if there's a haunted house in it i'll read it
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Happy Black History Month. What an amazing book to kick off a celebration of Black Americans and their achievements. Tananvarie Due is an author whose works I’ve been been aware of for awhile and I recently read her anthology Ghost Summer that I very much enjoyed. I also featured her on my October series Women … Continue reading Black History Month Review: The Good House by Tananarive Due
If I had died, or I had been the only to live the future wouldn’t be as bright. There is something to be said about shonen manga. It can be too much at times. Sometimes you’re just not in the mood for constant action or an array of characters you know you’ll never be able … Continue reading Manga Review: Jujutsu Kaisen Volume 1 by Gege Akutami
The Witch's House is a game. I'm serious it is a literally a game. I discovered it when I was in the throes of the breakup with my baby daddy and needed something to take my mind off of it. That is when I discovered Let's Plays ladies and gentlemen and happened upon Markiplier. I … Continue reading Manga Review: The Witch’s House: The Diary of Ellen Volume 1 by Fummy and Yuna Kagesaki
How was everybody's Christmas? Mine was pretty good 🙂 After my mother's stroke it took awhile for me to want to celebrate the holidays but after having my daughter the joy and need to celebrate was ignited once again. She had such a blast. She didn't ask for much but she did receive what she … Continue reading Book Review: I Remember You: A Ghost Story by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Philip Roughton (Translator)
The sky is falling Happy days 🙂 An author reached out to me via my Contact Me page and in exchange for an honest and fair review gifted me their book. Thank you very much Mr. Lane Baker! If you are an author and have a book you would like me to read and review … Continue reading Book Review: Twisted Pines by by Lane Baker
Death is not something we need fear, mija. It is a natural part of our existence. Genre: Comic/Steampunk I have never heard of this comic before but somehow the guy I'm seeing, saw it and was like girl...this is so you. And you guys, he was totally and completely right. This is part 1 of … Continue reading Comic Book Review: Lady Mechanika: La Dama de la Muerte #1 by Joe Benítez
Hey all! I. AM. EXHAUSTED. I don't really sleep that well and haven't since this summer and it's Daylights Savings here in the states and we gained an hour or lost it or some shit IDK. It’s light out when I go to work so WHATEVA. It’s great for goths because it gets dark early … Continue reading Goodreads Monday 11/4
Happy Halloween and Happy Thursday! I haven't done a Thursday prompt all October and for that I apologize because I really really do apologize. It's just been such a busy month for me. I'm super excited about this one because of course since it's Halloween and the last day of the month it's a creepy … Continue reading Thursday Discussion: Best Spooky Settings 10/31
How can you fight what you can’t see? Growing up on Long Island you have local haunts that everyone knows all about. There's Pilgrim State Hospital, Kings Park Psychiatric Center, and the house in Amityville. You know what house I'm talking about. Yes, that house. It's spawned many movies and is a hot, controversial topic … Continue reading Book Review: The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
*howls at moon sorrowfully* TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN!! But today is WWW WEDNESDAY!!! This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived here on Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. The Three Ws are: … Continue reading WWW Wednesday 10/30
