It’s banned book week, kids, and I’ve picked more banned books you should read immediately. But why are books banned in the first place? Is it because they’re bad? No. Books are banned because they either contain truths adults don’t want children to face (now and ever), or they challenge the status quo, and/or they […]| Mindy Carlson
Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult by Ellen Huet SYNOPSIS – A cautionary tale of sex and salvation for the wellness generation: how orgasmic meditation turned into a cult. OneTaste hoped orgasm would change the world. Emerging in the midst of the late-aughts for-profit wellness boom, the company was…| BookZone
Professional Drug Addict: A Memoir of Addiction, Crime, Homelessness, and Redemption by Arnel Castro Leyve SYNOPSIS – What happens when a tech executive trades corporate meetings for meth-fue…| BookZone
This is a weekly meme hosted by, Taking on a World of Words. It’s where we talk about the Three W’s: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you will read next? Time is accelerating! A few neighbors have put up Halloween inflatables. I think we are … Continue reading W.W.W. 9/24/25| Books Are The New Black
This is a meme created by Reviews from the Stacks, and the idea is to spell the month using the first letter of book titles. There are now some prompts each month if you would like to make it …| Books Are The New Black
Peace, Love, & Murder: The Charles Manson Story by Alan R. Warren SYNOPSIS – In the late 1960s, America’s promise of peace, love, and freedom collided with a nightmare that would forever change the nation. At the center of it was Charles Manson—failed musician, self-styled guru, and one of the most infamous figures in criminal…| BookZone
Brothers of the Gun: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and a Reckoning in Tombstone by Mark Lee Gardner SYNOPSIS – A colorful and groundbreaking account of the most storied friendship of the American West: the bond between Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday: Legendary gunfighters and friends who gained immortality because of…| BookZone
Presiding Over Shadows: From Chaos to Order in the Court by Michael Randazzo SYNOPSIS – I am Judge Michael Randazzo, but by all odds, I never should have been. My story begins in a pop-up tra…| BookZone
Convergence: A True Story by Jonathan Dixon & Gregg Owen SYNOPSIS – This story seems impossible. But every word is true. Convergence is the account of a vicious double homicide in 19…| BookZone
This is a weekly meme hosted by, Taking on a World of Words. It’s where we talk about the Three W’s: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you th…| Books Are The New Black
This is a weekly meme hosted by, Taking on a World of Words. It’s where we talk about the Three W’s: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you th…| Books Are The New Black
A Thousand Miles From Care: The Hunt for My Brother’s Killer – A Thirty-Year Quest for Justice by Steve Johnson SYNOPSIS – Soon to be a MAJOR MOVIE. A gripping and heartbreaking story, A Thousand Miles from Care tells the 30-year quest Steve Johnson undertook to uncover the truth about his brilliant brother’s death. At the entrance of…| BookZone
The Serial Killer Travel Guide Across America: Your Coast-to-Coast Tour of Terror by Johnny Trevisani & Brian Whitney SYNOPSIS – The Serial Killer Travel Guide Across America isn’t y…| BookZone
Caged Killer: The Psychopath Who Killed Behind Bars By Ryan Green SYNOPSIS – This is not a story of escape. It’s a story of control. Marvin Gray entered prison a killer — violent, cunning, and cold. But no one expected what he would become once caged. From solitary confinement, he wrote thousands of pages of…| BookZone
The Best True Crime Stories of the Year 2025 by Douglas Preston SYNOPSIS – Bestselling author Douglas Preston selects the best true crime writing from the past year, aided by series editor Pete Crooks, to produce an eclectic collection of intriguing, mysterious, and exciting true tales. This inaugural edition of what will be a yearly…| BookZone
This is a weekly meme hosted by, Taking on a World of Words. It’s where we talk about the Three W’s: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you th…| Books Are The New Black
This is a weekly meme hosted by, Taking on a World of Words. It’s where we talk about the Three W’s: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you th…| Books Are The New Black
Chasson’s Run: The Prison Break That Captivated America And The Love Story That Fueled It by Daniel Zimmermanz SYNOPSIS – “Sorry folks, but I gotta go.” CHASSON’S RUN: The Prison Break That C…| BookZone
Sundays in Bed With… is a meme that dares to ask you what book has been in your bed this morning and is hosted by Midnight Book Girl. Come share what book you’ve spent time curled up read…| Books Are The New Black
This is a weekly meme hosted by, Taking on a World of Words. It’s where we talk about the Three W’s: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you th…| Books Are The New Black
