Tag: book review
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Book Review: Heroes of the Valley, by Jonathan Stroud
It’s the first Wednesday of the month, which means it’s time for a book review. I listened to the audiobook of Heroes of the Valley at the end of 2018, right smack at the same time I was preparing for the launch of my book. It was a great distraction for all those times I…
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Book Review, Stonebearer’s Betrayal
Posting a full review here feels way too much like tooting my own horn, but today’s review is special. Last Friday, my oldest son job shadowed me as I went about my day as an author. He learned about free writing, work/life balance, drafting, and marketing. Watching an author work is awkward for the author…
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Tabletop Gaming with Daniel Yocom
Today on the blog we talk with Daniel Yocom about Gaming (It’s Friday, you deserve this!)
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Stonebearer’s Betrayal Release Day!
This is it, the day I’ve been waiting and working for since I started this blog ages ago. I’m so excited to share this moment with you. Stonebearer’s Betrayal is now available for purchase on all major online book retailers. There, I said it! Squee! Last night, my 12-year-old finished reading it. He came up…
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Sigil in Shadow by Constance Roberts
Let’s review a book, shall we? First things first, the important stuff. Sigil in Shadow is a YA fiction novel set in a time period where royal intrigues between princesses and commoners can take place. At a smidgen over 250 pages, it’s a good length and it definitely doesn’t get boring. I was given an…
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Book of the Month: Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
As part of the ever popular Discworld series, Going Postal marks the 33rd novel that takes place in the world. I love the writing of Terry Pratchett and was very happy to return to one of his novels after not having the pleasure of reading one for a long time. His passing this year was…
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Book of the Month: Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
It can be dangerous picking books from a list and hoping that they live up to the hype. The Night Circus has appeared over and over on book lover Pinterest boards so I decided it would be worth seeing what the big deal was about. I’m glad to say that this is a book that…
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Book of the Month: Redshirts by John Scalzi
This month I ventured into a new and unfamiliar land where reality collided with fiction in a fun and thoughtful way. In the Star Trek universe the sad fact exists that if you are wearing a red shirt and are sent on an away mission, chances are you are going to die. Scalzi’sRedshirts takes this…
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Book of the Month – The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
When an author’s name keeps coming up over and over, at book clubs, at conferences, at critique groups, you know there is something special about what they create. Neil Gaiman is one of those authors. This month I explored his book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane. In this book, an unnamed middle-aged man…
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Book of the Month: Everneath by Brodi Ashton
This month’s book, Everneath, comes from fellow Utah native Brodi Ashton and is the first in the Everneath series. Twilight fans rejoice! I have found a perfect novel for you. It is loaded with teenage angst, and I mean ANGST. The main character, Nikki Beckett, is in high school when her mother is tragically killed…