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Blog postThat's right! After completing an edit last week, this week I got stuck into another Revision Project. 😁
So, how are you? It's been a while since I blogged because hubby had annual leave in April and I took a small writing break. We had a great time together, but now it's time to get back to business.
Here's my progress:Monday: 64/153pgs (56,333w)Wednesday: 117/145pgs (51,639w)Thursday: 136pgs / 48,049wI'm actually (really) glad I reached the end of this one, because I felt li -
Blog postMy Evil Mother: A Short Story by Margaret Atwood
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I grabbed this short story the other day, decided to check it out tonight, and read it in one sitting.
The story is set in Toronto during the 1950s and is narrated by a girl with a single mother, who was anything but conventional. Actually, her mother insisted she was a witch and that the girl's father was a garden gnome. But as she remembers her life with and without her mother, -
Blog postIn a calamitous future, runaway climate change has made the planet nearly uninhabitable. Civilization has collapsed, and every day is a struggle. Lucy, a young mother of two, dreams of a better life by bringing back vanished knowledge. But the rest of her group, headed by her brutal aunt Irma, is focused only on day-to-day survival—at any price. When a deadly hurricane destroys their home, Lucy’s group is forced on the road, where they must cope with hunger, searing temperatures, an
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Blog postThe Red Room by H.G. Wells
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I loved The Time Machine, so checking out a horror story by HG Wells sounded like a cool idea.
A skeptic man, in the company of three peculiar old people, has come to a creepy castle to investigate the Red Room. A place where some awful things have happened...
Well, this turned out to be a psychological tale full of imagery that might be there, but might not. I liked how the nameless narr -
Blog postHarley Quinn: Breaking Glass by Mariko Tamaki
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
When we go for long suburban walks, not only do we stumble on a bunch of Street Libraries along the way, but also randomly find boxes full of books and/or movies outside people's houses.
This graphic novel happens to be one of them.
Harleen is on her way to stay with her grandmother in Gotham City, but when she gets there, she finds out she's passed away. Her apartment -
Blog postSaga #58 by Brian K. Vaughan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this issue!
So many small and interesting things happen, and all of them are going to lead to a VERY bad place. And OMFG, that last page was so: 😳
Noooooooo!!
Can't wait to see what happens next...
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Blog postShe's accused of four murders. She's only guilty of three...
When Ruby was a child growing up in Miami, she saw a boy from her school struggling against the ocean waves while his parents were preoccupied. Instead of helping him, Ruby dove under the water and held his ankle down until he drowned. She waited to feel guilty for it, but she never did.
And, as Ruby will argue in her senior thesis while studying psychology at Yale, guilt is sort of like eating ice cream while on a diet - i -
Blog postEdinburgh, 1817.
Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry.
Jack Currer is a resurrection man who's just trying to survive in a city where it's too easy to die.
When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist's Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham's lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might -
Blog postSaga #56 by Brian K. Vaughan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Although we 're introduced to a bunch of new characters and return to others, this kinda felt like a filler issue. I also did NOT like that shitty ending.
That pirate spaceship is super fucking cool, though. And the art in this series is still amazing, unique and so damn creative.
Saga #57 by Brian K. Vaughan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Ah! That's more -
Blog postSaga #55 by Brian K. Vaughan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Saga is one of my favourite comic book series, and after the heartbreaking Issue 54, I was devastated. 😭
And now: it's back!
Three years have passed and things are still pretty shitty in this world. But Hazel is a bit older, and a lot snarkier. She's also quite brazen, rebellious and cheeky. Yeah, she's definitely inherited a thing or two from her parents.
After the awful -
Blog postGwendy's Magic Feather by Richard Chizmar
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I just realised that I read the first Gwendy book in 2017. Yikes! 😳 I can't believe it's been that long, but between the many books I have all over the place and my own writing, I always manage to forget I have heaps that I really want to read. 😣
Gwendy is all grown up and is a Congresswoman in DC. She's trying to change the world, and the last thing she expects is to come across the -
Blog postYou Love Me by Caroline Kepnes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Let me start by saying that Joe Goldberg is a delusional piece of crap, who casually blames the women he gets with (and anyone who orbits them) for his shitty luck. Like, I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that he's a fucking psycho who's attracted to unavailable women. 😐
The problem is, that I can't stop reading his books. Even though I hate him from start to finish. Even though I'm tot -
Blog postYou remember the brutal crime, don’t you? Maybe you read about it on Twitter.
Maybe a friend sent you a news clip. Maybe you saw it on an episode of Spectral Journeys that night you were flipping through channels, unable to sleep.
Maybe after reading the true story, you won’t ever sleep again.
On June 1, 2017, six people were killed at a Burger City franchise off I-80 near Jonny, Iowa. It was the bizarre and gruesome conclusion to nine months of alleged paranormal activit -
Blog postHey! How are you today? I hope you're all doing well.
