At a glance he seems to be nothing more than an off-kilter backwoods prepper with a grudge against humanity, but the longer she looks, the more Liv begins to see the man behind the churlish words and unkempt beard.Īs reluctant as he is to keep her, Joshua just might need her. It’s hard to earn his trust and even harder to keep it.

With a shack, a farm, and a lifetime of survival skills, Joshua is the perfect companion for the apocalypse. Running for her life, Liv falls at the feet of an unwilling savior. The roads are stalked by stray dogs and stray men, both with growing appetites and frightening intentions. When an unexpected and inexplicable black out thrusts the world into chaos, that’s exactly how she finds herself.Ĭlean water and food vanish as she flees Seattle in pursuit of rumored safety and power further east.

I will confess that I haven’t used the 'Book Talk' section of my website to its full potential, I have many plans for many reviews and lists and essays that I’ve just not had the opportunity to elaborate on. Admittedly, I’d like to go into why these books are on this list and for what reasons but until then I’d like to share at least my highest-rated books from the last year.There were three things Liv never wanted to be starving, filthy, and alone. (I was very lucky to receive #thighgap from My Dark Library curator Sadie Hartmann and Consort and its sequel from author Regina Watts.) It's done wonders for my inspiration, both in private projects and within my art. I’ve gotten to discover so many new authors this year and it's been so fulfilling to delve further into new genres, especially horror. I don’t operate under the delusion that the amount of books someone crams into a single year has some sort of morality attached to it. I do, however, feel grateful that I did. It’s obviously not a normal or recommend amount by any means. So I suppose that's why I also made the time to read 183 books. That I did it through joint issues, health scares, and an irregular sleep schedule baffles me. It feels insane that I’ve managed this amount of work on my own, the entire act of maintaining a business with my own hands. Typing that out doesn’t make it feel any more real to me.

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