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The Beast of Bodmin by Mark Edmondson

๐•„๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•“๐•–๐•’๐•ค๐•ฅ?

thumbnail_IMG_4845๐‰๐จ ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž.

๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‰๐จ, ๐Ž๐‚๐ƒ-๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐•๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ค ๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐จ๐ซ.

๐‰๐จ, ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž, ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ. ๐’๐ก๐ž’๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐š ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž. ๐‡๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž’๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž.

๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž, ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐จ๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ค’๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž.

๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐š๐ญ.

๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐›๐ข๐  ๐œ๐š๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž?

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

“๐“ข๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฏ๐”‚๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐”‚๐“ฝ๐“ฑ”

 

Genre: Adult | Psychological Thriller | Mystery | Thriller| Fiction

5 out of 5 stars!

The Beast of Bodmin was absolutely hair-raising!

Edmondson had me hooked from the very first page.

Thrillers are my jam!… but putting a spin on it like this, man or beast? What a ride! Knowing a murderer was on the loose was nerve wrecking enough. Not knowing if it was human or some hungry animal had you at the edge of your seat.

Not only is Mark’s writing so easily devoured but the story and characters were executed perfectly. Your main character, Jo had already been through so much which only made her stronger, while also showing her vulnerable side. Although Jo is about to go through SO much more! This creates the perfect protagonist for the reader. Someone you can truly relate with and start to gain some type of emotions for, causing you to become a bit anxious to see if Jo survives in the end.

The characters that surrounded and supported Jo were also so lovely. This novel is truly character driven in the best way possible.

I found myself constantly trying to crack the case while reading, getting into the true mindset of a detective. At times I truly felt I had figured out exactly who or what was committing these murders. Just as I got to that point there was a large plot twist! This was the real gem of this story! … The Beast of Bodmin never got boring!

This will be a favourite of mine for years to come.

 

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Thank you so much Mark for sending me a copy.

Mark did not request that I review his book but of course I wanted to! So many great things to say.

Can’t wait to see what Mark Edmondson comes up with next!

Publisher: The Conrad Press

Release date: September 18, 2018

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Impressedย Book Worm

-Nichole

๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘œ๐“‚๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐ต๐‘’๐“‰๐“Œ๐‘’๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐’ท๐“Ž ๐’ฉ๐’ถ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“๐’พ๐‘’ ๐ต๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“€๐“ˆ

41-a1yMYSYL๐’ฏ๐“‡๐’ถ๐‘”๐‘’๐’น๐“Ž ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐“‡๐’พ๐“€๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“๐’พ๐’ป๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ž๐“๐’ถ๐’พ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’Ÿ๐“Š๐’ซ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐“Š๐“ˆ๐’ท๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘’ ๐“Ž๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“€๐’พ๐“๐“๐‘’๐’น ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ ๐“‰๐“‡๐’ถ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’ธ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“‡๐“€, ๐“๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‹๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ถ๐“๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐“‰๐“Œ๐‘œ ๐“ˆ๐“‚๐’ถ๐“๐“ ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“๐’น๐“‡๐‘’๐“ƒ. ๐’ช๐“ƒ๐‘’ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“‡๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”, ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐“ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“ˆ ๐“๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡, ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“‚ ๐’ถ๐“๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“ˆ๐‘’, ๐“๐’พ๐“€๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐’น ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ท๐‘’๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐‘’. ๐’ฒ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐’น ๐“ˆ๐“…๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“…๐’พ๐’ธ๐“€๐“ˆ ๐“Š๐“… ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“…๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“๐“Ž ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’น๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐’ธ๐“‰๐“Š๐’ถ๐“๐“๐“Ž ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“‡๐‘’๐‘’ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“ˆ ๐’ท๐‘’๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’ธ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡ ๐‘œ๐’ธ๐’ธ๐“Š๐“‡๐“‡๐‘’๐’น. ๐ต๐‘’๐“Œ๐’พ๐“๐’น๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’๐’น ๐’ท๐“Š๐“‰ ๐‘”๐“‡๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐’ป๐“Š๐“, ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป๐’ป ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐’ถ ๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡๐“Ž ๐“‹๐’พ๐“‹๐’พ๐’น, ๐’ท๐’ถ๐’น ๐’น๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‚. ๐ต๐“Š๐“‰ ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’พ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐‘œ๐“ƒ, ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“๐’พ๐“๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“๐’น๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐‘’๐“๐’ถ๐’ธ๐“‰๐“๐“Ž ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“Ž ๐’น๐’พ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’น๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‚. ๐‘…๐’ถ๐’ธ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ถ๐‘”๐’ถ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’พ๐“‚๐‘’, ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’น๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“…๐‘’๐“‡๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐“๐“Ž ๐“‰๐“‡๐’พ๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐‘”๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“‹๐’พ๐“‰๐’ถ๐’ท๐“๐‘’ ๐’ท๐“Š๐“‰ ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“๐’ป ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“๐“…๐“๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐‘”๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“Ž๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”. ๐’ฐ๐“ƒ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“๐“๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐‘”๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐“Š๐“…, ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‹๐‘œ๐“Œ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐‘œ๐“… ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐“Š๐“ˆ๐’ท๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’ท๐‘’๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“‰โ€™๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ๐‘œ ๐“๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’.

