BookCon 2026: From Literary Dream to Letdown? My Honest Review
BookCon 2026 took place this past weekend (April 18-19, 2026). What went from everyone’s literary dream of the return of BookCon, turned into a complete chaotic letdown.
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Perfectionist Wannabe is Launching a New Horror Series on Substack
Perfectionist Wannabe is pivoting. There’s a new horror series coming to Substack.
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The Book Influencer: How to Boost a Book to Bestseller Status
This technique helps boost a book onto the bestseller list in one post. This is how to influence people to buy books.
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Serial Killer Games: A Dark Romantic Comedy
Serial Killer Games is not your Butcher & Blackbird. Everything is just a game until things become too real.
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Editor’s Letter: 2025 Brings a Call for Change
Happy New Year! I hope all of you had a great holiday. I just wanted to share some updates. As we roll into 2025, a lot of things are changing. In America, our entire world changes. Some would say we are moving into unprecedented times. I say we are moving into dangerous times. If you…
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Book Review: Temple of Swoon
Jo Segura returns with her second Indiana Jones inspired romance, “Temple of Swoon.”
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Book Review: We Love the Nightlife
With Interview With the Vampire buzzing everywhere between the TV series and the thirty year anniversary of the movie, it makes sense that a book in the spirit of everything we love about Louis and Lestat would surface, but make it a tale between two women. We Love the Nightlife by Rachel Koller Croft has those Anne Rice vibes from beginning to end, all the way down to the introduction of Claudia.
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The Most Anticipated Horror Book of the Summer: Horror Movie
It is rare that I come across a book that surpasses all others. A diamond in the rough, so to speak. Of the hundreds of books I peruse each year, I may come across one, maybe two books, each year that sit with me long after I’ve turned that last page. These are the books…
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Joan He’s Kingdom of Three
Joan He’s Kingdom of Three duology concludes with the release of Sound the Gong. This tale is a re-imagining of the Chinese mythological tale of the Three Kingdoms. It begins with Strike the Zither where we meet Zephyr, an orphan who took fate into her own hands to become one of the leading strategists in…
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Book Review: The Stranger I Wed
Harper St. George brings to us a new spicy Gilded Age romance series with The Stranger I Wed. Pub Date: April 23, 2024 Synopsis New to wealth and to London high society, American heiress Cora Dove discovers that with the right man, marriage might not be such an inconvenience after all. . . . Cora…
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Book Review: An Enchanting Case of Spirits
An Enchanting Case of Spirits by Melissa Holtz mixes a little bit of sleuthing with spirits who have unfinished business. Sprinkle a little bit of romance on top, and we have this new spirited mystery from Berkley Publishing. Synopsis When a fortieth birthday celebration leads to a ghostly visitor, four friends find themselves navigating surprising…
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Book Review: Indian Burial Ground
Nick Medina’s “Indian Burial Ground” mixes mythology and folklore with horror.
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Book Review: Something Kindred
Something Kindred is a new coming-of-age story of a young Black girl returning to her roots, to a town filled with ghosts. Echoes.
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The Book Influencer: Is it OK to sell ARCs?
This is a topic every reviewer and book influencer has asked at some point. If you Google this question, you will find people doing a deep dive into the ‘legality’ of it, instead of just asking the publishers directly, “Is it OK to sell ARCs?” So I asked this question for you. For those who…
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The Book Influencer: Vetting the Books You Share
For those in the Bookstagram community, there is always one drama or another when it comes to what we share on Instagram. It becomes difficult deciding which books to share, especially during the age of cancel culture. You don’t want to be caught on the wrong side of the conversation. For some book influencers, we…
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9 Things Women with Perimenopause Need to Know
For women growing older, we learn quickly that as our bodies change after our child-bearing years, the health care industry is no longer interested in helping us. They can’t explain what is going on with our bodies. They tell us to go plant-based, exercise more, and drink more water. They make very little to no…
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Book Review: Becoming Madam Secretary
For those who love historical fiction and American politics, I have a new book suggestion for you that releases on March 12, 2024, called Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray.
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Christie’s Elton John Memorabilia Auction
Elton John is auctioning off items from his Peachtree Road home in Atlanta.
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Theater Review: Between Two Knees
I don’t know who is on the Tony Awards committee, but whoever you are, I need to you to see this. I need you to vote for Between Two Knees. It may make you feel a little uncomfortable (especially, if you are white), but by the end of the show, you’ll feel a little differently…
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Editor’s Letter February 2024: Decolonize
I’ve been working on two book projects for the last eight months. Both books center around an Indigenous man and an Asian American woman. I know a lot of writers were shocked to learn that I’m working on two books at once, but one is the buffer book to help me emotionally get through the…
