The Dead Girls Book Club by Zia Rayyan… oh. emm. gee. I have words, unfortunately, and none of them are particularly kind. I wanted to love this book. The premise had me fully hooked. Secretive women? A creepy book club? Murder? Sign me up immediately. But the execution? Whew. This thing was choppier than an episode of Hell’s Kitchen during dinner service. The perspective bounced around so much I started feeling like a literary ping-pong ball. ...
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Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage | Golden Girls Vibes and Cozy Crimes Collide
Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage sounded like the perfect book to ease into summer. After all, nothing says warm, cozy chaos quite like the Miami sun and the beloved cast of The Golden Girls. Fun fact: I’ve never actually seen The Golden Girls. You see, Mama thought the show was downright filthy, and well, that’s a story for another day when I can put on my best Rose impression and tell you all about the backward way I was raised in ...
Book Review: Hollow by Celina Myers | More Hype Than Bite in This Vampire Tale
Hollow by Celina Myers—widely recognized as CelinaSpookyBoo—comes highly recommended in the paranormal and BookTok communities. As a paranormal investigator, I’ve noticed that mainstream paranormal media often lowers expectations for what a “real” investigation looks like. Many viewers are exposed to dramatized, sensationalized content, in which every unexplained sound is treated as proof of something sinister and as genuine evidence of ...
