What is Rosemary’s Baby? The answer is surprisingly much more complicated than a 1969 horror film directed by Roman Polanski. The movie has a gothic woman-in-danger who-can-help-her plot. Newlyweds Rosemary and struggling actor, Guy, find the perfect apartment in New York City. And the neighbors seem so friendly. But thenContinue Reading
Character Interview with Marygene In your last book, Southern Sass and Killer Cravings, Heather offered the use of her large brood of brothers to beat up your estranged husband, Peter. Based on the bruise on your neck, Peter had recently beat you up. Plus he had just repossessed your carContinue Reading
By using simple shapes as a base, you can Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything in 6 Easy Steps by reading this book. If you, or more likely your children, can barely doodle a flower, this is the perfect book to up your drawing game. It assumes no prior knowledge ofContinue Reading
Daisy and her Aunt Iris own Daisy’s Tea Garden in rural Willow’s Creek, Pennsylvania. They do catering jobs on the side. Little do they know that, instead of Apple Gingerbread, they would soon be serving up Murder with Clotted Cream. Former actress Margaret has returned to her home town withContinue Reading
Something is Killing the Children Vol 1 is an excellent start to a new horror comic series. One dark night, four boys are playing truth or dare. James tells a story about a monster in a ravine. The other boys don’t believe him and go to the ravine to proveContinue Reading
Guest Post by Macy Hatfield of the Barks & Beans Cafe cozy mystery series by Heather Day Gilbert Dogs have always been my “thing.” But for the entirety of my seven-year marriage, I haven’t been able to have one because of our rental house agreement. However, this year my marriageContinue Reading
If cryptograms are your favorite type of puzzle, you will enjoy the 101 puzzles within Sherlock Holmes Puzzles: Code Breakers. All are based on puzzles used in real life by emperors, spies, and warriors. Each puzzle has a task for Dr. Watson (you) to do. The brief stories and illustrationsContinue Reading
Kill the King is the last book in the Columba Caselli trilogy. Columba is convinced that her partner, Dante, is not dead. During an explosion in the previous book, Dante disappeared. He hasn’t been seen in fifteen months. She is on leave from work awaiting his return. In another narrativeContinue Reading
Just glancing through the 30-minute Gluten-free Cookbook, it looks like a good choice. However, when I dug deeper, the flaws kept piling up. First, the positives include flags for other types of allergens and full nutritional information. There is also a great variety of recipes from appetizers to desserts. ThereContinue Reading
In this troubled time of curbside pickup, the Buzz Books 2020: Fall and Winter is an invaluable resource for finding new books and authors to read. When looking for a new book to read in a bookstore or library, everyone reads the blurb on the back or the front flap.Continue Reading
I loved the previous books in the Mrs. Murphy series. However, Furmidable Foes made Mrs. Murphy and the other animals a side story. Front and center are St. Luke’s gardens and the historical fiction of runaway slaves in 1787. The Dorcas Guild’s events also play a role in the presentContinue Reading
Something evil lurks inside a Long Beach warehouse in A Walk Through Hell. Two FBI agents, Goss and Hunzikker, walk into a warehouse never to return. An eight-person SWAT team is sent in to find the missing agents. Thirty seconds later, they come out talking of dread and someone comingContinue Reading
Maggie is The New Girl at Haute, a London fashion magazine. She is doing a “maternity cover” (filling in for the fashion editor during her maternity leave). Her friend, Margot, is the very pregnant permanent fashion editor, who suggested Maggie apply. Margot believed, “Maggie would be so indebted to meContinue Reading
Anything, like Shakespeare for Squirrels, that makes me laugh out loud this much in these troubling times deserves 5 stars! Oh, dang, I’ve spoiled the ending! Meet Pocket of Dog Snogging upon Ouze, all-licensed fool to kings etc. He and the large ninny Drool are set adrift by pirates withContinue Reading
Author Guest Post Why cupcakes Fireworks, A Firecracker & Foul Play while being a standalone story is also book 5 in the Death by Cupcake series. The series is set in Callie’s Cakes a cupcake bakery where Anna the baker extraordinaire, Kristie the coffee-obsessed barista, and Callie the nerdy ownerContinue Reading
Author Guest Post Creating a Series Protagonist: The Importance of Gal Pals The Eve Appel Mysteries contain mystery, a bit of romance, humorous scenes, dialogue and adventures, but best of all the close relationship between the protagonist and her best friend. I write in first person so the story isContinue Reading