I am a book blogger and the owner of Bookworm Blues - a popular speculative fiction book review website. I have been a compulsive reader all my life. Early on found my reading niche in the fantastic genre of Speculative Fiction. I blame my active imagination for the hobbies that threaten to consume my life. A freelance writer and photographer, world traveler and recent college graduate, I'm also a new mother, cancer fighter & survivor. In my ideal world, I'd do nothing but drink lots of tea and read from a never ending pile of speculative fiction books. Respected as a reviewer, I receive book ARCs from all of the major and most minor publishers in science fiction and fantasy. But given my love of stories, I've always wanted to be a part of the creative process, and editing is my first step in that direction.

Review | Legacy of the Brightwash – Krystle Matar

About the Book Follow the law and you’ll stay safe. But what if the law is wrong? Tashué’s faith in the law is beginning to crack.  Three years ago, he stood by when the Authority condemned Jason to the brutality of the Rift for non-compliance. When Tashué’s son refused to register as tainted, the laws…

Continue Reading

RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT | A Sorrow Named Joy

I’ve been pretty quiet about this book aside from showing the cover around occasionally. I haven’t really said anything about it, and there are a few reasons for that. The most important one is, when I think of this novella I don’t even really know what to say without giving the whole thing away. I…

Continue Reading

Review | The Boy Who Walked Too Far – Dom Watson

About the Book It’s the end of the universe, and everything has come undone. Entropy has won the war, but one last battle rages in the half-ruined city of Testament. No one knows who created this last outpost and peopled it with billions of species. However, it is here, under a sky with no stars,…

Continue Reading

25 Best Books of 2021

Well, it is that time of year. Here’s my reading breakdown for 2021: 136 books read 104 were SFF 32 were nonfiction 67 were self-published 76 books reviewed You can see the books I’ve read here. (Please note, this is not actually all the books I read. I forgot to track some, and I haven’t…

Continue Reading

Hiatus until January 3, 2022

Well, the subject says it all, doesn’t it? I’m giving myself the last bit of the year off to enjoy family, catch up on edits, and get ahead on some other projects. Never fear, dear reader, for Bookworm Blues will be back in 2022. During the first week of the year, I will have a…

Continue Reading

Review | Absynthe – Brendan P. Bellecourt

About the Book In his sci-fi debut, Bellecourt explores an alternate roaring 20s where a shell-shocked soldier must uncover latent telepathic abilities to save himself and the people around him. Liam Mulcahey, a reclusive, shell-shocked veteran, remembers little of the Great War. Ten years later, when he is caught in a brutal attack on a…

Continue Reading

Review | We Break Immortals – Thomas Howard Riley

About the Book A drug addict who hunts sorcerers down by tracking their magick, the most renowned swordsman no one has ever heard of, and a thieving magick-wielding woman hellbent on revenge collide during a last ditch effort to stop an insane superhuman serial killer from making himself a god. The Render Tracers always say…

Continue Reading

Cover Art Reveal | Where Blood Runs Gold – A.C. Cross

Reader, I have been so excited about this book. I edited it a while ago, and I knew I had something special on my hands. The book is this delightful mix of sarcastic humor, horror, and fantasy set in a Wild West landscape that just comes alive. Cross has a knack for blending tension and…

Continue Reading

Review | The Living Waters – Dan Fitzgerald

About the Book Wonder swirls beneath murky water.  When two painted-faced nobles take a guided raft trip on a muddy river, they expect to rough it for a few weeks before returning to their life of sheltered ease. But when mysterious swirls start appearing in the water, even their seasoned guides get rattled.  The mystery…

Continue Reading

Review | A Spindle Splintered – Alix E. Harrow

About the Book It’s Zinnia Gray’s twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it’s the last birthday she’ll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness, just that no one has lived past twenty-one. Her best friend Charm is intent on making…

Continue Reading