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Book Review: The Secret Investigator of Astor Street
by Stephanie Morrill publisher’s synopsis Piper Sail knows what she to become a detective. After all, she already solved the case of her missing best friend, and there’s no shortage of crime in 1920s Chicago. But for an eighteen-year-old society girl—even one who’s currently dating a police investigator—it simply isn’t done. That is, until a girl asks…
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Reading is Magic
Have you ever considered how magical reading truly is? Think about how it brings readers together. I’ve made formed friendships with people I’ve yet to actually meet in person that formed simply because we loved the same book. Fandoms bring people together and unite them in a unique way, providing a common ground. The fictional…
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Book Review: The House at the Edge of Magic
by Amy Sparkes publisher’s synopsis Nine is an orphan pickpocket determined to escape her life in the Nest of a Thousand Treasures. When she steals a house-shaped ornament from a mysterious woman’s purse, she knocks on its tiny door and watches it grow into a huge, higgledy-piggeldy house. Inside she finds a host of magical…
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Happy Easter
May you have a blessed day rejoicing in our risen Savior! “But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities;upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way;and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity…
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Write Every Day?
I’m not sure if there’s a piece of advice that writers seem to disagree on more than, “Write every day.” Some people live and thrive by it. For others, it kills their creativity and desire to write. It can feel like really divisive advice. But I think we need to step back for a second…
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Book Review: The Floating World
by Axie Oh publisher’s synopsis Sunho lives in the Under World, a land of perpetual darkness. An ex-soldier, he can remember little of his life from before two years ago, when he woke up alone with only his name and his sword. Now he does odd-jobs to scrape by, until he comes across the score…
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Book Review: Illuminary
by Chawna Schroeder publisher’s synopsis Glimpse the past, illuminate the future. Yosarai Patican dreams of becoming an illuminator in a country that values art above all else. A lofty goal that finally seems within reach when she earns a position at the prestigious Academy of the Seven Arts. Although Yosarai loathes to leave behind her…
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Book Review: Embergold
by Rachelle Nelson publisher’s synopsis Fire dreamed of water, but the first sip would be its last. Gilde has spent her life isolated in the wild marshlands, a place too wet for the dragon to go. She’s safe there, according to her father. So why is he asking her to leave with him now that…
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What If You Fall?
“What if I fall?” Most of the time, we see that statement followed up with, “But what if you fly?” typically written in some sort of italicized, inspirational font. But let’s stop and sit for a while in that first question. What if you fall? What happens then? As I think about my debut novel…
Hailey Huntington 