I am extremely unhappy with author Ripley Patton, for I am forced to wait another couple of months before the third and last installment of the PSS Chronicles. She hooked me with the first installment, Ghost Hand (read my review here), got me addicted with Ghost Hold, the second installment, and now, I have to… Read More Book Review: Ghost Hold, by Ripley Patton
Mild Spoiler Alert! Far Forward, a book by independent author C. F. Waller, was published last month on Amazon. I noticed a post about it in a Facebook group, and one sentence in the description captured my attention: “Awakening on a lazy Saturday morning, Anna Katz is greeted by an older version of herself making… Read More Book Review: Far Forward, by C. F. Waller
Having myself just published a collection of creepy short stories, my interest in this book seemed inevitable, as it brings together “bite-sized” stories one can read in a matter of minutes. A mixture of horror, terror, disturbing, paranormal, and just plain weird, the stories are, for the most part, well written. The strength of this… Read More Book Review: Baby Teeth: Bite-sized Tales of Terror, Edited by Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray
Contributing to the betterment of our communities requires understanding experiences that are sometimes completely different from our own. In this regard, it is so important for people lucky enough to come from happy, stable homes, to know what it is like to come from abusive homes, and what a child from such a home can… Read More Book Review: Amelia’s Destiny, by D.G. Torrens
It’s finally summer! I’m delighted to finally have the time to get my hands on some of the books I have been meaning to read for so long. Because of my work with junior youth (aged 12 to 15), I’m always on the lookout for books that balance realism with high standards, as well as… Read More Book Review: Summer Sanctuary by Laurie Gray
Jason Lind is a well-known, well sought out, and very successful computer science major. Unfortunately, his brilliant mind is bored. He decides to seek refuge in an online role-playing game which sucks him into becoming a compulsive player. Soon, Jason becomes trapped in the world of Fortuna, as it starts taking over his reality. Such… Read More Book Review: Fortuna by Michael R. Stevens
This second book by Jackie Fullerton is an enjoyable amateur detective story following Anne Marshall’s attempt to identify a law professor’s killer. When Professor Elliott Spence is killed in a hit and run, the police seem to be ignoring some vital information. Anne Marshall, a court reporter by day and law student by night, can’t… Read More Book Review: Revenge Served Cold by Jackie Fullerton
I should start straight up by letting you know that the list of authors is a little misleading. I apologise to all Jane Austen fans whose hearts palpitated at the thought that perhaps their beloved author had penned a manuscript that had only now seen the light of day. This isn’t, quite unfortunately, the case.… Read More Book Review: Pride and Prejudice And Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
I’m having quite the lucky streak when it comes to books. I just finished reading In Their Blood and let me tell you something: it was quite the page-turner. As opposed to, say, Little Lamb Lost, which seemed like a more approachable murder-mystery, In Their Blood is the kind of book which invites you to… Read More Book Review: In Their Blood by Sharon Potts
I have taken great care in the last little while to be picky when it comes to choosing a book to read. After all, there are only 24 hours in a day, I only have 90 years to live, and there are too many books that exist for me to be sure to finish them… Read More Book Review: Little Lamb Lost by Margaret Fenton