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Captivating First Lines Pt. 2

April 28, 2024 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

Hello again dear reader or listener, I hope you’re enjoying your Sunday! I once again have literary appetizers for you.

Since I recently received a (very amusing) spam bot comment on one of my old list posts, I thought I might as well make a part 2 given it’s been three years! As you can guess from the title, I felt like listing the very first (or first few) lines from books currently on my shelves, that I found especially captivating for one reason or other. Maybe they’re particularly ominous, or amusing, or intriguing, but in each case, they set the tone incredibly well.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, List Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Ambrose Parry, Anthony Ryan, Ashley Poston, caitlin Starling, David Dalglish, Hannah Kaner, Katy Hays, richard swan, Rory Power, RuNyx, Sarah Beth Durst, Sebastien De Castell

COVER REVEAL: Z.E.R.O: Zombie Elimination and Rescue Operatives (Z.E.R.O Saga #1) by Jessica Ungeheuer

April 26, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Cover illustrator: Jessica Ungeheuer (author) | SitePublisher: Self Release Date: August 23rd, 2024Pre-Order Link: Amazon GoodReads: Add to shelf Z.E.R.O is book one in a new urban fantasy and horror series! Blurb Jeffrey Knight is a down on his luck self proclaimed loser. He can’t keep a job, forced into hours of work in the hell that is retail. His […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, Cover Reveal, List, Recommendations Tagged With: #Horror, #JessicaUngeheuer, #UrbanFantasy, #Z.E.R.O, #Z.E.R.OSaga, #Zero, #ZeroSaga, #ZombieEliminationandRescueOperatives, #zombies

Series Spotlight: GOOSEBUMPS by R. L. Stine

April 23, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) 1 Comment

At the time I started collecting these, I believe I had made an offhand comment about wondering if Stine was the most published author ever. That’s all it took, and my partner at the time suggested we try collecting them all. For months, we had ThriftBooks coming in weekly doubling the collection. I think we […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, List, Recommendations, Series Spotlight Tagged With: #Disney+, #GiveYourselfGoosebumps, #Goosebumps, #Goosebumps2000, #GoosebumpsGold, #GoosebumpsGraphix, #GoosebumpsHallofHorrors, #GoosebumpsHorrorLand, #GoosebumpsHouseofShivers, #GoosebumpsMostWanted, #GoosebumpsPresents, #GoosebumpsSlappyWorld, #GoosebumpsTripleHeader, #Horror, #Hulu, #RLStine, #TalestoGiveYouGoosebumps

Intro to Indie Science Fiction + Representation

April 4, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Similarly to my original Intro to Indie posts (which you can check out here: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-fi) this is an idea I’ve been brewing for months. Not just where to start with sci-fi or underrated sci-fis, but sci-fi from authors you may have never heard of, authors that may not look, sound, or think like you, authors that […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, List, Recommendations, Self Published, Series Spotlight Tagged With: #Ace, #AlinaLeonova, #AndreaRoseWashington, #Asexual, #DepartDepart, #Disability, #Elendil, #Epilepsy, #GraveCold, #HaloScot, #IndianRep, #IndoCaribbean, #IntrotoIndieScfi, #JCMBerne, #Jewish, #LastHopeForHire, #LaurieJaney, #LGBTQ, #LGBTQrep, #MatthewWilcox, #MentalHealth, #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis, #PremeeMohamed, #Representation, #RoryAugust, #Sciencefiction, #Scifi, #ShannonKnight, #SimKern, #TheAnnualMigrationofClouds, #TheCrossing, #TheHeartbeatofaMillionDreams, #TheJourney, #TheLastGiftsoftheUniverse, #Trans, #WildFlowersElectricBeasts, #WistfulAscending

