How to Be Eaten: A Novel by Maria Adelmann My rating: 5 of 5 stars I'm having a great time going through my Paperwhite, Kobo and bookshelves picking up whatever book I feel like checking out. And this one caught my eye the other day. In New York City, a small group of women meet in…

Little Red Death by A.K. Benedict My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is another book we found in one of our local Street Libraries. A writer held captive. A detective on the case. A killer obsessed with fairy tales. A collection of murders that relate back to the lead detective... Wow. This …

Daughters of the Blue Moon by Millie Abecassis My rating: 5 of 5 stars I'd like to thank the author for sending me a copy of this lovely novella with such a beautiful cover. Just like her husband, Carmine is one of the village hunters. The day she goes searching for a wolf, that…

Mistress of All Evil: A Tale of the Dark Fairy (Disney Villains 4) by Serena Valentino My rating: 4 of 5 stars Yesterday I tried to read the third book in this series and unfortunately DNFd it halfway through, but I still decided to give this one (the fourth) a go. Maleficent is often…

Kosa by John Durgin My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was lucky enough to get my hands on an ARC of this upcoming DarkLit Press title, and I'm so glad I did because it's a darkly addictive read. Kosa lives with Mother in a secluded house in the middle of the forest. She doesn't kno…

Juice Like Wounds by Seanan McGuire My rating: 5 of 5 stars I finished reading In an Absent Dream last night, so of course I had to read this today. Juice Like Wounds is such an awesome title, and tells the story of what happened when Moon, Lundy and Mockery go up against the wasp …

In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire My rating: 5 of 5 stars I wanted to start the year by returning to a series that I really enjoy but have fallen behind on. I've read and loved the first three Wayward Children installments, so I was looking forward to reading this one. Kath…

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…

Disney Villains Tarot Deck and Guidebook | Movie Tarot Deck | Pop Culture Tarot by Minerva Siegel My rating: 5 of 5 stars My husband surprised me with this beautiful, but wicked Tarot deck the other day. Actually, I didn't know it was coming until it arrived. It was such a love…

Hi! How's this week treating everyone? Staying busy? Taking a break? Doing a bit of both? We started the week with flu shots. Yep, it's that time of the year again. And since people are out and about now, pretending Covid case numbers aren't going up every single day, it looks…

Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've had this book on my Paperwhite for a while and have been meaning to read it even longer. But this weekend, I decided it was definitely time. Vassa lives in an apartment in Brooklyn with her stepmother, stepsist…

Roses and Rot by Kat Howard My rating: 5 of 5 stars So, this is the next book I read on my Paperwhite. And I was intrigued from the beginning. Imogen and Marin are sisters with a wicked mother they've both tried to escape in their own way. When they both get accepted into an…

The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski My rating: 5 of 5 stars After watching and LOVING the hell out of The Witcher on Netflix, I decided I wanted to read this book of short stories in 2020. THE VOICE OF REASON: Well, that was a short and very well-written introduction to the…

Cinderella: The Graphic Novel by Beth Bracken My rating: 5 of 5 stars We all know the story of Cinderella, so I'm very familiar with it. Yet, I can't stop reading new updated versions or retellings, so of course I picked this up when hubby found it during one of our (many) …