Genre: Adult | Psychological Thriller | Romantic Suspense | Fiction |ย 

10 out of 5 stars! (Yes it’s that good)

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!

The Moments Between is positively memorising!

Let me start by saying I have been an enormous fan of Natalie’s work for a couple years now. I have read nearly all of her published pieces and dare I say…I think this is her best yet. That comment alone says it all.

The Moments Between is an incredible concept and Natalie executed it perfectly. Truly gripping, yet notably warming. This is a novel you won’t want to put down but will also be terrified to see how it ends.

We’ve all experienced nightmares before but Claire’s nightmare goes beyond a sleepless night! Claire is constantly living in panic, desperate to find a way to keep her husband alive. This would be torment for anyone, let alone a mom of young kids. You will experience a explosion of multiple emotions throughout. One moment you will be in awe of the charming, incredibly relatable characters and the wonderful life they live. Next you will be holding your breath, pleading that everyone is safe.

If reading about this extraordinary family wasn’t enough, this story is packed full of strong underlining messages. For example; Claire and her sister are extremely different women, one is constantly infuriated by the other while also admiring her beauty. While the other is flat out jealous of the others life in a whole. This is where the message of “the grass is always greener on the other side” comes in. As they work through their differences it creates a stronger bond between the two that is so enjoyable. Claire also experiences such gut wrenching fears that leads her to ask a question that I am sure so many of us had wondered before “if God exists, why does he allow bad things to happen?”

I can’t help but feel that the positive moments throughout this read may be a tiny sneak peak into Natalie’s true life story.

Honestly I could go on and on with my thoughts of this book. You just need to read it! Perhaps this is the perfect read to end 2019 off with.

Thank you so much Natalie for sending me a e-copy to review. I cant help but devour everything you write. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next.

Publisher: Champion Books

Release date: December 6, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Peacefulย Book Worm

-Nichole

๐’Ÿ๐’พ๐“ˆ๐’ธ๐‘œ ๐’Ÿ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“‰๐“‡๐’ถ๐“… & ๐’ข๐‘œ๐“๐’ป ๐’ž๐“Š๐“‡๐“ˆ๐‘’ ๐’ท๐“Ž ๐’ž๐’ถ๐“‚๐‘’๐“‡๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐‘…๐‘œ๐“Š๐’ท๐’พ๐“†๐“Š๐‘’

“๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ “

“๐•Ž๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ค๐•œ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ก๐•ค, ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– แ”•แ‘•แ–‡Eแ—ฉแ—ฐแ”• ๐•“๐•–๐•˜๐•š๐•Ÿ…”

