Happy Read an Ebook Week! To help you find a book to celebrate, you can find my entire collection at 75% off from March 3 – March 9 on Smashwords. Click on that link to find my books and many more authors’ books!
Each day, Smashwords will showcase books based on genre.
***Bought on Apple Books. Finished reading on 12/14/23
It’s been ten years since Nicolette Farrell left her rural hometown after her best friend, Corinne, disappeared from Cooley Ridge without a trace. Back again to tie up loose ends and care for her ailing father, Nic is soon plunged into a shocking drama that reawakens Corinne’s case and breaks open old wounds long since stitched.
The decade-old investigation focused on Nic, her brother Daniel, boyfriend Tyler, and Corinne’s boyfriend Jackson. Since then, only Nic has left Cooley Ridge. Daniel and his wife, Laura, are expecting a baby; Jackson works at the town bar; and Tyler is dating Annaleise Carter, Nic’s younger neighbor and the group’s alibi the night Corinne disappeared. Then, within days of Nic’s return, Annaleise goes missing.
Told backwards—Day 15 to Day 1—from the time Annaleise goes missing, Nic works to unravel the truth about her younger neighbor’s disappearance, revealing shocking truths about her friends, her family, and what really happened to Corinne that night ten years ago.
Like nothing you’ve ever read before, All the Missing Girls delivers in all the right ways. With twists and turns that lead down dark alleys and dead ends, you may think you’re walking a familiar path, but then Megan Miranda turns it all upside down and inside out and leaves us wondering just how far we would be willing to go to protect those we love.
The book started out slow but really picked up towards the 3rd or 4th chapter. Loved all the character dynamics and thought the ending was stellar.
I RECOMMEND this book to read.
Keep smiling,
Yawatta Hosby
***Trying something different with few sentence reviews on every book I read for 2024. Only 30 minutes to go! HAPPY 2024!!!
Southern humor, faith, and murder intersect in the tiny town of Tulip, Texas.
Betty Bell is a famous poet, or at least a local celebrity, in the tiny town of Tulip, Texas. Gossip runs amok when a Goth teenager, Sylvia Smith, and her elderly grandfather arrive. Even worse, they’ve moved into the creepy, old Sanchez place on the outskirts of town.
Betty volunteers to teach a summer poetry class to restless Tulip teens. Soon, the kids are expressing themselves in stellar stanzas and heart-rending rhymes. But what was supposed to be a summer of ministering to the teens becomes a season of sleuthing when one of Betty’s students, the spooky Sylvia, goes missing.
When Sylvia turns up dead, suspicions point to Sylvia’s reclusive grandfather. Deputy Miller is a good man and excellent investigator, but after a second death shakes the small town, Betty is convinced the deputy is after the wrong suspect. Betty, her left-brained husband Larry, and her quirky friend Flora must use haunting haikus, couplet clues, and lots of prayer to track down the real killer.
I really enjoyed this cozy mystery. I was immediately drawn to Sylvia from her first scene in Betty’s class. I worried about her throughout the story. You’ll have to read if she got a happy or bittersweet ending–no spoilers here.
I loved the dynamic of Betty, LB her husband, and Flora her best friend. I also liked Deputy Miller. Looking forward to reading more of these Tulip Texas cozy mystery series.
I RECOMMEND this book to read.
Keep smiling,
Yawatta Hosby
***I’m trying something different by leaving a few sentences with my reviews, instead of going into depth. Just seeing how it goes 🙂 And, it’ll be for every book I buy and read for 2024. Can’t believe the new year is coming in 40 minutes!!! HAPPY 2024!!!
Supporting my Kickstarter also guarantees more goodies. I’ve promised every backer they get more than what’s shown in the tiers and stretch goals (I’ll be announcing the gifts on Kickstarter after work tomorrow). Plus, you get options of variant covers–only through my Kickstarter campaign. When I sale Unscripted online and at comic cons, it’ll only be the standard cover.
