Hello Friends and welcome to the blog today.  

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Hello my lovelies and how are you.  It’s been a week of weeks (so to speak). I skipped out on blogging Wednesday (I may rework my blog schedule), to end the blogging week on Friday.

Why has it been one of those weeks? … You ask, my website was hacked or breached, so I’ve spent ALL of this week reorganizing, updating, and deleting.  On top of that, I’ve maxed out of my resources on WordPress, which means my website barely loads, so I do apologize if you’ve experienced a lag time in pages loading. 

Today is all about something fun.  Something to take you places and put your mind in a different headspace.  I’m talking about some Good Reads for Winter.

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Winter Good Reads

Truth be told my blogging schedule got the best of me in October and that was the last time I did any sort of book review. In fact, I’m still reading “The Shadows” but I’m almost done.  My reading slowed down to a crawl. (LOL) However as we hunker down for the Winter, I wanted to make sure I’ve got a stack of good books to read.

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Currently Reading & Next Read

(READING) The Shadows

Author| Alex North

Pages| 376

Genre| Horror, Thriller, Mystery

GR Rating | 3.67

Available | Amazon, Alibris, Library, Audiobook, Kindle, Googleplay

Synopsis | You knew a teenager like Charlie Crabtree. A dark imagination, a sinister smile–always on the outside of the group. Some part of you suspected he might be capable of doing something awful. Twenty-five years ago, Crabtree did just that, committing murder so shocking that it’s attracted that strange kind of infamy that only exists on the darkest corners of the internet–and inspired more than one copycat.

(NEXT READ) The Nightmare Girl

Author| Jonathan Janz

Pages| 245

Genre| Horror, Fiction

GR Rating | 4.10

Available | Amazon, Alibris, Library, Audiobook, Kindle, Googleplay

Synopsis | When family man Joe Crawford confronts a young mother abusing her toddler, he has no idea of the chain reaction he’s setting in motion. How could he suspect the young mother is part of an ancient fire cult, a sinister group of killers that will destroy anyone who threatens one of its members? When the little boy is placed in a foster home, the fanatics begin their mission of terror.

Anticipated Winter Reads

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie, By Marie Benedict
GR Rating: 4.08
288 Pages
Mystery, Historical Fiction

In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car—strange for a frigid night. Her husband and daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author.

The Wrong Family, by Tarryn Fischer
GR Rating: 4.04
336 Pages
Thriller, Mystery

SYNOPSIS | Retired therapist Juno got it wrong when she first moved in with the Crouch family–Winnie, Nigel, and their son. Juno’s initial admiration for the picture-perfect marriage? That was wrong, too. In fact, there’s something seriously wrong with this whole set up. 

What Big Teeth, by Rose Szabo
GR Rating: 4.16
226 Pages
YA, Horror, Fiction

When Eleanor finally finds the courage to confront her family and return to their ancestral home on the rainy coast of Maine, she finds them already gathered in wait, seemingly ready to welcome her back with open arms. “I read this in the cards,” her grandmother tells her. However, Grandma Persephone doesn’t see all, for just as Eleanor is beginning to readjust to the life she always longed for, a strange and sudden death rocks the family, leaving Eleanor to manage this difficult new dynamic without help.

Firekeepers Daughter, by Angeline Boulley
GR Rating: 4.64
320 Pages
YA, Mystery

As a biracial, unenrolled tribal member and the product of a scandal, eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. Daunis dreams of studying medicine, but when her family is struck by tragedy, she puts her future on hold to care for her fragile mother.

Eight Perfect Murders, by Malcolm Kershaw
3.62 Rating
270 Pages
Thriller, Mystery

SYNOPSIS | A chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction’s most ingenious murders.

The Echo Wife, by Sarah Gaile
3.99 GR Rating
256 Pages
SciFi, Thriller

SYNOPSIS | Martine is a genetically cloned replica made from Evelyn Caldwell’s award-winning research. She’s patient and gentle and obedient. She’s everything Evelyn swore she’d never be, and she’s having an affair with Evelyn’s husband.

Well, that’s going to do it for today friends.  I know this post is much later than usual, and bear with me as my website goes through these growing pains.  I’m working on this problem, and I hope to have it fixed next week.  If you see a post on Monday that means the issues were resolved, if not well, I’m still working on it. 

I hope everyone has a great weekend, don’t forget to subscribe and hopefully, I’ll have a stress-free weekend decorating my tree, curled up with a good book.