แ—ชIแ”•แ‘•O แ—ชEแ—ฉTแ•ผTแ–‡แ—ฉแ‘ญ

downloadIt’s New Year’s Eve 1980, and the students of DeAngelo High School are lacing up their skates for the All-Night New Year’s Lock-In at the Rollerville Roller Disco. Some of them just want to skate and dance the night away to the pounding disco music. Some want to pull a few pranks and have a few laughs. For others, like Dan Parsons, tonight is a chance to move on and forget about his ex-girlfriend, maybe even flirt with Denise, that cute girl behind the snack counter. It seems like nothing can go wrong.But there’s a massive blizzard raging outside, thick snow and ice are piling up against all the doors. There are those rumors that Rollerville was built over part of the old graveyard next door, and someone out there is watching. Also, a strange homeless man in the parking lot says that tonight will be the start of the so-called “Year of Blood.”A night of skating and New Year’s fun is about to turn into a night of violence and bloody mayhem in Disco Deathtrap.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

 

Genre: Adult | Horror | Fiction

 

5 out of 5 stars

A safe night turns to be a complete BLOODBATH!

Roubique has done it again! He has to be one of my all time favourite 80’s slasher authors.

Cameron has this way of creating these lively characters, memorable characters, puts them in this overwhelmingly terrifying situation. Some may give up, others will fight till the very end. Meanwhile the reader sits there biting their nails…. waiting to see who survives.

Like most 80’s slasher films you think you know who’s done it!….. But with Roubique’s evil masterpieces… you end up being so very, very wrong. Not only are you shocked on who it was, the murderers motives are gripping their backstories are so detailed. Cameron’s writing in itself is so extremely detailed. Be warned, these reads are not for squeamish people.

In Disco Deathtrap no one is safe! Only one way to find out who survives….

Independently published

Release date: September 30, 2016

 

……The Year of Blood is not over yet. Just a few short months later!

“๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง’๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž.”

๐”พ๐• ๐•๐•— โ„‚๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ค๐•–

download (1)Ronnie has the perfect summer job at the Indian Hill Golf Course. All day he gets to ride around on mowers and golf carts, check out the beautiful drink cart girls, joke around with his best friend Mark, and get plenty of fresh air and sunlight.That all changes when a huge late spring hailstorm blows in one night, leaving the golf course in shambles. As they clean up all the limbs and downed trees, Ronnie and Mark learn about the Native American Kikawa tribe that was brutally massacred at the top of the hill near the seventeenth green, and the evil medicine man known as Chief Tomahawk who supposedly put a curse on the land. It seems that the curse may prove to be real as the golf course is dogged with bad luck, and a dark figure wearing a wooden Chief’s mask and a black-feathered headdress is watching them from the shadows.Now, in preparation for the biggest golf tournament of the year, Ronnie and the maintenance crew have to come in and work through the night. They are about to find out that Chief Tomahawk has returned, and he wants revenge for his slaughtered people.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Horror | Fiction

5 out of 5 stars

The perfect summer job!… Or so Ronnie thought

Nightmares can hide anywhere… you never know when they will strike, perhaps for an awful revenge!

Golf Curse was such a wild ride! Indian Hill Golf Course really does sound like the perfect summer job, that is until the stories of the land being cursed starts to add up. Enough to terrify the believers anyhow… maybe not so much for the non-believers.

Again the detail in Roubique’s novels astound me. Each character is perfectly placed with a good amount of a background story, helping you decide who the trouble makers are and who the goody too-shoes are. I don’t know about you but I find myself already planning out who may be the first to go simply based on their personalities. Than comes in this whole story behind Indian Hill Golf Course and why they say it’s cursed.

They do say write what you know, which is exactly what Roubique has done. Having the knowledge from working at a golf course himself and man has it worked out for him.

Cameron’s work will keep your heart pounding. Be prepared!

An author I highly recommend across the board. Oh and I can’t forget! His mind blowing covers are his own incredible paintings.

Independently published

Release date: April 19, 2019

“๐’๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค!”

