Bark At The Ghouls

Between naps is a little recap of what we were up to last week which wasn't much!  New Review: Five Stories High edited by Jonathan Oliver Retro Review: Slave Girl  by Lisa Cach The Hospital by Keith Blackmore The Collector by Nora Roberts Tackling the TBR: And the winner is . . .  Random Crap :   State of the Slump  - a lame explanation for my lack of new reviews! What We've Been Up To  ♥   The Blog : I've decided to cut down my blogging from 5-6 days per week to 3-4. This will give me more time to read, review, reply to comments and visit other bloggers as well as maybe blog ahead for once in my blogging life. I'll see how this goes. Trying to keep up with everything was eating up too much time. How do you all manage?! ♥   The Furries :  have been snuggling and lounging about and enjoying this never ending winter. Me? Not so much. I'm tired of snow, slush and this dreary weather. We had an...

Retro Review The Hospital   by Keith C. Blackmore Narrated by R.C. Bray Horror Fiction, 1 hours 37 minutes Amazon   ♦  Goodreads "Mountain Man" Augustus Berry is a survivor in undead suburbia. He scavenges what he can from what's left over. He is very careful in what he does and where he goes, taking no chances, no unnecessary risks, and weighing every choice...until he decides to visit the hospital at the edge of town, and experiences terror the likes he's never encountered before. A short story of approximately 9,500 words. The first story of the "Mountain Man" series. Contains language and graphic violence. If you enjoy this, check out the rest of the series.          I downloaded this a million years ago but finally got around to listening to it today. It was terrifying, so disturbingly good and is still Free on Audible . It’s only an hour and ½ long so you’ll get through it in no time at all. Go get it. Ap...

Retro Review Amazon   ♦  Goodreads The Collector  by Nora Roberts Narrated by Julia Whalen Romantic Suspense Audiobook 15+hours From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a novel of a woman who needs nothing, a man who sees everything, and the web of deceit, greed, and danger that brings them together—and that could tear them apart.… As a professional house-sitter and freelance writer, nothing ties Lila Emerson down—not her work, not a home, and definitely not a relationship. She spends her life moving from one job to the next, sometimes crashing at a friend’s Manhattan apartment. And though she can appreciate her clients’ extraordinary homes, their expensive collections, and their adorable pets, Lila has never longed for possessions of her own. Everything she has, including her heart, is portable. But when she witnesses a possible murder-suicide from her current apartment-sitting job, life as Lila knows it takes a dramatic tur...

I clearly haven't made the wisest of choices in the new year.   Yes, that there is three collections of pretty much back to back short horror fiction. Some of it good but most of it meh. That was not a good idea. Now I find myself in somewhat of a reading slump. Instead of reading in my free time, I'm watching the news just like this. My angry scarf is growing and growing. I know this is not helping my sanity and I don't know if I want to wear a scarf created in anger! Would you want to wear a scarf knowing it was created by grumpy hands?! Perhaps I'll pawn it off on someone who is entirely too happy. The news is scary. It is infuriating. I feel helpless. But I cannot turn it off!  So, if you're wondering why I'm quieter lately this is likely the reason. Feel free to send help. Or chocolate.

Five Stories High   edited by  Jonathan Oliver Short Horror Story Collection   Released: December 2016, 320 Pages Amazon  ♦  Goodreads One house, five hauntings, five chilling stories. Five Stories High is a collection of five novellas each set in the same house – Irongrove Lodge. This five story Georgian mansion, once a grand detached property, has now been split into five apartments.  This is a building with history, the very bricks and grounds imbued with the pasts of those who have walked these corridors, lived in these rooms. Five extraordinary writers open the doors, revealing ghosts both past and present in a collection that promises to be as intriguing as it is terrifying. My Thoughts I received the ARC from Netgalley. Thanks, Netgalley! One house, five hauntings, five chilling stories. Oh the Blurbs. Why do they lie? I promised myself this would be the year of the DNF and I am failing quite spectacularly a...

Retro Review Slave Girl   by Lisa Cach Book #1 1,001 Erotic Nights Series Erotic Fiction, 90 Pages BUY ♦  GR   A sex slave who’s never been touched… National bestselling author Lisa Cach spins an erotic, passionate novel about a young Roman Empire slave who’s intended to become her king’s concubine—until a rugged barbarian prince takes her heart…and more. Lovely Nimia is a slave to King Sygarius, who’s grooming her to be his consort as soon as she reaches full womanhood. And that time is very close. Nimia is forced to attend shocking lessons in the erotic arts; lessons that leave her body aroused and her mind conflicted. Because while she’s attracted to Sygarius’s power and eroticism, her spirit rebels at being his slave. Then one of Sygarius’s allies comes to visit. Smart and ambitious, Clovis burns to take over Sygarius’s kingdom—and the beautiful Nimia. And though her virginity is meant for Sygarius, Clovis takes it with her enthusiastic consent....

You guys voted, thank you so much!! The choices were: And the book with the most votes . . .  I hope to read it and love it rather than skim it and DNF it but either way I'll be so, so glad to have removed one book from my most ancient of TBR piles! Thanks everyone for taking the time to vote. Here's what I'm doing & when I'm doing it: ♥  Saturday Feb 3:   I post my picks, you lovely people vote ♥   Saturday Feb 10: I post the winning book & get to reading because I am a slowpoke! ♥   Saturday Feb 18: When everyone else doing this starts reading. ♥   Saturday Feb 24: Post my review (OMG, the deadline looms so close!) & host a little US   giveaway for Snow by Ronald Malfi To join in the fun next month visit  Because Reading   the first Saturday of March. All of the rules are  here.

Between naps is a little recap of what we were up to last week. New Reviews :     Nightmares edited by Ellen Datlow Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay Bagged by the Groceries! by Fannie Tucker Retro Reviews: The Dark Servant by Matt Manochio Got My Eye On   Featuring books I have to have after visiting some of my favorite bloggers TBR Voting   Pick my next read for me. January 2017 Wrap-Up Post What We've Been Up To  ♥  Furriness: Evil Kitty has been doing what he does. Basically lounging about the house and being a general pain in everyone's butt. This week he claimed a new box as his own after beating off one of the other kitties and chewed his way through a brand new phone charger when I left the room for 30 seconds. Ugh, this cat. He's lucky he's sometimes adorable.  ♥   Craftiness:  We've been working on turning our ugly 1960's cabinets into something a litt...