Sadie Powell is going on an adventure. After her beloved mother has a health scare, Sadie decides it’s finally time to see the world. So, Sadie crosses the Atlantic to work as an au pair for a year. Austria’s supposed to be nice: chocolate, beer, and scenic mountain ranges beckon. She’ll figure out teaching and … Continue reading Book Review: When She Thaws
Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honor they could hope for...and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth. And instead of paper, she's made of fire. In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most … Continue reading Book Review: Girls of Paper and Fire
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that yoga and a wonderfully curvy figure just don’t go together. You’re just not flexible enough, your curves would get right in the way and that your body just wouldn’t obey you. You’d wobble like an ugly duckling and finish up feeling embarrassed and very silly. At least … Continue reading Book Review: Yoga for Curvy Girls Guide
It's been three years since the Virgil County High School Massacre. Three years since my best friend, Sarah, was killed in a bathroom stall during the mass shooting. Everyone knows Sarah's story--that she died proclaiming her faith. But it's not true. I know because I was with her when she died. I didn't say anything … Continue reading Book Review: That’s Not What Happened
Once Upon a Time in Glasgow by John Watson: A history of the city of Glasgow from its earliest beginnings, presented in episodic format based on a series of articles first published in the "Evening Times" in the 1970s. The contents cover personalities such as Hawkie, who was one of the city's most famous street … Continue reading Book Review: Once Upon a Time in Glasgow
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and other Curiosities from the History of Medicine: From seventeenth-century Holland to Tsarist Russia, from rural Canada to a whaler in the Pacific, many are monuments to human stupidity – such as the sailor who swallowed dozens of penknives to amuse his shipmates, or the chemistry student who in … Continue reading Audible Review: The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
Dare: What Happens When Fantasies Come True is by Tracey Cox who is a non fiction author who specialises in books on dating, sex and relationships. This book is about real women with fantasies that decide that they want to make these fantasies a reality, at the start of the book Cox talks about fantasy, … Continue reading Book Review: Dare: What Happens When Fantasies Come True
House of Dolls by Harmon Cooper is a hero/harem series that is just all looks and no real substance. The general idea of the novel is that our 'hero' Roman finds a lottery ticket that gives him a special ability, one that helps him to raise above his own station and into an all new … Continue reading DNF: House of Dolls
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White was written as a tribute of sorts to 200 years since the novel by Mary Shelley was released to the world. Of course here the author has taken the liberty to focus on Elizabeth Frankenstein instead of Victor, fleshing her character out more and making her more … Continue reading The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
The Vampire Knitting Club is a paranormal cozy 'murder' mystery series by Nancy Warren, it focuses on our main character Lucy who had travelled from Egypt where she was with her parents to visit her grandmother in Oxford, England, only to discover that her grandmother has died. The only issue that Lucy has with that … Continue reading Book Review: The Vampire Knitting Club
The Pen and the Book 