This is a weekly meme hosted by, Taking on a World of Words. It’s where we talk about the Three W’s: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you th…| Books Are The New Black
It’s been a while since I posted any updates about the book club. It’s still up and running! On Fable, I have 34 members as of today. Unfortunately, I shuddered the group on Goodreads due to a lack of participation. It is a shame because the group was growing. It seems that no one saw […]| Life in a Few Words
There were a couple of great suggestions for the book club for the month of November. I threw this one in because it has been sitting on my bookshelf for quite some time, just waiting for me to pick it up. I added it to the poll, and it got the most votes. I have […]| Life in a Few Words
Last Updated on January 1, 2025 by ThoughtsStained I’m still not over the fact that I actually read books in 2024. 😂 And instead of starting the year hoping to pick up this hobby again, I’m actually excited to continue the trend. (I know, I know, who am I?) So, let’s talk reading goals for […] The post Reading Goals for 2025 appeared first on Thoughts Stained With Ink.| Thoughts Stained With Ink
This is a weekly meme hosted by, Taking on a World of Words. It’s where we talk about the Three W’s: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you th…| Books Are The New Black
and romance and sci fi don’t worry there are books too| KJ Dell'Antonia
i don't want to feel any feels so i can't read any books| KJ Dell'Antonia
Do I take a lot of trips? I do! Do I take a lot of books? HECK YEAH| KJ Dell'Antonia
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Indulge your bookworm fantasies with these 12 strategies for adding more reading to your life| KJ Dell'Antonia
I’m reading. But I’m just not feeling it.| KJ Dell'Antonia
Do I take a lot of trips? I do! Do I take a lot of books? HECK YEAH I have a horror of ending up on a plane without a good book. Yes, my ereader mostly should have relieved me of that problem BUT STILL. What if it suddenly didn’t really download even though I checked it three times? What if the battery goes “poop!” What if I sit on it or drop it in the seat and then try […]| KJ Dell'Antonia
[fill in book type blank here] For me, the end of that sentence is “werewolf-vampire romance” and even when Ali Hazelwood (whose trio of science-y romances I have quite liked) dropped one, causing me to express incredible delight over the sheer PROPS of her, to say “want another best-selling science-y academic romance? Then publish this first, witches”—still, I didn’t think I was gonna read it. But I did, and reader, I loved it. Bride was pure solid fun from beginning to end, ...| KJ Dell'Antonia
Indulge your bookworm fantasies with these 12 strategies for adding more reading to your life| KJ Dell'Antonia
You wait until the sound of his footsteps fade from earshot and you slump into your chair, putting two fingers to your forehead. You pull the trigger. You have ten minutes to decompress, get back t…| The Cabinet of Heed
After more than one pintI miss the last train again.We put on your father’s records.Stolichnaya and A Clockwork Orange. We know that we are friends.And all I want is the smell of you,the heat of yo…| The Cabinet of Heed
Humanity’s last ship, Our Finest Moment, began burning less than twenty minutes after leaving the port. We all knew we were dead meat when we boarded the ship, but we were expecting to at least get…| The Cabinet of Heed
Olive arrived at the bus stop encumbered with bags, feeling like a packhorse. The bench was full. She sank deeper into her shoes. The length of the queue suggested there would be no seats left by t…| The Cabinet of Heed
You laugh in your sleep. The bed quivers beneath me as your body shakes. You never remember in the morning. Smiling in puzzlement at my amusement. It was your night time laughter that ensnared me l…| The Cabinet of Heed
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE. You have twenty-four hours to vacate the premises. The Sale of the Property located at 502 North Wendon Street will be held between the hours of 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM, Ju…| The Cabinet of Heed
I worked there for thirty years, I enjoyed my job, I had the responsibility of being a liaison for public events, and since we had been colonialized, we partook in demonstrations as a display of ou…| The Cabinet of Heed
Half my hair fell out when you died. and wisps of baby hair sprouted. The hairdresser thought it was funny – baby hair bouncing among my grey. But the new hair also fell out, tiny tufts of so…| The Cabinet of Heed
On orange days hell is hammocked in the plastic net satsumas come in. You always cut your fingers on it because the scissors are never near enough, and the pulling kind of helps. You do not actuall…| The Cabinet of Heed
The night before he was killed by an electric eel, Pedro had hung multicoloured lanterns outside his hut, perched as it was in stilts on the muddy banks of the great river. Perhaps he knew what awa…| The Cabinet of Heed
