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iam’s Mid Year Book Freakout Tag 2020

I’ve seen this tag floating around and it seemed like so much fun, to do, so here goes:

Best book I’ve read so far

The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis

I hope this counts, because it’s technically not out yet. This was absolutely breathtaking, a gripping, chilling and immediately engaging scifi thriller all about the horrors of lacking bodily autonomy

Best sequel I’ve read so far

Peacemaker by E.M. Hamill

This probably comes as a surprise to noone. Another exciting...

Mid Year Book Freakout Tag 2020

I’ve seen this tag floating around and it seemed like so much fun, to do, so here goes:

Best book I’ve read so far

The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis

I hope this counts, because it’s technically not out yet. This was absolutely breathtaking, a gripping, chilling and immediately engaging scifi thriller all about the horrors of lacking bodily autonomy

Best sequel I’ve read so far

Peacemaker by E.M. Hamill

This probably comes as a surprise to noone. Another exciting...

Review: The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings by Lily Morton

Very engaging ghost mystery with incredibly sweet feel-good moments in between the seriously creepy stuff!

Levi Black is at a crossroads. After suffering a loss and breaking up a long-term relationship, he’s looking for a change. When he receives the news he’s inherited a house in York, he seizes the opportunity to begin a new chapter in his life.
However, when he gets there, he finds a house that has never kept its occupants for very long. Either through death or disinclination, no one stays ...

The Buchanan House Love Story Collection

“Chase Holland spends his days painting Portland scenes to hang in local businesses, neglecting his own surrealist style. After twenty-five years as a full-time artist, he’s frustrated that his career has stalled, but churning out the equivalent of corporate art is better than getting a day job. Chase and Garrett have been together—off and on, but mostly on—for a decade. If asked, they would both say the source of their trouble is the seventeen-year age gap. The truth is less clear-cut. Life wou...

What Unbreakable Looks Like

“Lex was taken – trafficked – and now she’s Poppy. Kept in a hotel with other girls, her old life is a distant memory. But when the girls are rescued, she doesn’t quite know how to be Lex again.

After she moves in with her aunt and uncle, for the first time in a long time, she knows what it is to feel truly safe. Except, she doesn’t trust it. Doesn’t trust her new home. Doesn’t trust her new friend. Doesn’t trust her new life. Instead she trusts what she shouldn’t because that’s what feels ri...

Gracefully Grayson

“Alone at home, twelve-year-old Grayson Sender glows, immersed in beautiful thoughts and dreams. But at school, Grayson grasps at shadows, determined to fly under the radar. Because Grayson has been holding onto a secret for what seems like forever: “he” is a girl on the inside, stuck in the wrong gender’s body.

The weight of this secret is crushing, but leaving it behind would mean facing ridicule, scorn, and rejection. Despite these dangers, Grayson’s true self itches to break free. Strengt...

Art House

“Chase Holland spends his days painting Portland scenes to hang in local businesses, neglecting his own surrealist style. After twenty-five years as a full-time artist, he’s frustrated that his career has stalled, but churning out the equivalent of corporate art is better than getting a day job. Chase and Garrett have been together—off and on, but mostly on—for a decade. If asked, they would both say the source of their trouble is the seventeen-year age gap. The truth is less clear-cut. Life wou...

Boyfriend Material

I loved everything about this

Holiday Weekend

“Ryan Orchard moved from small-town Idaho to Portland almost two years ago and still feels like a hick. When Paulie Nesbitt dumped him, he wasn’t even surprised. Despite losing twenty-five pounds since then, Ryan’s confidence is nonexistent, and his life has stalled. Not only is he convinced the career he wants is beyond his reach, he’s given up on relationships. A new job at a familiar restaurant—and his gorgeous coworker—could be just what Ryan needs to believe in himself again.

Glenn Herna...

The Hellbound Detective

“He’s on the path to hell, but does he have a shot at salvation?

Algernon Swafford has returned to the city of his birth. Only now London is bombed out and on its knees. Deep down Swafford feels the same. This once great private detective is a wreck. He’s trapped in the employ of a demon of a man. One skilled in other-worldly magic, who revels in every sin and depravity.

However, on the brutal streets of an English winter, Swafford spies a chance to save himself. His master has enemies and...