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Blog tours. This subject has recently come to my attention. But it's not a new concept for me. Early in my #bookstagramming days, I was invited to join various Blog Tour "organizations" but I always declined. Why?

1. They never had any books of interest to me

2. I hate reading or posting on a strict deadline

3. Nobody really reads blogs anymore ( says the one typing up a BLOG post)

I'm here to tell you that you do NOT need the services of a Blog Tour and you absolutely do NOT need to pay...

Comic Horror!

 By Tav @readswithdogs

After some traumatic-as-fuck real-life events in the past couple of weeks (one of my dogs; Bubs was mauled by one of his dog friends, Bill, after a fun play date) my time has been regulated to being the best dog nurse I can be and not much else. Insomnia made it’s triumphant return into my life and made it difficult to focus on any of the 5 books I was presently reading.

While wiping the blood off the door of my glass bookshelf (Bubs had drains...

Fear of Loaning and Lost Pages
By Kallie Weisgarber

Set the scene. You're out to brunch with your best friend. Maybe there are mimosas involved, maybe not. Who am I to say? You are catching up from the last week or two since you two have had a chance to get together. They tell you about their work woes and their landlord who is jerking them around. You tell them about how the road to your workplace is somehow ALWAYS under construction lately and the most recent book you've read. 

And then it happens. The...

How to Trick Your Friends and Family Into Experiencing the Joys of Horror in 3 Easy Steps. 

“Trick” may seem to be a strong word. I could go with “snooker” or “hoodwink”, but trick seems to be the most straightforward term. Horror has a reputation for being the bad boy of literary genres. Given the amount of horror covers with blood oozing down the front, it’s not hard to see why! People who think of themselves as intellectual readers write off horror as pulpy trash. Those who enjoy light, uplifting stories imagine never being able to...