Catch-Up Quickies 8

First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In my latest attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I …

Catch-Up Quickies 5

First a quick explanation! Due to some severe health issues over the last few years, and a lingering chronic condition, my planned review schedule went right out of the window and I have been scrabbling ever since to get it back on track. In my latest attempt to try to regain some lost ground, I …

In the Dark, Soft Earth – Frank Watson

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author and Plum White Press.  The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Dig into this delectable journey through the dark, sensual, and ravishing poetry of Frank Watson. Ruminate the searing to the sultry as you absorb this haunting lilt …

This Soul Estranged – Candice Samuelson

*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: Explore the antithetical worlds of love and loss in this two fold collection of poetry that dives into the world of human emotion, only to be lost in the swelling sea. This …

Alcoholic Betty – Elisabeth Horan

*I received a free copy of this book with thanks to the author and Isabelle Kenyon at Fly on the Wall Press. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.* Blurb: "This is the hole. I go thereOn Sundays. I go there after dinnersBefore school --- mid work dayAfter lunch with the boss MondaysThe hole has Hangover …

Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot – V.C. McCabe

  *I received a free ARC of this book, with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*         Blurb:  Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot reveals the reality of rural life with elements of the surreal. Comforts of country living are juxtaposed with poverty, domestic …

A Strangely-Wrapped Gift – Emily Juniper

  *I received a free ARC of this novel, with thanks to the author, Central Avenue Publishing and NetGalley.  The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*         Blurb:  In these pages, you will find journeys from childhood to today, from mental illness to recovery, from heartbreak to heart growth, from hopelessness …

Blog Tour: Drowning in the Floating World – Meg Eden

  *I received a free ARC of this book, with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*     Blurb:  Drowning in the Floating World by Meg Eden immerses us into the Japanese natural disaster known as 3/11: the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi …

Blog Tour: Tales of What the F*ck – D.A. Watson

  *I received a free ARC of this book via Rachel’s Random Resources blog tour. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*   Blurb:  Billionaire terminal cancer patient John Longmire's going to die today, and he's going out in style in the classiest euthanasia clinic in the world. But the strange nurse with the …

A Songbird Dreams of Singing – Kate Hosford

  *I received a free ARC of this novel, with thanks to the author, Perseus Books - Running Press and NetGalley.  The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*     Blurb:  Do you know how animals sleep? Otters fall asleep while holding hands; zebra finches practise their songs while dreaming; dolphins keep one half of their …