Hey! How are you? Are you getting into the Halloween spirit? I'm pretty much there all year round, but it's always cool to get lost in the creepy horror vibes. 🎃 So, what have you been up to? Personally, I'm trying to adapt to the new season, which isn't an easy thing to …

The Wednesday Witches Book Club by Sarah Beth Durst My rating: 5 of 5 stars After suffering through 200+ pages of disappointment (two different books) only to DNF (both), I decided to read this short story. Ashley is trying to make new friends by joining a witchy book club. Instead, she …

From trapped souls to mirrored minds, self-curing dementia to self-inflicted demons, and the ones who will never stop hunting you down. Eight stories. Nine authors. So, where do we begin? Let's just see... where the Mood Leads. I have to start my review by stating that I'm actua…

Valentine's Slay by Navessa Allen My rating: 5 of 5 stars Tonight I felt like reading something but only had a few hours, so this turned out to be the perfect size. Noah is a gravedigger and this Valentine’s night while working late in the cemetery, he hears someone screaming from …

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love the Murderbot Diaries and in this installment we meet up with some familiar faces. Murderbot might not care about humans, but when it finds out that Dr. Mensah has been taken, it tracks her down before the GrayCris Corporati…

How are you? I hope you all had an awesome Halloween! I spent mine listening to a thunderstorm while reading the latest Sally ( The Nightmare Before Christmas ) book. Such a trope, right? I also popped into my ACNH island to catch up with Jack, chatted with hubby, and filled up my first …

Hey! How's it going? I hope you all managed to have a good week. I know it's hard at the moment because this timeline is all sorts of shitty, and terrible things happen every single day, but like I said last week, we need to find joy in the things we love. So, what did I get up to…

How are you today? I hope you all managed to have a nice week. I know it's hard to stay positive when the world feels so freaking upside down at the moment, but you really have to find your happy place because if you don't, everything can get too overwhelming. Taking care of yours…

Hey, how are you today? How was your week? Mine was a little wonky. Or at least, I felt a little wonky. We've had a few changes in our schedule lately and it's kinda messing around with us. Not to mention that I seem to have forgotten that although I LOVE spring and everything fe…

Hey! How are you today? Well, the weekend is here and the sun finally decided to make a comeback after FIVE DAYS of NON-STOP RAIN. 😱 Seriously, it was unbearable. Especially for someone who doesn't like rainy days at the best of times. It was so bad that it got in the way of my dail…

How are you today? I hope you had a great week! I spent this week doing a bunch of things, while hoping that the rain would go away. We've been having too much rain lately and it's bugging the hell out of me because I like to bitch about shitty weather. 😫 I just want more than on…

How are you today? Did you have a nice week? Although the rain stuck around last weekend, it eventually went away during the week. So we finally got a chance to catch up on the washing and went for walks around the river without pesky umbrellas. But it's supposed to come back. 🙄 The …

Carniepunk: The Demon Barker of Wheat Street by Kevin Hearne My rating: 5 of 5 stars This great short story is part of The Iron Druid Chronicles . I've read the first two books in this series, as well as a few other short stories, so it was good to catch up with Atticus. The druid,…

Recession of the Divine by Hillary Jacques My rating: 3 of 5 stars I love Greek mythology so I was looking forward to reading this one. Olivia does inspections for an insurance company, but she wasn't always human. She's bound her powers while living in the human world and the …

Carniepunk: Painted Love by Rob Thurman My rating: 5 of 5 stars I didn't know what to expect from this story, but I'm really glad I read it. That's for sure! Doodle has been all over the world meeting people. He usually blends into the background, more an observer than a pa…

Carniepunk: Hell's Menagerie by Kelly Gay My rating: 5 of 5 stars Well, this short story packs a hell of a punch! It's part of the Charlie Madigan series and although I haven't read it yet, I still really enjoyed the story. Emma is determined to rescue a litter of hellhoun…

A Chance in Hell by Jackie Kessler My rating: 5 of 5 stars Well, this was another great story! I haven't read the Hell on Earth series, but I enjoyed the hell (pardon the pun) out of this one. Jezebel used to be a succubus but she's just a human now. Well, a human who has acce…

Hey! Can you believe how fast the year is going?! Yikes. 😳 So, how are you? I hope you're having a cool week. Here, in Sydney, the weather took a turn for the miserable on Wednesday. And it's been raining since. It's also freaking cold. I dislike being cold. At least it's…

Carniepunk: The Three Lives of Lydia by Delilah S. Dawson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a story set in the Blud world, so I was excited about checking it out. And wow, glad I did! When Lydia wakes up in a strange and dangerous, but exciting world, she meets Charlie Dregs and agrees …

Carniepunk: The Cold Girl by Rachel Caine My rating: 5 of 5 stars I have to start this review by saying that I miss Rachel Caine. She was such a brilliant author and a lovely person, too. I don't think I've ever read a story of hers that I didn't enjoy, and this is another …