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Book Review: The Ivory City
by Emily Bain Murphy publisher’s synopsis Grace and Lillie are cousins and have been best friends since birth, despite Graceâs inferior social status. When Lillie invites Grace to the biggest event of the centuryâthe legendary Worldâs Fair, also known as âThe Ivory CityââGrace doesnât hesitate. Then: a murder. A young woman at the fair is…
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Keeping Moving Forward
Part of Newton’s First Law of Motion is that an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. And while I feel confident in saying that Newton did not have writing in mind when he wrote his law, I think the principal can still apply. The easiest way to…
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Book Review: What Comes of Attending the Commoner’s Ball
by Elisabeth Aimee Brown publisher’s synopsis If thereâs one rule Hester learned during her country upbringing, itâs never accept a gift; thatâs how the Folk get you. Although sheâs left her farm behind, she canât leave her superstitions, even if no one else in the capital city seems to care. Hardworking but hungry, sheâs looking for…
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If You Like These Tropes . . .
Just a friendly reminder that I have a book coming out next year. If you like these things, you’ll probably like it. đ Stay tuned for all the exciting bookish news!
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Book Review: Mammoth
by Brian McBride publisher’s synopsis Hardy Boys meets Indiana Jones in this new adventure novel. After the death of his father, misfit and aspiring paleontologist Tommy Rhodes seeks refuge in the ramshackle lighthouse that stands guard over the city of Mammoth, Washington. Left in disarray by years of bad weather, itâs the perfect place for…
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Book Review: The Crier Stone
by Lyndsey Lewellen publisher’s synopsis Brave the Plex. Unleash the stone. Embrace your destiny. Freshly freed from an earth-dwelling monster, Juniper Conway is stuck with a promise she never intended to make. But if rescuing Plex City from a deadly nano drug is what she vowed, itâs what sheâll do. Miles of wasteland stretch between…
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Book Review: The Springborn
by Carrie Anne Noble publisher’s synopsis An 1880âs coal town is no place for a girl with antlers. Once upon a winterâs day, a childless miner and his wife find baby Sabella in a mysterious basket. When she suddenly grows a pair of silvery gray antlers, they hide her from the world in embarrassment and…
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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 thereâs no shortage of crime in 1920s Chicago. But for an eighteen-year-old society girlâeven one whoâs currently dating a police investigatorâit simply isnât 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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