12,431 Days Alive
Zero Spoons
Today is one of those days where I tried to shuffle the cards of my life and just ended up playing fifty one pickup and now I’m searching for the last metaphoric card.
Fumbled Shuffle
Category: Reading
Tuesday with a Side of Migraine
12,401 Days Alive
8,071 Ebooks to Read
6 Hits on my newest Fantastic Beasts fanfic
3 Cards Pulled
1 Migraine
Today was not a great day. Woke up with a headache that quickly turned into a left eye haloed migraine. I was at work.
I was allowed to leave once I was safe to drive.
Review: The Gatekeeper’s Bride
By Eva Pohler
Available on: Amazon.
Read as part of the Monthly Keyword Reading Challenge.
Overview:
Blurb: This is the story of how Hades and Persephone met, became lovers, and bore godlings into being. An odd little romp through Greek mythos.
Trigger Warnings:
Bastardization of Culture, Bastardization of Mythology, Blood, Bullying, Death, Food, Gore, Murder, Non-Consensual Sex, Off Screen Infidelity, Off Screen Sex, Plot Holes the Size of a Canadian Province, Sexual Assault, Toxic Masculinity, Violence, Violent Imagery, War
Body Count: Oodles, he’s the God of Death
Continue reading “Review: The Gatekeeper’s Bride”Review: Matchmaking For Beginners
By Maddie Dawson
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Read as part of the Golden Trio Reading Challenge, “Hogwarts Library”.
Overview:
Blurb: Blix knows she is ill, knows she is dying. She also knows that her great-nephew’s fiance Marnie is the one to fill her shoes while she goes on to the next adventure. Because it’s not just anyone who can see when people are a perfect match for one another. Marnie is special. She just doesn’t know special she is until she meets Blix.
Trigger Warnings:
Ableism, Bullying, Death, Emotional Abuse, Food, Infidelity, Introversion (Severe), Magic, Poor Coping Mechanisms, Toxic Masculinity
Body Count: 2
Continue reading “Review: Matchmaking For Beginners”#ABC2019-The Analog Book Challenge 2019
Do I not have enough reading challenges for 2019? (Seven is the current count, with this one.)
Do I have far too much time spent not sleeping in the wee hours? (I’ve been awake almost 24 hours now)
Do I chill in the bathtub and read by the light of the shower light when I can’t sleep? (I don’t want to wake my Darling Wife)
If you guessed “yes” to any of these, you’re right!
Continue reading “#ABC2019-The Analog Book Challenge 2019”Review: Fool’s Gold, A Dragonfire Station Short Story
By Zen DiPietro
Read as part of the Monthly Keyword Reading Challenge back in March. I was lazy about reviewing this one.
Available on: Amazon and Kobo.
Overview:
Blurb: Having his bedroom filed with contraband by his ever-so-wonderful sister is the least of his problems.
Trigger Warnings:
Questionable Morals
Body Count: 0
Continue reading “Review: Fool’s Gold, A Dragonfire Station Short Story”Review: The Afterlife of Walter Augustus
By Hannah Lynn
Available on: Amazon
Read as part of the Golden Trio Reading Challenge.
Overview:
Blurb: Walter Augustus is dead. Has been a long time. And while he’s hanging in the Afterlife, he’s waiting to be forgotten to go on to the next adventure. And then Lettie picks up the only remaining copy of his book of poetry and reads it. It only gets more entangled from there.
Trigger Warnings:
Bullying, Dead People, Death, Emotional Abuse, Extortion, Food, Ghosts, Haunting
Body Count: 1
Continue reading “Review: The Afterlife of Walter Augustus”Monday, But Weekend Flavored
12,386 Days Alive
7,984 Ebooks to Read
1 Mild Headache
I’m physically, mentally, emotionally, and fiscally wiped out by the last week. I’m glad it’s a new week.
Review: Your Son Is Alive (A Thriller)
Your Son Is Alive (A Thriller)
James Scott Bell
Available on: Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Read as part of the Cloak and Dagger Challenge 2019!
Overview:
Blurb: It starts with a note that tells Dylan Reeve the son that he and his now ex-wife Erin lost to kidnapping fifteen years ago is alive. This single note, written in crayon, drags him into a world of deadly games, ghosts from the past, and the hope that their son truly is still alive.
Trigger Warnings:
Ableism, Blood, Bullying, Child Abuse, Death, Drug Use (Illicit), Drug Use (Non-Consensual), Emotional Abuse, Food, Gun Violence, Mental Abuse, Mental Illness, Murder, Non-Consensual Touching, Physical Abuse, Poor Coping Mechanisms, Self-Injury, Stockholm Syndrome, Suicide, Toxic Masculinity, Unsafe Lifestyle, Violence, Violent Imagery,
Body Count: 2
Continue reading “Review: Your Son Is Alive (A Thriller)”Review: History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra
History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra
By Charles Fayette McGlashan
Available on: Amazon
Read as part of the Diversify Your Reading Challenge 2019.
Overview:
Blurb: A literal history of the Donner Party (1846-1847), the fates of the various peoples who perished, and the claims of cannibalism and murder. This book was written in 1880 and celebrated those that survived the ordeal.
Trigger Warnings:
Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Food, Gore, Gun Violence, Murder, Systemic Racism, Time Period Accurate Racism, Violence, Violent Imagery
Body Count: 42 of 90
Continue reading “Review: History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra”Thoughtful Thursday
12,375 Days Alive
7,784 Books to Read
2,752 Steps for the Day
I am a little overwhelmed and burnt out today. I feel like there’s so much going on in my mind that I just need to be quiet outwardly.
Exhausting Existence
12,368 Days Alive
7,745 Books to Read
7.5 On the Pain Scale
2 Episodes of Death in Paradise Watched
1 More Square Made
I’m having a really, really bad fatigue flare up. Flair up, flare up? The latter. Anyway. Brain fog, exhaustion, really short emotional fuse, and the like right now.
I feel like a bag of broken glass been dropped down a concrete stairwell.
Shattered.
Review: Casket Cache, A Spencer Funeral Home Niagara Cozy Mystery Book 1
Janice J. Richardson
Available on: Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: Being surrounded by dead bodies every day isn’t for everyone. Jennifer inherited a funeral parlor and a bit of mischief beyond that! Break-ins, and funerals, and Tim Horton’s, oh my!
Trigger Warnings:
Blackmail, Dead Bodies, Death, Gambling, Gun Violence, Murder
Body Count: many, as there is not one but two funeral parlors involved.
Continue reading “Review: Casket Cache, A Spencer Funeral Home Niagara Cozy Mystery Book 1”
