Books
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Special Feature: Cobble Hill by Cecily von Ziegesar
Fans of the Gossip Girl series get ready, best selling author, Cecily von Ziegesar has a new book coming out featuring four Brooklyn families. This book features quirky characters in a new up and coming hipster neighborhood that will resonate with many readers in that 30-40 demographic. Fans of Ziegesar and early reviewers have really enjoyed this funny and quirky read and I am hoping you guys will too! While I couldn’t fit it on my review calendar, this is one that I want to share with all you guys incase you are looking for something a little light and fun with some comedy and quirky characters this fall! If…
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Review: The Light at Wyndcliff (Cornwall #3) by Sarah E. Ladd
I have only read one or two books by Sarah Ladd and I have enjoyed them but this isn’t an author that I would go in search of at a bookstore—until now. This cover is what initially drew me in but the description of the book is what made me agree to reviewing it. Before this book, Sarah Ladd would have been an author that I would have picked up if I saw the book on an end cap or something or other, but after reading this one, I would gladly go in search of her novels the next time I go to a bookstore. There is something so mysterious…
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Special Feature: Reviving The Hawthorn Sisters by Emily Carpenter
Emily Carpenter has written quite a few books and has a healthy following of dedicated fans around the mystery genre. I have yet to read one of her books but this author has been on my radar for quite some time. This book might be her best yet judging from what early reviews have said and truth be told, this one sounds full of Gothic goodness and suspense that I rearranged my review schedule to fit in a review a little later on this fall! Today thought, I am sharing all the info with you guys so that you too can pick up a copy and add it to your…
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First Impression: Playing with Fire: A Modern Investigation into Demons, Exorcism, and Ghosts by Billy Hallowell
For hundreds of years, humans have been fascinated with the dead. Whether it’s been contacting loved ones in seances, haunted houses, or searching for a spiritual connection that will be with them in the afterlife. This non fiction book explores the occult world of demons and ghosts but through the perspective of faith. Right away this is what attracted me to this book. I thought it would be an interesting study about what you believe and how the occult factors into that. When I picked this one up I was interested to see how the author explored these topics and was eager to check out his writing style since he…
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Special Feature: A California Christmas (Silver Springs #7) by Brenda Novak
The stores are already getting all their holiday decor out and all the holiday reads are hitting store shelves as well. I was just at the grocery store this week and one of the checkout lines had a bunch of Christmas reads lined up tempting readers in line! While I am still reveling in all the fall goodness right now, I am still building up my holiday reading list and Brenda Novak is one holiday romance writer to watch! Not to mention that cover is giving me major holiday vibes right now! Today I have her latest holiday romance up for special feature and I am thrilled to bring a…
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Review: Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell
I have only read one book by Lisa Jewell but I loved it and I was so excited to receive and ARC of her latest novel to read this fall! I really enjoyed The Family Upstairs but this one sounded a little darker and more intense than The Family Upstairs, but I was really looking forward to it and was eager to sit down on a dark and stormy lazy weekend to devour this one. One thing that I felt after reading Jewell’s The Family Upstairs was that she has a great way of adding substance and depth to all of her characters which is not always the case in…
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Review: The Orphan of Cemetery Hill by Hester Fox
I read Hester Fox’s debut novel a couple of years ago and I was immediately drawn her to story telling style and characters. I adored her first book and the second book was even better. So to say that I was excited for this one is an understatement. I am such a fan of her Gothic story telling and how quickly I can read her books, while they might not be as spooky as some other books I have read this Halloween season, this one was still a spooky treat for fans of Gothic novels. Also this one is set in Boston which is such a great spooky city and…
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Special Feature: Return to Virgin River (Virgin River #19) by Robyn Carr
I have only read a few of Robyn Carr’s novels but I have really enjoyed the ones that I have read. I haven’t watched the Netflix series, Virgin River, yet but I know that a lot of people have been raving about it! This is a series that I just haven’t picked up yet because there are so many books in the series. Though I think they could be read as standalone books, I would still like to read it from the beginning to get the complete experience. Carr is such a prolific writer with a large fan base, but I think this is probably her biggest and most well…
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Review: Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten
This was a book that I was looking forward to all year. I was pitched it way back in March or April I think and I had it circled on my calendar for my fall reading. I don’t know that I loved the cover art but I thought the story sounded great. I don’t know much about the Russian monarchy but because I don’t know much about it, I always find books about Russian monarchs fascinating. Like many readers, whenever I think of Russian historical fiction I always think of the Romanovs but this book is not that which was just one more reason why it appealed to me—-something different.…
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Review: Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
When HBO picked up this book to turn into a series, I was thrilled! I didn’t know anything about the book or the author but I know that HBO always turns out well done series so when I saw the previews for this one, I couldn’t wait. I also have been getting more and more into the horror genre and when I was approached to do a feature and interview with the author before the HBO series released, I was intrigued and immediately said yes. After doing the interview and reading more about Lovecraft Country, I decided to wait and watch the HBO series in favor of reading the book…