The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna My rating: 4 of 5 stars I grabbed this for my witchy reading during spooky season, but this book could be read anytime during the year. Mika Moon is a practicing witch who posts ‘witchy’ videos on her Instagram. (I’ll be honest – I would…
The most surprising book I’ve read all year . . . is hands down this book. The Ogress and the Orphans, penned by Kelly Barnhill has been on my list since it came out. I met Kelly a few years ago at a writing conference and decided upon meeting her that I would read The…
“Woman must come of age by herself…She must find her true center alone.” ― Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea When I picked up this little book at an small, unknown bookstore on the Oregon coast, I had NO idea what it was. I just liked the title, the package of it, and the colors. I…
I heard about The Midnight Library at the end of 2020 by the Goodreads Choice Awards, in which this book won for Fiction. Boring, regular fiction as a genre is not something I gravitate to. It’s usually way too deep for me, and not fanciful enough. Yet this book caught my interest, being just enough…
When a writer develops a plot point that includes battling seven incarnations of the rock legend Prince, you either have an audience that will loyally worship you, or you will have an audience (like me) questioning every plot point of the story. I can’t ignore the genius of Ready Player One. It was a love…
….this book. Have you ever had a book you can’t recover from? That in its genesis there are slivers that dig deep under you and prickle every now and again with memory? That the echoes of story reverberate around your soul indefinitely? The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue does that to me. V.E. Schwab calls…
My copy of Strange the Dreamer I snuck in with me in the ER after an allergic reaction to a wasp sting
3.75 stars I have a few things to bring up about the author’s theology in writing this book. “I don’t care about your ignorance.” The author clearly knows her stuff when it comes to ancient Middle Eastern culture and I am still in awe about how deep it went. However, she would work her magic…
I wanted to start off my year with something new, something not so fluffy or fantastical like what I usually gravitate to. This book caught my eye a while ago, and let’s be honest, she has the same last name as me, which makes her cool by default. This is not what I typically read….
People have been wondering what my “SUPER SECRET” project has been lately, and I’m proud to tell you all about it! Five or so years ago, Alyson Grauer (Aly) came and stayed with me and my family. This was a fortuitous meeting for both of us, and it felt strange that two people could be…
I happily wear the editor badge for the Billy Blacksmith series by Ben Ireland. Creatively, Billy is the most fun I’ve had on a project, and a lot of that fun factor has to do with it not being my idea. The idea of Billy and his lovingly called “Billyverse” is too much for my…
I didn’t feel right to review just one book, when I was reading the series. I finished A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC last year, but had editing commitments that prevented me from diving in and finishing the series until now. Now that I have finished, I will still be focusing on the first, with the…