[Book Review] THE PRICE GUIDE TO THE OCCULT BY LESLYE WALTON

  Time might heal all wounds, but what about the scars those wounds left behind?         When Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island more than a century ago, her otherworldly skills might have benefited friendlier neighbors. Guilt and fear instead led the island’s original eight settlers to burn “the witch” out of …

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MINI REVIEWS || Happily by Chauncey Rogers & The City Beyond The Glass by Suzannah Rowntree

Fairytaly retellings are my "pick me up" books; it's the nostalgic yet familiar atmosphere retellings provide that keeps me going back to them. So when I got the opportunity to review Happily and The City Beyond The Glass, I jumped at them! The books might be fun and easy to read but each carried a …

A WILD SHEEP CHASE BY HARUKI MURAKAMI || A Spoiler Free Book Review from Andrea’s Nirvana!!

This has been buddy read with the lovely Cam, on whose blog you’re currently reading this! We decided to do a snazzy lil thing and cross post reviews- exciting! Check out my blog for Cam’s review, linked here. It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates …

A GRITTY YET ORIGINAL RETELLING: Macbeth by Jo Nesbø

Set in the 1970s in a run-down, rainy industrial town, Jo Nesbo’s Macbeth centers around a police force struggling to shed an incessant drug problem. Duncan, chief of police, is idealistic and visionary, a dream to the townspeople but a nightmare for criminals. The drug trade is ruled by two drug lords, one of whom—a …

ISLE OF BLOOD & STONE: Book Review & Giveaway

  Ulises asked, "How can I look at these maps, see this riddle, and do nothing? They are my brothers." Elias reached across the table and flicked aside two shells with a fingertip. The map curled into itself. "It's bound to be a goose chase. You know that?" "Or a treasure hunt," Ulises countered, "and …