Bark At The Ghouls

  Hey bookish friends! Today's TTT prompt is Series I’d Like to Start/Catch up on/Finish and boy do I have a bunch. I am the absolute worst at seeing a series through to its very end. I only have 9 here because I need to get this scheduled before my laptop dies and I forget but there are probably 20 more I could add. Yikes. The Anita Blake Series I have a love/hate relationship with the series. I absolutely adored the first several books and I've stopped and started the series three times on audio getting maybe to book #9 and then I got aggravated with Anita and all of her boy toys and I quit it. There was also that time when the author was publicly extremely rude to many of her fans and it sorta turned me off things as well. I hate when that happens.  The Sookie Stackhouse Series I also fell in love with series ages ago but I lost track of it when the tv series came out and never went back to them. I think I might've made it to book #3. Why am I like this? The In Death Ser...

Still feeling a little too chipper? No need to worry, I have 8 more books that'll ruin your day and turn that smile into a grimace of agony. If you missed the last go around click here to see the first batch of mood ruiners. Please be aware that nearly all of these books contain some sort of trigger which will be revealed in my review. Clicking on the book covers will bring you to my review either here or at Goodreads. The Road by Cormac McCarthy :  This is one of the bleakest books I have ever read. It's devastating in its spare prose and the father/son relationship gets you in the heart. I cannot recommend the audiobook highly enough. Going Under by S. Walden :   This is a book about making mistakes that cannot be fixed. It's filled to brim with angst and suffering and grief and guilt. Sound good to you? Give it a go. I gave it 5 stars because it made me feel all kinds of uncomfortable emotions. Daddy Love by Joyce Carol Oates : As much as you might will it ...

Today's Top Ten Tuesday is brought to you by  The Broke and the Bookish .  The prompt: Top Ten Things That Will Make Me Instantly NOT Want to Read A Book . I'll read almost anything but there are things that bore or annoy the heck out of me and I skim for them in reviews or when eyeing a book for the tbr pile so I can save myself some aggravation. Listed are a few of the books that taught me what I DON'T like to read ;)   Click on any cover to be whisked away to my review either here or at Goodreads. Cheaters Asshole "Heroes" Forced Humor Convoluted Plots Series That Don't Know When to Quit Pathetic & Obnoxious MC's Rude/Insulting/Off-putting Writing Terrible Writing  Too Gross Partial Books/Cliffhangers

Today's Top Ten Tuesday is brought to you by  The Broke and the Bookish .  The prompt: Top Ten Things That Will Make Me Instantly Want to Read A Book . These are all of the things I skim for when eyeing a book, along with a title or two of my most favorite books in each category because,you know, we all desperately need more books! Click on any cover to be whisked away to my review either here or at Goodreads. Dogs! Circus/Carnival Dark Humor Haunting, Creepy & Atmospheric Taboo Strong Characters Fun, Charming & Sexy Unlikable Characters Emotionally Draining/Soul-Destroying And Last but Not Least: Monsterporn!