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Comic Review: Brynmore by Steve Niles
Brynmore has all the atmospheric vibes I love in my horror fiction. It has a small town filled with ghosts of its past, a rag-tag group of people fighting a force they don’t understand, and secrets that tie everything back to the main character. If you’re a fan of Stephen King, Brynmore is for you. Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’m Scared to Reread
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. These are all things I can wholeheartedly get behind. After being off topic for my last two Top Ten Tuesday posts, I… Continue reading
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Sunday Post: Back Shelf Books 3/10/2024
Welcome back to Back Shelf Books for another Sunday Post! It definitely feels like Spring is upon us now. It’s cold here, but we’ve been busy preparing for our 2024 garden. This weekend we finally started seeds for our tomatoes and herbs. Next week it’s pepper seeds. We plant tons of tomatoes, as many varieties… Continue reading
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Graphic Novel Review: Ghostlore, Vol. 1 by Cullen Bunn and Leomacs
Sometimes I’m struck by how much I like a graphic novel, especially when it takes me by surprise. It took me a few tries to get invested in Ghostlore. For whatever reason, I opened Ghostlore, Vol. 1 three different times without making it past the first few pages. This last time, though, I picked it up, and something… Continue reading
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Comic Review: Cat Fight by Andrew Wheeler and Ilias Kyriazis
Kitty Midnight is the most glamorous gray-haired woman you could imagine. You would never know that she runs the Kit Kat Crime Syndicate, a group of the world’s most skilled and notorious thieves. Her syndicate has rules, though. They can only take from those who have too much. They can never hurt an innocent. Most… Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Feel-Good Books on My 2024 TBR
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. These are all things I can wholeheartedly get behind. These past two weeks I’ve completely gone off topic for my Top Ten… Continue reading
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The Sunday Post: Reviewing the Week and Looking Ahead – 3/3/2024
Welcome back to Back Shelf Books for another Sunday Post! I need your help this week! Every Saturday I post reviews for backlist books – I call them Back Shelf Reviews. This week, I don’t have one planned yet. With the rest of my blog week mostly scheduled, I want a good backlist book to… Continue reading
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Back Shelf Review: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Welcome back to Back Shelf Saturdays, where I review backlist titles I didn’t get to read when they were first published. I do this (almost) every week to ensure I’m reading more than just newly released and forthcoming titles. For my purposes, a backlist title is at least one year past its release date. This… Continue reading