All Hail the Glow Cloud | Review of ‘Welcome to Night Vale’

By Cynthia Ayala

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor Harper Perennial Image Credit: Goodreads
Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
Harper Perennial
Image Credit: Goodreads

Following the visit of a mysterious man, no one can seem to remember; Jackie Fierro and Diane Crayton are teaming up to solve the mystery of who the mysterious man is and what his part to play in their lives means.

Published October 20, 2015, by Harper Perennial is a novel by the creators, Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, of the podcast of the same name, Welcome to Night Vale bridges the gap between podcasts and literary fiction.
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Weekly Reading List #75

By Cynthia Ayala

Hey there avid readers. I hope that everyone is having a wonderful week. My sleep schedule is so out of whack, but then again, when you work both mornings and nights, it’s bound to happen. At least I can use those sleepless nights to catch up on my reading and writing. Oh and my editing.

But in other news, check out this week’s reading list and happy reading!
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A Little Too Commercial | Review of ‘Dexter’s Final Cut’ (Dexter #7)

By Cynthia Ayala

Dexter’s Final Cut by Jeff Lindsay
Doubleday
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Hollywood has come to Miami and is shadowing one Dexter Morgan. But one of the stars has her own murdering stalker putting Dexter in a precarious situation, one that only gets worse as his family life starts to dissipate.

Published on September 17, 2013, by Doubleday, Dexter’s Final Cut by Jeff Lindsay is the seventh novel in the critically acclaimed series that follows Dexter Morgan and his dark deeds.
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Weekly Reading List #39

By Cynthia Ayala

Hey there readers! I hope that everyone is having a great week. I’m doing good, hanging in there, less than 40 days left for school. I’m pretty happy; nothing has stressed me out yet. I have to register for classes on Monday, that means I am going to have to wake up obscenely early (yes, waking up at 6 am is obscene) and then register and then pass back out, if I can. I’m looking forward to my class selection, it’s all about me starting my FINAL semester at Emerson College, woo!

But anyway, here is my weekly reading list. As always, all synopsis are courtesy of Goodreads. Happy reading! Continue reading “Weekly Reading List #39”

Weekly Reading List #38

By Cynthia Ayala

Hello there avid readers! I hope that everyone is having a great week. All in all, things are good. I’ve already started packing to go back home to Florida. I’m gonna need a second job this summer. I applied at Barnes and Noble and I’m really praying here to work there in the summer, Monday – Wednesday, 9 – 5. That would be perfect, absolutely perfect. I would work there, stocking books, marveling at them, taking extra good care of them, and then I could go home, spend time with my mom and my kitties before heading to my bf’s apartment because he lives closer and drives by there on his way to work. It would certainly be better than waking up obscenely early to catch the bus for an hour long ride. I’m being hopeful here, I could so use that job because I hate how low my account has gotten. Oh money. Living off campus is so expensive, but I’m being hopeful.

Anyway, it was a nice week and it went by really quick. Wow, I only have a month left in school. Insane! Anyway here is my reading list that will keep me sane. All synopsis are courtesy of Goodreads. Happy reading. Continue reading “Weekly Reading List #38”

Vigorously Written with Dampening Dialogue | Review of ‘Double Dexter’ (Dexter, #6)

By Cynthia Ayala

'Double Dexter' by Jeff Lindsey Doubleday
‘Double Dexter’ by Jeff Lindsey
Doubleday

Someone has seen Dexter doing his Dangerous Delicious hobby and they have learned from him. Now he has made Dexter their prey. Taking another’s identity and haunting Dexter, this man takes his time, taking control of Dexter, following him, planting clues and framing him for murder. Now it’s up to Dexter to hunt him down and turn the tide while simultaneously handling his life as a husband and father and his day job as a blood splatter analysis.

Published on October 18, 2011 by Doubleday. Double Dexter is the sixth novel in the Dexter series by Jeff Lindsey that follows Dexter Morgan, blood splatter analysis by say and serial killer by night, as he kills other monsters like himself and tries to live a normal life. Continue reading “Vigorously Written with Dampening Dialogue | Review of ‘Double Dexter’ (Dexter, #6)”

Weekly Reading List #22

By Cynthia Ayala

Hello there avid readers! I hope that everyone had a wonderful week. I spent the week stress-writing a paper that I’m sure is going to get an F. God, I can’t believe I am hoping for a D. Research papers have always been my weak link.

But enough about that, I’m sure none of you readers want to hear about my writing struggles. Anyway, here are the books I have listed on my to-read for the upcoming week. I just finished reading The Fate of Ten (Lorien Legacies, #6) so I thought I would follow up with the Lorien Legacies novella to kick off my next week.

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A Perfect Example of Characterization | Review of ‘How to Betray a Dragon’s Hero’ (HTTYD, #11)

By: Cynthia Ayala

Hiccup and the Company of the Dragonmark are in hiding as Hiccups mother searches high and low for the lost things, the treasures that mark the next King of the Wildewest. Alvin the Treacherous and his witch mother are guarding the shores of Tomorrow, hoping to steal and gather all the lost things as they figure out how to dispose of Hiccup. But with time running out and with the Dragons and Alvin’s league after him, Hiccup has quite the challenge ahead of him, and with a traitor lurking in their midst, will Hiccup make it or lose someone close to his heart?
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