Metaphors and Moonlight

Update: Life and Books (Sep 2024) – A Cursed Month

I have some things to talk about that aren't just Baldur's Gate 3 this time! I mean, they're not exciting things, and some are bad things, but still. At least it's something different. I'll start with the bad. This has been a cursed...

Book Review: Trespass Against Us by Leon Kemp [Audiobook]

Two years ago, four teens went to a haunted house and only three left, but Ethan's body was never found. When a famous team of ghost hunters asks the teens to go back, Riley reluctantly agrees in the hopes of finding his missing boyfriend, but the ghosts aren't done with them, and things quickly take a turn for the worse, much as they did the first...

Book Review: The Last Light Left Burning (All That’s Left in the World Book 2) by Erik J. Brown [Audiobook]

Andrew and Jamie have joined a settlement trying to rebuild in the post-apocalyptic world, but while Andrew has started making the place a home, Jamie still wants to leave. When things start going wrong, survival becomes priority again, but they'll still have to decide what's most important to...

Book Review: The Nightmare Before Kissmas (Royals and Romance Book 1) by Sara Raasch [Audiobook]

The prince of Christmas is forced into an arranged marriage with his best friend, and then the prince of Halloween shows up to vie for her hand as well. But none of them actually wants this, because the two men would rather be with each other and fix the damage being done to the...

Update: Life and Books (Aug 2024)

I forgot that I was supposed to make a post today, so it's a little late. That's ok. I also posted my Wednesday post on Tuesday. Keeping track of days of the weeks is hard lol. Anyway it doesn't matter because I have nothing to talk about! Extra stressed about something and having to use energy that I don't have, but hopefully it'll be fine. Exhausted and aching all over from doing some...

Book Review: Voyage of the Damned by Frances White [Audiobook]

Ganymedes is forced to go on a 12-day ship voyage with the 11 other Blessed heirs of the provinces who all hate him, and they don't even know his secret: he has no magical ability. But when the murders start, he's determined to find the killer and bring justice to the...

Book Review: A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey [Audiobook]

Deri is indentured to a merchant at the goblin market and desperately wants out of his contract, and he just might have it when he makes the deal of a lifetime. But using his prize will be more complicated than he realizes, especially when he falls for a human boy indentured to a workhouse who also needs out of his...

Bookish Musings: AI Book Covers

I'm seeing more and more book covers with AI art lately, and it saddens me. And I don't know how to fix the problem. I'm mostly seeing it in indie and self-published books, presumably because those have smaller budgets. (If big publishers are doing this, they really have no excuse.) And I know writing books is hard work and can be really expensive, especially for small presses and self-pub...

Book Review: Gravity Lost (Ambit’s Run Book 2) by L.M. Sagas [Audiobook]

When a new problem arises, Jal reluctantly turns to the Ambit crew for help, even though he doesn't want them mixed up in trouble too. But they find themselves in the middle of a bigger mystery than they...

Update: Life and Books (July 2024)

I am so tired. Not, "I'll heat up some leftovers, sit on the couch and watch a movie, then get some sleep and feel better in the morning," tired. This is 13 years of chronic illness tired. It's, "I haven't eaten or drank in 6 hours and have spent the past 3 trying to force myself to just stand up and walk to the kitchen." And, "Even if I could stand up, eating and digesting food takes more energy...