This book was reviewed via Netgalley Chestnut’s Something Wicked is an overview of exorcism, that looks at history, forms in other cultures and traditions, what demons are vs other types of ‘negative’ entities, levels progressing to full-blown possession, exorcism gone wrong, and the necessity of protection and a few basic types of protection. […]
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Book Review: Dark Spirits by Stephen Lancaster
This book was reviewed via Netgalley In paranormal investigator Stephen Lancaster’s second book, Dark Spirits, he covers a series of events and investigations detailing some of his more interesting moments as a paranormal investigator. Ok, I’m going to be honest. This book hit several ‘frission’ points for me, things that just rubbed me wrong. […]
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Book Review- Barsk: The Elephant’s Graveyard by Lawrence Schoen
I purchased a copy of this book for my own enjoyment. Welcome to the richly complex world of Barsk, home to the Fant. It is a lush world of jungle archipelagos, where the arboreal inhabitants live high above the shadowed forest floor. The Fant, divided into the slightly different Lox and Eleph, live in […]
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Book Review: The Wisdom of Not Knowing by Estelle Frankel
This book was reviewed for the Manhattan Book Review Using lessons garnered from such diverse sources as Jewish mysticism, Buddhism, psychology, mythic studies, and spiritual alchemy, Frankel offers a new way of looking at the unknown, and embracing the chaos of uncertainty. As we age, we lose the wonder of the child, for whom […]
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Book Review: Fatal Option by Chris Beakey
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Fatal Option, by Chris Beakey, is a whirlwind collision of time, place, and players, where synchronicity is revealed in the obscuration of a ferocious blizzard. As snows pile high, Stephen Porter is woken in the middle of the night to pick up his daughter whose car has […]
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Guest Post: Major Influences on Writing Issaura’s Claws/ Katharine Wibell
There are several significant influences on Issaura’s Claws and the Incarn Saga series. Animal behavior is definitely a forerunner and one that had a huge impact on many of my main characters. I chose to study animal psychology, aka animal behavior, in college in addition to pursuing a degree in art. Learning to understand […]
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Blog Tour: Issaura’s Claws by Katharine E Wibell
This is my stop during the blog tour for Issaura’s Claws by Katharine E Wibell. This blog tour is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours. The blog tour runs from 10 till 23 April. You can see the tour schedule here. Issaura’s Claws (The Incarn Saga #1) By Katharine E Wibell […]
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Book Review: Issaura’s Claws by Katharine Wibell
This book was reviewed via Lola’s Book Tours Issaura’s Claws tells the story of Lluava, a Theriomorph tigress conscripted into the Elysian army, and sent Thowcelemine to be trained as all Theriomorph women are trained, as support roles to the warriors, such as being healers. Lluava soon proves there is much more fire […]
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Blog Tour: Issaura’s Claws Excerpts
Excerpt 1 The man hobbled up to the first girl and measured from fingertip to fingertip. Then he measured the circumference of her chest and waist. Finally, he noted the girl’s height and length from waist to heel. Kentril then told the girl to step behind the wooden divider and shift into her dual […]
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Book Review: Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw
This book was reviewed for the Manhattan Book Review What do you get if you toss hard-boiled detective fiction, and lore of the Great Old Ones into a blender? The answer is Cassandra Khaw’s Lovecraftian noir Hammers on Bone. When John Persons is approached by a kid who wants to hire him to kill […]
