**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix Berkley, 2023 ISBN-13: 9780593201268 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com Louise receives a phone call she never thought she would get from her brother, Mark. Their parents have been killed in a car accident. A single parent to Poppy, […]
Author: Michele Lee
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Hares in the Hedgerow (The Gardening Guidebooks Trilogy #2) by Jessica McHugh Ghoulish Books, 2022 ISBN: 9781943720767 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Buy: Bookshop.org Little did readers of Rabbits in the Garden, the first book to introduce Avery and her crazy mother Faye in The Gardening Guidebooks Trilogy, realize the full extent of the […]
RPG Review: Humblewood Campaign Setting by Hit Point Press
March 11, 20245E Compatible, From Hit Point Press I first spotted the Humblewood Campaign setting in an online RPG group and when I saw it in the ink at Gencon I knew I had to have a copy. A unique setting that can be integrated into most D&D adventures it focuses on the “little folk” of the […]
Let me start with another story; the third book in Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson series: Iron Crossed. While it’s faded now, since the series has moved on, the penultimate scene in this book involves the main character being mind controlled and violently, repeatedly raped. When confronted about the choice, Briggs said that the character was […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** You Can’t Kill Snow White by Beatrice Alemagna, translated from French by Karin Snelson and Emilie Robert Wong Unruly, 2022 ISBN: 978-159270381 Available: Hardcover Buy: Bookshop.org You Can’t Kill Snow White puts a spin on the traditional story of Snow White by telling it from the Queen’s point of view. Alemagna reminds […]
T.V. Review: Mayfair Witches Season 1 Episode 7- Trapped in a Memory
February 19, 2024Yeah…I watched it. I finished the season. And It honestly took me this long to digest it all. And I still haven’t figured out WTF the writers were trying to do. I know the book is slllloooooooowwww. I’ve praised the show for streamlining the material. But. But this is just a hard turn into Law […]
Media You Might Have Missed: The Toys That Made Us
February 15, 2024I love that more people are getting into Docuseries, even if it is mostly true crime. In the last few years we’ve seen some very interesting series. One of the coziest has been The Toys That Made Us, a short series focusing on the culture and ideas that created not just the toys of today, […]
BOOK REVIEW: IN THE LAIR OF LEGENDS BY DAVID BUZAN
February 12, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** In The Lair of Legends by David Buzan Black Rose Writing, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-68513-250-7 (Paperback), 978-1-68513-331-3 (Hardcover) Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com In The Lair of Legends by David Buzan is a well-written, exciting tale that combines action, myth and history. Jolon Winterhawk is a Nez Perce warrior who […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Rabbits in the Garden (Gardening Guidebooks #1) by Jessica McHugh Ghoulish Books, 2022 ISBN: 978-1943720736 Available: Paperback Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com After reading Jessica McHugh’s Rabbits in the Garden, readers will never look at rabbits or gardening tools in quite the same way again. Avery’s mom has a creepy interest in her garden, as […]
BOOK REVIEW: SHADOW RUNNER BY K.J. FIELER
February 7, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Shadow Runner by K.J. Fieler Black Rose Writing, 2023 9781685132040 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Buy (pre-order): Bookshop.org | Amazon.com The only negative to Shadow Runner is that eventually, like all great stories, it ends. It would be tougher to put together a better YA fantasy/thriller than this. Like the Harry Potter series, Shadow Runner has the ability to […]