SEPTEMBER!! The mad dash in sweltering heat of summer is over, finally. I know lots of peeps love summer, and I do love the lush overgrown-ness of all the green and the buzzing insects and dark woods, but I wilt in the heat. Give me crispy leaves and frost, please. The horde is taking this… Continue reading IT’S FINALLY HERE! I mean…OH HEY kids go back to school.
Review: City of Secrets by P.J. Tracy
I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. City of Secrets is the fourth installment of the Detective Margaret Nolan series, written by mother/daughter author duo P. J. and Traci Lambrecht under the pseudonym P. J. Tracy. Although it's part of a series, it can be read as… Continue reading Review: City of Secrets by P.J. Tracy
Review: The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. What happens when the children who, by fate or accident, stumble into a magical alternate universe for a period of time but are returned to the real world? How do they function as adults in our world after such an… Continue reading Review: The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
If Barking Was A Sport
Minerva would be an Olympic Gold Medalist. Today she's watched, with absolute attention and barky gusto: Swimming Women's water polo (she was disappointed no horses were involved, and we agreed non-water-polo should be an equestrian Olympic sport) Kayaking (neither of us knew that was a sport either, and while I don't disagree it looks sporty… Continue reading If Barking Was A Sport
Snippets
I'm writing this at the cabin (yay) with a raging headache caused by my own stubborn experimentation* (ugh). Please forgive the general erratic-ness and worse than usual grammar. There is neither rhyme nor reason to anything in this post: it's full of random mess. I'm not sure how summer is half over already, but here… Continue reading Snippets
A Tisket, A Tasket…
A fAngus in a basket… Oh, is this your clean bedding? I had no idea! What’s over there? Is that a ghost in the corner? Just…look away from the cat in the basket, human!
Review: Make Your Own Magic: A Beginner’s Guide to Self-Empowering Witchcraft by Amanda Lovelace
I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Let's get this out of the way first off. I'm solidly Gen X. Sigh. I do not understand the lack-of-capitalization-in-prose trend. It's not a criticism of this book: Amanda Lovelace is known via her (utterly fabulous) poetry, which I've reviewed… Continue reading Review: Make Your Own Magic: A Beginner’s Guide to Self-Empowering Witchcraft by Amanda Lovelace
Every Title I’ve Tried for this is Filthy. Also, please ignore our carpet.
This is not a real post because school hasn't ended and things have been just this side of insanely busy for the last howevermany weeks (good Goddess how is it JUNE already? I still have a zillion unintended snapdragons to plant!) and I have three reviews to write. Yes, the run on sentence reflects what's… Continue reading Every Title I’ve Tried for this is Filthy. Also, please ignore our carpet.
Review: The Lake of Lost Girls by Katherine Greene
I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. In 1998, four girls from a South Carolina small town college disappeared without a trace, including Lindsey's older sister Jessica. Jessica was the absolute center of the family's universe, and to say she was their father's favorite would be a… Continue reading Review: The Lake of Lost Girls by Katherine Greene
Review: A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft
I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Lorelei Kaskel is venom-tongued, fiery tempered social outcast and misfit in her kingdom, her university, and her nonexistent social and professional circles. A reluctant folklorist under the wing of one of the King's chief advisors, Lorelei is in a state… Continue reading Review: A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft
No Pithy Phrase 