Spoiler alert: younger me was a bit of a mess. I can hear you gasping. I know. Bit of a shock, isn’t it? But Sammie, I hear you cry, you seem to be so *together* so how could you ever have been a mess? Yeah … okay … I couldn’t get through that without laughing. […]
Not gonna lie: this series is a beast, and each book could easily qualify as a potentially lethal weapon in its own right. I get it. It can be intimidating. But allow me a second, if I may, to convince you why you absolutely should pick this series up. I promise I’ll even do better […]
I’ve done posts before about bookish worlds I want to visit and also authors I love to follow, so today, I’ve decided to combine the two together. Because nothing screams “I love your work” more than shoving them into a dark, desolate world that they may not survive, right?! This is a labor of love, […]
You know, at some point, when you read as many books as I do, some of them are going to fall by the wayside. Not intentionally, of course, but since I have neither managed to clone myself nor summon a demon to aid me in my endeavors, I only have limited time, and reviews take […]
Before we get started, I assume everyone is familiar with the speed dating concept, right? Totally gonna admit I’ve never done it, because I met my husband when I was four … not that we knew it then, of course. Not like I was scoping him out and grooming him for marriage. No, I tormented […]
A fact of publishing is that sometimes certain books get hyped waaaay more than other books. Doesn’t mean the other books are worse. Doesn’t mean hyped books are better. Reading is subjective, and it really comes down to the Wizards of Marketing, who all gather in a secret location, brew something tasty (or possibly disastrous, […]
Part of being in a loving, caring, lasting relationship is viciously chucking books at your spouse’s head while screaming, “READ IT!” Wait … I’m doing this marriage thing correctly, yeah? I mean, no one’s told me I shouldn’t do that after I got married, so I just assumed I should carry on with business as […]
In case you’ve been living under a rock or in a cave somewhere … the world is kind of a crazy place right now. And sometimes when things get crazy, people enjoy reading feel-good books. Buuuut … not me. Give me a good dark fantasy that makes me appreciate the world we live in at […]
Listen. I don’t know how we got here, but 2020 is apparently already half over, and if you’ll just check your bingo cards for this year, I really just need zombies, giant asteroid, stomach-eating parasite, or vampire pigs flying to win this round. So if any of you can make any of that happen, let’s […]
Imagine this: the best meet-cute ever between two separate books. Then add a little bit of screaming, a teensy bit of murder, and the possibility of total annihilation. If we’re honest, that’s what makes it fun, right? Because let’s be real … none of these books I’m going to mash together are really going to […]