“Hush now, Vera-baby. Hush now.” Welcome to the Crowder House. Plagued by her father’s horrendous crimes and her mother’s heartless cruelty, Vera vowed to never step foot in the Crowder home again. When her estranged mother calls years later suddenlyContinue Reading

How High We Go in the Dark is a unique and crafty literary science fiction that utilizes short stories of various characters to create an all-encompassing plot. The author’s writing prose is not only beautiful but also intentional; enabling realContinue Reading

Beautiful, lyrical, and thought provoking. The We and the They is a dystopian story of humanity and community during the Great Famine. The fractured society is so heartbreaking, as indicated through the “We” and “They” pronouns, while the preservation ofContinue Reading

The second book of The Rose series is just as thrilling as the first one. The story immediately begins where the previous book left off, so I highly recommend reading Volume 1 before diving into this one. With that beingContinue Reading

  Here are this month’s First Reads selections for Prime members PLUS an exclusive bonus offer! Choose any First Reads book and get Margaret Atwood’s new short story for FREE! Offer ends April 7, 2022 so act fast!   BonusContinue Reading

Poignant, heartfelt, and beautifully crafted, Chambers of the Heart is an amazing collection of magical and thought-provoking speculative short-stories worthy of savoring and re-reading.  What I loved most about this book was it’s multi-layered elements of meaning and how theyContinue Reading

Chambers of the Heart: Speculative Stories by B. Morris Allen About the book Chambers of the Heart is a speculative short story collection of love, loss, and movement from author and editor B. Morris Allen. Poignant, heartfelt, and carefully craftedContinue Reading

I’ll start by stating that I didn’t actually ready the book; I listened to the audio book during my 3 hours of a commute each day. The audio book was narrated by Wil Wheaton, and I feel he did aContinue Reading

Imagine waking up and realizing the life you remember living is not your real life at all. Your family, friends, everything is a false memory, so which ones are real? They call is FMS (False Memory Syndrome) and no oneContinue Reading

It was a tough pick this month, but I ended up picking Recursion by Blake Crouch, A Nearly Normal Family by M.T Edvardsson, and an addon from last month’s picks, How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper. I’m alreadyContinue Reading

Isn’t the cover gorgeous!? I really enjoyed Karen Thompson Walker’s book, The Age of Miracles so of course I ran to the bookstore to pick up her next novel.  ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Imagine living in a college town plagued by a bizarreContinue Reading

This book is my favorite of King’s work. He has a talent to induce terror  and this is certainly no exception. Although King only lives about 30 minutes from my home and often seen in local coffee shops, I haveContinue Reading

Reading this book contributed to these challenges:The Great American ReadContinue Reading

I read this book after having watched the movie multiple times. One thing to note about this book is that it starts out really slow… The character building in the beginning of the book was actually a bit difficult toContinue Reading