. Well, my idea of taking a break means catching up on things, sorting st…

Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've had my eye on this for quite a while, so I got stuck into it as soon as the book hit my Paperwhite. Maeve Fly lives in LA and loves the city. She's an Ice Princess during the day and lives with her ailing grandmother in a …

Since I finally signed up the other day and have been thinking about the story non-stop, I thought I'd post a little something about the upcoming National Novel Writing Month. 😅  NaNoWriMo  is something I've been doing since way back in 2006. Since then, it's become an annu…

Tampa by Alissa Nutting My rating: 2 of 5 stars This is one of those books that you see readers mention every now and then. So, when I found a discounted copy in a bookstore, I picked it up. And finally decided to read it. I'm not going to summarise the plot because I think we al…

The Soxorcist by Jamie Kort My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the third sock puppet story I've read, and I certainly hope it won't be the last. The Soxorcist has come to a dark attic in the dead of night to save the soul of an innocent sock. And he's willing to do whatever…

Hey! How are you today? Well, it's that time of the year again. But this time it took me a little longer to pick a story idea because I couldn't decide on a story. Until yesterday. 😧 So tonight, I officially signed up for NaNoWriMo 2023 . Yay!! Here's the very brief descripti…

When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just died. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahl's …

The Pram by Joe Hill My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is my second Creature Feature collection short story and it didn't disappoint. After Willy and Marianne suffer a devastating miscarriage that changes the way they see and feel about everything, they decide to move into a farmhous…

Saga #65 by Brian K. Vaughan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow! This was such an amazing issue! We have three different stories happening at the same time. Alana is looking for her children to get the hell out of that place. Petrichor surprises The Will. Squire and Hazel find themselves i…

Ankle Snatcher by Grady Hendrix My rating: 5 of 5 stars I chose this short story as my first spooky October read, and I'm glad I did because it was a lot of creepy fun. Marcus is enjoying a nice second date with a girl he really likes when he shares the unfortunate story about ho…