The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins My rating: 2 of 5 stars I have to admit that I've gone out of my way to avoid this book since it was released a while ago. I mean, who wants to read a whole book about young Snow? Yeah, you know what I mean. Still, when I found …

Barren Cove by Ariel S. Winter My rating: 5 of 5 stars I remember picking this up during one of our many thrift store adventures several years ago because it sounded very interesting. I mean, it's about robots and I LOVE robot stories. Always have. Mr. Sapien is an old robot who wa…

IN AN ABSENT DREAM (Wayward Children #4): Seanan McGuire JUICE LIKE WOUNDS (Wayward Children #4.5): Sean McGuire THE TOLL HOUSE: Carly Reagon THE LITTLE WITCH: M. Rickert THE COLOUR OF EVIL: Sarah Jane Huntington BAD DOLLS: Rachel Harrison ALL THE LIVING AND THE DEAD: Hayley Campbell EMIL…

Tales from the Crypt #4: Crypt-Keeping It Real by Stefan Petrucha My rating: 3 of 5 stars Well, this volume contained seven stories, but I only enjoyed two of them. And both were written by Joe R. Landsdale and John L. Lansdale! Moonlight Sonata is a cool spin on werewolves. And A Rip…

Tales from the Crypt, No. 3: Zombielicious by Mort Todd My rating: 2 of 5 stars Well, this is another Tales from the Crypt volume, and here's what I thought of each story: EXTRA LIFE by Neil Kleid features a very bored and confused guy called Andy, or Evenblade. When his real and…

Tales from the Crypt #2: Can You Fear Me Now?: Can You Fear Me Now? by Neil Kleid My rating: 4 of 5 stars My husband found a bunch of these at our local thrift store last week, so I thought I'd give them a go. Here's what I thought of each story: A MURDERIN' IDOL by Mort To…

Regression, Vol. 1: Way Down Deep by Cullen Bunn My rating: 2 of 5 stars My husband found three volumes of this comic book at the thrift store and because he knows I love horror, thought I might be interested. Of course I was. Adrian keeps having hallucinations about nightmarish situat…

My First Book of Girl Power by Julie Merberg My rating: 5 of 5 stars My husband found this book today while we were thrifting, and of course we had to buy it. I mean, it's a book about girl power featuring a bunch of very cool women who also happen to be superheroes. I think this…

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've had this book on my TBR pile for a while. It was one I found during our pre-Covid thrifting. So, I decided to see if I liked the sounds of it... and once I started, I couldn't stop reading. On her twenty-sixth birthday…

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…