Your Move by Michelle Young

𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘋𝘌𝘈𝘋. 𝘚𝘏𝘌’𝘚 𝘕𝘌𝘟𝘛.
𝘞𝘏𝘖 𝘊𝘈𝘕 𝘚𝘏𝘌 𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘚𝘛?

𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝙎𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙. 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧. 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧? 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩? 𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣, 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩. 𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚. 𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧—𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙, 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙞𝙩. 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙪𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Psychological Thriller

5 out of 5 stars

A psychological thriller at its best!

Your Move is intense.

It will have you on the end of your seat and your heart pumping.

Michelle blew me away with her writing style, she did so many things right. Not only did she dedicate the perfect amount of time to the plot, really building the perfect layout for the story line but Your Move is also extremely character driven. It’s not easy to get that perfect delicate balance of both worlds but Michelle nailed it.

Your Move will keep you completely engrossed throughout the whole read. Just as you are getting comfortable and really feel you know where the story is going, Michelle throws you for a complete spiral.

Claire will experience memories of her past or the story may jump from present to the future, yet you don’t get a full view into Claire’s history and why she’s hiding. You get that perfect tidbit here and there… Just enough to keep you gripping on… wanting more.

I admired Claire’s strength! I also adored some of the relationships that started throughout this novel, so heart warming and a large piece of the story you will want to cling onto.

Your Move is everything I could ask for in a psychological thriller. It will really mess with your mind. Be prepared!

Thank you so much to Michelle Young for sending me this copy for review.

Michelle is a Canadian author of two poetry books, Salt & Light (2017) and Without Fear (2019). Your Move is her debut novel.

Published: September 5, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Courageous Book Worm

-Nichole

Lost in the Clouds: a Journey from Death to the Afterlife by R.K. Gold

𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛, 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧-𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐞𝐮𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞.

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬; 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝.

𝐈𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction / Fantasy / Paranormal

5 out of 5 stars

BRILLIANT!

Honestly, this review could stop right here! Simply………Brilliant.

Not only does Gold have some of the most unusual concepts for his novels but his writing is absolutely phenomenal.

Lost In The Clouds is such a thought provoking, profound read. Neville is faced with the hardest moment in his life. Having to sever all ties with the life you lived, saying goodbye to those you love and things that were near and dear to your heart is hard enough. Finding out not everything you thought you knew was honest. This only stirs the pot of emotions much deeper.

Through Neville’s desperate journey to find that closure and to be able to move on, not wanting to face a consequence worse than death itself wasn’t the only heart-full piece of this read. Neville learns about himself, he realises some negative moments in his life he can’t only point the finger at others… he is just as much to blame. This sat heavy with me! It made me think back on my own choices and whether I dealt with them in the purest of heart or out of anger.

One paragraph in this book really stuck with me and will forever have me thinking.

“Who am I to judge what gives us our identity? Many struggle to find meaning in a hundred lifetimes. If you were lucky enough to have a purpose day in and day out, well, perhaps you lived more than most. And if you don’t regret it, why should I regret it for you?”

I took so much from this incredibly powerful read. Be honest to yourselves, be honest to others, have the utmost respect for everyone and everything around you. Don’t ever take advantages of moments, hold your memories close. Life is meaningful and we only get one to live. Don’t have any regrets.

Thank you so much to R.K. Gold for sending Lost In The Clouds to me. R.K. did not ask me for a full review but I was so moved by it….I had to.

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Motivated Book Worm

-Nichole

Butterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai

𝐼𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝒹𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒱𝒾ệ𝓉 𝒩𝒶𝓂 𝒲𝒶𝓇, 𝐻ằ𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒽, 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒾𝓇𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉, 𝒹𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒶𝒻𝑒𝓉𝓎 𝒾𝓃 𝒜𝓂𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶. 𝐼𝓃 𝒶 𝓈𝓅𝓁𝒾𝓉 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹, 𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒽 𝒾𝓈 𝓇𝒾𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓇𝓂𝓈—𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐻ằ𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓇-𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓃 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓇𝓎.

