So many of my friends have come to me for dating advice over the years, and so much of what I said to them seemed shocking somehow. Women are given some really unrealistic expectations about dating, men and relationships. When I got an email from Kai Nicole about sharing her book with you, I almost …
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As someone who loves to read the odd True Crime book and listens to My Favorite Murder, I have of course read Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. Aware that he stated that his book was all true, and was explosive in it's time leading to a film adaptation as well, I was aware that Capote …
Lacey Becnel is back in book two of Anne McClane's Traiteur series. This time, Lacey finds herself in Los Angeles, working behind the scenes on a film shoot, but her new found powers put her in the way of danger and adventure once again. Many of our favorite characters return again, as we see Lacey …
When Leigh Ann Kittell emailed me and asked me to read her book and review it, I was pretty intrigued by the title. Spirituality and spiritual practice often seem hard to adopt into every day life and enlightenment seems like something that only spiritual masters can ever attain. But what if that's not true? What …
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I was really intrigued to read this book when Penguin Random House sent me an email about it and asked if I'd like to be part of the Blog Tour. The Matchmaker's List is a novel by a Canadian author, and the events in the book happen in well known places around Toronto, which I …
Whose Body? is the story of an unknown murdered man found naked in the bathtub of an architects home. None of the members of the household know him and are shocked and scandalised by the body found in their home. Who is the man? And is he connected in some way to a missing financier? Lord …
Felix drinks to get through life. Ever since his wife died, he hasn't been able to see the point in anything, and just goes through the motions. The only person who understands him and has any patience left for him, is Melanie, his best friend. One night, stumbling home drunk, he's hit by a car, …
I get a lot of emails from various writers and publishers asking me to talk about their book on my blog, and I noticed an interesting trend in my inbox recently. I've had quite a few requests from self published female authors who've written books about growing up in abusive homes or about the stories …
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Sometimes books of short tales are hard to share with people. Some people don't like the format, and feel like they can be too literary or like a long joke, having to have a kind of punch line. It's the same kind of thinking that keeps people away from short film as a format too. …
Continue reading Live Show, Drink Included: Collected Stories by Vicky Grut
With it's cover styled to look like a classic 80's VHS cover, My Best Friend's Exorcism is playful nostalgia for the 80's era, it's music, TV, fashion, and most of all, it's dodgy horror films. And it's absolutely delightful. In the fourth grade, Gretchen moves to town and soon becomes Abby's best friend. Best friends …
