Bark At The Ghouls

Loved the book but not so much the narration. My 2 Cents for Free! Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher Released March 2025 Source: Netgalley See more @  Goodreads Thanks to Netgalley, Macmillan Audio and T. Kingfisher for providing the arc! T. Kingfisher horror novels are one of my favorite things and this new book is no exception. It’s earthy, it’s creepy, it’s full of bugs and decay and snark and suspicious characters and there is nothing here that I didn’t enjoy about the writing. I am reviewing the audio narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal, however, and I’d recommend you maybe read it in paper if you’re picky about your narrators. There was something about the narration that didn’t seem to fit the historical time period of 1899, and the voices of the men were, I’m sad to say, dreadful in the most terrible of ways. So much so that they made me smirk in places where I really shouldn’t have been smirking and would almost always throw me out of the story. I tried speeding up and slowin...

Wrong book, wrong reader. It happens. Lute by Jennifer Thorne Released October 2022 Source: Received for Review Consideration Goodreads   | Amazon Wicker Man meets Final Destination in Jennifer Thorne's atmospheric, unsettling folk horror novel about love, duty, and community. On the idyllic island of Lute, every seventh summer, seven people die. No more, no less. Lute and its inhabitants are blessed, year after year, with good weather, good health, and good fortune. They live a happy, superior life, untouched by the war that rages all around them. So it’s only fair that every seven years, on the day of the tithe, the island’s gift is honored. Nina Treadway is new to The Day. A Florida girl by birth, she became a Lady through her marriage to Lord Treadway, whose family has long protected the island. Nina’s heard about The Day, of course. Heard about the horrific tragedies, the lives lost, but she doesn’t believe in it. It's all superstitious nonsense. Stories told to keep newco...

This year I plan to read more books and do less social media time wasting. So far I am doing okay but I have to admit it is tough to ween myself off the internet. They're not kidding when they say that stuff is addictive! I am feeling noticeably better about the state of the universe the less I use it even if I find its siren call difficult to ignore sometimes. Anyhow, I hope you're all starting the year off with a good book! Here's what's up next in my reading life (always subject to change based on mood and general flakiness):  Next up on audio is RITUALISTIC HUMAN SACRIFICE by C.V. Hunt .  I have a copy on audio that the narrator sent me. I LOVED Cockblock and am anxious to read all of her work now. I still haven't read this one. *yikes* So . . .  soonish I'll be reading  HOW TO SURVIVE A HORROR MOVIE  by Seth Grahame-Smith.  Currently Reading: THE TWISTED ONES by T. Kingfisher  is my current read. I have abo...