Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
![First Frost: A Novel by [Allen, Sarah Addison]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51adUh49tcL.jpg)
Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: This is the follow up novel to Sarah Addison Allen’s Garden Spells; set ten years after the first book, it shows the lives of the Waverley family as they await the blooming of their magical apple tree at the first frost of autumn.
Trigger Warnings:
Bullying, Death, Food, Infidelity (mentioned)
Body Count: 0
Continue reading “Review: First Frost”
12,654 Days Alive
1 Flat Tire
1/3rd the Way Through Little Women
I am exhausted today. Somehow, I picked up not one but two rocks in my driver’s side rear tire. I have no clue how.
Continue reading “Tired and Tires”
12,653 Days Alive
I’m in a mood today. Tired and out of sorts with a touch of a sour stomach and a runny nose.
Continue reading “Sour and Soup”
Available on: Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: Katie Harper is turning twenty one and hopes, on this birthday, she will finally come into the powers she has been working towards for years. Most of the Harper women are known for being “wise women”, each having their own abilities. For Katie, her power suddenly appears in the wake of a death at her workplace. Now, she can see and talk to ghosts! Secrets abound with her new-found powers and danger from unexpected sources.
Trigger Warnings:
Death, Food, Gore, Murder
Body Count: 3, technically?
Continue reading “Review: The Secrets of Ghosts”
12,648 Days Alive
8 Books Read in 2020 So Far
I finished reading The Secrets of Ghosts today. I’m a little behind in my reading goals, but it’s only February. I’ll catch up.
Continue reading “8 Down, 103 to go.”
12,647 Days Alive
Man, today was a trip. The power went out at work just after lunch and stayed out so we got to go home early. And then, the cleaning bug bit.
Continue reading “Power Out, Power Clean”
12,645 Days Alive
1 Busy Weekend!
I am going to complete my second goal of the year this weekend with cousin Kay!
Continue reading “Films and Festivities”
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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”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)”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