𝒮𝒾𝓍 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝐻ằ𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝓊𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝒿𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒱𝒾ệ𝓉 𝒩𝒶𝓂 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝓃 𝒯𝑒𝓍𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓇𝑒𝒻𝓊𝑔𝑒𝑒. 𝒮𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓃 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝐿𝑒𝑒𝑅𝑜𝓎, 𝒶 𝒸𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝒷𝑜𝓎 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒷𝒾𝑔 𝓇𝑜𝒹𝑒𝑜 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈, 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝒽𝑒𝓇.

𝐻ằ𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝒿𝑜𝓎𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒽. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓏𝑒𝓈 𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎, 𝑜𝓇 𝒱𝒾ệ𝓉 𝒩𝒶𝓂, 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝓇𝓊𝓈𝒽𝑒𝒹. 𝒯𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁𝓈 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇, 𝐻ằ𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓈𝑜 𝒻𝒶𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒹𝑜 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝒹𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝒶𝓅.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Young Adult | Historical Fiction

3 out of 5 stars

Butterfly yellow is a heavy story about the awful kidnappings that happened during the Vietnam War and sits close to home for Thanhha Lai herself. She fled Vietnam during the war with her family and ended up in Alabama, USA.

Knowing the concept of Butterfly Yellow sat so close to her personal life story, right away I thought I was going to be raving about this read.

Although the story is heart wrenching I didn’t enjoy it near as much as I thought I would. Which honestly breaks my heart to say and makes me feel awful, especially being such a raw look into true moments from the past and touching on awful moments that still happen to this day in some countries.

Butterfly Yellow had huge potential to be an extremely powerful story.

The first 70-80 pages of this book started off amazing with Hang finally reaching the US to find her brother, who she believed to still be in danger. But as Hang met LeeRoy a wonderful young man willing to help Hang in her desperate travels. The story started to fall apart. I found it very choppy and as if details were left out. I was finding myself having a hard time following what was happening, almost as if the plot needed more context. There were also added moments of drama that I felt didn’t need to be in this already overwhelming sad story.

I have heard raving reviews on Thanhha Lai’s Inside Out & Back Again, which is written in verse. There were moments while reading Butterfly Yellow that I felt Lai was almost heading toward writing in that format. Maybe that would have brought this read to life for me….. I don’t know.

All this being said, Butterfly Yellow is not an awful novel and many would connect with it on a different level than I have.

I am not upset by any means that I read Butterfly Yellow. It brings attention to events that shouldn’t be ignored or forgotten and if history is an interest of yours at all, than I do suggest you give this one a go.

Thank you so much to HarperCollins Canada & HCC Frenzy for sending this arc my way for review.

Publisher: HarperCollins

Release date: September 3, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Heart Felt Book Worm

-Nichole

Kill River & Kill River 2 by Cameron Roubique

𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 & 𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 2

ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴏꜰ 1983, ᴛʜɪʀᴛᴇᴇɴ-ʏᴇᴀʀ-ᴏʟᴅ ᴄʏɴᴅɪ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ɴᴇᴡ-ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ, ꜱᴛᴀᴄʏ, ᴢᴀᴄᴋ, ᴀɴᴅ ʙʀᴀᴅ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱɴᴇᴀᴋ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴄᴀᴍᴘ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪᴅᴅʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ʙʏ ʀᴀꜰᴛɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴀʀʙʏ ʀɪᴠᴇʀꜱ. ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴘᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴛᴇɴꜱᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ʟᴏꜱᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴇᴇɴᴀɢᴇʀꜱ ꜱᴛᴜᴍʙʟᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴍʏꜱᴛᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴘᴀʀᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇʟʏ ᴇᴍᴘᴛʏ.

