Victorian adventures are a pleasure of mine. After all, I am a fan of Sherlock Holmes. It might just be the Victorian Era as well. Despite the classism, the lack of women’s rights, and the lack of labor laws, the feel and the romanticism of it inspire me.A friend of mine-actually a few friends- were … Continue reading A Curious Beginning
Here’s a question for the first of November, if you could suggest any book to a celebrity, what would you suggest?This popped in my head a while back when a friend of mine told me he had just finished reading Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero and I thought it would be great were I ever … Continue reading The book chooses its owner.
Jeneva Rose has a Tik Tok. That's where I first saw her, talking about drama that happened to her first, then to her books. And that's where I heard about Home is Where the Bodies Are. I had no idea what the story was about, but Jeneva Rose was a trip and I loved the title … Continue reading Getting along with your siblings is murder.
Currently I’m reading through a queer romance book that I’ll be posting a review for in December…because it’s a sort of holiday book. The first chapter of it had my cackling so I sent the link to my best friend and told him to download it as well.As a gay man, he’s been my mentor … Continue reading Trauma in queer readings
I’m a child of the ‘80’s’80s. Nostalgia is huge with me these days. When there comes a book called 80’s Ghost by V. S. Lawrence that promotes a haunting mystery of a small town high school fire in the 80’s, you have my attention. The story revolves around Chrissy, Rodney, and Bill. The three of … Continue reading Totally Spooky
Recharged, with new ideas and stacks of books. When you see this, I’ll be spending my weekend at a convention sitting on several panels. I’m excited. This con is one of my yearly cons, the one closest to where I live and it’s exciting and daunting to finally be part of the panelists that attend every … Continue reading Welcome October
You know how you walk into an IKEA and it's just a maze of furniture? Arrows on the floor that tell you which way to go and eventually it dumps you out at a huge warehouse where you have to find the boxes for the items you want to pick up. It's huge. One could … Continue reading Big box furniture stores are creepy enough!
It's that time again, time for a pause in my blog. I have one more book to review next week, then I'm going to take the month of September off to catch up on my reading. 2024 has been the year of me not reading much and I'm not sure why. My Goodreads Reading Challenge … Continue reading The Fall Pause
Back On February 29, 1876, leap year, Professor Josiah Grant wanted to host a séance. He enlisted the help of a renowned psychic Lucius Holgrove to assist him. Grant had found a tome chined in the underground of an old Irish Monastery that had a spell to see his own fate. All he needed was … Continue reading The Art of Suffering
When I was younger, I read a short story called The Library Policeman. It was in Stephen King’s book Four Past Midnight that was released in 1990. For those who haven’t read it, the story is about a man who accidentally destroys books he borrowed from the library and is terrorized by the Library Policeman.I … Continue reading On Ode to Libraries. (And Librarians)
Mouse's Reading Nook 