What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?" In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach… Continue reading Book Thirty-Seven of 2014: SPOOK by Mary Roach
It's been a while since I've written a blog post that isn't a review and is just a simple update of my life. Not that my life is anything exciting. It isn't. Well, I've been going through therapy every two weeks to battle my anxiety and obviously it's been doing well. I'm still alive and… Continue reading Reading, Writing, And Bug… A Boring Update
DEAD SOUL MARY is a literary horror novel in the traditions of Richard Matheson, Clive Barker, and Stephen King.(From the back of the book) Megan Bauer, a spirited seventeen-year-old high school student, didn’t know souls could become sick. She didn’t know souls could die while the host lives on, unaware. But she’s going to find… Continue reading Book Thirty-Six of 2014: DEAD SOUL MARY by M.J. Winn
FLASH is the story of four lives changed by desperation and one devious invention. An inter-national thriller where biotechnology crosses the law, it’s The Bourne Identity meets The Firm. Two blood-spattered strangers awake locked in the trunk of a car—with a murdered cop and the smoking gun. Aside from raging headaches and no idea what has… Continue reading Book Thirty-Five of 2014: FLASH by Tim Tigner
Finley Jayne knows she's not 'normal'. Normal girls don't lose time, or have something inside them that makes them capable of remarkably violent things. Her behavior has already cost her one job, so when she's offered the lofty position of companion to Phoebe, a debutante recently engaged to Lord Vincent, she accepts, despite having no… Continue reading Book Thirty-Four of 2014: THE STRANGE CASE OF FINLEY JAYNE by Kady Cross
What worlds would you move to be with your soulmate? Painter Tessa Barnum is struggling. Her husband left, she's broke, about to be evicted and has made some serious missteps in her career. When scruffy Brian Tennyson explodes into her life, claiming to be from an alternate universe, Tessa thinks he's a crazy vagabond ― albeit… Continue reading Book Thirty-Three of 2014: THE LOVE OF MY (OTHER) LIFE by Traci L. Slatton
Ever been forced to do something despicable? Would you betray your family to save your child? Undermine your employer? Commit treason? Bin Laden gave terrorism a Middle-Eastern face. Now another misguided mastermind is giving it yours. But don’t feel bad, you’re not alone…. On the eve of perestroika, Alex Ferris stumbles onto KGB General Karpov’s scheme to… Continue reading Book Thirty-Two of 2014: COERCION by Tim Tigner
As the corruption of the Society intensifies and the questions surrounding her mother mount, Seraphina Parrish embarks on a journey to find Terease in the terrifying Wandering city of Nocturna. But the information she learns there only sends her team on a dangerous mission to fulfill an ancient prophecy. Delving deep into the disturbing secrets… Continue reading Book Thirty-One of 2014: SEEING LIGHT by Michelle Warren
Seraphina’s keeping a secret from her Wandering team: she’s perfecting her fighting skills. But telling Sam and Bishop the truth would only alert them to her plan: to go back in time, save her mom, and finish what she started. With the help of Turner, Bishop’s handsome twin, she progresses toward her goal but plummets… Continue reading Book Thirty of 2014: PROTECTING TRUTH by Michelle Warren
Sarah and David have survived the zombie apocalypse. They stood side by side and fought the undead, mad scientists, and even bionic monsters until the unthinkable happened. A zombie bite. But not even that could stop them. Now, with a possible cure in hand, they're headed east, looking for a safe zone behind the rumored… Continue reading Book Twenty-Nine of 2014: EAT SLAY LOVE by Jesse Petersen
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