My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, & spectacular #horror#books far & wide.
A book review in verse. It's written by Clay McLeod Chapman & out now (Shortwave Pub)
In the aftermath
Of a disaster's path
A town finds hope-
A way to cope:
A phone for the Dead
And things left unsaid.
But there's always a cost,
When you speak to the Lost:
Be prepared for the brine,
If you STAY ON THE LINE.
"Venya spent her life neglected, considered ugly and not worth any time or effort... The characters are wonderful... Filled with danger, romance, sex, surprises, a wolf pack and two sisters ready willing and able to fight for what they want. 4 stars"
Baba needs to look after himself, but he keeps getting drawn into the horrors of the war in #Gaza Susan Muaddi Darraj examines the pain of a crisis that is both remote and close to home in May You Wake Up to a Homeland.
Billed as a thriller ... a bit more than just that. It's social commentary, a look at outsiders, & a chilling insight into what could easily be happening in a few years in a lot of places, with people priced out of water availability, food at a premium, & populations hamstrung by corrupt governments.
24-year-old Ukrainian Artur Dron is already a celebrated poet. The journalism major is now defending Ukraine at the front, but he managed to release his second poetry collection, "We Were Here," last year. Here LitHub shares some English translations of his new poems, which he says, “were written at the front, but they are not about the war. They are about people who love more than they fear.”
"Ravi Abhiramnew is an agent for The Trust, and he hunts monsters along with his team... An interesting book filled with monsters, time travel, secrets and surprises. There’s more coming and fortunately the next two books in the series are already available, so I won’t have to wait! Four stars."
"I did come up with an exact answer: though published in 1961, 'The Phantom Tollbooth' begins on..."
@leonardr rereads Norton Juster's classic children's book and uses the 0.58 "average boy" size, Chroma's scheduled time to conduct the sunrise, Soundkeeper & Doldrums rules, and other clues to determine the date of Milo's adventure.
Composing a folktale from Asbjørnsen & Moe's records, the only variant of Snow White (AT-709) collected in Norway.
The princess, who for her kindness has been made more beautiful than anyone else, is taken away into the forest to be murdered. Of course, the boy who has been charged with killing her cannot do so, for she is so beautiful. He has, however, been charged with taking her tongue back to her wicked stepmother as proof of her death. What should he do?
Of course, they should kill the princess’s lap dog, and cut out its tongue, a course of action they agree upon and execute.
Apparently, beauty is only skin deep.
This folktale will be appearing for the first time in my planned “Forgotten Folktales from Norway,” which will present new compositions of previously unpublished Norwegian folktales.
Book Challenge: 20 Books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers, with alt text.
Book Challenge: 20 Books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers, with alt text.
Book Challenge: 20 Books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers, with alt text.
#IndieInkAwards reviews for this year are coming in! I'll cross-post them here in replies to myself as they come in. Feel free to follow the hashtag to make sure you see them all! (These will be on other social media as well.)
First up, Tiny Elf Arcanist reviews A Necromancer Called Gam Gam and calls it "a moving exploration of grief and found family wrapped in beautiful prose"
Another Indie Ink Award review! AP Goodman calls The Reanimator's Heart "The love story I didn't know I needed" and says "Jorgensen's approach to "undesirable" powers is fresh and intriguing".
Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers. (And don't forget the alt text.)
Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers. (And don't forget the alt text.)
“LSE Philosophy Professor Jonathan Birch has published his new book ‘The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI’ with Oxford University Press. The online version is available for free now!”