Month: January 2025

A Release Party That Was Everything I Hoped It Would Be and More!

A Release Party That Was Everything I Hoped It Would Be and More!

Well, it’s official—The Song of Orphan’s Garden, my very first book baby has been born! And what a long labor it was! I got my publishing offer for this book at the end of August 2022!! For those of you who’ve been part of this blog for years, thank you for all your support. For those who’ve joined more recently, welcome! I’m glad you’re here! I just had to write a post about my launch […]

January 2025 Monthly Round-Up Link-Up and Giveaway

January 2025 Monthly Round-Up Link-Up and Giveaway

The Monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up is hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight. We’re continuing with a yearly giveaway for this one, just like the Discussion Challenge. We will have two winners: One from the usual Rafflecopter, and one that we will pick out of the folks who link up every month (via random.org, we’ll just list the names and pick that way)! So commenting and linking up […]

Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 1/26/25

Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 1/26/25

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It’s a chance to share news ~ A post to recap the past week on my blog and share news about what’s coming up in the week ahead. What’s been happening since my last Sunday Post: My book launch party! I was going to write a whole thing about it here, but I realized as I was typing that I want […]

Posted January 26, 2025 in Sunday Post / 13 Comments
#IMWAYR & #MMGM: Review of As You Wish by Nashae Jones & Nashae’s Top Ten Addictions

#IMWAYR & #MMGM: Review of As You Wish by Nashae Jones & Nashae’s Top Ten Addictions

I’ve joined up with the IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING? kid-lit edition, hosted by Unleashing Readers and MARVELOUS MIDDLE GRADE MONDAY hosted by Always in the Middle… Today I’m featuring AS YOU WISH by Nashae Jones, a fun middle grade contemporary fantasy romance! Read on for my review of the book, and then make sure you also check out the author’s list of top ten addictions to find out more about her! Buy from […]

Posted January 20, 2025 in Author Top Ten Lists, Reviews / 14 Comments
Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 1/19/25

Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 1/19/25

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It’s a chance to share news ~ A post to recap the past week on my blog and share news about what’s coming up in the week ahead. What’s been happening since my last Sunday Post: Honestly, nothing that doesn’t have to do with my book, so let’s move on to… The Song of Orphan’s Garden Book News: My book […]

Posted January 19, 2025 in Sunday Post / 6 Comments
My Top Bookish Goals for 2025

My Top Bookish Goals for 2025

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. My Top Ten (Actually Five) Bookish Goals for 2025 1. Get back to blogging My blogging has been so sporadic lately, and I know I’ve said this before, but I think I have a plan for getting back on track with an actual schedule. I miss this community, and I want to make it a priority in 2025. 2. Start participating in my own […]

Posted January 14, 2025 in Let's Discuss, Top Ten Tuesday / 11 Comments
#IMWAYR: Bite-Sized Reviews of The House at the End of the Sea, Stage Fright, The Skeleton Flute, and Safe Harbor

#IMWAYR: Bite-Sized Reviews of The House at the End of the Sea, Stage Fright, The Skeleton Flute, and Safe Harbor

I’ve joined up with the IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING? kid-lit edition, hosted by Unleashing Readers. Today I’m sharing reviews of three books that I absolutely adored: two middle-grade debuts and a YA novel by an author that many of us know and love–CG Drews from Paper Fury! Hope these bite-sized reviews are enough to feed your fiction addiction! The House at the End of the Sea is a gorgeously atmospheric mysterious contemporary fantasy […]

Posted January 13, 2025 in Reviews / 8 Comments
Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 1/12/25

Sunday Post & Book Pre-order Campaigns Galore: 1/12/25

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It’s a chance to share news ~ A post to recap the past week on my blog and share news about what’s coming up in the week ahead. What’s been happening since my last Sunday Post: Hope those of you in the LA area are safe! The situation there is so scary, and I know there’s been so much loss already. […]

Posted January 12, 2025 in Sunday Post / 18 Comments
Top Ten Middle Grade Books I’m Anticipating: Jan-Mar 2025!

Top Ten Middle Grade Books I’m Anticipating: Jan-Mar 2025!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Top Ten MG Books I’m Anticipating in Jan-Mar of 2025! Okay, first off, the MG novel I’m MOST anticipating in 2025 is … mine. THE SONG OF ORPHAN’S GARDEN comes out on January 21st!! You should definitely all read it. 🙂 But here’s the real list. 10 MG books I can’t wait for!! I’m listing them here in publication order: 1. Kaya of the Ocean […]

Posted January 7, 2025 in Top Ten Tuesday / 19 Comments
2024 End of Year Book Survey (& Year in Graphs!)

2024 End of Year Book Survey (& Year in Graphs!)

As I say every year, I’ve adapted this from The Perpetual Page Turner’s End of Year Survey! 2024 READING STATS Number of Books You Read: 116 Definitely over my goal of 100 books this year. Helps that I’m mostly reading MG these days, and some of these are graphic novels and verse novels, which are quicker reads. Number of Re-Reads: 1 Rereads? Who has time for rereads? Actually, I guess I did reread The One […]