Tag: Books
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Book Review – Starling House
I stalk my friends on Goodreads, and that’s how I noticed Starling House by Alix E. Harrow. Okay, context. My reading fam enjoys vastly different genres. One of them might review a book as ‘5-stars-heart-emoji-squee!!!!!!’ while another might give the same book 1 star or a hard Did Not Finish (DNF). Since the start of…
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I Built a Book Nook
But first, a disclaimer—this post isn’t sponsored and all opinions are my own. With that out of the way… I’ve been intrigued since I first saw NookTales book nooks in our local Discovery Hut. It just makes sense—good books take us to different worlds, so why wouldn’t we add tiny worlds to our bookshelves? We…
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2024 in Books
After the longest and most intense reading drought of my life, 2024 was a record-breaking year for me. I consumed books as if my life depended on it. And in many ways, it did. Okay, so context. My mental health imploded somewhere during the pandemic. The last book I read (that wasn’t a storytime book…
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Writing Update – What’s Happening with Book 3?
I’ve said this a million times and will say it a million more. You guys are the absolute best! I mentioned in last week’s post that I’m writing again, and because I’ve blogged about how much I’ve struggled with this manuscript, a bunch of you reached out to learn more—thank you. It made me remember…
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Pretty, Pretty Books
Honestly, there’s no other point to this post than to show off my pretty book babies. A Trial of Sparks & Kindling came in the mail a week or two ago, and I pulled out the props for a quick photoshoot. I just love the way the two books look together, and am once again…
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Bookish News
Folks, it’s been a long while since I’ve had any news to share with you, but I have a few things I want to let you know about today. 🙂 A Trial of Sparks & Kindling is officially available in paperback! The new cover edition of ATOSAK has me swooning all over the place. The…
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A 2021 Writing Update
This is a bit weird, I’ll concede. It’s mid-August and I’m posting a writing update that will cover all of 2021 so far. The timing is wonky, but it’s been a wonky kind of year. For the greater part of 2021, I was unable to write. There were moments in between, a week here and…
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Dedications (Podcast Episode #3)
In this episode, I talk about the wonderful women who inspired the dedications of my books. I hope you enjoy it! The links mentioned in the podcast: Ideas for Writers of Instagram A Tribute We Had More Time In case you’d prefer to read the episode, here you go: *Music* Hello, and welcome to Book…
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May in Photos
I did a photo a day challenge in May, and I’m happy to say I actually stuck with it! Up until the last few days, anyway. Still, I did better than I imagined I would, and I’m proud of that. Most of these photos were featured on my Instagram as part of the challenge, though…
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Cover Reveal
If you read Friday’s blog or noticed my Facebook post on Saturday, you knew this was coming. Fall of the Mantle got some brand new covers. Now, I know the old covers have a cult following (there’s like 5 of you, so it’s definitely a cult 🤣) but I’d like to assure you this wasn’t…
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