It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #256: Addicted to Space Janitor

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Sunday Post #289: Good News and Bad News...

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Review: Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

Title: Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Author: Cassandra Khaw

Genre: Adult, horror

Publication date: October 2021

Published by: Tor Nightfire

Source: eARC from publishers via Netgalley

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Synopsis: A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.

It’s the perfect wedding venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends.

But a night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare. For lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.

And she gets lonely down there in the dirt.

My rating: ★★☆☆☆

I was really looking forward to this novella cause I’m such a huge horror fan! Books, movies... you name it! Give it ALL to me! Lol. Unfortunately, this was kind of a letdown. You look at the beautifully creepy cover and you think you’re gonna get all the scares, but nope! That was not the case.

Review: A Sense of Danger (Section 47 #1) by Jennifer Estep

Title: A Sense of Danger

Series: Section 47 #1

Author: Jennifer Estep

Genre: Adult, urban fantasy

Publication date: November 2021

Published by: Jennifer Estep

Source: eARC from author

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Synopsis: A SPY . . .

My name is Charlotte Locke, and I’m an analyst for Section 47, a secret government agency that tracks terrorists, criminals, and other paramortal bad guys who want to unleash their abilities on an unsuspecting mortal world. I have a magical form of synesthesia that senses danger and uncovers lies—making me a stealthy operative.

I’m trudging through another day when one of Section’s cleaners—assassins—takes an interest in me. I don’t need my synesthesia to realize that he is extremely dangerous and that he will do anything to achieve his goals—even if it means putting me in the line of fire.

. . . AND AN ASSASSIN

I’m Desmond Percy, one of Section 47’s most lethal cleaners. I’m also a man on a mission, and I need Charlotte Locke’s skills to help me keep a promise, settle a score, and kill some extremely bad people.

Charlotte might not like me, but we’re stuck together until my mission is over. Still, the more time we spend together, the more I’m drawn to her. But at Section 47, you never know who you can trust—or who might want you dead.

My rating: ★★★★★

Oh man, I was so excited to dive into a brand new Jennifer Estep world—you guys know how much I love her writing! And I absolutely loved this book! But no one is surprised. Lol.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #255: The Science of Horror

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Sunday Post #288: Back Into Horror and Working Out

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #254: Nonfiction, Scares, and Space

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Sunday Post #287: I Might Have A Problem...

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Review: Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Title: Dead Silence

Author: S.A. Barnes (pen name of Stacey Kade)

Genre: Adult, sci-fi, horror

Publication date: February 8th 2022

Published by: Tor Nightfire

Source: eARC from publishers via Netgalley

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Synopsis:

A GHOST SHIP.
A SALVAGE CREW.
UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS.

Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate.

What they find at the other end of the signal is a shock: the Aurora, a famous luxury space-liner that vanished on its maiden tour of the solar system more than twenty years ago. A salvage claim like this could set Claire and her crew up for life. But a quick trip through the Aurora reveals something isn’t right.

Whispers in the dark. Flickers of movement. Words scrawled in blood. Claire must fight to hold onto her sanity and find out what really happened on the Aurora, before she and her crew meet the same ghastly fate.

My rating: ★★★★☆

I was insanely excited when I first heard about this book! I read Stacey Kade’s The Ghost and the Goth series a couple of years ago, and I really loved it! (Well, I read the first two books... but we’re not talking about my terrible habit of not finishing series 😅) I was particularly excited to learn that she would be writing something a little different than she usually does with this adult sci-fi horror, and I gotta say, I really enjoyed it!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #253: Nonfiction? ME?

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Sunday Post #286: On a Horror Kick

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Monthly Wrap-Up: January 2022

Well, January certainly flew by. Lol. Hope you guys had a great month though! Mine was filled with going back to work and dealing with the snowpocalypse shortly after returning back to work. Lol. We literally got 24 inches of snow in under 24 hours... it was insane! This happened the first week of January and there are STILL mountains of snow everywhere around here! It's still pretty cold, so the snow hasn't melted yet, but the days are supposed to be warming up, which I am happy for because I am getting sick of this weather. Lol. Luckily we haven't had more snow since then, and honestly, it can stay away 😆