Reading Roundup

Time flies when life comes at you fast, doesn't it? Here's a quick roundup at some of the books I've read and enjoyed over the past few weeks :) Along Torturous Paths by Vivian Moira Valentine - Amelia Temple harbors a cosmic being in her consciousness and is pursued and coveted for her parapsychological abilities,... Continue Reading →

Reading in the Time of . . . Whatever the Hell This Is

Reading used to be my refuge. Books were the unreality I escaped to, my heart wide open, my senses attuned to the characters and their journeys. I could ignore the outside world for a while, guilt free. Now, it feels like my favorite pastime has come to a screeching halt in favor of paying attention... Continue Reading →

2024: The Year in Reviews ~ Part I

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” ~ John Green, The Fault in Our Stars Cheers, my fellow readers, and welcome to the list of... Continue Reading →

Review: Check Me Out by Jordan Castillo Price, Clare London, Dev Bentham & Kim Fielding

Title: Check Me Out Authors: Jordan Castillo Price, Clare London, Dev Bentham & Kim Fielding Publisher: Self-Published Length: 201 Pages Category: Anthology, Romance, Contemporary, Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Check Me Out gives good feels and has a little something to please every reader. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurbs: THE PRICE OF HAPPINESS by... Continue Reading →

Review: Skeleton Crew by Jordan Castillo Price

Title: Skeleton Crew Series: PsyCop: Book Fourteen Author: Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: JCP Books Length: 302 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Jordan Castillo Price continues to tap into her extensive imagination and uses it to its full advantage to pull readers back into the PsyCop world, book after book, with... Continue Reading →

Review: The River’s Edge by Jordan Castillo Price

Title: The River's Edge Author: Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 69 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Jordan Castillo Price conceives the inconceivable and then brings it to life (pun fully intended) in the story of two men who have earned a little grace and redemption. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb:... Continue Reading →

Review: Subtle Bodies by Jordan Castillo Price

Title: Subtle Bodies Series: PsyCop: Book Thirteen Author: Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: JCP Books Length: 305 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Castillo Price has the boos and the wigglies down cold in the PsyCop series, delivering the chills that come naturally with the territory and that readers have come to... Continue Reading →

Review: Seasons – PsyCop Briefs: Volume Two by Jordan Castillo Price

Title: Seasons Series: PsyCop Briefs: Volume Two Author: Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: JCP Books LLC Length: 309 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: There is a certain sentimentality to reading these PsyCop vignettes. They’re set at various points throughout the history of the series, which means traveling back in time to... Continue Reading →

Review: Bitter Pill by Jordan Castillo Price

Title: Bitter Pill Series: PsyCop: Book Eleven Author: Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: Self-Published Length: 257 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Jordan Castillo Price has routinely delivered a special sort of brilliance through these characters, but Bitter Pill bumps that up by several notches, and does so through an unexpected character and... Continue Reading →

Review: Devil Take Me by Jordan L. Hawk, TA Moore, Ginn Hale, C.S. Poe, Rhys Ford, and Jordan Castillo Price

Title: Devil Take Me Authors: Jordan L. Hawk, TA Moore, Ginn Hale, C.S. Poe, Rhys Ford, and Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: DSP Publications Length: 450 Pages Category: Horror, Paranormal At a Glance: 4.5 Stars overall, Devil Take Me is a wonderful anthology. Reviewed By: Jovan Blurb: Temptation lurks around every corner in worlds sometimes dark,... Continue Reading →

Devil Take Me Anthology Tour: A Guest Post by Jordan Castillo Price

We're so pleased to welcome author Jordan Castillo Price and the Devil Take Me anthology blog tour to The Novel Approach today! Jordan is touring the web with her fellow co-authors to tell readers about each of their own stories in the collection, so, without further ado, here's Jordan to tell us a bit about... Continue Reading →

Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Coming Week

Hi, reader friends, welcome to a quick preview of what we have coming up for you in the week ahead! It's GRL week, and we have two Featured Authors at the retreat stopping in. It's bound to be another fun one, with, of course, great guests and posts to share, along with some giveaways and... Continue Reading →

Exclusive Cover Reveal and Giveaway: Devil Take Me by Rhys Ford, Ginn Hale, Jordan L. Hawk, TA Moore, C.S. Poe and Jordan Castillo Price

