If you checked out my post Friday Night Highlights: A Haunted House and an Unlicensed Exorcist, then you know I was reading pretty fast through Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood. It is a debut novel with Jane Eyre vibes set in a haunted mansion in the Ethiopian desert. Scare Factor If you are […]
Today’s Throwback Thursday is for the Spooky Season lovers. So if you grew up as a pre-teen/teen in the nineties then I know there is a good chance that you have heard of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alan Schwartz. I still have a hesitancy to look at the cover of that […]
Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis is the kind of book that you have to force yourself to put down. I’m talking the sun will come up while you are still reading if you started the night before. When I first heard about this book, I was told that it would capture me and hold […]
I am happy to be hosting a spot on the The Secret Garden on 81st Street by Ivy Noelle Weir with illustrations by Amber Padilla Blog Tour hosted by TBR and Beyond Tours. Check out my post for my review and favorite quotes from the book. The Secret Garden on 81st Street by Ivy Noelle […]
I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE ME I CHOOSE TO BE by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley with photographs by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post for my review and favorite quotes and make sure to enter the giveaway! Review: The Me I Choose […]
Pumpkin Patch season is halfway over! But if you are looking for a book to get you in the mood for some pumpkin-picking, cider drinking fun, then check out Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell, a graphic novel illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks. The first time I saw the cover of Pumpkinheads, I stopped in my tracks. […]
Dahomey Fighter. Tightrope Walker. Immortal Girl. The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley starts off with one heck of a character profile. It’s been a while since I had this feeling about a character in a book, but Iris Marlow and I could be friends. I love that her character is a no-holds barred, unbowed […]
Today is my stop on The Throwback List by Lily Anderson Book Tour, hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my review and be sure to enter the Giveaway! Going Home Again Estranged friends, jealous former classmates, and a bucket list that unites them. (Lol! I like that for a movie teaser don’t you?) The […]
Review My kids and I just finished listening to Simon B. Rhymin’ by Dwayne Reed. We enjoyed listening to it!!! It would be the first request as soon as my second grader jumped in the car after-school. The absolute highlight were the actual rap tracks that were embedded into the story. It included music and […]
A Captivating Novel-in-Verse Let me just say that I finished this book in two days and that was only the first of several re-reads that I plan for it. When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez is a phenomenal novel-in-verse that is both heart touching and heart wrenching. Some Background This novel-in-verse is based on […]