Hump Day Happiness

After a weekend of being sick, it's hard to find the good but I'm trying. What's making you happy this week? Getting approved for so many books on NetGalley (honestly, what is happening??) Rereading good books Napping My D&D character surviving another session of Curse of Strahd and being the only original party member (for …

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Top Ten Tuesday: Spring 2023 TBR

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Books on My Spring 2023 To-Read List. As always, I plan more books than I can probably read, but I never know what I'll be in the mood to read. New books: There were several February releases I still need to get to as well as the new books …

Inktober53 2023: Frame

This is a little late because I've been sick all weekend. I also kind of "cheated" by rewriting a scene I've already started and just giving something more to it. Short and sweet. I adjust the viewfinder of my camera until my sister, Rory, and her boyfriend, Josh, are framed perfectly within the shot. The …

NetGalley Rejections 51-60

I might have to slow down on posting NetGalley Rejections since I've only been rejected 101 times so far. But for now, here are the next set of ten rejections. Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen: It's a shame I was rejected to review this one because it's so darn cute and fun. I've …

Hump Day Happiness

What's making you happy this week? William having the same day off as me, even if it was cold and rainy all day Helping friends with their writing Finally watching Ouran High School Host Club and not hating it like I thought I would Oreo Hot Cocoa Blizzard My character getting the killing blow against …

Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I Would Like to Meet

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Bookish People I’d Like To Meet. While this prompt has a lot of options, I'm just going to make it easy and pick a few authors I'd love to meet and/or hear speak. Maggie Stiefvater: I don't know if I even need to meet her but hearing her …

Inktobert52 203: Botany

I hurry through the rain, hunched over the white paper bag from Betty’s Bakery. The contents are still warm against my button-down shirt as I try to shield it from the downpour. Water splatters my glasses, which leaves the campus courtyard a blur of shadows and light.  Still, I know where I’m going. I’ve walked …

Book Spotlight: Saint by Adrienne Young

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. Ever since I read Fable and Namesake by Adrienne Young, I wanted a book about Fable's father, Saint. Of course, I was thrilled when Adrienne announced …

Hump Day Happiness

What's making you happy this week? Answering a question correctly during a staff meeting and winning an Aflac duck plushie Baby Rancor Build-A-Bear from Book of Boba Fett Playing a Nerf gun shoot-out game with the young adults at church A crazy session of D&D. I don't know how my character keeps surviving. Finishing a …

Top Ten Tuesday: Fairy Tale Retellings

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is a genre freebie. I love reading retellings of all kinds. For a previous genre freebie prompt, I listed non-fairy tale retellings I enjoyed, so I thought for this week's genre freebie I would talk about fairy tale retellings I enjoyed. The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer: This is …