Characters of the Year Book Tag: 2022

I saw Anouk at Time for Tales and Tea do this tag, and I thought it was a lot of fun so I'm doing it as well. She mentioned that it originally came from A Brighter Shade of Hope, but it looks like the blog has been sort of deleted. This tag is all about …

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Hump Day Happiness

What's making you happy this week? Rewatching The Legend of Vox Machina to prepare for season 2 Also, Season 2 of The Legend of Vox Machina starting off with such fun things Big fluffy snowflakes Chicken Lo Mein and Pork Fried Rice Cancelled plans Also, making new plans Theo wanting me to hold him the …

Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I Discovered in 2022

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2022. I read a lot of backlist books, especially since I'm trying to read through my physical TBR. Here are ten authors I read for the first time in 2022 that made me want to read more of their works. Becky Wallace: I …

Inktober53 2023: Shadow

Yeah, I wasn't quite sure how to end this, but I'm not mad. Wisps of darkness cling to the ground where Ryker stands. His body is taunt, the muscles in his back rippling like a sail billowed with wind. “Ryker?” Wren’s voice is a whisper but it echoes over the deck of the ship. Rip’s …

Book Spotlight: Queen Among the Dead by Lesley Livingston

Welcome to book spotlight where instead of giving you another book review, I’m just going to talk about books I’ve read recently that I enjoyed. Prepare yourself for the fangirl gushing. Lesley Livingston continues to surprise me every time I read one of her books. I adore that her stories always dive deep into whichever mythology the …

Hump Day Happiness

What's making you happy this week? Decorating at work with Star Wars paper snowflakes (and so many people loving them!) My copy of Rebel, Brave and Brutal by Shannon Dittemore arriving (and it's beautiful!) Wednesday being better than I expected The right amount of snow falling Playing Family Feud with the young adults at church, …

Top Ten Tuesday: 2023 Bookish Goals

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Bookish Goals for 2023. I always waffle on what I want my bookish goals to be. Sometimes I want a challenge, sometimes I want them to be easy, and sometimes I don't want any goals at all. Here are a few things I hope to accomplish related to …

Inktober52 2023: Puppet

This drabble kind of ran away from me and the focus (puppet), but I'm okay with it because it's helping me understand my characters and their world better. “Wren?” a voice piped up from beyond the tent flaps. A voice of honey and sugar and all things sweet. Eliza. With the golden curls that Wren …

2022 and 2023 Writing

Every January I make the teens in my Teen Writing Club at the library to reflect on their writing from the past year and to come up with goals for the new year. I find it's important to look back at what we accomplished so we know what to do moving forward and also have …

Book Spotlight: Emily Wilde’s Encylcopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Welcome to book spotlight where instead of giving you another book review, I’m just going to talk about books I’ve read recently that I enjoyed. Prepare yourself for the fangirl gushing. I've never been a fan of fae/faerie books. I've read several and there is just always something about them that I didn't quite like. But I …