Joyce

Cat Latimer runs writer retreats. She gets a group of writers in that know each other and are friends.Jessie is a local girl from the college in the area. It seems as if Jessie is being targeted by a killer. Cat decides to try to find out who is responsible for trying to hurt Jessie and kill her friend. At the same time she has to try to wrangle the group of writers and keep them out of trouble when they decide to try to figure out the killer.

Even though I didn't start the series with the first book, there is enough background that I didn't have to have read the previous books. It was a little predictable in places but the ending did have a twist that I didn't see coming.

I received this book free for an honest review.

Lily Mason moves to Moonrise to lookup her only living relative. She is a werecouger and this is the first time away from her community full of supernaturals. She adopts a pit bull rescue dog or actually Smooshie adopts her. She gets the dog from Parker Knowles who runs a dog rescue center. She gets involved in the murder of Katherine who is the town bully and has dirt on everyone and is not afraid to use it to her best advantage. She is found murdered on Parker's land so Lily needs to try to find out who is actually the murderer.

It was a really nice cozy mystery. I am looking forward to reading the next in the series.

Rachel Garrett is a night shift coroner and a body is brought in of Etienne Argeneau shot earlier. She had a fever so when he comes to life she thinks it was just a fever hallucination. But then Etienne is killed again and the madman who did tried to finish him off but kills Rachel instead. Then Etienne turns her to save her life since she gave her life for him. This was a quick read, very enjoyable.

Neil Gaiman did he own rendering of these myths from stories that are handed down in generations of retellings. The stories were really interesting about Odin, Loki, Thor etc. I had heard of the Norse Gods before but never in detail like this. Plus I listened to this and Neil Gaiman really narrates very well.

This is a good parody. I enjoyed it and found myself laughing out loud sometimes. Good premise.

This was really good book with a very interesting turn that you don't expect. I did find it a bit hard to remember that this is a young boy that is the main character. But then I remind myself that he is considered a prodigy. His manner of speaking is so adult as is many of the boys around him. Some are childish and bullyish which brings you right back to the age level that they are. When I found out that they were actually doing real war games against an enemy was dumbfounded and then understood why they were so hard on Ender. But I felt so sorry for him for he had no childhood.

This was a fun book. Characters were very well fleshed out and the world believable. Looking forward to the next in the series.

This book has really beautiful pictures. The patterns are gorgeous and for the most part not to hard. There are shawls, sweaters, hats. A very good variety of skills and designs. For the most part they are warm weather items. The patterns are well written and concise.

The beginning was a bit much of info dump but it was needed. Most of the sex in the book is non-consentual. I definitely skimmed over most of that. This is a rough world and there are some that are trying to change it.

The story itself is intriguing though so I am glad I stuck with it.

This is NOT a historical romance if that is what you are looking for but it is a science fiction fantasy story.

This involves a man who buys a house and hears it breathing. Tries to get the sanitation dept to fix it. That's how John Hyatt gets involved with Seymour Willis house. He brings a friend because he thinks this guy is just lonely old man. But one by one his friends are taken over by this entity. Now its up to him and an old Indian George Thousand Names to solve this or the demon will be let loose on the earth.

This was written in 1978 but except for a couple of references to having to find a pay phone to call someone it could be set in present day time. This was very suspenseful. I tried to not read it at night because it creeped me out a little.

I received this book from the publisher for free for an honest opinion.

This was really great. But it ended rather abruptly. It was wrapped up rather quickly and seemed a little out of sequence at first but then made sense later. I am looking forward to the next book.

It was interesting to hear Maureen's story. It really delves into the beginning of the Long and Howard Families. Not for the prudish as it definitely has lots of incest related storyline but not violent type. Always consensual. But then again if you have ever read a Heinlein book before you already know that. LOL. Once you can get past that it is a very good story.

This was such a fun romp to read. Amy Holt got fired from her regular radio host job for swearing on air. She is ready to go back to Australia when her sister's ex gets her a job at his radio station Realm FM. Only it's not like any radio station she has ever worked at. There are different dimensions or realms where people come to the radio show to interview or promote themselves. On Amy's first day she insults the whole race of Sasquatches' by calling them Bigfoot. That's only the first problem. She finds herself more and more into Ryan (her sister's ex) as time goes by.

I loved Tyrolin Puxty's Broken Doll series and this one does not disappoint. The world building is great and full.

We learn a lot more about Ranger in this book. I am loving him more and more.

An excellent book that states it is young adult but it Robert Heinlein and he never dumbs down his books intended for a younger audience. Plenty of story to keep me interested. The main characters are adults not teenagers so I would not put it into Y/A category.

I would say this is the first time I have given an anthology 5 stars. I thoroughly enjoyed all four stories. My least favorite was the last one but I think its because I wasn't as familiar with the author but I did enjoy it and want to explore the world a bit more.

The stories are:
“The Warrior” by Jim Butcher 5 stars
“What a Difference a Day Makes” by Simon R. Green 4 stars
“The Third Death of the Little Clay Dog” by Kat Richardson 5 stars
“Noah's Orphans” by Thomas E. Sniegoski 4 stars

I listened to this as an audiobook. It was read nicely by the narrator. The story started out good but sort of fizzled in the middle but it did get better by the end. Enough that I will check out the next book in the series.

The story is told of a bird named Dar Oakley telling his story to a human. You get the story of the world with a bird's eye view. This study very much reminds of Johnathan Livingston Seagull as there is a lot of introspection within the bird's mind and his interaction with the world.

There is a pandemic that sweeps over the world killing many and changing some into magical beings. The people remaining have to try to survive the new world for there are some that will kill just for the fun of it. Lana and Max leave NY to try to find safety elsewhere. As do Arliss, Fred and Katie, meeting new people and banding together to try to form new societies. There are factions against the Uncanny (new magical ability people). There are Dark Uncanny who want to take over the world.

I really enjoyed this book and look forward to the sequel.

Raven Black is unusual being half-mage half-vampire, something that is not supposed to happen. She inadvertently hears something she shouldn't have and now Darius and his group are after her. She lives on the streets so when Keystone takes her in she doesn't know what to think. I really enjoyed this book and could not put it down. I am looking forward to the rest of the series. I had never read any of the Mageriverse books but you don't need to have read the previous ones for this new series.

a good beginning to the series.

This was a great read. It was a funny read, I found myself laughing out loud many times. I listened to it as an audiobook which I highly recommend as it was narrated very well. It was easy to differentiate the different characters. The story can be a bit dark at times which is then usually relieved quickly with a smart comment.

This is a very simple mystery as the murder almost seems secondary in this book. So much talk of food I was hungry all during reading it.

Marley McKinney is the owner of the Flipside Pancake house in Wildwood a small seaside community.
The town is being used as a filming site for a remake of a horror movie. Marley gets invited to see some of the special effects makeup being done by Christine, but when she gets there Christine is found murdered and the main suspect is Alyssa, Marley's boyfriend's ex-girlfriend. Of course Marley has a history of solving mysteries and goes ahead and does some sleuthing, which of course puts her in the killer's eyesight.

It was a nice cozy mystery that moved along very nicely giving enough details on past relationships and places to keep you in the know. Which I appreciated since I had not read the prior two books.

The book was provided to me free from the Publisher for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book. It is a story of Jules and her sister Nell. Jules is brought back to the town they were raised in for her sister's death and her niece. It centers around an area in the river called the Drowning Pool. It seems many women have died or committed suicide here.