Cold Eternity by S A Barnes Halley is on the run and finding a job on a ship with a cryo program seems like the ideal place to hide… Things aren’t what they seem. The hologram hosts are glitching… They don’t act like a computer program. Halley can feel something isn’t right here and what is slithering around the vents… It started out slow… I was a tad bored at first… Once Halley is on that ship.. GAME ON! It felt like coming online and you could feel the tension. I actually really enjoyed it. I am very specific about my sci-fi and this one was exceptional! The narration was excellent and I enjoyed the heck out of it. The plot was insane! I was totally grossed out and engrossed in equal measures. It felt like a warning too… It was excellent. 4.5 stars Thank you @netgalley and @macmillanaudio for my gifted copy! Grab your hardcover here https://amzn.to/4l5P3tE Grab your ebook here https://amzn.to/45YoLVW Grab your audio here https://amzn.to/4ld21WH #coldeternity #sabarnes #horrorbook #horroreader #scifi #scifireader #booklover #bookreview #bookblogger #readervlog #bookvlogger #readingallday #bookalorian #litdulterous #lionessofliteracy #literaryinfluencer

I just finished Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab and here are my thoughts. A wandering stranger, a wild girl….. A hunger so real… Time.. Endless. A girl with a tender heart offered her freedom at a price no one should have to pay. A girl running from her past when a one night stand leaves her with questions…. 3 time lines… 3 womens lives all intertwined… This is like Addie LaRue on steroids. I normally hate books that have more than one timeline but this worked. It worked really well. I often find myself enjoying one timeline more so I get frustrated with the ones I don’t but that didn’t happen to me. This book will sit with you. The kind of book that is more character driven the plot heavy but the writing is so beautiful and slow pace will have you fully submerged into the story in the best kind of ways. Do you like vampire stories? How about sapphic vampire stories? This one is for you. The book is full of toxic love. These women burn for the kind of world that isn’t made for them. They are women ahead of their times. Read if you like Feminine Rage Morally Grey Characters Cat and mouse games Lovers to enemies!!! I loved the writing, I loved the slow creepy factor it had going on. I think I would have preferred the audio more but this was 4.5 stars for me. Thank you to @netgalley and @torbooks for my gifted copy!!!! #litdulterous #bookalorian #bookreview #BuryOurBonesintheMidnightSoil #veschwab #horrorreader #hprrprbook #vampires #sapphicvampires #sapphic #historicalfiction #torpublishing #booklover #bookblog #litdulteouspodcast #booktalk #bookchat #bookish

I just finished Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell by Gillian French and here are my thoughts. 16 years ago Shaw suffered a great loss. Her sister went missing. Never to be found. She knows her obsession to find the truth has pushed her husband away but she cannot stop. Especially when Anders Jansen calls her… Telling her he committed the crime. Playing with her. The more she tries to ignore him… The more he escalates and she is putting everyone in danger for the truth. WHOAAAAA This book was something else! I was gripped, I tell ya… GRIPPED!!! It was chilling!! Bone chilling! I could feel how close the stalker was getting as the book went on. It was excellent. Dark and gritty with a hot mess of an FMC. I wasn’t much of a fan of Shaw’s but I kind of think we weren’t supposed to. Respect her yep.. Like her? NOOOOO. My biggest problem was that we knew what was going on pretty early in the book. I would have liked more of a mystery. The pace was really awesome and I was lucky to get an audiobook version along with the paperback copy. The narrator did an amazing bringing the book to life for me. The pacing was a bit weird in spots and it was slower than I like my thrillers. I also felt that the police not investigating the calls before was a bit weird to me but all in all I enjoyed it. I liked the writing style and I definitely will try this author again. 3.75 stars. Thank you to @netgalley @macmillanaudio and @minotaur_books for my gifted copy and ALC. #shawconnollylivestotell #gillianfrench #thriller #booklover #bookreview #bookishreview #bookblog #readervlog #litdulterous #bookalorian #booksbooksbooks #readreadread #booktok #bookstagrammer