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Petrifiedย Book Worm

-Nichole

Autumncrow by Cameron Chaney

“๐”ผ๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ช โ„•๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ ๐•š๐•ค โ„๐•’๐•๐•๐• ๐•จ๐•–๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•š๐•Ÿ…..๐”ธ๐•ฆ๐•ฅ๐•ฆ๐•ž๐•Ÿ๐•”๐•ฃ๐• ๐•จ”

๐“ฆ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ถ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ป๐“ธ๐”€ ๐“ฅ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ต๐“ฎ๐”‚, ๐”€๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐”‚ ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ๐“ฝ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“—๐“ช๐“ต๐“ต๐“ธ๐”€๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ท. ๐“”๐“ท๐“ณ๐“ธ๐”‚ ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐”‚! ๐“‘๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ฏ๐“ฒ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“ฝ, ๐“ช ๐“ฏ๐“ฎ๐”€ ๐”€๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ญ๐“ผ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐”€๐“ช๐“ป๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ; ๐“ข๐“ฝ๐“ช๐”‚ ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ฝ. ๐“๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ช๐“ฏ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ญ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ด. ๐“๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐“ทโ€™๐“ฝ ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ธ ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ญ๐“ธ๐”€๐“ผ…๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ ๐“ถ๐“ช๐”‚ ๐“ท๐“ธ๐“ฝ ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ด๐“ฎ ๐”€๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ. ๐“—๐“ช๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐“ช ๐“น๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ. ๐“ฆ๐“ฎ ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“น๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ ๐”€๐“ธ๐“ทโ€™๐“ฝ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป ๐“ต๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ฝโ€ฆ

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Horror | Halloween | Short Stories | Fiction

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“๐™’๐™š๐™ก๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ข๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™‘๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฎ…. ๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“œ๐“ž๐“๐“ข๐“ฃ๐“”๐“ก๐“ข ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ”

 

5 out of 5 stars

Perfection! An anthology at its best!

Autumncrow is packed full of eerie goodness. Each story is so incredibly unique, some with a sweet underlining story that turns dark… others with a down right horrifying feeling throughout.

Chaney has created a bone chilling setting with some of the best characters. Each story will sink its teeth into you.

I couldn’t put Autumncrow down. Something about Cameron’s writing… I was completely immersed in this fictional town. One of the best parts was none of these stories were predictable, each had such an element of surprise.

I don’t think I could even tell you if I had a favourite, they were all so vivid and intense. Maybe my only negative to say is….. I just wanted more.

Cameron has impressed me yet again. I can not wait to see what he comes up with next.

Independently published

Release date: October 16, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Trappedย Book Worm

-Nichole

 

The Toll by Neal Shusterman

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต…

๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ:

๐•‹โ„๐”ผ

๐•‹๐•†๐•ƒ๐•ƒ

๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜•๐˜Œ๐˜ž ๐˜ ๐˜–๐˜™๐˜’ ๐˜›๐˜๐˜”๐˜Œ๐˜š ๐˜‰๐˜Œ๐˜š๐˜›๐˜š๐˜Œ๐˜“๐˜“๐˜๐˜•๐˜Ž ๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜Š ๐˜–๐˜ ๐˜ˆ ๐˜š๐˜Š๐˜ ๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜›๐˜™๐˜๐˜“๐˜–๐˜Ž๐˜  ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ

๐˜•๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜“ ๐˜š๐˜๐˜œ๐˜š๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜•

๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ

๐˜š๐˜—๐˜–๐˜๐˜“๐˜Œ๐˜™ ๐˜๐˜™๐˜Œ๐˜Œ.

***Incredible Arc Cover***

“THE CONCLUSION TO NEAL SHUSTERMAN’S BREATHTAKING BESTSELLING TRILOGY IS IN YOUR HANDS….PROTECT IT”

thumbnail_IMG_4524Genre: Young Adult | Science Fiction | Dystopia | Fantasy

4 out of 5 stars

It’s always hard to review the next book in a trilogy or series without giving spoilers away.

