An expedition deep in the mountains, searching for a mysterious artefact, finds far more than they expect. They find this world’s last living dragon, waking him from his centuries long slumber. In the time he has slept, humans turned their backs on magic, and are only now returning to its use. The last that Alpheratz […]
Destroy All Monsters by Sam J. Miller Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: July 2nd 2019 Genre: Young Adult, Mental Health, Contemporary A crucial, genre-bending tale, equal parts Ned Vizzini and Patrick Ness, about the life-saving power of friendship. Solomon and Ash both experienced a traumatic event when they were twelve. Ash lost all memory […]
A sweeping saga spanning decades. The hunt for a treasure worth millions. Part mystery, part history, The Crimson Heirlooms by Hunter Dennis is a tale worthy of the classics writers, a legacy of Hugo, Dickens, and Tolstoy. Spanning the decades between 1776 and 1832, the majority of the story follows Xavier Traversier and Jacob ‘Jake’ […]
Life and Things Been a very slow month in many ways. The CFFM has had me down and out much of the time. It’s been hard to think and process what I read. Stayed exhausted, and slept lots, but the sleep was restless and unrefreshing, which feeds back into the CFFM and perpetuates an ouroboros […]
Enjoyable posts of the past week from others Changing Lanes – Poem by Linda Imbler/ Vita Brevis Should Book “Influencers” Be Paid For Their Work?/ A Fictional Bookworm Discussion: Are you fed up with diversity in books? Is diversity necessary to be a good writer or a good reader?/ Beware of the Reader On […]
Enjoyable posts of the past week from others Mother is Humming. Can You Hear? – Poem by Megha Sood/ Vita Brevis Are smartphones distracting us from reading more books, faster?/ Books Nest Literary Teapots – Poem by Linda Imbler/ Vita Brevis BEST WRITING CLASSES TO DEVELOP YOUR WRITING SKILLS!/ Bound to Writing […]
A Bad Breed Kat Ross (Gaslamp Gothic, #3) Published by: Acorn Publishing Publication date: May 31st 2019 Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Retelling Pricolici. A creature out of folklore. And nightmare. January 1889. When a Romanian village suffers a series of brutal attacks, occult investigator Anne Lawrence […]
HTML Walking with Ghosts on Ward’s Pond Genre: Mystery Expected Publication Date: July A hundred-year-old unsolved mystery resurfaces when journalist Charlie Baxter becomes consumed with finding out the truth. After discovering his bloodline includes a potential murderer, Charlie sets out to clear his family’s name—only to find that everyone has an opinion, but does anyone […]
Vampire Detective Midnight JC Andrijeski (Vampire Detective Midnight, #1) Publication date: June 27th 2019 Genres: Adult, Urban Fantasy Vampire with a past and homicide detective, Naoko “Nick” Tanaka just got transferred to the NYPD, where he works as a “Midnight,” or vampire in the employ of the human police. Like all state-registered vamps, he gets […]
