I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. I'm a mythology and folktale fanatic, and selkie stories are some of my favorites, so I expected to enjoy A Sweet Sting of Salt just from its description. What actually happened was I got completely sucked into the story and… Continue reading Review: A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland
Author: Jess
Amateur historian, mythology enthusiast, writer, reader, sarcastic weirdo, cancer survivor. Author of Defying Shadows: For Witches and Pagans Battling Cancer and Chronic Illness.
Into Darkness
Daylight savings time ended earlier this month, and we're well on our way toward Yule/Winter Solstice. I know everyone is bitching about it and wishing DST didn't end: I'm exactly the opposite. I wish DST never started. It's infinitely easier for me to get up in the morning and roll into my day when it's… Continue reading Into Darkness
Slash and Burn
I finished the family recipe project yesterday and am waiting for a final review by SK (because if I've learned anything as a lifelong writer it's that a person's eyeballs will completely ignore their own stupid grammatical and spelling mistakes in a manuscript). Thankfully, he's MUCH better at Word and PDF formatting than I am,… Continue reading Slash and Burn
We’re All Alive Here
Ragnar has had enough of my bullshit. Minerva is exhausted from all the barking she has to do to save us from deer. I realized two weeks ago that I'm coming up on the end of my 8th month off (today, actually), and also SK and my first anniversary (tomorrow), and the holidays. This caused… Continue reading We’re All Alive Here
Review: Ending Forever by Nicholas Conley
I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for my honest review. I've reviewed Nicholas Conley here before (Knight in Paper Armor) and enjoyed his work, but Ending Forever is whole different fish. Not only did I lose significant sleep for this book, I'm still thinking about it and chewing on… Continue reading Review: Ending Forever by Nicholas Conley
The 1935 Marriage Project: Episode 3, Girl Bits
I'm a tad delayed for chapter three's revelations, because we had an unexpected road trip on top of two Horde major school activities ending this week, which required coordination of drop off/pick up across multiple schools for multiple hours in an evening during our days. I don't know why I didn't expect so much of… Continue reading The 1935 Marriage Project: Episode 3, Girl Bits
That Time in The Farm’s Horror Movie Basement
SK and I went to stay at the farm house not long ago, because we had a funeral in the area. It was a sad reason to visit, but I hadn't been up to that house for a while. It's a small farmhouse on five acres in northern Wisconsin, on the other side of Lake… Continue reading That Time in The Farm’s Horror Movie Basement
Review: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion. The sequel to Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries, Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands is a a masterful continuation of Emily and Wendell's story beginning some months after their return to Cambridge. Emily is happily working on her next project,… Continue reading Review: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Review: Spell Borne by Auden Llyr
I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. When Loren visits her grandmother in the small town of Lointaine so she can finish her thesis, she steps back into a life ruled by fairy tale Magic and discovers she comes from a long line of Sleeping Beauty princesses.… Continue reading Review: Spell Borne by Auden Llyr
The 1935 Marriage Manual Project: Episode 2 – Biological Male Bits
TW for peeps: this post includes explicit sexual organ slang and use of a word considered now a slur in a quote from the chapter, which is then discussed from a historical perspective. Please skip this post if necessary. Today's installment of marriage advice from the '30's is first in a double whammy of biology… Continue reading The 1935 Marriage Manual Project: Episode 2 – Biological Male Bits
No Pithy Phrase 