Book Review: Wriggle & Sparkle by Megan Derr

Book Review: Wriggle & Sparkle by Megan Derr

Lynn is a kraken shifter who's great at his job working for the Federal Bureau of Paranormal Security and Investigation, but his attitude and inability to play well with others has always had him going from partner to partner to partner. But then he gets paired up with Anderson, a unicorn shifter who may come in a pretty package but can give snark just as well as he can take it. Neither one has...
 
Bookish Musings: Have You Ever Enjoyed a Textbook?

Bookish Musings: Have You Ever Enjoyed a Textbook?

Despite no longer being in school myself, the recent start of a new school year has inspired me. Textbooks are generally such dreaded things it seems, and sometimes for good reason. Especially when it's a required class that you have no interest in. It also seems that many people, especially in high school, never even bothered reading the textbooks at all. But I did. I was that person. I have...
 
Book Review: Untaken by J.E. Anckorn

Book Review: Untaken by J.E. Anckorn

When the aliens invade earth, 14-year-old Gracie and 15-year-old Brandon both end up alone and make a snap decision to join together in order to survive. Brandon has a plan to go to his uncle's cabin in Maine, but along the way they find Jake, a little boy with a secret that complicates everything. Gracie and Brandon will have to learn to get along and figure out who to trust if they want to keep...
 
Blogging Tips: Keeping Track of Review Copies with a Spreadsheet

Blogging Tips: Keeping Track of Review Copies with a Spreadsheet

I will be the first to admit that, in many ways, I am a completely unorganized person. However, when it comes to blogging, I'm like an organization fiend. About a few months after I started this book blog, I discovered the beauty that is spreadsheets, and they have helped me IMMENSELY. So today I'm going to share with you all how I keep track of the review copies I receive, and I'm including a...
 
The Weekly Update: 9/4/16

The Weekly Update: 9/4/16

Well, it's been another uneventful week for me in "real life." But uneventful is better than bad, so that's ok. Let's see, what else... Did you all know that you can "shuffle" and "repeat" playlists on YouTube? I did not. I want to assume it's a new feature just so I don't feel like such an unobservant idiot, but I don't think it is lol. I listen to a lot of playlists on YouTube though, so that...
 
Book Review: The Ferryman Institute by Colin Gigl

Book Review: The Ferryman Institute by Colin Gigl

Charlie has been a ferryman, an immortal who guides recently passed souls into the afterlife, for 250 years and has never failed a single assignment. But one day he gets special instructions---save Alice before she commits suicide, or continue being a ferryman. Charlie saves the girl, but when Inspector Javrouche finds out that Charlie broke the most important rule of the Institute, it puts both...
 
Book Review: Animal Instinct (Duncan Andrews Thrillers Book 2) by Stephen Osborne

Book Review: Animal Instinct (Duncan Andrews Thrillers Book 2) by Stephen Osborne

Duncan's best friend, Gina, is a witch, but someone has recently stolen the skull of her father, who was an extremely powerful wizard with the ability to control animals. When Duncan gets a call from a new client who's been the victim of numerous animal attacks lately, he takes the case, hoping it will lead him to whoever has the skull. But between Gina being in a coma and a TV psychic in town...
 
Bookish Musings: Why I Don’t DNF Books

Bookish Musings: Why I Don’t DNF Books

I was commenting on Aralyn's post over at Paper Addictions & Magic about why people might DNF books when I realized just how often it seems I find myself trying to explain why I don't DNF. And so I figured, why not just make a post about it? It seems I'm in the minority with this (nothing new there), so it might be good to have an explanation out there to explain to all the DNFers why us...
 
Book Review: A Faerie’s Curse (Creepy Hollow Book 6) by Rachel Morgan

Book Review: A Faerie’s Curse (Creepy Hollow Book 6) by Rachel Morgan

Calla and her team of outlaws are planning to sneak into the Seelie Court for a rescue mission as well as trying to figure out how to stop the horrible vision about the barrier between the human and faerie realms being destroyed. But amidst all the hiding and planning, Calla will have to deal with family trouble, a terrible tragedy, a curse, whatever the Guild is up to, and her own guilt and...