WISHFUL THINKING

Thought I wouldn't get time to get in a review before the year ends but then I realized I'd written this two months back and forgot to post it! TITLE: MOCKINGBIRD (Miriam Black #2) AUTHOR: CHUCK WENDIG PUBLISHER: ANGRY ROBOT GOODREADS SUMMARY: Miriam is trying. Really, she is. But this whole "settling down thing" that Louis has going for her just isn't working out. She lives on Long Beach Island all year around. Her home is a run-down double-wide trailer. She works at a grocery store as a check-out girl. And her relationship with Louis--who's on the road half the time in his truck--is subject to the piss and vinegar Miriam brings to everything she does. It just isn't going well. Still, she's keeping her psychic ability--to see when and how someone is going to die just by touching them--in check. But even that feels wrong somehow. Like she's keeping a tornado stoppered up in a tiny bottle. Then comes one bad day that turns it all ...

I'm taking a minute to breathe here, and announce before we go into the guest post that I'm so very very sorry for all the erratic posting that's been happening on the blog. There's just too much going on in my life! Add to that finals-related stress, and I'm like a zombie with a polka-dotted headband, shuffling around the house in pajamas the whole day. (Plus Jeremy Carver is killing me with Supernatural Season 8, dammit) This is the last post for the year, guys and girls. I'll be back new year with a new design and other stuff. But wait! Today we have Faith McKay, author of Prophecy Girl, doing a guest post for us! Welcome, Faith! On to the guest post! Ten Facts You Didn't Know About Prophecy Girl + Every character in this novel has at least one nickname, though only some of them are mentioned in Prophecy Girl. + The working title for many years was NEXT SERVICES, because of a sign in the valley that reads Next Services: 74 Miles. The scene in...