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Piglet

"To say something, to do something, to feel something, would be to self-destruct." Author: Lottie Hazell Piglet finally has it all. She’s clawed her way to the top. She’s an up-and-coming chef on the brink of a brilliant career and engaged to a handsome society man. Her lavish wedding, where she will make her pièce de résistance, her own cake, is just around the corner. She has posh friends now, a fancy life, and despite the childhood nickname that hides a bevy of trauma, she has finally made it. But then, two weeks before her wedding, her fiancé confesses something horrible. [...]

2025-08-04T10:57:43-07:00August 4th, 2025|Tags: , , , , , |

Woman In the Polar Night, A

"You must live through the long night, the storms, and the destruction of human pride." Author: Christiane Ritter I was excited when my book club chose A Woman in the Polar Night. Over the last few years, I’ve found a deep connection with memoirs and autobiographies, and I’ve always had a love affair with the forbidding, forgotten places on this planet. After watching John Carpenter’s The Thing as a child (I know, I know), I fell in love with the beautiful, dangerous vistas and the isolation of Antarctica, so I was excited to learn more about Christiane Ritter’s unprecedented adventure to [...]

2025-08-03T11:02:38-07:00August 3rd, 2025|Tags: , , , , , , |

Stolen Tongues

"If you speak long enough into the void, someone is bound to start listening." Author: Felix Blackwell Faye and Felix are a happy couple, ready to celebrate their engagement in a secluded cabin on Pale Peak. The idyllic scenery soon takes on an ominous tinge, however, as the snow roles in and an unseen man starts screaming in the woods. Isolated, paranoid, and helpless, the couple soon realize that the voices that call to them outside are anything but human. Stolen Tongues starts with a chilling encounter with the supernatural that sets the precedent of the paranormal in Felix’s and Faye’s [...]

2025-08-02T19:36:43-07:00August 2nd, 2025|Tags: , , , |
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