I just finished Six days in Bombay by Alka Joshi and here are my thoughts. Sona is a nurse and when Mira comes to her hospital having a miscarriage they strike up a friendship. Sona is devastated when she dies but finds that MIra has left her a task. To deliver paintings to some of the people who matter to her, also leaving her a painting too.. After losing her job at the hospital, Sona is set on the adventure of a lifetime. Firstly I am a massive, MASSIVE fan of Alka Joshi so I had high expectations of this book. It didn’t disappoint. The stage is set in an epic fashion. Sona is a wonderful character and I love how much depth there was to her. Mira is an interesting character. We get the version of her she wanted Sona to see and you get a different version of her with every person Sona gives a painting to. It was fascinating. I loved the plot. It was fully immersive and the narration was on point!! I love her writing style and this standalone book might be my favourite of hers to date. It was clever, well paced and entertaining from start to finish. 5 stars Thank you @netgalley and @harlequinbooks for my gifted ALC #alkajoshi #sixdaysinbombay #historicalfiction #bookreview #audiobook #audiobooklover #audiobookreader #readersofig #bookalorian #litdulterous #lionessofliteracy #bookblog #booktalk #bookishpodcast #bookchat

I just finished Finders Keepers by Sarah Adler for my book tour for @berkleypub and here are my musings. Nina is licking her wounds and heading back to her childhood home.. Only to find the house next door is not empty…But has Quentin Bell, her ex best friend and secret crush. Radio silence for years but their friendship seems to have stood the test of time and the treasure hunt they started all those years ago is still calling to them… Can they work through the hurt they both harbor? Cute Romance Friends to lovers Childhood friends Treasure hunt Old Mystery Second Chance Small town These are the exact ingredients needed for the kind of romance read, all romance readers need… on any given day. I loved the dynamic between Quentin and Nina. I love romance reads that have romances bloom from childhood friendships. I love the added bit of mystery with the treasure hunt. It gave us something else to focus on that wasn’t just the will they won’t they tension that the book had in spades. I also loved the small town vibes that were going on. I thought the book alternating between the man who set the hunt and the present day was clever. I wasn’t so sure about the flitting back and forth at first but it really gave the book a much needed dimension from the source of the hunt opposed to the duo finding the answers along the way. I loved the writing. It was clean and well paced. I think the author did an awesome job of keeping the mystery and romance simmering at equal levels. I do wish the ending had been a bit splashier… What they found at the end, while very sweet, was a bit of a let down too. I did think the HEA was a nice touch though and I thoroughly enjoyed this book. 4 stars! This little gem of a book is available tomorrow JUNE 24TH! So go grab your copy! (I think the cover is excellent by the way!) Thank you to @netgalley and Berkley Publishing for my gifted copy. I have massively enjoyed my tour spot! #finderskeepers #sarahadler #blogtour #booktour #readerblog #readervlog #booklover #bookreview #berkleybooks #berkleypub #romance #womensfiction #netgalley #kindlereader #litdulterous #bookalorian

I just finished Rope, How a bundle of twisted fibres became the backbone of civilization by Tim Queeny and here are my thoughts! I never thought reading about rope would be so entertaining. The book does an amazing job of explaining the history of the rope and the ways it was useful in history and the future uses of it and how we can adapt with synthetic materials. I have a soft spot for boats so the nautical stuff was fabulous! I loved the writing. It is funny and natural with some chuckle worthy jokes mixed in with all that rich history. If you think about it… Rope is a common item used at different times and with different races. Rope is the one thing that binds us… See what I did there haha. I really enjoyed this book and part of me is laughing inside that a woman in her 40s is tickled pink with a book about rope… Honestly its one of those books you read and now have a wealth of knowledge to make your friends jealous with. 4 stars Thank you to @stmartinspress and @timqueeney for my gifted copy #rope #timqueeney #nonfiction #historicalread #historicalreader #goodreads #netgalleyreader #netgalley #civilizationread #bookreview #bookalorian #litdulterous #booktalk #readersofg #booktoker

