I am cursed.

Got my teeth cleaned today. And I have to share with you a curse that has haunted me nearly my entire life. You know how dentist offices always play the same [fucking terrible] Easy Listening music? Bad enough, right? Well, for as long as I can remember, I have been at the mercy of one particular Dental Office song: “Take My Breath Away” by Berlin. I know what you’re thinking. “But LT, surely you don’t remember every song that played when you were at …
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Things I Do Not “Get”

Weddings. You know how people say, “Every woman has been dreaming of her wedding day since she was a little girl!”? Not me. I’ve literally never once fantasized about a wedding or a white dress or a ring or any of that stuff. (Actually, someone I know has cornered Tim more than once and told him that he “needs” to ask me to marry him because they “know” it’s what I want. Never has this person ever asked me if that’s what I want. …
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Giblet-Related Inventions

First, I feel like I should open up with some kind of explanation as to why I’ve suddenly decided to dust off Ye Olde Blogge, which has sat in a state of disuse and decrepitude. But the best explanation I can come up with is: “Because I felt like it.” So there. Also, one of the reasons I haven’t blogged much is that when I think about writing something here, I always feels this immense pressure to have something important or highly entertaining to …
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Your Name, In Blood: It Will Suck You In

Rating: 5/5 Genre: Paranormal Suspense / Urban Fantasy Ever since reading Kera Emory’s debut novel, Your Name, In Fire, I have been anxiously awaiting the follow-up. Well, it’s finally here, and it doesn’t disappoint. The year isn’t over yet, but I’m already certain this will remain one of my favorite reads of 2017. Your Name, In Blood has more story, more characterization, and more charisma in a single chapter than most books have in their entirety. Just like the first book in the series, Your …
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Preoccupation: A quick and haunting read

Rating: 5/5 Genre: Paranormal Suspense / Literary Mystery I don’t read a lot of short stories, because best case scenario, they leave me wanting more. (Worst case scenario, there’s not enough time for anything to really happen, so they seem kind of pointless.) BUT… I’m a sucker for a ghost story. And I am so glad I read this one. A grief-stricken girl answers a house-sitting ad. Something about the house on the beach is off, or is it all in her head? The …
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