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Title: Ghosts and Gods (A Light in the House Book 3)Author: Liam JamesGenre: Fiction, Coming-of-Age, FantasyBook Length: 63 PagesFormat Read: eBookYear Published: October 26, 2024 Date Started: January 3, 2025Date finished: January 7, 2025 The third book in the A Light in the House trilogy, Ghosts and Gods takes us deeper into Joe’s life. He... Continue Reading →
Title: Danforth: Eldritch Tales of WWII: Tomb of the Black PharaohAuthor: Christopher MichaelGenre: Horror; Thriller; Alternate Historical FictionBook Length: 414 PagesFormat Read: PDFYear Published: September 22, 2024 Date Started: December 16, 2024Date finished: December 31, 2024 This story is about locating a dangerous and powerful stone in Egypt before the Nazis get their hands on... Continue Reading →
My reading goal for 2024 was 50 books and I competed it by reading 51 books. I was able to review all except 6, and hope to get them reviewed the earlier part of next year. Aside from tracking my reading progress in a notebook, I also track it on a spreadsheet. Here's part of... Continue Reading →
Title: The Half Light (The Chronicles of Capherayna Book 3)Author: Karen MenezesGenre: Literary; Women's FictionBook Length: 254 PagesFormat Read: PDFYear Published: July 2, 2024 Date Started: December 9, 2024Date finished: December 14, 2024 In this story, we follow the Lightbender as he spends time in a ghetto district in Dorsfield known as Crikwood. There, he... Continue Reading →
Title: Summer FrostAuthor: Blake CrouchGenre: Sci-fi; LGBTQBook Length: 85 Pages (Short Story)Format Read: eBookYear Published: September 17, 2019 Date Started: October 29, 2024Date finished: October 29, 2024 This story felt like it was a glimpse into a longer story. It’s about a game developer named Riley who created a character named Max and fell in... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat skills or lessons have you learned recently?View all responses I've been obsessed with painting in gouache, and lately, it's been of birds on a wire/on telephone poles (and also cute robots!). For me, gouache is one of those paints where it looks messy at first and makes me want to quit, but... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptTell us about your first day at something — school, work, as a parent, etc. View all responses Fifteen years ago, I resigned from my job as a Student Finance Advisor to be a stay-at-home mom. At the time, my oldest was seven years old and my youngest was two. My oldest had... Continue Reading →
If you're looking for books to read, Smashwords is having an end-of-year sale. You'll find discounted books as well as free books starting today, December 12, 2024. The sale will end on January 1, 2025. I highly recommend downloading Aeva: The last Hope. It's free to download. It's a novella, which means it won't take... Continue Reading →
Title: ArkAuthor: Veronica RothGenre: Sci-Fi; ApocalypticBook Length: 46 Pages; Short StoryFormat Read: eBookYear Published: September 17, 2019 Date Started: October 28, 2024Date finished: October 29, 2024 This story is about a scientist named Samantha who is preparing plant species in preparation for an apocalypse. While she’s working away, she’s remembering trivial things from her life.... Continue Reading →
Title: The PramAuthor: Joe HillGenre: HorrorBook Length: 58 Pages; Short StoryFormat Read: eBookYear Published: September 26, 2023 Date Started: October 28, 2024Date finished: October 28, 2024 This story is about a married couple, Willy and Marianne who were trying for a baby, but things didn’t work out. They decided to leave town to get away... Continue Reading →
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