This snippet is from Unscripted issue 4. My Kickstarter campaign has about 15 days left with around 71% funded so far. Thanks to everyone who has already backed it! I couldn’t do this without you. If interested in slice-of-life comics, please check out the link: Unscripted #3 and #4 Kickstarter.
Hola. I’m still going strong with writing and drawing comics. After I finish volume 1 of Unscripted, I’ll be working on turning my horror debut novel, One By One, into a graphic novel. That will be fun 🙂
Until then, my slice-of-life comics Unscripted #3 and #4 are available on Kickstarter. Earlier issues too, if you’ve missed out on earlier campaigns. Interested in backing?
UNSCRIPTED #3
On the brink of a breakup, Felix’s caught in a kissing scandal. Plus another secret gets exposed. Is this the final straw for Nora?
Here’s the first 5 pages:
UNSCRIPTED #4
Felix’s time in New York City is a bust. She feels so alone, so depressed, so not in control. Will the next tour stop for Me Cailinis, Los Angeles, be any better?
This is a pre-order opportunity rather than an all-or-nothing plea for funding. The books will be printed regardless of this campaign’s success, but I’m using this campaign as an opportunity to properly reward my Unscripted backers and give them some great extras that won’t be available elsewhere.
I’ll have the chance to reward variant covers, art prints, art sketches, behind-the-scenes PDF, etc.
Shipping costs are charged when you pledge–there will be no question mark over what it will cost and no surprise additional charge will hit you later. With Kickstarter, if my monetary goal is met by the end of 25 days, your card will be charged. If not, then your card won’t be charged.
Any support helps. If you don’t want to spend any money, please consider sharing my Kickstarter campaign with anyone interested in slice-of-life comics. Or anyone who is entertained by love triangles, POC characters, LGBT friendly, a main character who is definitely not a Mary Sue.
Hola. Even though I semi-retired from writing short stories and novellas at the moment, I was honored to be asked to participate in an author interview by Willow Croft for the website Horror Tree. I got to talk about my writing process, which was pretty fun. I’ve been working on my slice-of-life comic series, Unscripted, with the script, thumbnails, then drawing the darn thing 🙂 So, I’ve been writing, just something different. For this interview, I mostly talked about being a horror writer though.
Hola! I love horror. I’m constantly watching horror movies, reading horror novels plus graphic novels, and watching true crime documentaries on YouTube. Horror is my life. That’s why I get excited for March–Women in Horror Month!!!
I wrote a guest post on Horror Tree, which is a website dedicated to providing resources and anthology submissions info for speculative fiction writers. I wrote about the most chilling women in psychological horror. I’m always into trying to understand villains’ motives. Why do they do what they do? So, this article was very fun to create. With Scream being my favorite horror franchise, I had to add two Ghostfaces to my list 🙂
Got a creative project you need to focus on? Let’s be productive together. I’m gonna be making these a weekly thing, if anyone ever wants to join.
You can work on anything–painting, drawing, writing, etc. Commit to your work (or hobby) with others for two hours to find the accountability and focus you need to achieve your creative goals.
Timeline:
Noon-12:05pm Introduce ourselves and projects
12:05-1:05pm Work in silence on our own projects
1:05-1:15pm Take a break
1:15-1:50pm Continue working on projects in silence
1:50-2:00pm Sharing what we did (this is voluntary)
Today is Draw With Yawatta’s 2-year anniversary (and, oh yeah, Happy Valentine’s Day)!!! Come hang out with me, so I don’t have to spend the day alone…
Got a creative project you need to focus on? It could be painting, drawing, writing, etc. Commit to your work (or hobby) with others for two hours to find the accountability and focus you need to achieve your creative goals.
Timeline:
Noon-12:05pm Introduce ourselves and projects
12:05-1:05pm Work in silence on our own projects
1:05-1:15pm Take a break
1:15-1:50pm Continue working on projects in silence
1:50-2:00pm Sharing what we did (this is voluntary)
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