I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Lexi is an eighteen year old barista who has a compulsion to help people. If someone asks her for advice or help in their personal life she has to help, or she'll suffer physically. Just before her nineteenth birthday, she… Continue reading Review: Through Smoke and Sand by Corrie Hathaway
Happy National Dog Day from Minerva and Ragnar
Shhhhh...just trying them on for size. https://videopress.com/v/sLYp1h7u?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Singing for her Chobani container. Or the music. Or because she's a weirdo.
Review: The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi
I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. I raved about Saara El-Arifi's first novel, The Final Strife. The Battle Drum is second in the series following Anoor, Sylah, Hassa, and Jond on their individual journeys toward their fates. Spoiler alert for anyone who hasn't read the first… Continue reading Review: The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi
Review: A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll
I received an ARC of this graphic novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. A Guest in the House is a domestic horror graphic novel set on the edge of a lake in a small town. Abby is the new second wife of the widowed town dentist, and a new stepmom to Crystal.… Continue reading Review: A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll
Sabbatical Update: 1/3 In
I suppose it's actually 1/3 and some change, since my last day of work was March 10th. Ah well, summer has been busy and time seems to be inconsistently flowing lately: some days are gone in a sip of Starbucks, some run in long and lazy hammock time. Not sure which I prefer. I'm querying… Continue reading Sabbatical Update: 1/3 In
Concert in the Key of Minerva
This isn't a real post, just a quick update because I'm in the middle of editing the first 25 pages (and, separately, the first 2 chapters) of the cancer book for a book proposal to an agent and a grant application. So I'm in query letter, book proposal component, and application writing/editing hell. Very different… Continue reading Concert in the Key of Minerva
Review: Gryphon in Light by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon
I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. I grew up spending hours of free time in Valdemar, treating my horse as a Companion and wishing I knew gryphons and mages and Tayledras and Heralds in real life. I started with Arrows of the Queen (Talia's story) when… Continue reading Review: Gryphon in Light by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon
Minerva v Wobbly Teenage Bandits
This morning I woke up to Minerva losing her f-ing mind. She barks a lot in the mornings anyway: we have deer regularly wandering through our yard and she is always on HIGH ALERT, certain the deer are plotting an invasion. But when her bark changed from "HEY! HEY! HEY! YOU THERE! HEY! THIS IS… Continue reading Minerva v Wobbly Teenage Bandits
Review: Book of Queens by Pardis Mahdavi
I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Did you see that movie about American Green Berets in Afghanistan in 2001 who had to ride horses to meet with a Northern warlord to fight the Taliban, 12 Strong (2018, starring Chris Hemsworth)? Me too. Did you know they… Continue reading Review: Book of Queens by Pardis Mahdavi
Wait, WHAT Day Is It?
It's June? HOW IS IT JUNE? Ok, progress update on the Banshee novel. I'm at about 50k words, but more importantly I have the remaining chapters plotted and synopsis-ized out. That sounds like I didn't do much, but it means I figured out exactly what happens for the rest of the story, how it ends,… Continue reading Wait, WHAT Day Is It?
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