Friday, 6 November 2026

Audio: A pumpkin and a patch


Narrated by: Stefanie Kay


Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins


Release date: 08-31-22


Publisher: Jennifer Peel


Contemporary romance




I get that Josie has trauma, but like Reece tells her, just own it! Sheesh, get over it already.




She wrote a sexy piratestory at 15, and the hero was Reece who was two years older. Then her brother gave the whole story to the school to read and she was laughed at and people fainted from the shock, and she is still called pirate girl. Like srsly woman, you are 30, get over it. How prudish is this town?




Anyway, Reece shows up cos his kid will be in her class. She really should not fall for him again, but she will. But oh no, he is the father of a student!




And there is the pumpkin patch. She is upset at her mum.




But I enjoyed it, even if she should just tell people to go f themselves




Every person has that one thing they’re known for, and it doesn’t matter what you do, that one thing—whether good or bad—follows you around like a bloodhound for the rest of your life. For me it’s a story I wrote when I was fifteen. Forever more I will be known as the Reece the Rogue Pirate girl, instead of Josie Peterson. Why couldn’t I be known for all the cute children’s stories I’ve written about my family’s pumpkin patch?




Tragically, the torrid story I wrote as a teen was based on a real person, Reece Cavanaugh. And guess what? He grew up to be a pirate—okay, lawyer. Same thing. To make matters worse, the man is representing my ex-fiancé who wants to steal my treasure, aka engagement ring. If that wasn’t the icing on the cake, Reece has an adorable daughter who happens to be my new student. That’s right, I must now have actual conversations with him after avoiding him for half my life, even by hiding behind banana displays when needed. But the more I get to know Reece—the real version, not the imaginary one who ravishes me on sandy beaches—I can’t help but wish we could roll around in the sand together. There’s a problem though, the school I work for frowns upon relationships between parents and teachers. And it’s pumpkin season, which means all my free time is spent on the family farm. But when he kisses me, I can’t help wanting to break all the rules and get tangled up in the barn. The burning question is, am I brave enough to make my story a reality or will it be another bad ending?


Wednesday, 4 November 2026

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry


Format: 337 pages, Mass Market Paperback


Published: November 4, 2025 by Titan Books


Horror/borrowed




This book takes place during a long period of time. It starts with Jessie, an angry young teen, who dared her younger brother to visit a creepy house.




And said creepy house was the horrific murder scene of an entire family. And he gets eaten...I said it. That house is creepy.




The story is Jessie coming to terms with this. Finding out stories about the house. More kids will get eaten. She grows up, and that house still looms over the neighborhood.




It starts sort of slow. Sure the house is creepy and what the hell is going on, but it feels more focused on her journey and relationships with family and neighbors. And yes there are bloody things going on too.




I enjoyed this haunted house book






On an otherwise ordinary street in Chicago, there is a house. An abandoned house where, once upon a time, terrible things happened. The children who live on this block are told by their parents to stay away from that house. But of course, children don't listen. Children think it's fun to be scared, to dare each other to go inside.



Jessie Campanelli did what many older sisters do and dared her little brother Paul. But unlike all the other kids who went inside that abandoned house, Paul didn't return. His two friends, Jake and Richie, said that the house ate Paul. Of course adults didn't believe that. Adults never believe what kids say. They thought someone kidnapped Paul, or otherwise hurt him. They thought Paul had disappeared in a way that was ordinary, explainable.



The disappearance of her little brother broke Jessie's family apart in ways that would never be repaired. Jessie grew up, had a child of her own, kept living on the same street where the house that ate her brother sat, crouched and waiting. And darkness seemed to spread out from that house, a darkness that was alive—alive and hungry.


Tuesday, 3 November 2026

TMST

 



11/3/2026 What's your proudest achievement?



Hmm, you know what, giving birth! I created a human being inside me and then painfully, very painfully pushed it out. How the eff does the human body even do that?




Second, eh writing that boring 80 page masters thesis






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11/10/2026 Which emoji do you use the most?


11/17/2026 Which tropes do you enjoy the most?


11/24/2026 Which books are you looking forward to reading this Winter? (Dec-Feb)


12/1/2026 If you had to delete all but three apps off of your phone, which ones would you keep?


12/8/2026 Have you ever won a contest?


12/15/2026 What's your least favourite holiday and why?


12/22/2026 Gifts: do you prefer several small gifts or one big item?


12/29/2026  What are your favorite books/audiobooks that you read in 2026? 



Monday, 2 November 2026

Best of October

 


Adios October!!! Helllllooooooo November!

Here are our faves for last month.



Best Book of the Month:

"Interesting fantasy murder mystery."





"The story is always good, but the voice acting in this version was just soooo good."







Best Movie of the Month:

Carole -  Obsession (2025)
"So messed up but you can't look away!"





Blodeuedd - Vaiana (2026)
"I went to see Vaiana with my kid. If you want to know why it's not called Moana in Europe google at your own risk..."




Best TV show of the Month:


Blodeuedd - Haunted Hotel (s2), The Rookie (s7), Below (2026), & Ghosts (s5)
"Binged Rookie s7. I watched Below, creepy! And haunted Hotel s2 cos it's the season. And Ghost s5!!!" 









"Such a fun show! I am soooo bummed it was canceled after season 2."







Best Cover of the Month:

B's pick

























C's pick



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