Intro to Indie Horror + Representation

April 3, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Similarly to my original Intro to Indie posts (which you can check out here: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-fi) this is an idea I’ve been brewing for months. Also feel free to check out my original Intro to Indie + Rep post for Fantasy here. Not just where to start with horror or underrated horrors, but horror from authors you […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, Historical, LGBTQ+, List, Mystery, Mythology, Novella, Recommendations, Self Published, Series Spotlight Tagged With: #AhmedHAlameen, #AnthonyEngebretson, #BadHandsBooks, #BestGhost, #BrianMcAuley, #CandyCainKills, #CJDaley, #CranberryCove, #EightNightmares, #EmmaEMurray, #EReyes, #GothicHorror, #HaileyPiper, #HarvestNights, #HungersAsOldAsThisLand, #Imago, #IntrotoIndieHorror, #Jewish, #KillerVHS, #Lumberjack, #MatthewZakharuk, #NativeAmerican, #NativeAmericanMythology, #NightmaresfromaDesk, #Representation, #ShortwaveMedia, #Shortwavepublishing, #StuartTudor, #TenebrousPress, #TheHouseonMoonCreekAvenue, #VeloxBooks, #Western, #WhentheDevil, #WhereDreamsAreLost, #WillieRHeredia, #ZacharyRosenberg

An Intro to Indie Fantasy + Representation

April 2, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Similarly to my original Intro to Indie posts (which you can check out here: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-fi) this is an idea I’ve been brewing for months. Not just where to start with fantasy, or underrated fantasies, but fantasy from authors you may have never heard of, authors that may not look, sound, or think like […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, LGBTQ+, List, Norse Mythology, Recommendations, Self Published, Series Spotlight Tagged With: #ADrownedKingdom, #AllegraPescatore, #ArmanisArfeinial, #Asian, #BaptistePinsonWu, #CMCaplan, #Disability, #FourofMercies, #HotelFen, #IntrotoIndieFantasy, #Lira, #MarieSinadjan, #MeriBenson, #Mi'kmaqTribe, #NativeAmerican, #PLStuart, #POC, #Representation, #SarahChorn, #SistahSamurai, #SkinThief, #SteveHughWesterna, #SuzanPalumbo, #TatianaObey, #TheFallIsAllThereIs, #TheLastGift, #TheNecessityofRain, #ThePropheciesofRagnarok, #TheWingsofAshtaroth, #Trans, #UndeadSamurai, #WhereShadowsLie, Fantasy, LGBTQ, Queer

Everything I read for SFINCS inaugural year!

April 1, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Now that the first ever year of SFINCS is drawing to a close, I wanted to put together my own post collecting all of the novellas I read throughout the competition. I will re-share each read’s full review, with links to the originals (linked on the actual word ‘review‘ if I shared one to the […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, List, Mystery, Novella, Read-A-Long, Recommendations, Self Published, Series Spotlight Tagged With: #AgeofRekindling, #AlexValdiers, #AMirageintheMemory, #AmyMarsden, #AndrMos, #ASorrowNamedJoy, #BadGrains, #BenjaminAeveryn, #Blackcap, #BladesoftheIce, #BSHGarcia, #CalBlack, #CaraNDelaney, #CrownandTide, #CthulhusCarPark, #DarkFantasy, #DarkHeartofIlmoure, #DouglasLumsden, #DSRitter, #Envoy, #Fantasy, #FromtheAshes, #Horror, #ItHastoStartSomewhere, #JeffWalker, #JoãoFSilva, #JPatriciaAnderson, #LegendsofElessia, #LuisFalcaoDeMagalhaes, #LukeTarzian, #MichaelRoberti, #Misadventurous, #NoelleNichols, #OccultHorror, #Rainfallen, #RaokeGang, #RuinsofSmoke, #SarahChorn, #Sciencefiction, #Scifi, #SFINCS, #ShatteredSpirits, #ShatteredSpiritsTheFallofIshcairn, #ShawnDrew, #SimonTull, #SpeculativeFiction, #SpeculativeFictionIndieNovellaChampiondhip, #StaffofJustice, #SusanneSchmidt, #TheChoiceofWeapons, #TheDemonsDagger, #TheHeartofQuinaria, #TheLongLostWar, #TheOrderoftheStrawberryCircle, #TheRevengeofThousands, #TheShadowsCreedSaga, #TheSlipSaga, #TheSmokesmiths, #TheWorldMakerParable, #WereAllMonstersHere, #YourBloodandBones

The Nine Biggest Inspirations for Mushroom Blues

March 12, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

My debut novel Mushroom Blues is out in just one week, and I am so excited to share the world of Neo Kinoko and The Fungalverse with readers. Humans are very good at accumulating information, and when it comes to creativity, everything an individual spews out is an amalgamation of the things they consume that inspire them. From movies to TV shows, video games, and books, there are just so many incredible stories and properties out there. So, to give all of you a deeper sense of Mushroom Blues, I’ve compiled a list of my nine biggest inspirations for this story, its world, and its characters.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Blog Tour, Debut, Guest Post, List, Self Published Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Book Tour, Fungalpunk, Guest Post, List, Mushroom Blues, Podcast, Self Published, The Fungalverse, The Hofmann Report

Series Spotlight: Forward Collection an Amazon Original Stories Series (Worth it?)

