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    ASTROLOGICAL BOOK TAG

    April 11, 2019 / No Comments

    Books as zodiac signs is a brilliant idea. Let’s do this!

    Borrowed from Chelle’s Book Ramblings

    ARIES: Name a book you’ve read that was full of fire, desire, and passion…

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    MANGA: Cinema Next Door

    April 11, 2019 / 2 Comments

    Cinema Next Door – Gwak Jongpil

    The walls are thin, and it’s hard not to know what your neighbor is up to, especially when they cry loudly every time they watch a movie.

    OMG, this is so cute!

    Bookworm Neighbor and movie geek Next Door Baldy bond over Del Monte juice and Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution. End up staring in their own romance story.

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    REVIEW: Witchbane by Morgan Brice

    April 11, 2019 / 5 Comments
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    Witchbane – Morgan Brice

    Seth Tanner and his brother Jesse’s fun evening debunking local urban legends ends with Jesse’s gruesome murder. Seth vows revenge on Jesse’s killer – too bad the murderer has been dead for a hundred years. Seth uncovers a cycle of ritual killings that feed the power of a dark warlock’s immortal witch-disciples, and he’s hell bent on stopping Jackson Malone from becoming the next victim. He’s used to risking his neck. He never intended to risk his heart.

    I had high hopes for this. Sadly, it wasn’t as good as I wanted it to be.

    Witchbane would have been more effective if it spent more time establishing the occult elements instead of trying too hard to be steamy. It was annoying how Seth and Evan’s almost every other thought drifted to boning each other instead of putting more effort at finding that witch which kills the momentum of whatever chilling suspense Morgan Brice was setting up. I also found the writing repetitive at some points.

    I wasn’t convinced Seth and Evan should be using the L-word already given that they hardly trust each other and have known each other barely a week. Also, Evan was TSTL which is ironic for somebody who ran away from home and should have honed his stranger danger radar already. I was amazed at how easily he trusted a stranger simply because that person was a cop. ‘Round these parts, we never trust cops. I know it’s a cultural difference thing but still, after what he had seen, why is he still doubting Seth?

    I liked Seth and I could see he was really trying hard to do his job. He has no compunction about lying or hacking or breaking the law which at first glance makes him suspect but monsters don’t follow human laws and the necessities of monster hunting calls for creativity and an open mind. I want to see Seth becoming a sort of MacGyver because heck, I haven’t seen a MacGyver type of character in MM so far.

    This is another series where the world is more interesting than the execution of the plot. The Witchbane world is interconnected with the Badlands worlds and I really liked Badlands. I’m hoping for cameos in both series although, TBH, I would probably stick with Badlands at this point.

    P.S.

    review of Badlands here

    I received a copy of Witchbane from Dark Wind Press via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

    Rating:
    2.5 Stars – far from hate but not quite a like

    Soundtrack: Small Town Witch
    Artist: Sneaker Pimps
    Album: Bloodsport

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    SOUNDTRACK: Small Town Witch by Sneaker Pimps

    April 11, 2019 / No Comments

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    April 11, 2019 / No Comments

    See black, see bloom
    Died on an impulse over you
    Caught like a corpse 
    Crawling round a dream and loving you
    And she hangs on youth
    Crushing any feet to fit the shoes
    Stepping it out with a size 12 mouth 
    And cursing you

    Small town witch come to mess me up
    Small town witch come to mess me up
    Small town witch come to mess me up again

    She whored and she graced
    Bitching with the bottle, saving face
    Blowing it out as the jury’s doubt is laid to waste
    See black, see bloom 
    Choked up on a heartburn, bleeding through
    How does it feel when the ones that feed are biting you

    Small town witch come to mess me up
    Small town witch come to mess me up
    Small town witch come to mess me up again

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    MOVIE FEATURE: The Ways Of Man

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PROMO BLITZ: To Defend a Damaged Duke by Fearne Hill



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DESERT ISLAND CASTAWAYS: Oliver Takely

Our favorite  MM authors a.k.a. castaways are asked, what books, songs and luxury item would they take to a desert island?

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