The Toll is a book that had so many readers itching to get their hands on. Needing answers, wanting to find out exactly want happens. Thanks to Simon and Schuster Canada I received a surprise arc copy right on release day.

I have seen such a mix of reviews for this conclusion on such a hyped young adult trilogy and I am here to say I am on the positive side of these reviews.

Neal Shusterman created this incredible unique world, with such meaningful characters, a powerful underlining story and lets not forget his incredible writing.

The Toll only added to this creation. Not only does the reader receive closure on so many open moments lingering from Scythe and Thunderhead but the story adds even more twists and turns keeping you committed to the end.

The Toll does surpass 600 pages making this a longer read than your average 300-350 page novel. I may say my only small negative on this read was the filler. There were times when I did find my mind drifting and it seemed to be during those moments. Parts that aren’t necessarily crucial to the plot or characters. Although; when I pick up a larger sized book I expect there to be some filler. The author has taken all this time to create this fantastic world and they want to be sure they are showing the reader each and every corner of it.

All in all I really did enjoy this read and I look forward to what Neal has in store next.

“It is our nature… to surpass nature.”

Thank you again to Simon & Schuster Canada for sending this arc my way for review.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Release date: November 5, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Spoiled Book Worm

-Nichole

Your Move by Michelle Young

๐˜–๐˜•๐˜Œ ๐˜‹๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜‹. ๐˜š๐˜๐˜Œ’๐˜š ๐˜•๐˜Œ๐˜Ÿ๐˜›.
๐˜ž๐˜๐˜– ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ๐˜• ๐˜š๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜›๐˜™๐˜œ๐˜š๐˜›?

๐˜พ๐™ก๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™œ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™. ๐™Ž๐™๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™› ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š. ๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™–๐™›๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™™๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™. ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง. ๐™’๐™๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ซ๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ง? ๐™’๐™๐™ค ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ? ๐™๐™š๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ, ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™› ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ž๐™™๐™™๐™ก๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™– ๐™ข๐™ช๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ. ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™–๐™›๐™š. ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™งโ€”๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ. ๐™Ž๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™, ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง, ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ž๐™ฉ. ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™š ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™› ๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™—๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š.

*** 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.

thumbnail_IMG_3945Your 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 Courageousย Book Worm

-Nichole

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

๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž. ๐‡๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ ๐š ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐›, ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž, ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ง-๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž.

๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž.

๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐š๐, ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž.

๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ; ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐.

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐›๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Adult | Fiction / Fantasy / Paranormal

ย 5 out of 5 stars

BRILLIANT!ย 

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

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?”ย 

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 Motivatedย Book Worm

-Nichole

Suggested Reading by Dave Connis

โ„‚๐•๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’ ๐”ผ๐•ง๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•š๐•ค ๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•—๐•š๐•–๐•• ๐•จ๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ค๐•™๐•– ๐••๐•š๐•ค๐•”๐• ๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ก๐•ฃ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•”๐•š๐•ก๐•’๐•โ€™๐•ค โ€œ๐•ก๐•ฃ๐• ๐•™๐•š๐•“๐•š๐•ฅ๐•–๐•• ๐•ž๐•–๐••๐•š๐•’โ€ ๐•™๐•š๐•ฅ ๐•๐•š๐•ค๐•ฅ. ๐•‹๐•™๐•– ๐•š๐•”๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•” ๐•“๐• ๐• ๐•œ๐•ค ๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•๐•š๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•™๐•’๐•ง๐•– ๐•“๐•–๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐•ก๐•ฆ๐•๐•๐•–๐•• ๐•—๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ž ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•๐•š๐•“๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ช ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•–๐•Ÿโ€™๐•ฅ ๐•’๐•๐•๐• ๐•จ๐•–๐•• ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ช๐•จ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ๐•– ๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ค๐•”๐•™๐• ๐• ๐•โ€™๐•ค ๐•ก๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ž๐•š๐•ค๐•–๐•ค. ๐•Š๐•ฅ๐•ฆ๐••๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐•”๐•’๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ ๐•จ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•”๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•’๐•“๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•จ๐•š๐•๐• ๐•“๐•– ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•๐•ช ๐•ก๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•ค๐•™๐•–๐••.

