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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Blog Tour: Deathstalker by Slash

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the DEATHSTALKER: THE DAMNED BLOOD by Slash, Tim Seeley, Steven Kostanski, & Jim Terry Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

About The Book:

Title: DEATHSTALKER: THE DAMNED BLOOD

Authors: Slash, Tim Seeley, Steven Kostanski, & Jim Terry (Illustrator)

Pub. Date: October 8, 2024

Publisher: Headshell (Vault Comics)

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 208

Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/DEATHSTALKER-THE-DAMNED-BLOOD

Swords, sorcery, and mad science square off as the cult-cinema hero DEATHSTALKER bursts into comics with an all-star lineup of creators featuring SLASH (Guns N’ Roses) in this action-packed adventure!

The cult-cinema hero Deathstalker bursts into comics from an all-star lineup of creators including Slash (Guns N’ Roses), writer-director Steven Kostanski (The Void), Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash) and Jim Terry (West of Sundown).

Hired to escort a perfect priestess and her to a celebration of purity, Deathstalker’s journey doesn’t go as planned (damn those good looks and big sword). Once again, Deathstalker is on the run caught between forces larger than himself, including the virgin-worshipping cult, a sorcerer hell-bent on saving the world through mad science, and the pissed-off army of the Abraxeon kingdom…not to mention his ex-lover, Princess Evie.

Monsters, magic, and mayhem abound!

Can’t a guy just swing his sword anymore?

Slash Presents: DEATHSTALKER: The Damned Blood

Written by Tim Seeley (Vampire: The Masquerade, Money Shot, West of Sundown, Hack/Slash, Revealer), Steven Kostanski (writer/director of The Void and Psycho Goreman), and Slash (Guns N’ Roses).

Illustrated by Jim Terry (West of Sundown, Heavy Metal, Come Home, Indio)

Cover Art by the legendary fantasy artist Boris Vallejo and modern master Nathan C. Gooden (Barbaric, Brandon Sanderson’s Dark One).

The Deathstalker Kickstarter (for exclusive hardcovers) was fully funded in less than 12 hours, sported the much-coveted “Projects We Love” label, was a “Featured Project of the Day!,” and overfunded 150%!

The DEATHSTALKER: The Damned Blood trade paperback is the prequel to the upcoming movie reboot of DEATHSTALKER (by director Steven Kostanski) and includes the entire 3-issue miniseries and the BARBARIC vs. DEATHSTALKER crossover one-shot (written by Michael Moreci (Barbaric, Wasted Space, Revealer, The Plot, Spree) and Tim Seeley, illustrated by Nathan C. Gooden)! The super special one-shot features the cursed barbarian Owen and the warrior- king Deathstalker as the two most reluctant heroes of all time to square off in a clash of steel. It’s Axe vs. Sword in this epic crossover!

For fans of:Conan the Barbarian, Barbaric, theDeathstalkermovies, Head Lopper, Rumble, Spawn, Hellboy, God is Dead, I Hate Fairyland, Red Sonja, Little Bird, Hack/Slash, Queen of Swords: A Barbaric Tale,and Dark Knights of Steel.

Slash Presents DEATHSTALKER:

About Slash:

Slash is a founding member and guitarist for legendary Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame rock band Guns N’ Roses, as well as the supergroups Slash’s Snakepit, Velvet Revolver, and Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators. He is considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time and has stars on the Rock Walk of Fame, as well as the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Slash is a self-described “film buff” who is a fan of horror movies. He is a co-founder of Slasher Films, a film production company specializing in the horror genre.

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About Tim Seeley:

TIM SEELEY is one of those “slash” people…a writer-slash-artist. He has drawn a number of different comic book series including G.I JOE, HALLOWEEN, WILDCATS and ANT-MAN & WASP. His writing work include NIGHTWING, MONEY SHOT , INJUSTICE v. MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE ,the critically acclaimed REVIVAL, and the NY TIMES bestselling HACK/SLASH. He resides in Chicago, Illinois with his wife, daughter and 80s action figure collection. Hometown: Chicago, IL

About Jim Terry:

JIM TERRY is a Native American comic book artist who’s memoir Come Home, Indio was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize and the Ignatz, as well as the artist on such titles as THE CROW, HACK/SLASH, HEAVY METAL and more. He is currently working on WEST OF SUNDOWN from Vault Comics. He lives in Chicago with his 4 cats.

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About Steven Kostanski:

Steven Kostanski is a writer / director / producer/ creative special FX wizard /makeup artist who is best known for his work on the horror movies The Divide (2011), The Void (2016), and Psycho Goreman (2020).

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Giveaway Details:

2 winners will receive finished copies of DEATHSTALKER: THE DAMNED BLOOD, US Only.

