12,617 Days Alive
I’m running on nowhere near enough sleep. I think I got maybe an hour and a half?
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Category: Reading
Review: A Study in Charlotte
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: Teenager James Watson, direct decedent of that Dr. John H. Watson, ends up in the same boarding school as Charlotte Holmes. She also happens to be the latest generation, but of Sherlock Holmes’ family line. They are nothing to each other, yet, they still end up tangled together in a murder investigation that is far more complex, and life-threatening, than it first appears as not one but three of the old Holmes and Watson adventure are mocked while lives are threatened.
Trigger Warnings:
Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug Use (Illicit), Drug Use (Non-Consensual), Drug Use (Prescription), Food, Gambling (underage), Gun Violence, Mental Illness, Murder, Non-Consensual Sex, Non-Consensual Touching, Off Screen Sex, Physical Abuse, Poor Coping Mechanisms, Purple Prose, Rape (mentioned, off-screen), Self-Injury, Sexism, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Toxic Masculinity, Unsafe Lifestyle, Unsafe Sex, Violence, Violent Imagery
Body Count: 2
Continue reading “Review: A Study in Charlotte”Review: Yellowstone Heart Song (Yellowstone Romance Book 1)
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: Amiee Donovan is a nurse and avid hiker that finds herself 200 years in the past, thanks to the magical interference of one Mr. Osborne. Thankfully, not long after a rather angry bear helps Amiee take a header off a small cliff in Old Yellowstone, Daniel and his brother happen upon her. And then Amiee’s adventure truly begins!
Trigger Warnings:
Ableism, Bastardization of Culture, Bastardization of Mythology, Blood, Death, Drug Use (Non-Consensual), Drug Use (Prescription), Food, Gun Violence, Infidelity, Murder, Non-Consensual Sex (attempted) Non-Consensual Touching, Off Screen Infidelity, Off Screen Sex, Plot Holes the Size of a Canadian Province, Racism, Sexism, Sexual Assault (mentioned), Sexual Situations, Systemic Racism, Time Period Accurate Racism, Toxic Masculinity, Unsafe Lifestyle, Unsafe Sex, Violence, Violent Imagery
Body Count: 3
Continue reading “Review: Yellowstone Heart Song (Yellowstone Romance Book 1)”Twisty Tuesday
12,611 Days Alive
Today is one of those days where I just feel off-step.
Continue reading “Twisty Tuesday”Review: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
By: Malala Yousafzai
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Malala Yousafzai is known the world over as being the youngest winner of the Noble Peace Prize. Someone attempted to assassinate her because she stood up for the right of her people, male and female alike, to be educated. She survived and is a strong voice against those who would rather see the ignorant remain the majority.
Trigger Warnings:
Animal Death, Anti Semitism, Blood, Childbirth (mentioned), Death, Food, Gore, Gun Violence, Islamophobia (mentioned), Murder, Police Brutality, Pregnancy (mentioned), Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Systemic Racism, Terrorism, Toxic Masculinity, Violence, Violent Imagery, War
Review: A Berry Deadly Welcome
By A. R. Winters
Available on: Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: Kylie Berry moves to Camden Falls, Kentucky to get away from her no-good, dirty, rotten, cheater of an ex-husband. She’s offered a job at her cousin’s cafe and jumps at the chance. Unfortunately for her, she now owns the cafe and a reputation for being a harlot thanks to her ex-husband’s harridan aunt Dorothy. Things don’t get any better when her admittedly terrible cooking apparently kills her new cook! Life in the tiny town of Camden Falls looks to be trying to take Kylie out at the knees before she can even fully stand up.
Trigger Warnings:
Bullying, Death, Drug Use (Non-Consensual), Emotional Abuse, Food, Gun Violence, Infidelity, Murder, Off Screen Infidelity, Poor Coping Mechanisms, Violence
Body Count: 1
Continue reading “Review: A Berry Deadly Welcome”Review: The Housewife Assassin's Handbook
By Josie Brown
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: Donna and Carl have three beautiful kids together. Donna strives to be a good mom, which is a little complicated when she’s a professional assassin for Acme.
Trigger Warnings:
Bullying (Adult), Bullying (Child), Death, Drug Use (Illicit), Drug Use (Non-Consensual), Drug Use (Prescription), Food, Gore, Gun Violence, Infidelity, Murder, Non-Consensual Touching, Off Screen Infidelity, Off Screen Sex, On Screen Infidelity, On Screen Sex, Sex, Smut, Toxic Masculinity, Unsafe Lifestyle, Unsafe Sex, Violence, Violent Imagery, War
Body Count: Lost count, honestly.
Continue reading “Review: The Housewife Assassin's Handbook”Review: Soulbound-Return of the Elves, Book 1
Available on: Amazon and Audible.
Overview:
Blurb: After her mother’s death, Arlyn goes to find her father-on the other side of the Veil between our world and Moranaia. Her father is an elf lord, her cell phone is broken, and all of the Ren Faire garb she brought has her sticking out like a sore thumb. And that’s all before she accidentally meets her soulmate.
Trigger Warnings:
Ableism, Bastardization of Mythology, Blood, Bullying, Child Abuse, Death, Food, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Off Screen Infidelity, Off Screen Sex, Physical Abuse, Plot Holes the Size of a Canadian Province, Racism, Sexism, Sex, Toxic Masculinity, Unsafe Sex, Violence, Violent Imagery, War
Body Count: 3
Continue reading “Review: Soulbound-Return of the Elves, Book 1”2020: The Year of Naps and Laughter
12,605 Days Alive
1 Hat Made
1 Very Long Nap
I don’t normally do a word of the year sort of thing. But if I had to pick one, it would be “laughter”.
Continue reading “2020: The Year of Naps and Laughter”5th Night of Hanukkah/2019 Year in Review
12,599 Days Alive
12 Months Nearly Gone
It’s the day after Christmas and all through the house, I dragged my sleepy body, hoping for a nap.
Wait. That didn’t rhyme. Oh well.
Edit: This was meant to be brief. I’ve been working on this for two hours now. Enjoy.
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