I've been busy finalising my latest Revision Project, while trying to ignore the shitty weather, the Covid numbers, and that daylight savings ends this weekend.
Anyway, here's how this week turned out:Monday: 49/84pgs (28,224w)Tuesday: 84/84pgs (28,177w)Wednesday: 84pgs / 28,131wMadness is finally done. Yay! 😊🎉
I'm really excited about finishing this story because during the second draft, I seriously considere -
Blog postHi! How's this week treating everyone? Staying busy? Taking a break? Doing a bit of both?
We started the week with flu shots. Yep, it's that time of the year again. And since people are out and about now, pretending Covid case numbers aren't going up every single day, it looks like we're also heading into a nasty flu season. Best to be protected, I reckon.
Though, I have to admit that between the first, second and booster doses, I'm starting to feel like a bit of a human pin cushion. -
Blog postHey! How are you? Staying busy? I've been feeling a little wonky this week, which is something that happens to me every time the season changes. I can't handle the hot and cold at different times of the day. Although we didn't have the best summer, I'm not looking forward to winter. It's my least favourite season. Ugh.
Anyway, after a three-week (sorta) break, it was time to get stuck into my next Revision Project. This time it's a dark fairy tale about loneliness, being misun -
Blog postThe Nightmare Before Christmas Tarot Deck and Guidebook by Minerva Siegel
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love The Nightmare Before Christmas and I love tarot cards, so this is definitely something that I've wanted to add to my collection for a while. And last year, my daughter gave me this lovely deck for Christmas. 😍
Everything about this deck is beautiful. Starting with the very sturdy pretty box, the guide book, and the actual cards.
The -
Blog postHey! How are you today? What have you been up to? It's Friday, so I'm looking forward to this afternoon so we can start the weekend. 😍
As you probably already know, I always like to take a few weeks off between writing projects. But this time, I did things a bit differently. I took three weeks off and although I did take a reading break, I also wrote and revised two short stories.
One of them is just under 4k, and the other just under 1.5k. Both were dark ideas that I c -
Blog postThe Small Hand by Susan Hill
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
We used to go on thrift-store adventures a lot, but then Covid hit and we don't do that anymore, but I've still got a bunch of unread books from those hauls in multiple piles, and this is one of them.
I wasn't planning to read anything today because I wanted to sort through these books, but once I started this one I couldn't stop. 😬
Adam Snow is an antiquarian bookseller who is going h -
Blog postBenny Rose, the Cannibal King by Hailey Piper
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I've got a bunch of Rewind or Die novellas on my Paperwhite that I've been meaning to read for a while, so I thought I'd start with a Hailey Piper story.
Desiree lives in Blackwood, a boring town with a big legend. Benny Rose, the Cannibal King is a mysterious figure responsible for killing and eating children, as well as every other scary story they can attach to him. But during Ha -
Blog postBottled by Stephanie Ellis
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
After reading an awesome and intense long book, I was in the mood for something shorter. While looking through my Paperwhite, this novella caught my eye because it sounded so different, and strange.
Tyler isn't in a good place right now. He's divorced, rarely sees his son, and is living with his pushy mother. That could all change if he abides by a stipulation in his grandfather's will. The only probl -
Blog postDead to Her by Sarah Pinborough
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I always love reading a Sarah Pinborough book because she never disappoints. Her stories hook me in from the very beginning, and this was no different.
Marcie is married to Jason Maddox and is part of Savannah's high-society, but has several secrets stashed away. Keisha is William Radford IV's new young bride, living in the shadow of his dead wife, trying to live this unfamiliar life for the sake -
Blog postIn the Arctic Sun by Rowan Hill
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I pre-ordered this novella and it hit my Paperwhite last week, so I was eager to get stuck into it. The premise sounded so intriguing.
Sarah lives in Alaska, isolated from the world after her husband and her exchanged the fast-paced city life for something quieter. But their marriage has hit a stumbling block and she's living alone. Well, as alone as she can be with the bright orb of the sun burn -
Blog postCursed Objects: Strange But True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items by J.W. Ocker
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This little beauty caught my eye for two reasons: that cover is amazing, and cursed objects intrigue me. Besides, I'm always looking for new research fodder for my own stories. 😁
I had a LOT of fun reading this book, and liked the awesome illustrations throughout. The hardcover edition is stunning and packed full of interesting info. As w -
Blog postKiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Hayao Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service is one of my comfort movies. A movie I've watched countless of times and always look forward to watching again because I love it so much. And to be honest, I didn't know it was a book first... but when I found out, I couldn't wait to check it out.
Kiki is a witch with a black cat called Jiji. She lives in a small town, but when she comes of age, she
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