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Fanning Fireflies

A little magic on a summer night. Read my review and enter the giveaway. LS Delorme will be awarding a $15 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner. Enter at all the tour stops to increase your odds. 1944. Harrisville, a small southern town.   Veronica works at the cigarette factory and takes a side gig processing cannon fodder, er, new army recruits. Some of the recruits are black, and…

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S.K. Reviews Death on a Scottish Train, a Cozy Mystery with a Romantic Twist

Grab the haggis and tea, and don’t forget a pair of sturdy wellies. We’re going to Scotland! NetGalley provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Modern day. Small Scottish village. She’s a transplanted American with a past she’d like to forget. Now she’s building a new life as the town doc. When the need arises—as it does with regularity in Scotland—she serves as the…

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Secrets and Guilt: The Homecoming by Kristin Offiler

Do you have a pack of Ride-or-Die friends? The ones you can depend on, whether your problem is an extra bottle of wine or a body to dispose of? In The Housewarming by Kristin Offiler, four friends reunite, but the occasion isn’t exactly a happy one. Five years ago, the fifth of their number, Zoe, went missing. The tragedy and uncertainty of that event color the lives of the remaining women.…

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S.K. Reviews The Devil Take the Blues

NetGalley and Hell or Highwater Books provided a free copy of The Devil Take the Blues in exchange for an honest review. Meet Me at the Crossroads The Devil Take the Blues by Ariel Slick is a Southern Gothic Song of Love and Infernal Bargains Circa 1920. The fly spot of a town called Azoma, Louisiana. Beatrice runs and owns the store she inherited from her profligate father only because she…

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S.K. Reviews The Woman in the Cabin by Becca Day

Hold on to your potatoes! This book is quite a ride. Modern Day. Remote cabin in the Scottish Highlands. Let’s call her ‘Mary’ is hard at work, cooking and cleaning for Cal, let’s call him ‘her husband.’ She’s been slaving away for this guy for about ten years, satisfying his every whim and feeling his wrath if she doesn’t. I grew increasingly frustrated with Let’s-Call-Her-Mary. Seriously, a…

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S.K. Reviews Daughter of the Drowned

Here’s a chilling read for a hot day! Daughter of the Drowned by Kerry Williams mixes Greek myth with Voodoo and trauma. Take a peek. Daughter of the Drowned is a dark and intense tale about addiction, trauma, and death. The victim of a swimming accident during which she was dead for four minutes, Lovely Timms, is obsessed with death. And, since the accident, the dead clamor for her attention.…

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New Release! Free Book!

Seriously–this is an offer I had to show you. Goddess Fish Promotions shares this opportunity to get a Free Book. All you have to do is fill out the Rafflecopter below. You don’t have to win–well, actually everybody wins because the author is giving away 7500 copies! Plus you could win $150 gift card. This is as close to magic as I can get! Read more and get your free book! Patricia Leavy is…

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S.K. Reviews The Dresden Files

I’m going to let you in on a guilty pleasure I’ve been indulging for a few months. Back in the winter, I was trolling around, looking for something to read—something with magic, something with action, something new to me but well-rated that I had missed in previous trolling-for-good-books activities. Honestly, sometimes I wonder where I was for half my life. Oh, yeah. I was working at a…

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S.K. Reviews A Spell to Wake the Dead

Do you feel a chill in the air? Do you catch the smell of fallen leaves and pumpkin spice on that cold breeze? Do you sense unfriendly eyes watching you from the forest’s tangled undergrowth? Me, Too! Isn’t it wonderful? If, like me, you are a Halloween refugee 364 days of the year, take respite in A Spell to Wake the Dead. Modern Day. Real World. Two witchlings and their skeptical friend find…

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Sync Your Business with Your Life: Book Review, Giveaway

And now for something completely different! I seldom write nonfiction reviews — mainly because reality scares me. Today’s featured book, presented as part of a Goddess Fish Promotions tour, offers advice for every business owner–and authors absolutely qualify as business owners. See my review and be sure to enter the giveaway. S.K. Reviews Totally out of my so-called area of expertise, but who…

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Witches, Sorcerors, a Contest, and S.K. Reviews

Time for summer reads and wine spritzers! The Winter Sorcerer and the Summer Witch by D. Lieber comes to Sorchia’s Universe via a Goddess Fish promo tour and that means a contest! It also means–at least for this book–a review by S.K. Scroll down for more info and be sure to enter the contest. D Lieber will be awarding a $10 Bookshop.org Gift card to a randomly drawn winner. Follow the tour and…

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Psychosis Diagnosis--Novel Magic

What if everyone thought you were nuts? What if they didn’t believe anything you said and what if they locked you up for saying it? My Novel Magic guest, Nikki Minty, shares her new release Psychosis Diagnosis. Psychosis Diagnosis by Nikki Minty If you’re searching for something haunting and atmospheric, look no further. Set in both Australia’s countryside and America’s Deep South, Psychosis…

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Zeitgist

Z is for Zeitgeist The end is here and for my last 2025 Blog Challenge post (not counting the two I missed and now have to backtrack and write) is Zeitgeist. The word zeitgeist—from the German Zeit (time) and Geist (spirit)—means “the spirit of the age.” It describes the dominant ideas, beliefs, and moods that define a particular historical period. While the zeitgeist is often shaped by…

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Yeet

Y is for Yeet English is the most spoken language in the world and the default language for international business, tourism, and technology because it is a living language. It changes and adapts, which is also why you have weird spelling and pronunciation that seems to make no sense, and why English is difficult for non-natives to learn. Not to mention the idioms—catching a cold and cutting your…

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New Release and Fudge Cake

A new release–hot off the presses, and it sounds fantastic–PLUS a fudge cake recipe from the author. Author Kris Bock introduces the Reluctant Psychic Series with Stone Cold Murder! And did I mention the fudge cake? Kris Bock on the Reluctant Psychic Mysteries and a therapeutic hot fudge cake recipe The Reluctant Psychic Mystery series stars Petra Cloch, a young woman who can touch an object…

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Xenophilia

X is for Xenophilia Xenophilia is the opposite of xenophobia. We often use the phrasing that we tolerate diversity or we encourage tolerance. Xenophilia goes a step beyond. It’s the love for, the attraction to, or the appreciation of things foreign or different. Xenophilia should be our default setting. Sadly, our opponents seem stuck in xenophobia—a fear and even hatred of anything…

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When They go Low...

W is for When They Go Low… You know the rest of the quote, but here’s the lady herself, explaining how and why she adopts this belief:  And, more recently, her take on the topic at the DNC convention last year. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/21/michelle-obama-dnc-speech-chicago-2024-00175324 But, I can hear you say (because I say it too), they are going so very low. They don’t play by…