Are We Living in a Dystopian Novel? When Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games series had a renaissance on TikTok in anticipation of the release of the latest film, A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, it dawned on me how important and almost prophetic Young Adult (YA) dystopian literature has become. While any well-written book is…
With January winding down, I thought it was time to share my January 2022 book haul with the world! đŸ’ƒ I have some great titles waiting for me on my TBR cart—some YA, horror, a classic, a bit of mythology, and even a bit of nonfiction. All in all, it’s a well-rounded book haul, perfect…
The Bone Carver is watching you … waiting … tormenting your every waking moment. He makes himself known through targeting family and friends, effectively isolating you from your support system. The violence escalates significantly, faster than you anticipated it ever could. Soon, you feel like you’re going insane. Why is he doing this to you?…
Hear ye, hear ye, Book Lovers of America—it’s time to show your love of books! I hope you’re all heading to the Javitz Center in New York between May 29 and May 31, 2019, because that’s when BookExpo 2019 is happening. Yep, if you’re into books, this is the place to be… Big publishers are…
What I’m Reading What am I reading, hmmm? Well, where most book dragons have already started making a dent in their TBR lists for 2019, I’ve only now finished reading through all the short-list novel submissions for Crystal Lake Publishing… In other words: I’ve read a lot of great books that aren’t on the market yet, but they…
