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2020 TBR & Resolutions!

2020 feels like an exceptionally good year to focus on bringing about positive change in my life because not only is the beginning of a new decade something that feels incredibly symbolic to me, but — *knocks on wood* — I’m speaking it into the universe now: I have a lot of hope and optimism about this new year!  In 2019, my biggest goal was to learn to take it easier on myself and practice more self-care. While I obviously still have...

Dead of Winter — Kealan Patrick Burke

TITLE: Dead of Winter AUTHOR: Kealan Patrick Burke RELEASED: December 11th, 2018 GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult Winter it’s coming… it’s already here, and with it comes a horror no door can keep out. It’s there in the yard, in the faces of the snowmen a young boy doesn’t remember building. It’s in the oddly empty streets below Santa Claus’s crumbling sleigh. It’s in the unnatural movement of the snow that suffocates a widower’s town, and in the cold eyes of a lonely...

In An Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4) — Seanan McGuire

TITLE: In An Absent Dream AUTHOR: Seanan McGuire SERIES: Wayward Children, #4 RELEASES: January 8th, 2019; TorDotCom GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: Adult When a very serious little girl finds a magical door in the woods, she decides to leave behind a life of loneliness to go off in search of adventure, never expecting to find a mystical Market on the other side—where anything can happen, as long as you pay your debts. If you know me, you already know that Seanan McGuire is one of...

Kingdom of Needle and Bone — Mira Grant

TITLE: Kingdom of Needle and Bone AUTHOR: Mira Grant RELEASES: December 31st, 2018; Subterranean Press GENRE: Horror/Sci-fi AGE RANGE: Adult It starts with one little girl, the reappearance of a disease that should have long since been eradicated by vaccines, slowly making its way back into the world as anti-vaxxer movements rise. But this disease has a new strain, and it’s leaving wreckage in its wake—forcing infamous vaccine activist and pediatrician Isabella Gauley to choose between ethics and life. For anyone unaware, Mira Grant is...

Hark! The Herald Angels Scream — edited by Christopher Golden

TITLE: Hark! The Herald Angels Scream EDITOR: Christopher Golden RELEASED: October 23rd, 2018; Anchor Books GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult If there is one horror theme I never get tired of, it’s holiday horror—especially when that holiday is Christmas! When you look at the roots of so many Christmas rituals and celebrations, there really is a dark and fantastical element; when you couple that with the bizarre antics so many are driven to during this stressful and busy time of year, it’s no surprise that...