Ends November 5th, midnight EST.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

10/7/2024	The Momma Spot	Excerpt
10/8/2024	Edith's Little Free Library	IG Post/TikTok Post
10/9/2024	Two Chicks on Books	Excerpt/IG Post
10/10/2024	Daily Waffle	Excerpt
10/11/2024	Fire and Ice Reads	Excerpt/IG Post
10/12/2024	Lady Hawkeye	Excerpt/IG Post

Week Two:

10/13/2024	Sudeshna Loves Reading	Excerpt
10/14/2024	@callistoscalling	IG Post
10/15/2024	Lifestyle of Me	Review
10/16/2024	@evergirl200	IG Review
10/17/2024	Comic Book Yeti	Excerpt
10/18/2024	GryffindorBookishnerd	IG Review
10/19/2024	Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer	Review/IG Post

Week Three:

10/20/2024	@sparks_books	IG Review
10/21/2024	TX Girl Reads	Review/IG Post
10/22/2024	The Real World According to Sam	Review/IG Post
10/23/2024	@enjoyingbooksagain	IG Review
10/24/2024	jlreadstoperpetuity	IG Review/TikTok Post
10/25/2024	@thebookishfoxwitch	IG Review
10/26/2024	@alexandriavwilliams_	IG Review/TikTok Post

Week Four:

10/27/2024	@enthuse_reader	IG Review/TikTok Post
10/28/2024	ilovebooksandstuffblog	Review/IG Post
10/29/2024	Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's	Review/IG Post
10/30/2024	A Blue Box Full of Books	IG Review/LFL Drop Pic/TikTok Post
10/31/2024	Country Mamas With Kids	Review/IG Post
11/1/2024	Two Points of Interest	Review

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Ready For 2024 To Be Over// Sunday Post #71

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly from The Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

Quick shoutout to Wendy from the Literary Feline. Thank you so much for the gift. I got it today (Saturday) and it made me cry and my husband got a little sniffle. He is not a reader. He was touched by your kindness. So thank you so much for putting a smile on our faces after another long week.

If ya'll haven't read my last Sunday Post, I talk about how my grandmas was in the hospital for a week and a half. My daughters,hubby and I went and spent a good portion of October 5th with her and a couple hours after we left, she passed in her sleep. She had been fighting going to sleep the whole day and night before. We were all telling her to take a nap and she was refusing. She knew.

The whole week has been long and I have been stuck in my thoughts. I homeschool my kids and we did the bare minimum to count school days. My hubby got three days bereavement and those days had a lot of crying, silent treatment and screaming and blaming.

Then Hurricane Milton hit Florida. I live in South Carolina, but my grandmother's home town Bradenton got hit. The house where my great aunt lived and my cousins got destroyed. The tree that they had in their yard that I am allergic to is completely gone. But thankfully, they evacuated and are safe.

I am a person who does not like rushing the year by, but with 2024 being one of the worst since 2020, I am beyond ready for 2025.

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Read Because of Hype

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl.

I am completing last weeks topic because this week's topic doesn't interest me.

Here are ten books I read because of that hype train.

Sunday, October 6, 2024

3 Months Later// Sunday Post #70 UPDATE

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly from The Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

Long time no talk. My last Sunday Post was June 30th. Alot has been going on and I have missed putting up a post every week.

The past week and a half have been very difficult. My grandmother has been in the hospital since September 25th and on the 27th, Hurricane Helene came through my state and wiped out all of the power in the whole state.

My neighborhood was without power for three days. The twisted thing about the whole situation is that we lost power at 5:30am and it was so windy. 11am same day, it was a beautiful day and sun shining and it got hot. On Saturday, my husband and I decided to take a road trip to go look for generators. We decided to go to a county that did not have a lot of outages at the time to see if there would be any generators. We were only able to find a power bank and that kept our fans going for two hours at a time. Saturday night was rough because we had to accept the fact that everything in both fridges and stand up freezer were wasted.

On Sunday morning we got our power back. It was a relief and I cried because our energy co-op had put out a statement that the restoration time would be weeks.. into November. During this whole ordeal, I couldn't get in touch with the hospital because their phones were down and I did not want to drive into the city because all of the power was out and streetlights were down. Now it sounds hypocritical that we went on a road trip on Saturday. The town we went to had power and it was smaller than our capital city.

I was glad that my grandma was in the hospital during the power outage because they have generators. She would not have survived this power outage at home.

Needless to say that this week has been even more stressful because we now have to be in talks with our home insurance who unfortunately don't cover spoiled food in the even of power outage. They suggested FEMA and we are waiting on that. Then there is the panic buying at our local walmart and grocery stores... and the fear mongering that another storm is coming on the same exact path.

