Bark At The Ghouls

Are you an audiobook junkie like me? If so, here's a challenge for you. One that's easy enough for the likes of me to participate in! I suck at challenges. It's sad, really. I see the word "challenge" and go into failure mode but I  ❤   audio's and the rules here are free enough that I won't feel any desire to break them or just quit altogether. So, who wants to join me?!  I'm aiming for Marathoner 50+. That's roughly one audio a week with two weeks free. I think that's doable unless I decide to revisit Stephen King's backlist, lol!  Sign-up links are at the end of this post. Challenge Details ♦  Runs January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017. You can join at anytime. ♦  The goal is to find a new love for audios or to outdo yourself by listening to more audios in 2016 than you     did in 2016. ♦  Books must be in audio format (CD, MP3, etc.) ♦  ANY genres count. (Any?! That is awesome!) ♦  Re-reads and crossovers ...

I saw a post over at  Mailbox Monday  that was encouraging readers to share their best finds of the week via their  Books That Caught Our Eye  posts. I love, love, love that idea so this is my warped version of it. Here are the books I've added to my wishlist over the last week or two with credit to my enablers :) Chuckles the Scot @ Chuckles Book Cave   The Harvesting  by Melanie Karsak  It's all fun and games until someone ends up undead. Layla Petrovich has spent her whole life running away from her hometown of Hamletville. Raised by the town's medium, and dubbed the "weird" girl for her fascination with swords, the last thing Layla wants is to go home. But when she receives a desperate call to return just as a mysterious outbreak sweeps the country, Layla's instincts urge her to go. Good thing, because the dead are rising. Layla, however, isn't entirely on her own. With her psychic powers growing, surely everything will tur...

Retro Review We Are All Completely Fine  by Daryl Gregory Horror Fiction, 182 pages Harrison is the Monster Detective, a storybook hero. Now he’s in his mid-thirties and spends most of his time not sleeping.  Stan became a minor celebrity after being partially eaten by cannibals. Barbara is haunted by the messages carved upon her bones. Greta may or may not be a mass-murdering arsonist. And for some reason, Martin never takes off his sunglasses.  Unsurprisingly, no one believes their horrific tales until they are sought out by psychotherapist Dr. Jan Sayer. What happens when these likely-insane outcasts join a support group? Together they must discover which monsters they face are within and which are lurking in plain sight. "We were a team of professional insomniacs. Once you know there are monsters under the bed, closing your eyes becomes a foolhardy act. So, we paced. We stared into the dark. We listened for the creak of the opening door." T...

Retro Review The Phantom of the Opera   by Gaston Leroux Narrated by Ralph Cosham Horror Audio, 7 hours + 40 minutes First published in French as a serial in 1909, "The Phantom of the Opera" is a riveting story that revolves around the young, Swedish Christine Daaé. Her father, a famous musician, dies, and she is raised in the Paris Opera House with his dying promise of a protective angel of music to guide her. After a time at the opera house, she begins hearing a voice, who eventually teaches her how to sing beautifully. All goes well until Christine's childhood friend Raoul comes to visit his parents, who are patrons of the opera, and he sees Christine when she begins successfully singing on the stage. The voice, who is the deformed, murderous 'ghost' of the opera house named Erik, however, grows violent in his terrible jealousy, until Christine suddenly disappears. The phantom is in love, but it can only spell disaster. Leroux's work, with ...

Between naps, this happened last week (and the week before): New Reviews :     Deepest Desires of a Wicked Duke by Sharon Page Retro Reviews: Happy Herbivore: Light & Lean  by Lindsay S. Nixon   The Playground by Ray Bradbury Plague of Gulls by Stephen Gregory Milk-Blood by Mark Matthews A New List This time featuring   Hot Mess Heroes Got My Eye On   Featuring books I have to have after visiting some of my favorite bloggers New This Week I'll likely have less posts over the next few weeks with the holiday craziness ramping up but I'll be back to M-Sat posts in January. My never-ending project of archiving my reviews will continue, forevermore tagged "Retro Reviews". Once again I have nothing blogged ahead and will be flying by the seat of my pants. I envy you people who are much more organized than myself.  What We've Been Up To  ♥   Oops, looks like I missed yet anoth...

FREEBIE ALERT! Author Ray Garton has just put a slew of his books on sale, many of them for FREE!  Click here to go to the US Amazon page that list them all. Here's a few to tempt you ;) Trailer Park Noir Welcome to Riverside Mobile Home Park, where there is plenty of shade but no escape from the heat. Marcus Reznick watched the love of his life blow her brains out and then dove to the bottom of a bottle of vodka. Now he’s living in Riverside Mobile Home Park and trying to pull his life together . . . until a powerful temptation comes his way. Steve Regent is an internet pornographer who has moved to Riverside Mobile Home Park to work on a new website, Trailer Park Girls. He is looking for beautiful women . . . but instead, he finds something very ugly. Sherry Manning is a drug addict living in the trailer park with her boyfriend, Andy Winchell, who is a dealer. When a friend of a friend ODs in their trailer and turns out to be the son of a powerful politician,...

Retro Review Happy Herbivore Light & Lean  by Lindsay S. Nixon Vegan Cookbook, 336 pages With easy, no-fuss recipes, the bestselling Happy Herbivore cookbooks show how easy, affordable, and delicious eating healthy can be. Now, in her latest cookbook, Happy Herbivore chef Lindsay S. Nixon provides recipes that put a special emphasis on weight-loss and a set of exercises that, like her recipes, are quick, easy, and produce great results. Like all Happy Herbivore cookbooks, Happy Herbivore Light & Lean contains filling, flavorful, plant-based recipes that take 30 minutes or less to prepare. But this time, Nixon takes healthy to an all-new level, with low-calorie, satisfying meals that will help you achieve your weight-loss goals—and without deprivation. True to its title, Happy Herbivore Light & Lean also includes "recipes” for your body with basic workouts, plus tips and tricks that will inspire you to move more for a trimmer, more-toned you. As alwa...

Inspired by my most recent read, Deepest Desires of a Wicked Duke (who was indeed very wicked), I'm compiling another list of some of my favorite books. This time I'm featuring heroes who are self destructive, hot messes. I wouldn't want to live with 'em but I love, love, love reading about them! As always, please share your favorites so I can add more to my list! Deepest Desires of a Wicked Duke by Sharon Page (historical romance) The Duke of Sin believes he's no good. His past was filled with terrible things beyond his control and his sexual desires are on the darker side. Instead of making a life with the woman he loved, he tossed it all away and spent a decade having fun times at orgies. Not exactly hero material, eh? But I very much enjoyed the story anyway. You can find my review here . Addicted by Charlotte Featherstone (historical romance) Lindsay is addicted to opium. Seriously and devastatingly  addicted to opium. This love story does...