Welcome to the Exclusive Cover Reveal of the Devil Take Me anthology, coming soon from DSP Publications! And be sure to check out the giveaway details below! The Blurbs Devil Take Me (Whole Book): Temptation lurks around every corner in worlds sometimes dark, sometimes lurid. Giving in is both dangerous and satisfying, though never in... Continue Reading →

Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Coming Week

Hi, everyone, welcome to a quick preview of what we have coming up for you in the week ahead! As we continue to celebrate Pride month, I hope everyone who attended events in their city this weekend had a fantastic and uplifting time! We have some great guests and plenty of reviews coming your way... Continue Reading →

Review: Imperfect Match by Jordan Castillo Price

Title: Imperfect Match Author: Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: JCP Books Length: 162 Pages Category: Futuristic/Dystopian At a Glance: This isn’t a story of two people building a relationship; it’s the story of a man realizing he’s not imprisoned by circumstance and then constructing a new life where there’s now the potential for a relationship, and... Continue Reading →

Guest Post: Agent Bayne by Jordan Castillo Price

We're chuffed to bits to have author Jordan Castillo Price dropping by today to celebrate the recent release of Agent Bayne, the ninth book in the PsyCop series. She's joining us today to chat a bit about the world building in this alt-contemporary Chicago para-verse, and be sure to pay attention to the details—book one... Continue Reading →

Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Coming Week

Hi, friends and fellow reading addicts, welcome to a quick preview of what we have coming up for you in the week ahead! We've got a lovely roster of guests for you in the week ahead, with some great content and giveaways too, so be sure to stay tuned. Here’s a rundown of the calendar... Continue Reading →

Review: Agent Bayne by Jordan Castillo Price

Title: Agent Bayne (PsyCop: Book Nine) Author: Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: JCP Books Length: 279 Pages Category: Paranormal, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: The true testament of the adroit storytelling here is Jordan Castillo Price’s disappearance into her narrator. Victor Bayne may not be great at the communication, but he tells one helluva story. Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →

Review: Skin After Skin by Jordan Castillo Price

Title: Skin After Skin (PsyCop: Book Eight) Author: Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: JCP Books Length: 387 Pages Category: Parnormal At a Glance: Skin After Skin is one epic Crash-shaped saga, and it upped my affection for him in a big way. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Fierce. Audacious. Independent. Curtis Ash can’t be bothered to settle... Continue Reading →

Audio Review: Forget Me Not by Jordan Castillo Price – Narrated by Seth Clayton

Title: Forget Me Not (Mnevermind: Book Two) Author: Jordan Castillo Price Narrator: Seth Clayton Publisher: JCP Books LLC Run Time: 6 hours and 16 minutes Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy At a Glance: Not only did JCP do an awesome job writing a character on the Autism spectrum scale, but Seth Clayton did an absolutely fantastic job of... Continue Reading →

Review: PsyCop Briefs (Volume One) by Jordan Castillo Price

Title: PsyCop Briefs: Volume One Author: Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: JCP Books Length: 204 Pages Category: Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Romance At a Glance: This volume of shorts is like a delicious, delicious box of chocolates. Reviewed By: Cassie Blurb: Victor Bayne sees dead people for a living…and he sees them off the clock, too.  After... Continue Reading →

Cover Reveal: PsyCops Briefs (Volume One) by Jordan Castillo Price

About the Book Publisher: JCP Books Release Date: 11 October 2016 Length: 70k words Official Website: psycop.com Pre-Order Link: Amazon Cover Artist: Jordan Castillo Price Blurb: Victor Bayne sees dead people for a living…and he sees them off the clock, too.  After all, ghosts don’t confine their appearances to a psychic medium’s work hours. From the... Continue Reading →

Banned Books Week 2016: A Guest Post and Giveaway with Author Jordan Castillo Price

Continuing our celebration of the Right to Read, author Jordan Castillo Price joins us with some great information as well as a great giveaway, so be sure to check out the Rafflecopter widget below. Welcome, Jordan! Public libraries get very involved with banned books week because raising this type of awareness and promoting dialog about... Continue Reading →

Countdown to GayRomLit 2016: A Guest Post by Featured Author Jordan Castillo Price

We're so pleased to carry on the GRL 2016 countdown celebration today with Featured Author and GRL veteran Jordan Castillo Price. Welcome, Jordan! (**And P.S., I do remember the first time I met Jordan. She sat down at my table. I gaped at the person sitting across from me and said, "Oh my god, that's... Continue Reading →

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