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BOOK REVIEW: The King’s Messenger by Susanna Kearsley

BOOK REVIEW: The King’s Messenger by Susanna Kearsley

In The King’s Messenger, Kearsley takes as her inspiration the untimely death of Henry, the heir to the throne of King James (the son of Mary Queen of Scotts) and Queen Anna. The book takes place in 1613 when young Andrew Logan, a Messenger for the King, is sent to...

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BOOK REVIEW: The Sirens by Emilia Hart

BOOK REVIEW: The Sirens by Emilia Hart

The Sirens is a two timeline story. One is set in 1800 with two sisters, Eliza and Mary, banished to Australia from England and carried there on the Naiad, a ship that sinks off the Australian shore with the loss of one hundred lives. The other timeline is...

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BOOK REVIEW: The Antidote by Karen Russell

BOOK REVIEW: The Antidote by Karen Russell

Having just finished penning my own novel about the Dust Bowl, I picked up The Antidote, not knowing it was a book about the Dust Bowl. From the first few words, I developed a severe case of writers-envy—The Antidote is simply extraordinary, and I wish I’d written it....

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BOOK REVIEW: Weyward by Emilia Hart

BOOK REVIEW: Weyward by Emilia Hart

Weyward is a lovely three point-of-view debut novel about three women who exist four centuries apart (Altha in 1619, Violet in 1942, and Kate in 2019). Their timelines and lives are intertwined and connected by their common family history, their struggle with evil in...

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BOOK REVIEW: Afraid to Let Grow by Annette Nauraine

BOOK REVIEW: Afraid to Let Grow by Annette Nauraine

Afraid to Let Grow is the second in the Marriage Survivors Club series, but it can easily be read as a standalone novel without having read the prequel (In the Beginning) or the first in the series (Do Over Daughter). The series involves the intertwined stories of a...

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New Artsy Bookish Giveaway – With $10 Amazon Gift Card

New Artsy Bookish Giveaway – With $10 Amazon Gift Card

I had so much fun doing a big, beautiful, artsy bookish giveaway haul last month, I've decided to do it again! This time, I'm upping the ante by including a $10 Amazon gift card in one of the prize combos. It's only on for eight days, so enter while you can... Good...

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BOOK REVIEW: The King’s Messenger by Susanna Kearsley

BOOK REVIEW: The King’s Messenger by Susanna Kearsley

In The King’s Messenger, Kearsley takes as her inspiration the untimely death of Henry, the heir to the throne of King James (the son of Mary Queen of Scotts) and Queen Anna. The book takes place in 1613 when young Andrew Logan, a Messenger for the King, is sent to...

read more
BOOK REVIEW: The Sirens by Emilia Hart

BOOK REVIEW: The Sirens by Emilia Hart

The Sirens is a two timeline story. One is set in 1800 with two sisters, Eliza and Mary, banished to Australia from England and carried there on the Naiad, a ship that sinks off the Australian shore with the loss of one hundred lives. The other timeline is...

read more
BOOK REVIEW: The Antidote by Karen Russell

BOOK REVIEW: The Antidote by Karen Russell

Having just finished penning my own novel about the Dust Bowl, I picked up The Antidote, not knowing it was a book about the Dust Bowl. From the first few words, I developed a severe case of writers-envy—The Antidote is simply extraordinary, and I wish I’d written it....

read more
BOOK REVIEW: Weyward by Emilia Hart

BOOK REVIEW: Weyward by Emilia Hart

Weyward is a lovely three point-of-view debut novel about three women who exist four centuries apart (Altha in 1619, Violet in 1942, and Kate in 2019). Their timelines and lives are intertwined and connected by their common family history, their struggle with evil in...

read more
BOOK REVIEW: Afraid to Let Grow by Annette Nauraine

BOOK REVIEW: Afraid to Let Grow by Annette Nauraine

Afraid to Let Grow is the second in the Marriage Survivors Club series, but it can easily be read as a standalone novel without having read the prequel (In the Beginning) or the first in the series (Do Over Daughter). The series involves the intertwined stories of a...

read more

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