Besides the stress of hurricanes and hospitalization, life has been ok. Work and home school have been taking up all of my day. The reading I do get to is going great. I am enjoying the time I do get to sit down and read about another world and other characters whose problems are different from mine.

I am just crossing my fingers and toes that this week will not have any disruptions because my middle daughter will be turning 14!

Around midnight my grandmother passed.

Friday, October 4, 2024

Review: The Secret Wife by Emily Shiner

I am taking part in a Goodreads challenge called binge-worthy. It is hosted by a group called Challenges & Fandoms. This particular challenge takes binge worthy completed shows and gives a prompt for each episode of every season. I chose Gilmore Girls. The prompt I was given read a book with author or MC named Emily. The authors name is Emily. I chose this book because it has been a part of my Netgalley list since it released in 2021.

Now onto my thoughts. It was a really fast paced read. Each chapter was about 4 minutes long on Kindle. I started this last Thursday and figured I would finish it last weekend... then Hurricane Helene hit and I was without power for 3 days. I could have read during that time but I have three teenagers and a husband and 5 furbabies.

I picked it back up last night which was a week after I first picked it up because I could finally sit and relax. I realized that the time away from this book, I kind of dreaded it because the first 25% I read last Thursday, I hated the characters. Michael gave me the ick right away because he was so controlling and he wanted his wife to have more babies and she clearly didn't want anymore because her first and only pregnancy was rough. He just kept saying take the weekend and think about and you'll come to see how I feel and give me more babies. Cara was oblivious to Michael's manipulations and demands.

Michael is taking their two daughters camping for the weekend and then one of the daughters becomes kidnapped. Cara sees a strange guy staring up at the house while she is in the attic which freaks Michael out because he has his secrets locked away up there.

This story was just not realistic at all. The youngest daughter who was also taken but put back in the tent was not driven to the hospital at all to get checked out after. The police just told the parents to take her home. The male policeman told Michael right to his face that he suspected Cara.

Things did not add up and it made me real frsutrated and I don't know if that was intentional on the author's part or if she didn't make it intentional.

The ending had me screaming because it just ended on a major plot twist. So many unanswered questions and plot hole after plot hole.

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Blogtour: House of Honor by Margaret Ann Philbrick

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the HOUSE OF HONOR: THE HEIST OF CARAVAGGIO’S NATIVITY by Margaret Ann Philbrick Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! September 29^th is Caravaggio’s birthday so lets celebrate it with this wonderful book!

About The Book:

Title: HOUSE OF HONOR: THE HEIST OF CARAVAGGIO’S NATIVITY

Author: Margaret Ann Philbrick

Pub. Date: June 11, 2024

Publisher: Ambassador International

Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook

Pages: 352

Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/THE-HEIST-OF-CARAVAGGIOS-NATIVITY

"The Godfather meets The Da Vinci Code, but with a redemptive twist." —TARYN R. HUTCHISON, award-winning author of The Cold War Trilogy

Two Italian sons, one woman, linked by a masterpiece painting, are put to a test of loyalty and honor.

At the heart of this gripping tale is Orazio Bordoni, the wayward son of a construction magnate, living a reckless life like that of his artistic hero Caravaggio. He finds himself befriended by Nicolo Giotto, the devoted son of a powerful Sicilian mafia clan, who wants to uphold the honor of his family.

As the dark underbelly of the art world and the Vatican expose their true character, Orazio finds himself in a high stakes game where his loyalty is tested, honor is redefined, and the boundaries between life, love and art blur. He and Nicolo discover how far they're willing to push those boundaries, even if it means sacrificing everything.

House of Honor is a pivotal story that weaves the threads of art history, the ruthless allure of the mafia and the enigmatic power of the Vatican into a riveting tale of betrayal, loyalty and love.

About Margaret Ann Philbrick:

Margaret Ann Philbrick is an author, gardener and teacher who desires to plant seeds in hearts. Her first novel, A Minor - A Novel of Love, Music and Memory (2014) released to critical acclaim and her first picture book, Back the the Manger (2009) is now a Christmas classic. Her second novel, House of Honor: The Heist of Caravaggio's Nativity releases June 11, 2024. She is the contributing editor of Everbloom (2017), a poetry and essay collection designed to help women find their unique voice. Margaret is a frequent contributor to a wide variety of magazines and her poetry has been published in numerous anthologies. She has a B.A. in English Literature from Trinity University in San Antonio TX and a Masters (M.A.T.) from National Louis University. She is a member of the Redbud Writers Guild and the Door County Published Author Collective. You can find Margaret digging in the dirt or wandering in a forest or connect with her via her website, margaretphilbrick. Her poetry and photographs are available on Instagram and TikTok at seasonedpoetess.