A gentle approach to cleaning and organizing By KC Davis, LPC © April 26, 2022, S&S/Simon Element B09JPHQZQZ 156 pages As someone who works part-time and writes in most other times, I struggle to have a clean house. I know I’m not alone. How to Keep House While Drowning was written by a mother who…
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Starter Villain
By John Scalzi © 9/19/2023, Tor Books 268 pages ASIN: B0B9KVXCQ6 This was a fun little romp. I wouldn’t call it a cozy anything, but author John Scalzi created a story about villains that actually has a feel-good energy. Yes, there’s murder. Yes, there’s criminal activity. But there’s also a huge helping of snark that…
Void Drifter
By J. N. Chaney and Jason Anspach © June 11, 2024, Variant Publications B0D2382W95 632 pages I enjoyed VoidDrifters from the very first page, and was captivated by the main character, Will, an archeologist-turned-spacer. I totally bought the story’s explanation of how he stumbles into the ship and accidentally activates it. The actions he took were…
Ghost Writer
Salem Spirits Cozy Mysteries 2 By Dina Marie © November 13 2024, eLunaMedia LLC 236 pages ASIN: B0D3HDGKNM Clara’s abusive late husband, Joe, has left her the perfect house as part of her inheritance—a historical home in Salem, Massachusetts, complete with the ghost of William Kensington, who’s now her best friend. But when Clara goes…
Carpathians
By Paul A. Dixon © September 27, 2023 B0CHTD3N7C 560 pages I was hooked on this book from the very first chapter. Not only was the story itself captivating, its worldbuilding and culture creation was quite well done, and made me want to keep reading to see what else I would find in its pages….
The Dreaming Crystal
Order of the Stone, Book 1 By Dan Williams © February 1, 2023 B0BHZQM8D3 649 pages Wow. This deep, compelling, complex novel is a mashup of multiple genres: hard sci-fi, cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic, and climate fiction, with touches of paranormal, or fantasy elements that tie all the other layers together. I would even venture to say…
Claws of Death
By Cathy Wiley © July 29, 2023 194 pages ASIN: B0C6FJ8HN3 What a fun little cozy mystery! A renowned chef is invited to help judge a cooking competition in small-town Texas and is almost a murder victim when the first dish presented for judging turns out to be poisoned! I loved the main character, Jackie–who…
After The Party
Wedding Dress Promise Series Book 2 By Ronnie Roberts © October 24, 2014, Pajama Therapy Books ASIN: B00OVJIJFY Kindle Version, file size 1670 KB I don’t usually read romances. Yet here I am reading my second romance in less than a month. It’s all Author Ronnie Roberts’s fault! She has hooked me with her characters….
Lost Sentinel
Earth Survives Series, Book 1 By Rex Roberts © December 10, 2020, Pajama Therapy Books ASIN: B08QCLJ6S6 Kindle Version, file size 4165 KB Imagine a post-apocalyptic storyline where dark stuff is happening, a story wherein people are doing hard things to survive a global pandemic that wiped out 98% of the population, but that carries…
Unthinkable
By Brad Parks © 2021, Thomas & Mercer ASIN: B08BZJ6VJ5 Kindle Version, file size 2873 KB I have yet to read a Brad Parks novel that doesn’t grab me. This one was no exception. Parks knows how to write great thrillers, and delights in doing so. Unthinkable is a twist on the old trolley problem—basically,…