I just finished So Gay for You by Leisa Hailey and Kate Moennig and here are my musings! OOOMMMMFFFFFGGGGGGGGG I am a bit of a fan girl for Kate! (Stay cool Stacey) I don’t read many memoirs because 9 times out of 10 I don’t much care for someone's embellished story but this one sucked me right bloody in. (I wish I could have got the audio to work but it didn’t work for Canada :( ) Leisa and Kate have a podcast and man oh man I had no idea so I took my little ass off to have a listen! Pants… It is too funny and relatable! I highly recommend it as it's on spotify. The book felt real, honest and raw. I loved it. I love their friendship. They were there for each other during the good, the bad, the ugly. Now I’ve never seen the L Word… I know! My friend was like.. Were you living under a rock? I’ve convinced hubs to give it a go with me so yay for that. I couldn’t put the bloody thing down. My husband was like Stace… I was like SHHHHHH. He left me alone in the end because he could see it was futile. Each chapter is written by one of them and they took turns and it added a real nice dimension like they were having a chat! Loved it. Loved it too much! 4.5 stars! Such a beautiful story of sisterhood and how it feels to be a queer influencer! I gave my copy to my son! Thank you to @stmartinspress and these beautiful ladies for my gifted PR box! #sogayforyou #katemoennig #leishahailey #memoir #lgbtq #pridemonth #lgbtqreader #lgbtqbook #foundfamily #nonfiction #pantspodcast #bookalorian #litdulterous #podcast #literaryinfluencer #booklover

I just finished Hello Juliet by Samantha M Bailey and here are my musings. Ivy was once a star… She hasn’t been in the limelight after her hit show, Hello Juliet ended… She has the hashtag #poisonivy she is blamed for the implosion. 10 years later an expose brings with it old scandals but there is light at the end of the tunnel… A top secret reunion… There is something waiting for her in her old dressing room and it starts a deadly game of cat… and mouse. This was surprisingly good. I enjoyed the dark undertones. It was better than I was expecting. It seemed like it was going to be one of those easy to figure out plots… Nah!!!! It was artfully done. It wasn’t one of those books that did the twist….twist… whiplash… It was a tad menacing! Ivy was awesome. You can feel how she was catapulted into something no one thought she was ready for, she connected with her co-stars but she still felt like she was on the fringe of their friendship. It was an interesting dynamic and it had a brilliant ending. 4 stars! Thank you @netgalley and @brillianceaudio for my gifted ALC #thriller #bookreview #audiobook #audiobooklover #audiobookreader #readersofig #bookalorian #litdulterous #lionessofliteracy #bookblog #booktalk #bookishpodcast #bookchat #hellojuliet #samantthambailey

I just finished Ask a Matchmaker - Matchmaker Maria’s no-nonsense guide to finding love by Maria Avgitidis and here are my thoughts. Dating today is a nightmare… The apps… UGH! The emotionally unavailable men… DOUBLE UGHHHH!!! People throw people away because they don’t like how they hold a spoon. This book will help you! Maria gives it to you straight! It’s like getting advice from your bestie! She covers personality typing for compatibility! It’s done really well. I am married so I didn’t need this book but I really felt like I got a lot from it anyway. The writing is great! She sets it all up as quick strategies and it's all easy to implement. I liked the part about the spark and how you should still go on the second date. It really made sense to me. It’s easy to follow and can be used as a reference guide too! If you are single and you are hopeless (Like me) at the dating game, this book is a real asset to finding the right match… Not just any match.. The right one for you! Brilliant! 4 stars Thank you to @mariaavgitidis for my gifted PR box and @stmartinspress #askamatchmaker #mariaavgitidis #nonfiction #selfhelp #dating #findinglove #bookreview #bookishreview #booklover #bookalorian #litdulterous #readsofig #bookishpodcast #podcaster #bookinfluencer #literaryinfluencer #smpreader