Thank you to the publisher Egmont, Netgalley, and The Write Reads for the free copy as part of the book tour. Read my honest opinion below. The Beast and The Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Philips is the perfect children’s book for this Halloween. The blurb and the cover immediately reminded me of Roald Dahl’s book and
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Book Tour: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Thank you to the publisher Penguin, Netgalley, and The Write Reads for a free copy as part of the blog tour. My honest opinion is below. The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes is a mystery novel in the line of Knives Out (2019). There’s a major inheritance and the one who gets the most
Book Tour: The Riven Realm by Deck Matthews
Thank you to the author and The Write Reads for giving me a free copy as part of the blog tour in exchange for an honest review. A review for the first book, The First of Shadows, will come soon. For now, some hype! Today I want to put the spotlight on The Riven Realm
Review: Parasite (2019)
I recently watched the Korean movie Parasite (2019) directed by Bong Joon Ho. I was incredibly surprised a Korean movie had won the Oscar for best movie but after seeing it, I know it’s well deserved. The premise of the movie definitely isn’t unique when you look at other series, movies, and books coming from
ARC Review: Secret Legacy by Carissa Andrews
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving my an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Secret Legacy by Carissa Andrews drew me in with the beautiful cover and the blurb. I wanted to read more urban fantasy and this one came at the right time. But by the time I was ready
Irregular Writing Tips
While one common writing tip is ‘Write every day’, it’s just not always possible. I wrote it in a blog once too. For some, it works great and it’s needed to get into the habit. For others, this advice is contrary. I can write every day. My NaNo wins have proven that. But I can
Old Books, New Life
Have you ever had that conversation with another booklover, they recommend a book, you look it up, and it’s out of print? Yeah, that’s happened to me quite a bit. That might also be the biggest flaw traditional publishing has right now. They don’t give older books as much love as they do to new
Review: Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Yawaguchi
My interest in Japan has never been a secret. So last year my sister in law and mother in law surprised me with a Japanese book they gave me for Sinterklaas. Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Yawaguchi is a cute contemporary time travel novel. Not too long, but just long enough. It shares
Keep Your Eyes On Your Mountain
One of the downsides of being a creative person is you’ll often have more ideas than time to execute them. When I talked to my friend Chris Durston the other day, this came up. He also had a stack of ideas and ventures he wanted to pursue. We’re both still quite baby authors with not
Reflecting On Camp NaNo July 2020
For those of you who’ve been following me for a longer time will know I regularly take part in the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) events. Every April and July they host a the camp version. Some people prefer Camp NaNo to the big event in November because in a camp, you get to decide