๐•„๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ช ๐• ๐•— ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ค๐•– ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•–๐•ค ๐•™๐•’๐•ง๐•– ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•–๐•• โ„‚๐•๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’โ€™๐•ค ๐•๐•š๐•—๐•–, ๐•ค๐•  ๐•ค๐•™๐•–โ€™๐•ค ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฅ ๐•˜๐• ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ค๐•š๐•ฅ ๐•“๐•’๐•”๐•œ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•จ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•”๐•™ ๐•จ๐•™๐•š๐•๐•– ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐••๐•ฃ๐•’๐•”๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•ก๐•ฃ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•”๐•š๐•ก๐•’๐• ๐•’๐•“๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•–๐•ค ๐•™๐•š๐•ค ๐•ก๐• ๐•จ๐•–๐•ฃ. ๐•Š๐•™๐•–โ€™๐•ค ๐•˜๐• ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•œ๐•– ๐•“๐•’๐•”๐•œ.

๐•Š๐•  โ„‚๐•๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’ ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ฅ๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐••๐•–๐•ฃ๐•˜๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•๐•š๐•“๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ช ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•๐• ๐•”๐•œ๐•–๐•ฃ, ๐••๐• ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•’ ๐•ค๐•™๐•’๐••๐•ช ๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•’๐••๐•– ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•๐•–๐•ค ๐•๐•š๐•œ๐•– ๐•Š๐•ก๐•–๐•’๐•œ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•‹๐•™๐•– โ„‚๐•™๐• ๐•”๐• ๐•๐•’๐•ฅ๐•– ๐•Ž๐•’๐•ฃ. ๐”น๐•ฆ๐•ฅ ๐•จ๐•™๐•–๐•Ÿ ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•“๐• ๐• ๐•œ๐•ค ๐•ค๐•™๐•– ๐•๐• ๐•ง๐•–๐•ค ๐•ž๐• ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•”๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•”๐•ฅ๐•–๐•• ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•’ ๐•ฅ๐•ฃ๐•’๐•˜๐•–๐••๐•ช ๐•ค๐•™๐•– ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ค๐•’๐•จ ๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜, โ„‚๐•๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’โ€™๐•ค ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ๐•”๐•–๐•• ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•—๐•’๐•”๐•– ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ฃ๐• ๐•๐•– ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•š๐•ฅ.

๐•Ž๐•š๐•๐• ๐•ค๐•™๐•– ๐•“๐•– ๐•’๐•“๐•๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ž๐•’๐•œ๐•– ๐•ก๐•–๐•’๐•”๐•– ๐•จ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•”๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•—๐•๐•š๐•”๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•—๐•–๐•–๐•๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•ค, ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•—๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•ค ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•“๐•๐•– ๐•”๐•’๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•– ๐•ฅ๐• ๐•  ๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•˜๐•™ ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•“๐•–๐•’๐•ฃ?

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

Genre: Young Adult | Contemporary

4 out of 5 stars

What a fun read! Such a great concept!

A book about books. Something all of us bookworms can relate to and enjoy!

I found Suggested Readingย refreshing. With a well written plot and a character driven story it was a light-hearted read that touches on some heavy topics.thumbnail_IMG_3864

Clara’s passion for reading and her love for books was admirable. By starting the locker library she shared this love with others and impacted their lives greatly. What Clara may not have know was how much she was going to grow from this herself and the incredible friends she was going to make.

So many hidden messages within this text as well. Don’t judge people by how they look, the amount of money they have or the people they hang around with. You never know what’s going on inside peoples heads, they may surprise you. Also… never give up! When you have a passion fight for your beliefs whether you are right or succeed it’s all worth it.

