The Scorpion’s Lullaby by Juliet Vane was a fast-paced and engaging heroine’s journey. Joella is a member of a group called the Scorpion Raiders, who ride massive scorpions through the jungles of their land, raiding caravans and pillaging villages. Joella’s mum encouraged her to train from a young age so she could join the Raiders, […]
The Embalmer by Anne-Renée Caillé has been translated from its original French. Given the layout, I’m guessing the little vignettes are poem stories, though in English they are more prose. It is the musings of a daughter regarding her father’s job as an embalmer, how he joined those mysterious ranks, and unusual cases he shared. […]
The Scorpion’s Lullaby Luminous Lands Book 1 by Juliet Vane Genre: YA Fantasy Be ruthless. Be rich. Live like gods. Joella’s band of thieves lives deep in the jungle. Riding on giant scorpion dragons, they search the beautiful landscape for villages and caravans to rob. But dangerous mists thread through the jungle’s undergrowth. One touch […]
8 Souls by Rachel Rust follows Francesca ‘Chessie’ Carpenter who suffers from recurrent nightmares of a house, sometimes decrepit, sometimes new, but always the same and always beckoning of death. It’s not just any house either. It’s the Villisca Axe Murder House and her grandparents live right across from it. When she ends up being […]
Life and Things I’m doing a little better, health-wise. Still getting exhausted easily and falling asleep at the drop of a hat. I got more reading done this week! So excited. I finished another book the 11th too. Yay! I learned this Wednesday past that the NASH medication is indeed having a positive effect on […]
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Prize: A Signed copy of 8 Souls Enter Here! 8 Souls by Rachel Rust Publication Date: May 6, 2019 Publisher: Entangled Teen All her life, seventeen-year-old Chessie has had recurring dreams about a little white farmhouse. Quaint? Not quite. The house is the site of the unsolved murders of Villisca, Iowa, where […]
The Rule of Many Ashley Saunders (The Rule of One #2) Published by: Skyscape Publication date: May 7th 2019 Genres: Dystopian, Young Adult Born to a death sentence in a near-future America, rebellious sisters herald a revolution—if they can survive. Twins Ava and Mira Goodwin defy the Rule of One simply by existing. The single-child […]
Dawn of a Legend R.K. Lander (The Silvan, #3) Publication date: May 3rd 2019 Genres: Adult, Fantasy Book three in The Silvan, a best-selling series by award-winning author R.K. Lander. “Page-turning epic fantasy you will not be able to put down.” A past to claim A power to wield A destiny to fulfil To the […]
A Fire Story by Brian Fies recounts the effects of the 2017 California wildfires from the perspective of a family that lived it. The Fies’ lost everything. They fled with the fire knocking at their back door. Brian was among the handful who went back and valiantly tried to make a difference. Unfortunately, not even […]