ᴀᴛ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜʀɪʟʟᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪᴅᴇꜱ ᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇᴍꜱᴇʟᴠᴇꜱ, ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀꜱᴛ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴅɪꜱᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀꜱ. ꜱᴏᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʀᴀᴘᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴋ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ꜰɪɢᴜʀᴇ ɪꜱ ꜱᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡꜱ, ᴘɪᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴏꜰꜰ ᴏɴᴇ ʙʏ ᴏɴᴇ. ᴏɴᴄᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ꜰᴀʟʟꜱ, ᴄʏɴᴅɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴇꜱᴄᴀᴘᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴋ, ᴀ ᴍᴀꜱᴋᴇᴅ ᴍᴀɴɪᴀᴄ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ɴɪɢʜᴛᴍᴀʀᴇ.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

5 out of 5 stars – for both

Cameron has done it! He is a new favourite author of mine.

I honestly had never read a 80’s slasher horror read before. To be honest I never even realised anything such as this existed within sub genres in horror. Until I took part in the BookTube’s: Bloody Beach Readatlong. Thank goodness for this readalong held by incredible BookTubers because I have now found one of my favourite type of reads within horror.

Kill River and Kill River 2 read exactly as 80’s slasher films. The first half is a slower paced read. Giving the perfect moment to introduce the characters, get a feel for their personalities and what they were all about. The plot was described in such perfect detail. I could really envision the scenes and where the characters where in each moment. It also gave me time to pick and choose my favourite characters and not so favourite.

I found myself even before the creepy moments started working around in my head who I thought was going to be killed first and potentially how they were going to die.

You know….just based on your typical slasher film rules. You know … those rules….If you don’t… than I don’t think you are a true slasher films lover!

Cameron’s description for both the characters and the settings were phenomenal and without being overly wordy. I felt as though I was seeing everything Cyndi and her friends where in the moment, right down to the beautifully landscaped water park decorated with the perfect wildflowers and other designs. Now this may become to hard for some to read when the murder scenes start. They did get extremely gruesome at times, so be sure you have a good strong stomach…. I can’t stress this enough.

These reads are not for everyone. But if you want to experience some of that 80’s slasher film nostalgic feels be sure to pick up both Kill River and its amazing sequel Kill River 2.

“𝕂𝕚𝕝𝕝 ℝ𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕕 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕕, 𝕘𝕠𝕣𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ‘𝟠𝟘𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕘𝕚𝕒. 𝕊𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕛𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖, 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕝 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜!”

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Gruesome Book Worm

-Nichole

Fat Camp by James Sabata

𝐅𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏

𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟓, 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐖𝐚šíč𝐮, 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬; 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭… … 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐞.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

5 out of 5 stars

The slasher horror read with a deep underlining story.

Fat Camp was brilliant.

Phillip had lost so much in his close family life. Decides its time to do better by himself, runs off to camp Wasicu to lose weight. Only to lose much more than what he signed up for. Yet the strength that builds within Phillip is inspiring. He himself is a force to be reckoned with.

The slasher moments within Fat Camp were well done. They reminded me of a true slasher film. Quick, unexpected and shocking. Also not over the top, quiet realistic which only added to the chill factor.

I know the focus for most while reading this book is the murder scenes but I couldn’t help but get pulled right into the character growth as well. Existing relationships that flourished and new relationships launched. All while getting your quench of shocking, gory moments.

Moral of the story with Fat Camp. Don’t mess around with others, be careful how you wrong people. You never know who will decide to get an awful revenge!

Fat Camp was the perfect edition to my summer reads! Thank goodness my son was back from his summer camp long before I read this.

I would highly recommend this read. Sneak it in before our summer is completely gone.

“𝔽𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕞𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣, 𝔽𝕒𝕥 ℂ𝕒𝕞𝕡 𝕕𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣, 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕠𝕣, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕓 𝕠𝕗 𝕟𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕘𝕚𝕒 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕨 𝕦𝕡 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜.”