Dave’s attention to detail with each book mentioned throughout Suggested Reading was impressive. You can see his time and dedication while writing his masterpiece. This only added to an already enjoyable read.

Suggested Reading also fits well with the “cancelled culture” currently circulating today.

All in all I did enjoy this book and would recommend you giving it a go. Besides I am sure you want to know just how Clara pulled this off…don’t you?

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

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books

Release date: September 17, 2019

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Book Hoarding Book Worm

-Nichole

Butterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai

๐ผ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’ถ๐“ ๐’น๐’ถ๐“Ž๐“ˆ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฑ๐’พแป‡๐“‰ ๐’ฉ๐’ถ๐“‚ ๐’ฒ๐’ถ๐“‡, ๐ปแบฑ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“๐’พ๐“‰๐“‰๐“๐‘’ ๐’ท๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡, ๐ฟ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’ฝ, ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐’พ๐“‡๐“…๐‘œ๐“‡๐“‰, ๐’น๐‘’๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡๐“‚๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐’น ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’ถ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐’ป๐‘’๐“‰๐“Ž ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’œ๐“‚๐‘’๐“‡๐’พ๐’ธ๐’ถ. ๐ผ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ ๐“ˆ๐“…๐“๐’พ๐“‰ ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐’น, ๐ฟ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’ฝ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“‡๐’พ๐“…๐“…๐‘’๐’น ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ถ๐“‡๐“‚๐“ˆโ€”๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐ปแบฑ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“๐‘’๐’ป๐“‰ ๐’ท๐‘’๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“‡-๐“‰๐‘œ๐“‡๐“ƒ ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“‡๐“Ž.

๐’ฎ๐’พ๐“ ๐“Ž๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ ๐“๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡, ๐ปแบฑ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“‚๐’ถ๐’น๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ท๐“‡๐“Š๐“‰๐’ถ๐“ ๐’ฟ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“Ž ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐’ฑ๐’พแป‡๐“‰ ๐’ฉ๐’ถ๐“‚ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ฏ๐‘’๐“๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐’ถ ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ป๐“Š๐‘”๐‘’๐‘’. ๐’ฎ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’น๐‘œ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ƒโ€™๐“‰ ๐“€๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“๐“ ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“๐’พ๐“‰๐“‰๐“๐‘’ ๐’ท๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘œ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’พ๐“ ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‚๐‘’๐‘’๐“‰๐“ˆ ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘…๐‘œ๐“Ž, ๐’ถ ๐’ธ๐’พ๐“‰๐“Ž ๐’ท๐‘œ๐“Ž ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐’ท๐’พ๐‘” ๐“‡๐‘œ๐’น๐‘’๐‘œ ๐’น๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‚๐“ˆ, ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘œ ๐’น๐‘’๐’ธ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“๐“… ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡.

๐ปแบฑ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡๐’ฟ๐‘œ๐“Ž๐‘’๐’น ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‡๐‘’๐“Š๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“‰๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐ฟ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’ฝ. ๐ต๐“Š๐“‰ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“๐’พ๐“๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’น๐‘œ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ƒโ€™๐“‰ ๐“‡๐‘’๐“‚๐‘’๐“‚๐’ท๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡, ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’พ๐“‡ ๐’ป๐’ถ๐“‚๐’พ๐“๐“Ž, ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐’ฑ๐’พแป‡๐“‰ ๐’ฉ๐’ถ๐“‚, ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“‰ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ธ๐“‡๐“Š๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’น. ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Š๐‘”๐’ฝ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’น๐’พ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐’ท๐‘’๐“‰๐“Œ๐‘’๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‚ ๐’ป๐‘’๐‘’๐“๐“ˆ ๐‘”๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡, ๐ปแบฑ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐“ˆ๐‘œ ๐’ป๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“๐“ ๐’น๐‘œ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“Ž๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ท๐“‡๐’พ๐’น๐‘”๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐‘”๐’ถ๐“….

***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 thumbnail_IMG_3740raw 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 writingย  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