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One Feature Comin’ Up

I’ve been trying hard to be active on here, to not spam with unimportant things, and to not overload with reviews. Hence the one review a week, a few shares here and there. Nothing too big.

Well now I’m gonna shake things up a bit. I’ve got me my first NEW Feature Week coming up. What does this mean, you ask?

Well, on my Facebook page, I would dedicate a whole week of features to a single author. I’d share their books available. I’d post the reviews of their books, from mine as well as others...

The Ash Garden Review

Buy Here!Originally posted on Goodreads April 18, 2015

RATED 5/5 STARS

GENRE: Online Graphic Novel,Psychedelic Thriller

The Ash Garden is unique.
It’s complex.
It’s full of insights into the mind of Eden, the main character.
It also happens to be entirely fucked up. But in a good way.

There is an addiction to this story and layout. I bought it an hour ago, maybe more, and I’ve already devoured it 10 times or so (no exaggeration). From the first pages it’s intense, forcing you to prepare for t...

Well I now have a new plan on how to get broke

As a bookworm, the lure of a good bookshop is something I am powerless to resist. There are a few in particular that have really caught my attention; ones that I am especially keen to try and visit at some point in my lifetime. Persephone – London Persephone is an independent publishing house and bookshop[…]

via Bookshop BucketList — Callum McLaughlin

Five Little Deaths Review

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Originally posted on Goodreads, February 18, 2014

RATED 5/5 STARS

GENRE: Erotic Horror

I am going to start this review with my general thoughts of the book as a whole, then delve onto the stories as individuals. Bear with me, on this.
As a whole the book is more erotic than horror. It is, however, well done erotica coupled with a deep sense of the horror and dread. The author does well to keep things unique, as far as I recognize as unique at least. She manages to avoid repeating des...

Interviewed by the Introverted Indie Author

While I have conducted my fair share of interviews (only a handful, and with authors that i have been lucky enough to know and talk to quite a bit, and were based mostly through typing back and forth), I have neverbeeninterviewed. So the idea of just holding a conversation, answering questions, actually having to talk via speech and not keyboard, was a rather daunting thought.

So when I came upon meeting author Michael J. Sanford, and saw that he was looking for authors to interview, I was ra...

#IndiePrideDay-My Shelf

So I try hard as hell to get to support Indie Authors, and it’s pretty much why I created this site. Not only do I want to help get my books out there, I want to help others get theirs. And so here is my personal Indie Shelf. These are the books which I loved so much I bought physical copies of them.

Also in celebration of #IndiePrideDay, When Angels Fail and Scribbles of an Idle Mind are free all day today! Free!

NOTE: Only one is not included on here, and that’s Lily’s Ash Garden Series and...

Indie Pride Day 2016 — Rachel Chanticleer

This Indie Pride Day, I wanted to showcase some indie reads that I’ve enjoyed recently. Here I am (dark under eye circles and all, sheesh) with some great books published by independent authors. #IndieBooksBeSeen Starting from the top left and moving clockwise is Assassinated Love by Veronica Del Rosa, a prequel novella to the Enforcers and Coterie series.[…]

via Indie Pride Day2016 — Rachel Chanticleer

Indie Pride Day 2

So my last post seemed to have messed up a little bit, and it took until I could get on my computer to fix it.

SO!

It turns out that tomorrow is#IndiePrideDay.Now this is pretty simple, pretty awesome, and pretty cool idea. I have my little shelf of indie books, and a greater collection that I have yet to read in my tablet. Each book deserves a some notice, and so I figured I’d participate in this.

Rules are simple, and listed in the pic below.

Any questions, check out the facebook page Indie...

A Bloody Bloody Mess In The Wild Wild West Review

Originally posted to Goodreads August 7th, 2014, and edited January 24th, 2016

4 out of 5 Stars

Genre: Weird Western, Horror

Here is a story that just isn’t for me. It’s written with a style that took some getting used to, which I did get used to about halfway through the book. It isn’t bad, it just means that I spent more time trying to get accustomed to the style and not focusing on the story.

Speaking of the story, it isn’t half bad.
Seriously, the story is good. It’s a book that’s good w...

Review-Holding Out For Skye

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Originally posted on Goodreads, May 4, 2014 and edited January 18, 2016

RATED 4/5 STARS

Genre: NA Romance

This book is good, close to great. So many good things about this book with a few little pet peeves here and there, so I’ll make a list.

GOODS:
Sweet honest story telling.
Well rounded characters.
Multiple story lines that create a full immersive world.
Cliches used in the best of ways, and actually make it feel real, which sounds pretty odd out loud.
Cheesy, in the way that I wo...