March 8, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

If you aren’t aware of these, Amazon does these collections labeled under Amazon Original Stories. where each features a theme and featured authors. They are also free on Kindle and Audible for all prime members to access, which is a huge plus. Although they’re good, who’s really going to pay individually for short stories? If […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, List, Recommendations, Series Spotlight, Short Stories Tagged With: #AmazonOriginalStories, #AmorTowles, #AndyWeir, #Ark, #BlakeCrouch, #EmergencySkin, #ForwardCollection, #ForwardSeries, #NKJemisin, #PaulTremblay, #Randomize, #SeriesSpotlight, #SummerFrost, #TheLastConversation, #VeronicaRoth, #YouHaveArrivedatYourDestination

Series Spotlight: Creature Feature Collection an Amazon Original Stories Series (Worth it?)

March 6, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

If you aren’t aware of these, Amazon does these collections labeled under Amazon Original Stories. where each features a theme and featured authors. They are also free on Kindle and Audible for all prime members to access, which is a huge plus. Although they’re good, who’s really going to pay individually for short stories? There […]

Filed Under: Book Spotlight, List, Recommendations, Series Spotlight, Short Stories Tagged With: #AmazonOriginalStories, #ChandlerBaker, #CreatureFeature, #CreatureFreatureSeries, #GradyHendrix, #JasonMott, #JoeHill, #JoshMalerman, #PaulTremblay, #SeriesSpotlight

An Intro to Indie Sci-Fi For Those Wondering Where to Start

March 1, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) 1 Comment

The idea for this came to me several months ago, probably during the latest flair up of “indie/self pub is inferior” or something similar, and you may have seen (or want to check out) the similar posts for both fantasy and horror suggestions. The point of which is not to argue, but to highlight some […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, Debut, List, Recommendations, Self Published, Series Spotlight, War Tagged With: #AdrianMGibson, #AlecArbogast, #AnAgentRenaultAdventure, #AndreaRoseWashington, #AndyPeloquin, #ANightattheKingsInn, #AssassinationProtocol, #Cerberus, #CTPhipps, #Elendil, #GhostsofMars, #InterstellarGunrunner, #IntrotoIndieScfi, #JamesWolanyk, #JonathanNevair, #KLBone, #LucifersStar, #MichaelSuttkus, #MushroomBlues, #PriceWar, #RichardHolliday, #SamPaisley, #Sciencefiction, #Scifi, #StellarInstinct, #StuartWhite, #TheAdventureofEvaKnight, #TheElementsofTime, #TheHofmannReport, #TheIndoctrination, #TheWindsofChange

An Intro to Indie Horror For Those Wondering Where to Start

February 29, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

The idea for this came to me several months ago, probably during the latest flair up of “indie/self pub is inferior” or something similar, and you may have seen (or want to check out) where I started with fantasy suggestions. The point of which is not to argue, but to highlight some writers that are […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, List, Post-Apocalyptic, Recommendations, Self Published, Series Spotlight Tagged With: #BestGhost, #CatherineMccarthy, #CatVoleur, #CemeteryGatesMedia, #CJDaley, #CymbalsEatGuitars, #DarkMatterInk, #Eynhallow, #GemmaAmor, #HellHareHouseShortReads, #Horror, #IainRobWright, #IntrotoIndieHorror, #JoshHanson, #MarkTowse, #Mosaic, #Nana, #OurLoveWIllDevourUs, #PolisBooks, #RawDogScreamingPress, #RevengeArc, #RLMeza, #Sawtooth, #SeaSick, #StephNelson, #TheFolly, #TheLongNights, #TimMcGregor, #TomMock

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