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Gory Book Worm

-Nichole

Cold Storage by David Koepp

ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴘᴇɴᴛᴀɢᴏɴ ʙɪᴏᴛᴇʀʀᴏʀ ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ʀᴏʙᴇʀᴛᴏ ᴅɪᴀᴢ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴠᴇꜱᴛɪɢᴀᴛᴇ ᴀ ꜱᴜꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ʙɪᴏᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ, ʜᴇ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜰᴀʀ ᴡᴏʀꜱᴇ: ᴀ ʜɪɢʜʟʏ ᴍᴜᴛᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪꜱᴍ ᴄᴀᴘᴀʙʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴇxᴛɪɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ-ʟᴇᴠᴇʟ ᴅᴇꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. ʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴜʀɪᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ɪɴ ᴄᴏʟᴅ ꜱᴛᴏʀᴀɢᴇ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ʙᴇɴᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ-ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ ʀᴇᴘᴏꜱɪᴛᴏʀʏ.

ɴᴏᴡ, ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴅᴇᴄᴀᴅᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜰᴇꜱᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴀ ꜰᴏʀɢᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ ꜱᴜʙ-ʙᴀꜱᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴍᴇɴ ʜᴀꜱ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪᴛꜱ ᴡᴀʏ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɪꜱ ᴏɴ ᴀ ʟᴇᴛʜᴀʟ ꜰᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢ ꜰʀᴇɴᴢʏ. ᴏɴʟʏ ᴅɪᴀᴢ ᴋɴᴏᴡꜱ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ ɪᴛ.

4 out of 5 stars

If you know anything about David Koepp or have read up on him. Koepp is an American screenwriter and director. Best known for his work on Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, Panic Room and War of Worlds.

I could completely see Cold Storage being adapted into film. It absolutely read like a movie setting.

You start off with your flash back into 1987, where you are introduced to the organism and find out just how much destruction it can cause.

Flash forward into the modern day and in comes new characters that are completely in the dark and have no idea what exactly is in the sub-level of this building or the awful things that happened decades ago.

Until the story takes a harsh turn, bringing the experienced together with the inexperienced in a rush to save humanity.

The reason for me knocking 1 star from my rating was how slow the plot and character growth was, at least after the original impressive flash back in 1987. The next few chapters seem to drag on a bit. Also some content in my opinion felt like unneeded story filler. But I tell you, once you get through the slow gap in the first half of the book it really starts picking up.

Cold Storage becomes chilling. I felt I couldn’t put the book down until I knew exactly what happened and if the trio was successful.

The outcome was exactly what I was hoping for and that is not always the case when reading a book. This was very refreshing.

If you are a lover of scifi, horror, mystery, thriller. I think you will devour Cold Storage.

I would love to see Cold Storage on the big screen one day.

Thank you so much to HarperCollins Canada for sending this arc my way for review.

Publisher: Ecco

Release date: September 3, 2019

Only a couple weeks away! Mark your calendars. You don’t want to miss out on Cold Storage.

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Terrifed Book Worm

-Nichole

Cannibal Nuns From Outer Space! by Duncan P. Bradshaw

The B movie… That went straight to book

“TIME FOR YOUR DOOM, PRIEST!”…

“Seriously, are you sponsored by a company called Doom?…”Do you get a percentage every time you say it?”

𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚌 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚊𝚔𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑’𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙾𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚁𝚘𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚓𝚞𝚍𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗’𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎.

𝙵𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙵𝚕𝚢𝚗𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝙺, 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚜. 𝙶𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚖, 𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚓𝚘𝚋 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑’𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢, 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚖𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

𝚈𝚎𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚋𝚊𝚕 𝚗𝚞𝚗𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚜𝚝. 𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝙵𝚕𝚢𝚗𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜? 𝙾𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚍𝚢𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚌 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚞𝚗’𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚝?

𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐’𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, 𝙵𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙵𝚕𝚢𝚗𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚝.

“The Holy snot of the South.”

5 out of 5 stars

Cannibal Nuns From Outer Space is truly one of a kind.

The nuns are a force to be reckoned with……….“That is one ugly mother…”

Father Flynn is a bad-ass in his own……….“Anyone out of the Old Testament, Beards were very much in vogue back then.”

With all the trash, all the cheese (and I don’t mean cheap ass cheese, I am talking the high end, expensive stinky cheese) and gut wrenching laughs. This is a grade A classy book for anyone’s book shelves. I don’t think I have had so much fun reading something in a very long time. Now this book is not for everyone, but if you have a tremendous sense of humour, you don’t mind a bit of crude content and are up for a little bit of gore splashed with a whole lot of hilarious moments, look no further!… Cannibal Nuns from Outer Space is for you.

Now not only is the guts of the book fan-freaking-tastic but the physical book is glorious! Depending on the edition you get….(may I suggest the Hardcover special edition copy). The book reads just as a B movie. You get the play button, movie previews (which all need to be brought to book), movie posters. Then of course you have a soundtrack and end credits. Now if you go the route I suggested and get the hard cover special edition you also receive alternate endings and a few other little jazzy features.

Find out if Father Flynn saves the day. See if you can spot which Nun’s are good vs evil. Spend some one on one time with Phil De Hole and fall in love with Albie.

So happy that I read Cannibal Nuns from Outer Space with my fellow BookTubers. This has easily become one of my most talked about favourites in my 2019 reading year.

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Albie Lover

-Nichole

Beds Are For Flowers by R.K. Gold

𝐀 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞-𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

𝒞𝓁𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽. 𝐵𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝑜𝓇𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝑜𝓇, 𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓇𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓁 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓈. 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝒸𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓈𝑒, 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝒹𝒾𝒹𝓃’𝓉 𝒹𝒾𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝓌𝑒𝒶𝓀 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓃𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝒾𝒸𝑒 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓇𝑜𝒶𝒹 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐸𝓃𝒹.

𝐻𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓁𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐸𝓃𝒹, 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒶𝓈𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑔𝓊𝒾𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒞𝓁𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒’𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝒾𝓃 𝑒𝓍𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓂.

𝒞𝓁𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒, 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝒲𝒶𝓀𝑜𝒷𝒶, 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒥𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒾, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝑅𝑒𝒹 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇, 𝒿𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃-𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈𝒽𝒾𝒻𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹.

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Middle Grade

Genre: Fantasy

5 out of 5 stars

Since Beds Are For Flowers is a middle grade read, I had the joy of getting to read this with my eldest son. We both absolutely loved this read and highly recommend it.

R.K. Gold is a indie author I met through BookTube. He has always been so inspirational and really has a way with words. When I heard he had started a middle grade series I knew I had to get my hands on it.

The middle grade world is absolutely saturated with fantasy. Making it extremely hard for an author to release something unique into the mix. Dare I say R.K. did just that! He amazed me with the world of Ganedyn.

Beds Are For Flowers is a beautiful story, with sensational characters that will take your breath away. The thought of being born into a bland, color-less world where each and everyday you are worried for your loved ones. Knowing, by facing your fears you may be able to set the pieces of the puzzle back together. Changing things for the best out come possible.

We were hooked! Eager to find out if Clarence, Jesse and Wakoba succeeded in their journey.

I often say that indie authors write some incredible gems. I can’t stress enough how important it is to support indie authors. Trust me, you may find your next top favourite read.

Be sure to check out this series by R.K. Gold!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Colorful Book Worm

-Nichole

The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan

𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝓃𝒶𝓃𝓃𝓎, 𝐻𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒶𝒽, 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒶 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝟣𝟫𝟪𝟪, 𝓈𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃-𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇-𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒥𝑜𝒸𝑒𝓁𝓎𝓃 𝐻𝑜𝓁𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹. 𝐻𝒶𝓊𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓈, 𝒥𝑜 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝓊𝓅 𝒷𝒾𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐿𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝐻𝒶𝓁𝓁, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑜𝒸𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒, 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹.

𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓇𝓉𝓎 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝒥𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓊𝒷𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓁𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑒, 𝒥𝑜 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓌.

𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝓊𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓋𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉𝑜𝓇 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝒸𝓀𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒥𝑜’𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓎𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃. 𝒟𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝒾𝑒𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝒶𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓎, 𝒥𝑜 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓃𝒶𝓃𝓃𝓎 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓈, 𝓌𝒽𝓎 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝒻 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇…

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

4 out of 5 stars

I was hooked from the very first sentence!

I have heard so many amazing things about Gilly’s writing. Personally this was my first read by her. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will for sure be check out more of her work in the near future.

Gilly had a fascinating concept, executed it perfectly and brought it to life.

Both the plot and character growth was brilliant throughout. Gilly knows exactly how to set an eerie vibe while keeping the characters completely relate-able. The moment I figured I knew exactly what was happening and who was to blame there was a shift causing me to question all of my original thoughts.

I found The Nanny extremely consumable, itching to know who the criminal was.

Now you may be wondering how I could love it so much but only have given it a 4 out of 5 stars. The Nanny was written from multiple perspectives and although I love reading novels written in this form. Moments within someones story line it would jump back and forth between the current time and the past, with a choppy transition. Not wanting to be confused, this caused me to go back and re-read a few times. Or I would keep reading in hopes that things would start to piece together, which of course it did and I was not disappointed.

A psychological thriller at its best!

Thank you so much to HarperCollins Canada for sending this arc my way for review.

Published by: William Morrow

Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers CA

The Nanny is set to release September 10, 2019. Mark your calendars, this is one you won’t want to miss out on.

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Clever Book Worm

-Nichole

Tag: amazon

Your Move by Michelle Young

𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘋𝘌𝘈𝘋. 𝘚𝘏𝘌’𝘚 𝘕𝘌𝘟𝘛.
𝘞𝘏𝘖 𝘊𝘈𝘕 𝘚𝘏𝘌 𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘚𝘛?

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Lost in the Clouds: a Journey from Death to the Afterlife by R.K. Gold

𝐈𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡.

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Suggested Reading by Dave Connis

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Butterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai

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Kill River & Kill River 2 by Cameron Roubique

𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 & 𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 2

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Fat Camp by James Sabata

𝐅𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏

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Cold Storage by David Koepp

Cannibal Nuns From Outer Space! by Duncan P. Bradshaw

The B movie… That went straight to book

“TIME FOR YOUR DOOM, PRIEST!”…

“Seriously, are you sponsored by a company called Doom?…”Do you get a percentage every time you say it?”

𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐’𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, 𝙵𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙵𝚕𝚢𝚗𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚝.

“The Holy snot of the South.”

Beds Are For Flowers by R.K. Gold

𝐀 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞-𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

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The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan

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𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘋𝘌𝘈𝘋. 𝘚𝘏𝘌’𝘚 𝘕𝘌𝘟𝘛. 𝘞𝘏𝘖 𝘊𝘈𝘕 𝘚𝘏𝘌 𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘚𝘛?

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𝐈𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡.

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𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 & 𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 2

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

𝐅𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

The B movie… That went straight to book

“TIME FOR YOUR DOOM, PRIEST!”…

“Seriously, are you sponsored by a company called Doom?…”Do you get a percentage every time you say it?”

𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐’𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, 𝙵𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙵𝚕𝚢𝚗𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚝.

“The Holy snot of the South.”

𝐀 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞-𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘋𝘌𝘈𝘋. 𝘚𝘏𝘌’𝘚 𝘕𝘌𝘟𝘛.
𝘞𝘏𝘖 𝘊𝘈𝘕 𝘚𝘏𝘌 𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘚𝘛?