Essays, Lectures, and Rants : The Thoughts Of Elaine Barlow
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I listen to audiobooks at night to help me fall asleep. Not because they are boring or uninteresting but because I have tried a number of things to try and stop my anxious, racing thoughts at night (including various medications herbal and otherwise). Nothing helped except concentrating on a good story with a good narrator. React posts highlight the things that stayed with me or really stood out about the book over a course of nights.
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A Whisper of Death by Darcy Burke
"Briskly paced and sharply plotted, with smart, compelling characters and an intriguing psychic twist ..." says Amanda Quick. She's not wrong.
Cavendish & Walker Volume 2
DCI Whitney Walker and Forensic psychologist, Dr. Georgina Cavendish are two emotionally dysregulated, therapy needing women who also solve crimes together.
Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli
Gross and tone deaf fantasy about a woman falling in love with the equivelent of a Nazi who hunts and kills women who are witches. This stuff isn't hot or romantic.
Cavendish & Walker Volume 1
DCI Whitney Walker and Forensic psychologist, Dr. Georgina Cavendish couldn't be more different but these two headstrong women make a great team.
The Seven by Robyn Delvey
New to the job and with everything to prove, Crown Prosecution Service lawyer Eve Wren is working on the biggest UK trial in decades. The first book in the thrilling Eve Wren series
The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish by Paula Brackston
The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish is book one in New York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston's new magic-infused series about an eccentric and feisty young woman who can see ghosts.
The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso
A whip-smart adventure fantasy packed with reality-bending magic, and sapphic romance, The Last Hour Between Worlds is a brilliant new series.
LightLark by Alex Aster
"BookTok phenomenon and award-winning author Alex Aster delivers listeners a masterfully written, utterly gripping YA fantasy novel." Yeah whatever. Suzy Jackson reads the shit out of this!
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Vespertine is Margaret Rogerson's best book to date and while I'm sorry she had to go through so much suffering to create it.
Strange Beasts by Susan J Morris
"The worlds of Dracula and Sherlock Holmes collide in a thrilling exploration of feminine power." Aka: Tell me you hate men and have never read Dracula ...