And I’m back to the random library books! Libby had this in a list of books that I cannot remember too much about, but it was at least somewhat featured and it sounded interesting enough to pick up. And then I promptly forgot about it for a few weeks until… Read More »Feeder review
People are complex creatures, even when they are in the midst of trying to save the world or going through personal traumas. An easy way to help humanize a character and make them a more well-rounded person that feels real is to give them hobbies that don’t necessarily have anything… Read More »25 hobbies to humanize your characters
The story follows Pat as he and his family are forced to move out of their house into the extended family’s summer home after their grandma burned their own house down. While there, his brother gets possessed by a spirit that does not immediately realize that he’s dead and he… Read More »Into the Grey review
I need a break from fiction, so I’ve gone back to one of my old standbys. Crime documentary. I have seen a few documentaries about Theranos, and followed the story loosely while it was happening1 and I do love a story about Silicon Valley nonsense. Theranos was supposed to be… Read More »Bad Blood review
In an effort to better understand horror as a genre that is distinct from supernatural and urban fantasy1, I’ve been trying to find more horror novels and this one came in one of those lists of recommendations! The story follows Iris Hollow, the youngest of three sisters. As children they… Read More »House of Hollow review
Cloned Evil has a brand new installment out! Continue the story Red started with Georgina! “No one ever made you raise the dead. The dead can only ask nicely. Or not so nicely.” Gigi’s ghost problem has only gotten worse. The death of her biological father turned her magic evil,… Read More »Georgina is out!
I read Every Heart a Doorway a while back and this book showed up in my recommended books. And then it took a year for me to get off the holds list at the library to actually check it out! The story follows three perspectives, though I’m going to only… Read More »Middlegame review
About time I checked this one out, I think. I’ve been wanting to see what so many people were talking about, and I’ve been watching the vlogbrothers for years now. Not big on John Green’s books1 but this was a genre book so maybe it would be a better fit… Read More »An Absolutely Remarkable Thing review
It’s out! It’s finally out! The first in the Cloned Evil trilogy is finally available! It would be a lot easier to break into the assassination game if her targets stayed dead. If she wanted her own money, Fredrika knew she would have to start getting her own jobs. With… Read More »Fredrika is out!
Did you know there was an Ikea horror novel? Because I have known about it for a while now and I’ve finally gotten around to checking it out! Horrorstor focuses on Amy, a woman working what feels like a dead-end job at an Ikea knockoff store called Orsk. There’s been… Read More »Horrorstor review